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JD.com is taking a series of action to entice European...
JD.com is taking a series of action to entice European luxury brands. The company has recently announced it can offer faster delivery and better protection against counterfeit products than the sites of its main competitor, Alibaba. At the latest World Retail Congress in Madrid on April 17-19, JD.com's international president, ...
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The ANWR group has signed a cooperation agreement with Spartoo,...
The ANWR group has signed a cooperation agreement with Spartoo, the French online shoe retailer that has recently agreed to take over the André chain of shoe shops. Retailers affiliated with schuhe.de, the online retail platform belonging to the ANWR group, will be able to offer their product lines through ...
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Aldo Bensadoun, the founder of the international shoe retailing group...
Aldo Bensadoun, the founder of the international shoe retailing group bearing his name, received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards on April 20. Besides his achievements in the business world, Bensadoun made a $25 million donation last year to create the Bensadoun School of Retail ...
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Hype, an independent streetwear label, has announced the launch of...
Hype, an independent streetwear label, has announced the launch of its first-ever footwear range in collaboration with Schuh, the British shoe retail chain owned by Genesco. Founded by Liam Green in 2011, when he was just 17, Hype is known as a cult brand aimed at the 18-25 demographic. Hype ...
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Dior has appointed Jens Riewenherm as its new chief digital...
Dior has appointed Jens Riewenherm as its new chief digital officer. Prior to Dior, Riewenherm served for six years as managing director at Mytheresa.com, which he left last October. He began his career at Payback, a multichannel platform, where he reached the position of head of brand management. He later ...
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Berluti has appointed Kris Van Assche as its new creative...
Berluti has appointed Kris Van Assche as its new creative director. The Belgian designer succeeds Haider Ackermann, who only stayed for 18 months. Van Assche recently left Dior Homme, which he had led the creative department since 2008, replacing Hedi Slimane. He will present his first collection for Berluti in ...
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Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of...
Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of the joint venture recently formed by Pentland Brands and Lacoste for the management of Pentland's long-standing Lacoste footwear license. He has been working most recently for Coach. He was previously in charge of European operations for Deckers' Ugg brand.
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Jörg Windsheimer will assume the position of sales director at...
Jörg Windsheimer will assume the position of sales director at Peter Kaiser from July 1. He replaces Peter Bangelmeier, who left the company at the end of March. Winsheimer worked for 17 years for Högl, where he was most recently working as sales director, responsible for the German-speaking markets as ...
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Kröger Shoes, a German shoe retailer, has become insolvent, but...
Kröger Shoes, a German shoe retailer, has become insolvent, but there are reportedly candidates for the acquisition of some or all of its stores. Its owner, Uwe Kröger, died in a car accident at the beginning of April. Kröger Shoes was established in 1984. It operates stores under its own ...
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Mirapodo, the German online store for footwear that belongs to...
Mirapodo, the German online store for footwear that belongs to the Otto Group, has expanded its product range to a total of 65,000 items. Mirapodo has stated that it wants to acquire 80 new partners and wholesale clients in 2018. The online retailer, which started operating eight years ago, also ...
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Bernd Grillitsch, European export sales director at Högl, will now...
Bernd Grillitsch, European export sales director at Högl, will now also be responsible the Austrian shoe brand in the key markets of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In his new position, he reports to Harald Winzer, sales director at Högl, who works hand in hand with Gerhard Bachmaier, responsible for brand ...
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The Vivarte Group has sold its Naf Naf brand of...
The Vivarte Group has sold its Naf Naf brand of affordable women's wear to a Chinese group, La Chapelle Fashion Company, for €52 million. This leaves the French group with only two subsidiaries, Besson and Chevignon, that are still looking for new investors. Vivarte has already divested many other holdings ...
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Filling Pieces, a special Dutch brand of sneakers, has developed...
Filling Pieces, a special Dutch brand of sneakers, has developed its first collection of apparel, using the same combination of luxury materials and technical fabrics, in collaboration with Barneys. The American fashion retailer will sell it exclusively at its flagship stores in New York and Los Angeles as well as ...
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The international Cookies show for kids' shoes and lifestyle brands in...
The international Cookies show for kids' shoes and lifestyle brands in Berlin will no longer take place. The summer edition of the show, scheduled for July 3-5, was cancelled earlier this month. The Cookies show was held twice in Berlin. The first edition took place at Kraftwerk Berlin under the same ...
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Ecco has teamed up with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a...
Ecco has teamed up with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a technology partner based in both Cambridge, U.K. and Palo Alto, California, on a new project for the data-driven customization of footwear. The project, called Quant-U (“quantified you”), is said to allow for a full digital analysis of the consumer's foot ...
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Selfridges, the chain of high-end department stores in the U.K.,...
Selfridges, the chain of high-end department stores in the U.K., has chosen the Bullring in Birmingham in which to open its second Shoe Galleries concept. The new 15,000-square-foot space, which is located on level four of the Selfridges' store, offers around 1,700 different styles from nearly 50 international designers including ...
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Kenneth Cole has signed a four-year licensing and distribution deal...
Kenneth Cole has signed a four-year licensing and distribution deal for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market with Global Brands Group Europe Footwear and Accessories. The UK-based corporation, which is part of the Fung group, will distribute men's and women's footwear from the company in select countries across ...
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Here is a French shoe company that is growing fast,...
Here is a French shoe company that is growing fast, while others like J.B. Martin are in trouble: Thanks to a rejuvenated and more colorful collection, Hirica raised its sales last year by 30 percent to €4.2 million and is targeting a 15 percent increase for 2018 with the recent ...
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Lumberjack made its debut in the Moto GP on March...
Lumberjack made its debut in the Moto GP on March 18 in Losail, Qatar, at the opening race of this year's Moto GP championship. On that occasion, the brand introduced its new testimonial, Franco Morbidelli, who was also making his debut in the Moto GP category. Morbidelli was the European ...
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German shoe retailers suffered a double-digit sales decline in the...
German shoe retailers suffered a double-digit sales decline in the first quarter of 2018, due especially to a cold and wet month of March. According to the European Clearing Center, they fell by 16 percent during the period. The latest data indicate that they scored slightly better at the beginning ...
