News Briefs – Page 19
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Two Italian makers of footwear machinery join forces
Atom MB and Cerim, two producers of footwear machinery based in Vigevano, about 20 kilometers southwest of Milan, have agreed to join forces. The companies have created Avantium, a 50-50 joint venture that will group the activities of Cerim and of Atom MB’s unit MB. The MB business stems from ...
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Nice Footwear sets up a joint venture with Avirex
Nice Footwear is creating a joint venture with Avirex, a brand known for its leather jackets and chinos pants. Nice Footwear, which specializes in the production of sneakers, has held over the past years the license to produce footwear under the Avirex brand. Under the agreement, Nice Footwear will create ...
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Walmart buys a robotics automation company
Walmart has agreed to acquire Alert Innovation, a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fullfillment centers (MFC) since 2016. ”Further investing in this technology will enable us to leverage ...
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Golden Goose acquires Italian Fashion Team
Luxury sneakers specialist Golden Goose announced that it acquired Italian Fashion Team, a high-end sneakers producer and Golden Goose’s main supplier, for an undisclosed amount. The two companies have worked together for seven years. Based in Casarano, near the Apulian city of Lecce, Italian Fashion Team is headed by founder ...
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Prada buys a stake in the tannery Superior
Prada has purchased a 43.65 percent stake in Superior, a Tuscan tannery specialized in calfskin processing, for an undisclosed amount. Superior has recently focused its investments on process digitization and a sustainable development plan centered on the circular economy, energy efficiency and water resource protection. According to the terms of ...
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Kolektive buys the U.K. footwear distributor 33 Joints
The investment company Kolektive Ventures, which trades under the name Projekt Indigo in the U.K., has bought a majority stake in the British footwear distributor 33 Joints in a move to establish its presence in the U.K. footwear market. Kolektive aims to help 33 Joints build up awareness for the ...
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Calzedonia buys Antonio Marras
The Italian group Calzedonia has bought an 80 percent stake in the fashion house Antonio Marras. No financial details were released. Calzedonia said that it will help the development of the fashion house thanks to its expertise in retailing and production, as well as its financial strength. The designer Antonio ...
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VF cutting 600 jobs
VF Corp. the Denver-based company that owns brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Smartwool, Altra, Icebreaker and Vans, is cutting 600 jobs worldwide, the Denver Business Journal reported, citing a letter sent by the president and CEO, Steve Rendle, to employees. VF is axing 600 office-based roles, which will ...
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Diego Della Valle files document to delist Tod’s
Tod’s said that its main shareholder, Diego Della Valle, has filed documents with the Italian market regulator Consob for a public offer to delist the Italian fashion house from the Milan stock exchange. As announced earlier in August, DeVa Finance, which is controlled by DI.VI. Finanziaria di Diego Della Valle ...
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Spartoo completes minority stake purchase in SAAJ
Spartoo has completed the acquisition of a minority stake in the French brand SAAJ through a capital increase. No further financial details were released. SAAJ is a fast-growing digital native brand, founded in 2016 by Maelys and Jérémy. The investment will enable the SAAJ brand to accelerate its development, according ...
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Kizik raises $20m in a series B fund round
Kizik, based in Lindon, Utah, has completed a $20 million series B funding round led by the private equity The Newcastle Network. The American footwear brand, whose parent company is HandsFree Labs, specializes in slip on shoes. It will use the funds to launch a Kizik Kids line and to ...
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Bernard Arnault to reinforce control over LVMH parent company
The French businessman Bernard Arnault plans to transform Financière Agache, a family holding company which controls the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, into a limited partnership. The move will enable the businessman and his five children to maintain control over the group. “The LVMH group is a family-based group whose ...
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Coats completes the acquisition of Texon
On July 21, the British industrial thread manufacturer Coats announced that it had completed the acquisition of Texon, a U.S. footwear solutions provider. Coats bought Texon at an enterprise value of $237 million and a total net cash consideration of $211 million. The acquisition is based on an Ebitda multiple ...
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Aldo completes its restructuring
On July 14, Aldo Group exited from its restructuring process initiated in May 2020 when it filed for protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. “It is with great relief that we put this process behind us, and with excitement that we now look ahead. The work and restructuring we’ve ...
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GM Leather is listed on the Milan stock exchange
GM Leather, an Italian leather manufacturer, was listed on the Milan stock exchange on July 13. In its debut on the Euronext Growth Milan, the stock closed 1.63 percent higher compared to its initial public offering price (IPO) of €1.75 per share after having reached an intraday high of ...
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Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp completes the restructuring of its footwear business
The Estonian group Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp said that it is completing the restructuring of its footwear business. After closing the ABC King and SHU physical retail networks during 2022, the group’s wholly owned subsidiary TKM King will merge its remaining footwear wholesale business with Selver, which is also fully controlled ...
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GM Leather plans to be listed in Milan
GM Leather, an Italian leather manufacturer, has presented a request to list its shares and warrants on the Euronext Growth Milan segment of the Milan stock exchange. Controlled by the Marcigaglia family, the company makes leather products for furniture, leather goods and fashion and automotive sectors. In 2021, GM Leather ...
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Gucci’s Pigini unit to build a new upper plant in Italy
Pigini, a footwear subsidiary of the fashion house Gucci, will buid a new production site in Recanati, in the Italian region of the Marche, home to a large footwear cluster. The more than 10,000 square meter facility is expected to employ about 400 people in three years’ time and will ...
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Spartoo buys a minority stake in the brand SAAJ
Spartoo has signed an agreement to buy a minority stake in the brand SAAJ through a capital increase. No further financial details were released. SAAJ is a fast-growing digital native brand, founded in 2016 by Maelys and Jérémy. ”It stands out for its original creations entirely designed and realized ...
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Deichmann sells Russian business
The German shoe retailer Deichmann has left the Russian market, selling all 37 stores with remaining inventory to a local partner. No financial details were released. The Russian press reported that Deichmann had stopped supplying its Russian retail network several weeks before. The stores will reopen under a new brand ...
