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Dean Shoes lays foundation stone of new Indian factory
On Nov. 15, MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, laid the foundation stone for a manufacturing unit of the Taiwanese footwear firm Dean Shoes at SIPCOT Park in Jayankondam, in the Ariyalur district. Dean Shoes is investing about $118.5 million in the facility which ...
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News briefsDow launches low-carbon material solutions for the footwear industry
Dow launched a portfolio of low-carbon material solutions which it claims can help the footwear industry “develop more sustainable products which offer the same high-performance results.” The upgraded portfolio consists of bio-circular* materials attributed under a mass balance approach, reversible cross-linking resins, post-consumer recycled resins and polyolefin elastomers for artificial ...
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Castañer opens its first store in Italy
After experimenting with a pop-up store in Milan last year, Castañer opened its first permanent store in Italy. The 33-square-meter store is located in Via del Babuino, one of Rome’s most exclusive shopping streets. The Spanish footwear brand is present in 20 countries through seven directly-operated stores, four in ...
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P448 hires Rocco Bennici as CFO, COO
P448 has hired Rocco Bennici for the newly created job of Chief Financial and Operating Officer. He will report to Wayne Kulkin, the Executive Chairman of StreetTrend LLC, the parent company of the Italian sneaker brand. Bennici will lead the finance, treasury, IT and logistics divisions as well as P448’s ...
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Stuart Weitzman picks Mark Consuelos as ambassador for men’s collection
Stuart Weitzman has chosen the actor, producer and talk show host Mark Consuelos as the first global ambassador for its men’s collection, which was launched earlier this year. ”As the brand is known for celebrating bold, confident women since its founding in 1986, this campaign is concepted to define the ...
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Protective Industrial Products buys Honeywell’s PPE business
Protective Industrial Products (PIP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the personal protective equipment (PPE) business of Honeywell along with its brands, which include Fendall, Fibre-Metal, Howard Leight, KCL, Miller, Morning Pride, North, Oliver, Salisbury and UVEX, for $1.325 billion. “PIP is dedicated to serving as a trusted ...
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Birkenstock opens its seventh store in the US
Birkenstock opened its seventh company-owned retail store in the US. Located on Newbury Street, Boston, the store offers an extensive range of products for women, men and kids including sandals, clogs, sneakers, shoes, boots and socks. Additionally, the location features Birkenstock’s new Care Essentials collection, marking an expansion into foot ...
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Cinq à Sept launches its first footwear collection
The New York-based ready-to-wear brand Cinq à Sept launched its first-ever footwear collection on Nov. 21. The collection is designed in New York and made in Brazil. It is available online at cinqasept.nyc, in-store at the Cinq à Sept New York City boutique and with premiere retailers worldwide. Cinq à ...
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Milan tops the global ranking of most expensive shopping destinations
Milan’s via Montenapoleone topped the ranking of the world’s most expensive retail destinations in 2024, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s 34th edition of the Main Streets Across the World report. It is the first time a European city tops the ranking, which comprises 138 retail locations worldwide. Montenapoleone is followed ...
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Humanic to open a flagship store in Vienna
The Austrian footwear chain Humanic continues to expand its retail network with a new flagship store in Vienna, at Kärntner Straße 5, right next to Stephansplatz, one of the most sought-after retail locations in the city. The store is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025 and will ...
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Leguano opens new stores
The German barefoot footwear specialist Leguano is revamping its retail network with the opening of new stores in Paderborn, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, and in Kleve, in the Lower Rhine region. The outlet in Paderborn, which replaces the former barefoot store at Husener Straße 121, will ...
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Baak hires a Head of Sales & Marketing
Baak, the German manufacturer of safety shoes, has appointed Johannes Ernst to the newly created position of Head of Sales & Marketing to consolidate and strengthen its sales and marketing activities. In this role, Ernst will report directly to the management team, led jointly by Christian and Ingo Grusa ...
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Kizik hires a head of design
Kizik, a US brand specializing in slip-on shoes, has hired Andreas Harlow as Senior Vice President of Design. Harlow has spent two decades with Nike, where he most recently served as Vice President Global Footwear Creative Director for Jordan Brand, “creatively fueling the brand’s phenomenal growth for the last 3 ...
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US tariffs seen having limited impact on Spanish economy
The possible introduction of trade tariffs by the US is expected to have a limited impact on the Spanish economy, according to Gonzalo Gortazar, the CEO of the Spanish bank CaixaBank. He noted that only 5 percent of Spanish exports go to the US. Meanwhile, exports contribute about 40 percent ...
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Pollini’s sales decline slows down sharply in Q3
Pollini, the luxury footwear brand wholly-owned by the Italian fashion house Aeffe, posted sales of €23.6 million in the first nine months of 2024, down by 9.5 percent from a year earlier. The brand represented 11.4 percent of the group’s revenues, up from 10.3 percent a year earlier as it ...
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Wolverine opens an innovation hub in Boston
Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. (WWW) has opened a new global Innovation Hub on 90 Causeway Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The 11,000-square-foot facility will accommodate employees from the group’s design and product teams, including Saucony product team members specializing in design, development, product management and merchandising. The opening on Nov. 14 comes ...
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Golden Goose and On Holding’s management reportedly met
The managements of Golden Goose and On Holding have met, which triggered speculation that the Swiss group could buy the Italian brand of premium sneakers, reported the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore. The daily added that sources close to Golden Goose do not deny the meeting but rejected rumors ...
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Zappos reopens its outlet in Louisville
After two years, Zappos.com has reopened its original and only outlet store, The Outlet Powered by Zappos, in Louisville, Kentucky. The US online footwear retailer first opened the outlet in 2019 and then closed it at the end of 2022 as part of its effort to refocus its business. “Zappos ...
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Taos promotes its top management
Taos, the US brand of comfort shoes which will celebrate 20 years of business in 2025, promoted its top management. Glen Barad, the founder and President, becomes CEO. Bill Langrell, the Chief Operating Officer, becomes President and COO. Sylvia Jensen, the National Sales Manager, is promoted to Vice President of ...
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Alibaba's quarterly sales up 5%
In the fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30, Alibaba posted revenues of 236.503 billion yuan renminbi (€33.0 billion) and income from operations of RMB 35.246 billion (€4.8 billion), both up by 5 percent year-over-year. The Chinese online retailer Alibaba said that diluted earnings per share grew by 69 percent to ...
