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The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president,...
The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president, Sandrine Lacotte Garcin. She replaces Philippe Daquai, who served as FDCF's president for six years. Daquai will become honorary president of the association. Lacotte Garcin is the owner of three shoe shops in Marseille, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, in southern France. ...
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Bernard Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, ranked briefly a...
Bernard Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, ranked briefly a few days ago as the third wealthiest man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionnaires index, overtaking Warren Buffet before the recent release of the results of his company, Berkshire Hathaway. The current ranking sees Arnault back in the ...
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In February Ian Niblock was appointed general manager of Fagus,...
In February Ian Niblock was appointed general manager of Fagus, the German brand of lasts. Niblock replaces Kai Greten, managing partner of Fagus-GreCon Greten. Fagus has production sites in Germany, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Thailand and Belarus. Niblock has been working for the company since 2017 – first as innovations ...
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Eram has appointed Julien Bianchi as the new managing director...
Eram has appointed Julien Bianchi as the new managing director of TBS. He succeeds Jean-Marc Taillieu, who left TBS in September 2018. Bianchi has 15 years of experience in the sports and footwear sectors. He has previously worked at Kappa Europe (formerly Sport Finance), La Halle and venteprivée.com. TBS will ...
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LK Bennett, the British shoe and apparel retailer and wholesaler,...
LK Bennett, the British shoe and apparel retailer and wholesaler, has filed for judicial administration, a British form of bankruptcy, after failing to find a new investor who is willing to take over the company as well as its debt. Ernst & Young will oversee the administration process, with five ...
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Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, recorded a...
Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, recorded a 3.8 percent increase in centralized settlements to €220.3 million in 2018. In Germany, Rexor managed to increase its sales by more than 10 percent last year. Follow-up orders from affiliated retailers decreased significantly in 2018, mainly because of difficulties in ...
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The Skechers Foundation's tenth annual Pier to Pier Friendship Walk,...
The Skechers Foundation's tenth annual Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, in October 2018, raised more than $2 million. As a result, Skechers has now distributed checks totaling more than $1 million to six educational foundations and delivered a seventh check – for about $600,000, in its largest single donation to ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has promoted Paul Andrew to creative director. The...
Salvatore Ferragamo has promoted Paul Andrew to creative director. The English designer, who started off at the Italian company as women's footwear designer in 2016, had already taken charge of women's wear one year later. Christian Mainard will remain in charge of men's footwear and clothing, and he will also ...
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In July, Wolfgang Neussner will assume the management of Leder & Schuh, the...
In July, Wolfgang Neussner will assume the management of Leder & Schuh, the Austrian parent company of the Humanic and Shoe4You retail chains. He will be replacing Werner Weber, who is set to leave the company in mid-2019. Neussner, who has had a seat on the company's advisory board since 2015, will be ...
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Aldo Brué has relinquished the European license for Bruno Magli,...
Aldo Brué has relinquished the European license for Bruno Magli, after deliveries of the last autumn/winter collection. The Italian company had obtained the license two years ago from Neuberger Berman, with the right to sell the products also in Asia. As previously reported (Shoe Intelligence Vol. 20 n°19+20 of Oct. 20, 2018), ...
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Tod's has hired Carlo Alberto Beretta as general brand manager,...
Tod's has hired Carlo Alberto Beretta as general brand manager, effective Feb. 25. He will report to the group's chief executive and general manager, Umberto Macchi di Cellere. Beretta's past experiences include chief client and marketing officer for Kering from September 2016 to November 2017 and chief executive officer for ...
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Golden Goose Deluxe, the fast-growing Italian brand of sneakers, aims...
Golden Goose Deluxe, the fast-growing Italian brand of sneakers, aims to achieve annual sales of €500 million in the next three years compared with €186 million in 2018. More than 80 percent of the turnover comes from outside Italy. The company, which has been controlled since 2017 by a U.S. ...
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Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with...
Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with One Step Up for Pony, one of 30 brands in Iconix' portfolio of consumer brands. Under the three-year agreement, One Step Up and its subsidiaries – Fashion Footwear, Aggressive Apparel and Kidz Concepts – will design and manufacture Pony footwear ...
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Tapestry is beginning to take advantage of new synergies in...
Tapestry is beginning to take advantage of new synergies in shoe production between two of its brands, Coach and Stuart Weitzman. The American company has set up a team to produce a 1941 capsule collection of Coach shoes in Petrer, with an annual capacity of around 12,000 pairs. Petrer is ...
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Berkemann has acquired a shoe factory in Martfü, Hungary. The...
Berkemann has acquired a shoe factory in Martfü, Hungary. The German shoe company, based in Zeulenroda, will produce over 100,000 pairs of shoes per year at the new site. The takeover of the plant became necessary after Berkemann's existing Hungarian facility in Kiskunfélegyháza reached full capacity, said the company. With ...
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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, has decided to close down its mono-brand stores in Düsseldorf and Cologne. The company will now be focusing on its wholesale business. Over the past 18 months, Buffalo had been striving to reposition its business and strengthen its brand. ...
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The 96th edition of Lineapelle, which was held at Fieramilano...
The 96th edition of Lineapelle, which was held at Fieramilano Rho on Feb- 20-22, saw the number of visitors increase slightly, up by 1 percent as compared with the February 2018 edition. Visitors came from 114 countries. Russia and Japan showed the largest increases, with visitors up by 29 percent ...
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Office Shoes has reported that its sales for the 52...
Office Shoes has reported that its sales for the 52 weeks to July 2018 totaled £285.5 million (€332.4m-$374.8m), down from £298.7 million in the previous fiscal year, which had 53 weeks. The British shoe retailer's gross margin slipped to 44.4 percent from 46.0 percent due increased markdowns. The pre-tax profit ...
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On Jan. 30, the Italian shoemaker Rucoline applied for debt...
On Jan. 30, the Italian shoemaker Rucoline applied for debt protection with a court in Perugia. The company was granted 120 days to present a reorganization plan including a debt restructuring proposal for its creditors. According to the daily Italia Oggi, Rucoline faced financial difficulties after a Chinese client, Eva ...
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Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in...
Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in Wiesbaden, ranked 38th in the latest list by the Financial Times of the thousand fastest-growing companies in Europe. Listed as Shoe Benner, and founded by Dominik Benner in 2013, the company posted a compound annual growth rate of 183 percent ...
