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Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager...
Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager for Central Europe at Ecco. From July, the 41-year-old replaces Annette Wächtler, who will continue to work as senior category manager for Ecco's shoe collection for women at the company's headquarters in Denmark. Before joining Ecco, Fischer worked for the ...
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Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music...
Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music and digital signage in its 136 stores in the U.K., Ireland and Germany for the next five years. Startle has created two distinct personalities for the in-store areas – Schuh and Schuh Kids. The digital signage will tailor promotions based ...
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Karsten Bolle, has left Ara Shoes, where he was responsible...
Karsten Bolle, has left Ara Shoes, where he was responsible for sales in Germany, on May 31 by mutual agreement. He had worked for this subsidiary of the Ara group for 24 years. Frank Lüttig, director of international sales since 2012, assumes the newly created position of head of sales, ...
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Valencia's shoe industry association, Avecal, is collaborating with Banco Sabadell...
Valencia's shoe industry association, Avecal, is collaborating with Banco Sabadell to support the growth of footwear companies in Spain's Valencian region. The three-year agreement is meant, among other things, to improve the access by local shoe companies to financial services. The partnership will make financial products such as business loans, ...
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Richter, the Austrian brand of children's shoes, has re-launched its...
Richter, the Austrian brand of children's shoes, has re-launched its corporate website, richter.at. Visitors can check out Richter's products with 360-degree visibility and search for their availability in their favorite stores. The website is also linked with Facebook and Instagram to provide information on new collections and styles.
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The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has named Barbara Fidler, a...
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has named Barbara Fidler, a student at the London College of Fashion, National Footwear Student of the Year 2018. The award was open to footwear students at De Montfort University, University of Northampton, and London College of Fashion, which are the three British universities that ...
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High-level executives at Lululemon and Nike have been led to...
High-level executives at Lululemon and Nike have been led to resign because of sexual harassment or gender discrimination. Paul Marciano, co-founder and executive chairman of Guess, has now been led to resign after an investigation showed that he engaged in sexual misconduct while at work. At the end of May, ...
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Satra Technology Europe has been designated by the Irish government...
Satra Technology Europe has been designated by the Irish government as a Notified Body for Regulation (EU) 2016/425 Personal Protective Equipment. The company, based in Dublin, has been issued with the Notified Body Number 2777, and now appears on the European Commission's website for New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations ...
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Prada's chief executive, Patrizio Bertelli, said the family who controls...
Prada's chief executive, Patrizio Bertelli, said the family who controls the luxury goods group does not intend to sell its stake. Bertelli added that his own son Lorenzo may one day head the group, if he wants to. Meanwhile, Prada has inaugurated its new factory in Valvigna, near Arezzo, in ...
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Dockers will have a new booth at the Expo Riva...
Dockers will have a new booth at the Expo Riva Schuh show starting on Saturday. The stand will be bigger than before. Its design was already adopted by Gerli, which owns the rights to the brand in Europe, for the presentation of its product range at the most recent Panorama ...
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Tamara Mellon, who founded the Jimmy Choo brand, has collected...
Tamara Mellon, who founded the Jimmy Choo brand, has collected an additional $24 million from two investors in a second round of financing for the development of her eponymous brand, which she launched in 2016. This takes the total amount raised so far up to $37 million, helping her to ...
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Camper, the Mallorca-based footwear brand, opened its first two CamperLab flagship...
Camper, the Mallorca-based footwear brand, opened its first two CamperLab flagship stores in London and Paris, adding to seven existing standard stores operating under its brand name in each of the two cities. The new concept was developed by Camper's creative director, Romain Kremer, who has been with the brand since ...
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CCC, the Polish-based chain of shoe and leathergoods stores, is...
CCC, the Polish-based chain of shoe and leathergoods stores, is entering the Swiss shoe market by taking a majority stake in Karl Vögele, the Swiss shoe retailer. As reported by both companies, NG2 Suisse, a subsidiary of CCC, has acquired 70 percent of the shares, which were previously held by ...
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Diego Della Valle, Tod's chairman and chief executive, has reiterated...
Diego Della Valle, Tod's chairman and chief executive, has reiterated his intention to take a step back from day-to-day management and focus on the group's strategy. He said that he expects to delegate “soon” everyday management to the group's management team under the supervision of his younger brother Andrea. “My ...
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Deichmann has launched a new charity project, offering its trainees...
Deichmann has launched a new charity project, offering its trainees the opportunity to help primary school pupils to learn to read and write. The trainees are exempt from work in order to attend the Dürer-School in Essen-Borbeck in the morning on two days of the week during the Easter and ...
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Kenny Wilson will be the new chief executive of Dr....
Kenny Wilson will be the new chief executive of Dr. Martens, starting in October, taking the place of Steve Murray, who stepped down last October and is now working again for VF Corporation. Wilson has been since 2011 the CEO of Cath Kidston, a U.K.-based brand of handbags and other ...
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Christian Louboutin is claiming victory in a five-year-long trademark dispute...
Christian Louboutin is claiming victory in a five-year-long trademark dispute over its signature red soles involving Van Haren. The European Court of Justice has issued a favorable ruling for Christian Louboutin, supporting its argument that a specific shade of red on the soles of its shoes can be considered as ...
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New Steps, the Dutch Waalwijk-based company that owns the Yellow...
New Steps, the Dutch Waalwijk-based company that owns the Yellow Cab brand, filed for insolvency on May 23 in the bankruptcy court of Zeeland-West-Brabant. The court appointed S.M.P. Jacobs as the receiver. Yellow Cab was rather well-known in the 1990s for its original heels and prints, which appealed to young ...
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Giuseppe Zanotti's headquarters in San Mauro Pascoli, in Italy's Emilia...
Giuseppe Zanotti's headquarters in San Mauro Pascoli, in Italy's Emilia Romagna region, have been robbed for the sixth time in three years. The burglars stole 100 boxes containing 300 pairs of shoes from the company's warehouse. The shoes, valued at around €270,000, were ready to be shipped to the U.S., ...
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Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, reports...
Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, reports a satisfactory profit in spite of a 0.6 percent decrease in revenues to €317.8 million for the past year, due to weak orders of spring/summer 2018 products and reorders. On the other hand, operating and other costs grew significantly in ...
