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Robert Siff, a veteran of the footwear industry and a...
Robert Siff, a veteran of the footwear industry and a former president and lifetime director of Two Ten Footwear Foundation, passed away on Sept. 11. He was 94, and had fought a 20-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. During his career, Siff served as president and chief executive of B-W Footwear, ...
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With the support of Icex, the Spanish foreign trade promotion...
With the support of Icex, the Spanish foreign trade promotion agency, Momad Shoes invited buyers from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel, Panama and other countries to its latest edition on Sept. 7-9, which was held simultaneously with Ifema's fashion fair, Momad Metropolis. The Spanish shoe show still addresses mainly the ...
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The participation in Gallery Shoes, the new three-day trade show...
The participation in Gallery Shoes, the new three-day trade show in Düsseldorf, ended on Sept. 4 with stable results as compared to one year ago. It hosted around 350 exhibitors with more than 500 brands from more than 20 countries and it attracted about 9,800 visitors on a daily basis, ...
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Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a...
Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a new outlet store and adventure center, called “Werk 1,” at its headquarters in Pirmasens on Sept. 6. The new outlet store offers women's shoes, men's shoes, the Lurchi brand of children's shoes, and Falke socks as well as handbags on ...
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Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three...
Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three months ended June 30, beating the financial analysts' average consensus that they would reach $143.6 million and resulting in an operating profit of $16.1 million. Michael Kors Holdings, which bought the brand last year, gave no comparative figures for the ...
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Due to be held in Düsseldorf on Sept. 2-4, the...
Due to be held in Düsseldorf on Sept. 2-4, the new Gallery Shoes trade show will allocate more space to international brands. It will also feature a catwalk show in a new Fashion Lifestyle Corner in the Premium area of the fair, “powered by Marc Cain,” where Högl and Peter ...
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Schuhe24 has launched a new international online shoe retail portal,...
Schuhe24 has launched a new international online shoe retail portal, shoesyouwant.com, for customers from the European Union who wish to pay in U.S. dollars or British pounds. In the first eight days after the launch of the new website, Schuhe24 recorded many orders from the U.K., France, Luxembourg, France, Spain ...
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Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370...
Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370 million (€414.4m-$469.9m) this year, according to Footwear News. For the U.K.-based luxury shoe company, which was taken over by Cinven at the beginning of 2016 for £245 million (€274.4m-$311.2m), that would compare with a turnover of £330 million for the ...
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Velasca, a Milan-based maker of luxury shoes and accessories for...
Velasca, a Milan-based maker of luxury shoes and accessories for men, has secured €2.5 million in a new round of funding led by P101 SGR, an existing backer, with participation from Milano Investment Partners and a group of private investors. It is P101's second investment in Velasca, after the one ...
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According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, Steffen Liebich, owner...
According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, Steffen Liebich, owner of the German Leiser, Schuhhof and Anika Schuh retail chains, recently acquired another important German shoe retail chain, Schalthost. Permactum, the company that owned Schlatholt, was taken over on Aug. 8 by Goal, the holding company of Liebich. According to ...
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USA Dawgs, the company that fought for a decade against...
USA Dawgs, the company that fought for a decade against Crocs, claiming that it was infringing the intellectual property rights of its own clogs, has been acquired by a private equity firm, the Optimal Investment Group, in an asset deal worth $3,250,000. The company, which produces and sells shoes under ...
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Fragiacomo has appointed Alessio Spinelli as its new creative director....
Fragiacomo has appointed Alessio Spinelli as its new creative director. Spinelli has collaborated with other shoe brands including Jimmy Choo, René Caovilla, Lanvin and Prada. He has worked for Roma-based fashion houses such as Roberto Capucci, Sarli and Gattinoni. Meanwhile, he has been developing personal projects, which helped him win ...
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Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...
Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...
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The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods &...
The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods & Services Tax (GST) on certain products in the fashion, textile and beauty sectors, including relatively inexpensive shoes. The GST on footwear sold at a price of under 1,000 rupees (€12.6m-$14.3m) will be lowered from 18 to 5 percent. More expensive ...
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Vans has partnered with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam...
Vans has partnered with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on a capsule collection that incorporates elements from Van Gogh's paintings. These elements are integrated into Vans products including the Classic Slip-On, Old Skool, and Authentic shoes, as well as hoodies, tees, backpacks, bombers and hats. Each footwear model features ...
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Bally has announced two new executive appointments with a focus...
Bally has announced two new executive appointments with a focus on marketing in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) region. The luxury footwear brand has hired Eva Quirrenbach as chief marketing officer. Also, the company has promoted Silvia Onofri to chief executive of Emea, where she will be responsible ...
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First Heritage Brands has appointed Perry Oosting, the chief executive...
First Heritage Brands has appointed Perry Oosting, the chief executive of its Robert Clergerie subsidiary, to run also Sonia Rykiel, a French fashion label that it took over recently. First Heritage Brands, which belongs to Li & Fung group, also owns a Belgian leathergoods brand, Delvaux. Oosting worked as a ...
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Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which...
Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which raised its sales by 41 percent for the six months. Asics organized a partnership with Foot Patrol and an event at the Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the popular Gel Saga shoe, along with projects with Kiko Kostadinov, the fashion ...
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Sebastian Hasebrink assumed the newly created position of chief digital...
Sebastian Hasebrink assumed the newly created position of chief digital officer at Deichmann on Aug. 1. He was also made a member of Deichmann's executive board. Deichmann was one of the first German retailers that sold shoes online. The group manages currently 36 different online shops, which are recording sales ...
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Legero United, the Austrian company behind the Legero, Superfit, Think! and Vios...
Legero United, the Austrian company behind the Legero, Superfit, Think! and Vios brands, is building a new head office in Feldkirchen near Graz. At a ground-breaking ceremony staged on July 19, the group indicated that it will accommodate 550 employees in the future. The so-called “Legero United Campus” will consist of two ...
