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BASF New Business has acquired all the shares of Advanc3D...
BASF New Business has acquired all the shares of Advanc3D Materials, based in Hamburg, and Setup Performance, based in Lyon. Both companies are start-ups focusing on 3D printing. Advanc3D Materials offers tailor-made plastic powders and formulations for selective laser sintering (SLS) as well as process know-how. Setup Performance is Advanc3D ...
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Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all...
Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all the retail chains controlled by the Inditex group last year, representing 12 percent of its total turnover of €25.34 billion, compared with a 7.4 percent increase for brick-and-mortar sales. All the banners, including Zara, benefited from a strong integration between ...
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German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in...
German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in their sales during the first half of 2018, according to the European Clearing Center. The reasons were mainly a nearly non-existent spring season, an early Easter holiday and the distraction caused by the Fifa World Cup. The only exception was ...
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The 94th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place...
The 94th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place at Firenze Fiera in Florence, Italy on June 12-15, recorded a total of around 30,000 visitors and 19,100 buyers, down from 19,400 retailers a year ago. Results were driven by the growth in foreign attendance, whereas there was a slight ...
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According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, the business climate...
According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, the business climate was rather quite Expo Riva Schuh, which is traditionally attended by many German buyers, as well as at the recent fashion trade shows in Berlin. The magazine reported on an apparent drop in attendance at the Premium and Panorama fairs ...
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Stuart Lamb has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Stuart Lamb has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Drapers Footwear Awards. He has been heading up the 130-year-old family business, William Lamb, for the past 52 years, working together with his brother David until his death in 1982. The British company is one of the ...
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Pavers has acquired Herring Shoes, a family-run e-tailer that sells...
Pavers has acquired Herring Shoes, a family-run e-tailer that sells shoes developed by high-end English manufacturers, focusing on men's footwear. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition is meant to allow Pavers to broaden its online expertise and international reach. Herring, based in Devon, will ...
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Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide...
Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide exports from the country without special permission from the government's agencies. The decision has been taken in order to support the domestic shoes industry, and to help support exports of products with a higher added value. The government has invested ...
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Vibram's Euroshiki, known also as The Wrapping Sole, has received...
Vibram's Euroshiki, known also as The Wrapping Sole, has received the Golden Compass Award from the Italian Design Association (ADI). The upper of the sole, which is made of Eurojersey Sensitive fabric, surrounds feet of any size and in any condition, guaranteeing a personalized fit and excellent levels of comfort, ...
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Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of...
Toms Shoes, the American brand famous for its policy of giving away a free pair of shoes or helping someone in need of a prescription for his eyesight, for each pair of shoes or glasses sold, presented new figures at this month's Premium trade show in Berlin to highlight the ...
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E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes &...
E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes & Bags during the first half of this year. According to preliminary figures, the Polish-based retailer's consolidated sales across Central Europe were up by 9.6 percent to 2,024.2 million zlotys (€469.5m-$545.5m) during the six-month period. Revenues from e-commerce showed a 54.4 ...
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Vivarte has completed the sale of its André chain of...
Vivarte has completed the sale of its André chain of shoe shops to Spartoo, the French group specializing in internet sales of footwear. The result is a French company with annual sales of nearly €250 million. Spartoo has agreed to take over all of André's 210 points of sales, including ...
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Deichmann has announced a collaboration with Demi Lovato on the...
Deichmann has announced a collaboration with Demi Lovato on the launch of the singer's first shoe collection. Lovato will co-design a capsule range for autumn/winter 2018 that includes sock boots, sneakers, winter boots, lace-up laces, elegant pumps, feminine boots and ankle boots. The footwear will feature details such as gemstones, ...
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Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its...
Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its turnover fell by 8 percent to $1,886 million during Nike's financial year, which ended on May 31. At constant exchange rates, it declined by 11 percent, with a drop of 14 percent in the fourth quarter. The brand's operating profit ...
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Geox has appointed a former secretary general of the United...
Geox has appointed a former secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to its ethics and sustainable development committee, with a brief to help the company update its code of ethics and implement its guidelines for relations with employees, shareholders, clients and suppliers. Annan won the Nobel Prize in ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Riccardo Vannetti, a former journalist, as...
Salvatore Ferragamo has appointed Riccardo Vannetti, a former journalist, as its chief marketing officer, replacing Antonio Burrello who had joined the company in January 2017 from Ermenegildo Zegna. Vannetti will be in charge of marketing and communications. Since January 2016, he was tutorship director at Pitti Immagine, the organizer of ...
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Ascential has completed the sale of its Pure London fashion...
Ascential has completed the sale of its Pure London fashion fair and other exhibitions to the ITE Group for £300 million (€335.3m-$390.5m). ITE already organizes a big fashion fair in Birmingham, Moda, which includes a big footwear section called Moda Footwear. Pure London will hold its next show on July ...
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Assocalzaturifici is promoting Micam through a roadshow in Southeast Asia,...
Assocalzaturifici is promoting Micam through a roadshow in Southeast Asia, where Italy shipped 630,000 pairs of shoes in the past year, with the help of Ice, the Italian foreign trade promotion agency. The stations of the roadshow will be Jakarta on July 19, Singapore on July 24 and Kuala Lumpur ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoe manufacturers that organizes Micam...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoe manufacturers that organizes Micam in Milan and the Mode Made in Italy trade show in Munich, has announced new dates for the German event. The next spring edition of the Moda Made in Italy show will place on March 23-26, simultaneously with the Essenz ...
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J.M. Weston has moved its flagship store on Paris' Avenue...
J.M. Weston has moved its flagship store on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysées to the other side of the street. The new 400-square-meter space has been completely renovated in a gentleman's club style. It features a women's department and a polishing a repair area. Owned by the Descours family, which used ...
