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Tati, the French cut-price shop, will be sold to Gifi....
Tati, the French cut-price shop, will be sold to Gifi. The French competition authority has conditionally authorized the takeover of Tati Group's shops by GPG Group (Gifi) as long as Tati sells some shops located in limited catchment areas, in order to avoid harm to competition. Tati has therefore agreed ...
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Instead of cutting a ribbon to mark the opening of...
Instead of cutting a ribbon to mark the opening of a new shoe factory in Novi Travnik, the Swedish shoe manufacturer Kavat tied a shoelace in shades of blue and yellow before the Bosnian prime minister, Fadil Novali?, to symbolize cooperation between the two countries. A crowd of 300 people ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has opened a new design and prototyping lab...
Salvatore Ferragamo has opened a new design and prototyping lab for men's and women's leather goods in Osmannoro, near Florence. The center is to celebrate the leather crafting know-how of the Italian luxury label, which the company wants to pass down to future generations. The lab also uses new machines ...
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Gucci was swept up in a tax dragnet when police...
Gucci was swept up in a tax dragnet when police raided its Florence office and Milan head offices at the end of November. The fast-growing Italian fashion house, owned by Kering, issued a statement after La Stampa, an Italian daily newspaper, reported that police spent three days searching the offices ...
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Michal Zbierajewski, a former manager of Sanita's production facilities in...
Michal Zbierajewski, a former manager of Sanita's production facilities in Poland, has teamed up with a Korean sports technology company, ShinKyung, to launch a new disc-based shoe lacing system, called Uturn, that is said to be more stable, functional and easier to use than the former Puma Disc and the ...
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Flex plans to inaugurate a new manufacturing plant in Zapopan-Jalisco,...
Flex plans to inaugurate a new manufacturing plant in Zapopan-Jalisco, about 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Guadalajara, where it will make sports shoes for Nike. The new 57,000-square-meter facility will initially employ 5,000 workers but Flex anticipates the number will grow by the end of 2019, with the full implementation ...
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Hamm Market Solutions, the German-based footwear licensee for the Gant and...
Hamm Market Solutions, the German-based footwear licensee for the Gant and Napapijri brands, created a new subsidiary, Selected Footwear Concepts, managed by Claus Gese, that will start next month distributing Mahony, a newly created brand of women's shoes. The products are priced between €89-120 a pair for end consumers. Gese, who ...
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Sarenza, the French-based online shoe retailer, says its sales have...
Sarenza, the French-based online shoe retailer, says its sales have grown by 15 percent since the start of its new financial year in September, thanks in part to a particularly successful Black Friday promotion. The e-tailer generated a turnover of around €200 million in the past year.
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Joya has set a subsidiary in Konstanz, Germany, Joya Schuhe,...
Joya has set a subsidiary in Konstanz, Germany, Joya Schuhe, to take care of the distribution of the Swiss brand of comfort shoes in Germany and the Benelux countries, which were previously serviced by Joya International. From January 2018, Joya Schuhe, the German subsidiary, will assume Joya's distribution in these markets. Its ...
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Deichmann has again provided awards of €100,000 for ten projects...
Deichmann has again provided awards of €100,000 for ten projects dedicated to the integration of disadvantaged young people through education and employment. First awarded in 2005, the Deichmann Award this year went mostly for projects aimed at integrating young refugees. The Deichmann Award is split into several categories. The first ...
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Alpargatas Argentina is investing 100 million Argentinian pesos (€4.9m-$5.7m) to reintroduce...
Alpargatas Argentina is investing 100 million Argentinian pesos (€4.9m-$5.7m) to reintroduce the Havaianas brand to the local retail market. Alpargatas Argentina is looking to invest the money over a three-year period, first by introducing the brand in retail chains and then later by opening mono-brand stores. Alpargatas Argentina is the local ...
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LVMH is set to operate 24 manufacturing sites in Italy...
LVMH is set to operate 24 manufacturing sites in Italy by next year with the opening of a new jewelry plant for Bulgari and an eyewear factory for Céline and other brands in partnership with Marcolin. It already operates the Rossimoda shoe factory and a shoe factory in Italy for ...
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Michael Kors Holdings is projecting revenues of $4.59 billion for...
Michael Kors Holdings is projecting revenues of $4.59 billion for the financial year ending next April, up from a previous forecast of $4.28 billion. That would include extra revenues $225 million from the recently acquired Jimmy Choo, down from a previously projected level of $275 million. In the second quarter ...
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Guenther Berchtenbreiter has abruptly left the management team at Legero...
Guenther Berchtenbreiter has abruptly left the management team at Legero after a stay of only a few months. He joined the Austrian children's shoe manufacturer last May as executive vice president in charge of branding, marketing and digital. Before moving to the company in Graz, he was responsible for the ...
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Birkenstock is expanding its portfolio of accessories by adding its...
Birkenstock is expanding its portfolio of accessories by adding its first collection of five models of belts to complement the brand's spring/summer 2018 collection. They will be offered alongside the brand's new lines of legwear and bags. The belts are made in Germany, using vegetable tanned leather. The colors are ...
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Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against...
Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against Ivanka Trump one year ago, alleging that the brand's licensee, Marc Fisher, had copied the design of one of its sandals. It could not be determined whether the two parties have reached an out-of-court settlement
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Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America....
Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America. The 2,800-square-foot store is located at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, Canada. The store marks Hunter's third stand-alone store globally. To celebrate the opening, Hunter has released a limited-edition backpack in Canada's red and white national colors, called the ...
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The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City...
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City hosted its annual fundraising party on Nov. 14, inviting many celebrities from the international music and art scene. For the event, Trisha Baga, an artist living and working in New York, designed an art piece together with Birkenstock. A sculpture, ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo and OTB were among the winners of the...
Salvatore Ferragamo and OTB were among the winners of the second edition of the Corporate Art Awards, which reward the synergies between private companies and institutions on art-related patronage. OTB, the group owned by Renzo Rosso, funded the restoration of the iconic Ponte di Rialto bridge in Venice. The restoration ...
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Clarks has announced that it will be working with the...
Clarks has announced that it will be working with the JDA Software Group to create a global planning process, as part of its global business transformation initiative. The British footwear maker will be using JDA's Intelligent Fulfillment solution, which helps anticipate the omnichannel demand and secure the availability of stock ...
