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Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's...
Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's Black Friday promotion. Zalando clicked more than 2,000 orders per minute, clearly up from 1,500 order per minute a year ago. It won over more than 100,000 new customers for the shopping event.
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Sioux has announced the death of Karin Sapper on Sept....
Sioux has announced the death of Karin Sapper on Sept. 29 at the age of 89. She took over the reins of the German shoe company after the death in 1981 of her husband, Peter Sapper, who had founded it in 1954, launching the mocassin in Germany. She led the ...
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The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting...
The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting tool for shoe retailers that identifies business risks and suggests ways to counteract them. The analysis ranges from key financial figures to personnel planning and market presence to checking the online capability of inventory management and related logistics processes. Together ...
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Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief...
Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief executive of the bankrupt J.B. Martin on Oct. 30, has presented a plan to eliminate the French company's losses. It would involve the layoff of up to 100 of its 260 employees and the shutdown of five to ten of ...
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Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as...
Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as marketing director for Central Europe, taking the place of Matthias Schwarte who left the group at the end of August. She comes from Cartier, where she spent the last four years as marketing director for fragrances and sunglasses in Northern ...
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Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge...
Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge of North America. Previously, for seven years up to January 2017, Gamberini was in charge of the North American business for Marcolin, one of Italy's major eyewear groups. Between 2003 and 2008, he worked for Nike, ending up as general ...
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Art, the Spanish producer of original shoes, has developed a...
Art, the Spanish producer of original shoes, has developed a new footwear construction for the spring/summer 2018 season that allows consumers to create new designs on a sandal. Called “I Create,” it consists of a set of front and back straps, soles and other components, offering more than 50,000 combinations ...
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Assomac's president, Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, has reportedly said that the...
Assomac's president, Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, has reportedly said that the Simac and Tanning Tech trade shows will see higher exhibitor numbers in 2018 than they did in 2017. Assomac is the Italian association of manufacturers of footwear, leather goods and tanning technologies. The application process for exhibitors closed on Nov. ...
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Christian Louboutin will be opening its first nail bar at...
Christian Louboutin will be opening its first nail bar at the Mandarin Oriental Paris, from Dec. 11-30. The Mandarin Oriental Paris is located on the prestigious rue Saint-Honoré, in Paris' first arrondissement. In the hotel-based temporary nail bar, customers will have an opportunity to try Christian Louboutin's nail polish range. ...
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RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive,...
RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive, Rob Mullaney, following the departure of Greg Tunney after 12 years with the American company, which produces slippers and other types of shoes under the Dearfoams, Baggallini and Foot Petals brands. Mullaney has spent 20 years in the footwear industry, ...
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Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new...
Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new managing director of Tod's, replacing Stefano Sincini from Dec. 1. Diego Della Valle remains chairman and chief executive. Macchi has been the global sales director of Bulgari in the last nine years. He worked for Johnson & Johnson for four ...
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Castañer, best known for its espadrilles shoes, is partnering with...
Castañer, best known for its espadrilles shoes, is partnering with Manolo Blahnik on a new capsule collection. The Castañer by Manolo Blahnik capsule comprises six models, for the day and for the evening, with either “by day” or “by night” as part of the name of each model. The collection ...
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Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K....
Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K. on Nov. 16. The store is located on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden. A New York store is also in the cards in the near future. The company's new store in London is about 60 square meters and features ...
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Boaonda, a Brazilian shoe manufacturer, is going to use a...
Boaonda, a Brazilian shoe manufacturer, is going to use a new Avalon thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compound developed by Huntsman for injection molding of sandals, clogs, sneakers and other types of shoes. Huntsman says it met such requirements as fast mold fitting and de-molding and the production of a flexible and ...
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Gucci is partnering with Bocconi University to launch the Gucci...
Gucci is partnering with Bocconi University to launch the Gucci Research Lab. This new three-year research project is designed to develop the so-called soft skills, and how factors like mindset, risk-taking and staff empowerment can enhance performance and growth, with a focus on the fashion and luxury industry. The underlying ...
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Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with...
Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with Linus Glaser succeeding Moritz Hau as German country manager, in charge also of Austria and Switzerland. Glaser has been involved with the Berlin-based online fashion retailer since 2011 after joining from Mango where he was senior product manager. His first ...
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W.L. Gore is coming up with a new brand, called...
W.L. Gore is coming up with a new brand, called Gore-Tex Infinium, which will be introduced from the autumn of 2018 for functional active lifestyle clothing, footwear and shoes. For example, it will be used for stylish shoes with a very thin isolation, developed through a new, patent-pending process, that ...
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Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One...
Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva and Hoka One One, announced that it will make room for two new independent directors, replacing two who are retiring from its board. Marcato Capital Management, the activist investor that has been criticizing the company's management, asking to sell all the group's brands ...
