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Lenci Calzature, an Italian contract manufacturer from the region of...
Lenci Calzature, an Italian contract manufacturer from the region of Tuscany, has reportedly announced that it plans to dismiss its remaining 70 employees and cease operations. Last January, Lenci Calzature already asked government authorities to help it to pay the wages of its employees, indicating that it was planning to ...
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The German Cartel Office has endorsed the merger of the...
The German Cartel Office has endorsed the merger of the Karstadt and Kaufhof department store chains. They will be run by a joint venture being formed between the Austrian-based owner of Karstadt, Signa, and the Canadian-based Hudson's Bay Co., which took over Kaufhof three years ago. The operational management will ...
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CCC plans to launch its main online footwear store, Eobuwie.pl,...
CCC plans to launch its main online footwear store, Eobuwie.pl, on the stock exchange in Warsaw. The website generated revenues of around €58 million in the latest quarter.
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Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has...
Continuing a trend toward larger premium physical stores, CCC has opened a flagship of more than 1,000 square meters in the Max City shopping center of Pula in Croatia. It is the company's 25th store in the country.
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Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French shoe manufacturing...
Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French shoe manufacturing company previously owned by Vivarte, may be able to stave off its liquidation. The bankruptcy court that is handling the case announced on Nov. 6 that it had received an offer for its takeover. Prodded by a former manager of ...
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Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German...
Rainer Worbs, chief executive of Roland and MyShoes, the German shoe retailers that are part of the Deichmann group, will retire on June 30, 2019. At MyShoes, Helén Billkrantz, who recently joined the company as executive director, responsible for purchasing, will replace him. The 44-year-old previously worked as chief buyer ...
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Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site...
Hermès has unveiled its first-ever Chinese e-commerce site. The site offers ready-to-wear clothing for women and men, fragrances, shoes, jewelry, as well as its signature handbags except for its Kelly and Birkin models, which are not available. According to reports by Jing Daily, the overall design of the new Chinese ...
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Christian Louboutin, the French fashion designer known for his stiletto...
Christian Louboutin, the French fashion designer known for his stiletto heels and red-lacquer soles, has launched his first line of shoes for babies, aged six to nine months. They are available in red satin and in two patterns drawn from the adult spring/summer 2019 collection. All have the signature red ...
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The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its...
The Natural Store has filed for voluntary liquidation, closing its two stores in the Chelsea and Covent Garden districts of London. The retailer claimed to have opened the first shoe store on Neal Street in 1977, followed by many others. It is the property of The Boot Tree, which is ...
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The Serafin group, the Munich-based holding company that invests in...
The Serafin group, the Munich-based holding company that invests in medium-sized businesses, has successfully acquired Bama, German manufacturer of shoe care products. The product portfolio includes polish, balm, protectors and deodorants, a variety of insoles and accessories such as laces. The products are distributed under the Bama and Woly brands in ...
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Store traffic in the U.K. saw its second consecutive quarterly...
Store traffic in the U.K. saw its second consecutive quarterly 2 percent decrease year-on-year in October, according to Springboard, a provider of retail data and analysis. This marks 11 straight months of steady decline. Springboard advances two explanations: first, a tendency among consumers to wait for Black Friday and holiday ...
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Tod's is pursuing further its project of developing an unconventional...
Tod's is pursuing further its project of developing an unconventional line of products with a contemporary lifestyle, called No_Code. The newest product for this season is a so-called “shoeker,” a patented name which stands for a combination of a regular shoe and a sneaker. Designed in collaboration with a Korean ...
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Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, the widow of Salvatore Ferragamo, has died...
Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, the widow of Salvatore Ferragamo, has died at the age of 96. Wanda took over from her late husband the eponymous Florence-based brand after he died in 1960, when she was 39 years old. She was 24 years his junior. Salvatore Ferragamo was known for making custom-made ...
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Moda Made in Italy will take place one week earlier...
Moda Made in Italy will take place one week earlier than originally planned one year from now. The shoe show organized in Munich twice year by Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, is now scheduled to run from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, 2019, simultaneously with the Oktoberfest, the traditional ...
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Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive...
Golden Goose says it is planning to introduce an “emotive customization” concept at a new store that it will open in Milan in January, called Golden Goose Lab, where its craftsmen will adapt existing models to the customers' wishes. Silvio Camapara, chief executive of the Italian brand of distressed sneakers ...
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Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager...
Peter Frericks joined Hamm Market Solutions as international sales manager for the Scotch & Soda brand this November. Hamm has signed a new licensing deal for a line of men's and women's shoes that will be launched under the Scotch & Soda brand in the spring of 2019. Frericks, who ...
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Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel...
Sabine Schmitz is leaving Legero to join the Josef Seibel group on Jan. 1 as designer of lounge shoes for its Romika brand. That has been her specialty at Legero since 2004. Prior to that, she worked for Elefanten.
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Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children...
Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico as part of the company's Bobs from Skechers philanthropic shoe program. Hurricane Maria hit the island in the second half of September and early October 2017, but many people in Puerto Rico are ...
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P.W. Minor has shut down operations completely after 151 years...
P.W. Minor has shut down operations completely after 151 years in business. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the reasons for its closure were “economic.” Oct. 5 was listed as the closing date. Based in Batavia, NY, P.W. Minor was the second-oldest footwear manufacturer in the ...
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Nike came in 17th position in the annual ranking of...
Nike came in 17th position in the annual ranking of the 100 strongest global brands compiled by Interbrand. Its brand strength increased by 11 percent this year to $30.1 billion. The only other sports brand in the chart was Adidas, whose brand value rose by 17 percent to $10.8 billion, ...
