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Liu Jo, the women's apparel brand headquartered in Carpi, Italy,...
Liu Jo, the women's apparel brand headquartered in Carpi, Italy, expects its shoe division to generate revenues €34 million in 2019, up from €24 million in 2018, with sales of one million pairs of shoes. Liu Jo's shoe line was launched in 2016 through Eli, a new joint venture created ...
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Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...
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Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for...
Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for its Tamaris brand for the brick-and-mortar retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group, who will offer the products on a dedicated online marketplace due to be launched in July. ANWR will provide a cloud-based technology, Qualibet, as a solution for the ...
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Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the...
Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the Brazilian company sell shoes to help street dogs. The Brazilian athletic shoe brand said that it intends to donate the money from the sale of 160 pairs of its recycled cotton, recycled PET and recovered rubber tennis shoes to Patas ...
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Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar...
Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar to that of a chief executive as “speaker” of the executive board. He will focus on global brand management and product development, while driving the expansion of the German men's footwear manufacturer into women's shoes and accessories. Schaller has been ...
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Kurt Geiger has announced Gemma Chan as an ambassador for...
Kurt Geiger has announced Gemma Chan as an ambassador for its Characterful Style spring/summer 2019 marketing campaign. The British actress and former fashion model, 36, is best known for her roles in movies such as Crazy Rich Asians, Mary Queen of Scots and Captain Marvel. Maya Jama, Susie Lau, Not3s ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has made Scott Ziegler its new retail director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), with responsibility for the region's 170 Havaianas points of sale, from mono-brand stores to franchisees and concessions. Ziegler is no stranger to the region, having ...
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Groupe Royer has named a German industry veteran, Alfred Pusswald,...
Groupe Royer has named a German industry veteran, Alfred Pusswald, as international sales director for the Scholl brand in Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), responsible for establishing it more widely in the shoe retail segment. The French-based trading group acquired a license to market the brand at the ...
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Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of...
Tretorn is developing its online business with the aim of boosting the proportion of online transactions with consumers and through retailers and internet marketplaces. The long-term goal is for online sales to account for 40 percent of total sales. To achieve it, a new team of three employees has been ...
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After a beta test in France that began a year...
After a beta test in France that began a year ago, Google is taking its Shopping Actions experience to the U.S. With this application, customers are able to buy products online from a brand or a retailer through their own Google account, without registering for the service and without leaving ...
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Two years after the closure of Colette in Paris, a...
Two years after the closure of Colette in Paris, a similar destination store for shoes in Antwerp, Coccodrillo, is closing its doors after 36 years in operation. Quoting one of its founders, Geert Bruloot, Footwear News gives this interesting explanation for the decision: “Fashion has been in a state of ...
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Amazon has faced a backlash in India after sneakers, yoga...
Amazon has faced a backlash in India after sneakers, yoga mats, rugs and other items emblazoned with images of Hindu gods, or other sacred Hindu symbols, were spotted on the retailer's U.S. e-commerce site. A large number of Twitter users backed a call for a boycott, making #BoycottAmazon India's top ...
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Sioux has worked with Til Schweiger, a well-known German actor,...
Sioux has worked with Til Schweiger, a well-known German actor, on the design of a collection of three shoe models that came out in March. Til Schweiger's oldest daughter, Luna Schweiger, is currently working with Sioux on a new women's shoe collection.
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Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...
Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution of the Teva brand of shoes in Germany and Austria from the spring/summer 2020 season. Yendis Engelbertz, sales manager at Action Sports Sportartikel, will take care of the distribution of the brand, which belongs to Deckers Brands, working with a ...
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Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October...
Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, is cooperating with Lisa and Lena, two German social media stars, for the development and design of a capsule sneaker collection that will be launched in the winter. The popular 16-year-old twins will be supported by their licensing partner, ...
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German shoe retailers experienced a 5 percent sales increase year-on-year...
German shoe retailers experienced a 5 percent sales increase year-on-year in March, leading to an 11 percent sales increase for the first three months. On the other hand, their sales had declined by 12 percent in the same period of 2018.
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Aeffe's revenues from footwear and leathergoods rose by 4 percent...
Aeffe's revenues from footwear and leathergoods rose by 4 percent in the first quarter of this year to €33.3 million, and the division's adjusted Ebitda margin grew to 17.9 percent from 17.4 percent. The Italian fashion group, which owns Pollini and other brands, raised its overall sales by 7.4 percent ...
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An estimated 37 percent of Russian customers haven't enough money...
An estimated 37 percent of Russian customers haven't enough money to purchase shoes in the quantities that they actually require, according to research conducted in April by the Russian Central Bank, which said that this was due to a gradual decline in the real incomes of the Russian population. A ...
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BASF 3D Printing Solutions, a subsidiary of BASF, is working...
BASF 3D Printing Solutions, a subsidiary of BASF, is working with Ecco on the development of a new approach to 3D printing for footwear. They are partnering in this project with Origin, an open-platform provider of additive 3D printing services, with the aim of developing a solution for mass production ...
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In constant currencies, Vans' sales grew by 26 percent in...
In constant currencies, Vans' sales grew by 26 percent in VF Corporation's financial year, ended on March 31, while Timberland was up by only 2 percent. Vans' growth slowed down to 18 percent in the fourth quarter, lifted by a 21 percent increase in the U.S., but its digital sales ...
