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ArticleBurberry’s CEO to join Ferragamo
The Italian luxury goods group Salvatore Ferragamo has reached an agreement to hire Marco Gobbetti as its general manager and chief executive, as soon as he is released from his contractual obligations with the British luxury goods group Burberry, where he is currently CEO. Before Burberry, Gobbetti was CEO of ...
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EU maintains personal data transfer to the U.K.
The European Union is maintaining the transfer of personal data to the U.K. despite the fact that the country left the union, thanks to the adoption of two adequacy decisions for the U.K. The European Commission said that the U.K. has fully incorporated the principles, rights and obligations of the ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: British flip flop start-up FoamLife begins with a bang
The British start-up FoamLife has started trading in the U.K., Ireland and France and is currently in talks with distributors and agents to expand in new markets next year. It has also launched a direct-to-consumer business in the British Isles through its own platform and Amazon and is scheduled to ...
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Colosseum’s inside restored thanks to Tod’s
The underground tunnels of Rome’s Colosseum, known as the hypogeum, have been restored thanks to funds provided by the Italian footwear company Tod’s. “This startling new view of the hypogeum is testimony to all that happened under the amphitheatre’s great arena from its inauguration in 80 AD up to the ...
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Allbirds reportedly files for IPO
Allbirds, the B Corporation certified Californian brand of footwear and apparel, has filed for a confidential initial public offering (IPO), according to WWD. A confidential IPO filing allows a company to keep details of its business performance and of the terms of the transaction secret until 15 days before the ...
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Dune London opens a store at Edinburgh’s St James Quarter
Dune London has opened a 1,689 square foot store in St James Quarter, Edinburgh’s new lifestyle district. The shop will showcase the brand’s women’s, men’s and accessories collections and include new “unique premium features.” “Edinburgh is a top location for Dune London. The impressive St James Quarter I’m sure will ...
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Superga picks Lena Gercke as brand ambassador in Germany
Superga, the Italian brand known for its cotton canvas sneaker, said that the German top model and TV presenter Lena Gercke will be its brand ambassador in Germany for the summer 2021 collection. As the face of the campaign, she selected four styles in light and natural tones, also personally ...
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Safety Jogger signs 3-year sponsorship with cycling team
Safety Jogger, a brand of safety shoes and equipment owned by the Belgian footwear trading company Cortina, has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Deceuninck-Quick Step cycling team. The partnership will run from 2022 to 2024 and the brand’s logo will be one of the official shirt sponsors of ...
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French National Leather Council re-elects Frank Boehly as president
The French National Leather Council (Conseil National du Cuir or CNC) has re-elected Frank Boehly as its president, a position he has held since 2014. CNC is an umbrella organization for the French leather industry, grouping 21 federations or professional unions ranging from livestock farming to the distribution of finished ...
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ArticleMicam confirms a physical edition in September
Micam, the Milan-based footwear trade show, confirmed that it will hold a physical edition from Sept.19 to 21. The physical edition of Micam scheduled from March 21 to 23 was canceled because of the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic. The trade show had to hold a virtual event from March ...
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Rohde Shoes appoints new key account manager
German shoemaker Rohde has expanded its sales team by appointing Timo Schmermund as key account manager, a position that had long been vacant. He will take up his new post on July 1. Boasting nearly 25 years of experience in the footwear industry, the 46-year-old previously worked for the ...
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La Sportiva opens store in Cortina
La Sportiva has opened a new store in Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the heart of the Dolomites. It is the 11th brand store La Sportiva in Europe. The store, located at Corso Italia 198, sells products for both winter and summer sports, including climbing, trail running, mountaineering and trekking. In addition ...
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Lectra buys Neteven to boost e-commerce solutions
Lectra, a French company that produces laser cutting machinery used by shoemakers, has agreed to buy the entire capital and voting rights of Neteven, a French firm which enables brands to automate and facilitate distribution on online marketplaces. Under the deal, Lectra will initially buy 80 percent of Neteven’s capital ...
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Pioneering footwear designer Armando Pollini dies at 85
Armando Pollini, a veteran footwear designer and entrepreneur, the founder of Armando Pollini Design and an avid experimenter who created many iconic shoe models, died of a heart attack on June 18 at the age of 85. Born in the Italian town of Vigevano, near Milan, in 1935, Pollini ...
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Goat Group more than doubles in value
The sneaker market is red hot, particularly online. The Goat Group more than doubled its valuation to $3.7 billion in its latest round of financing from $1.8 billion in the previous one last September. The proceedings from the $195 million financing round will be used to add new hubs in ...
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ArticleA digital expert will be Wolverine’s new CEO
Blake Krueger, who was reported a few weeks ago to be 66 years old, with a net worth of more than $40 million, is gradually relinquishing his functions at Wolverine Worldwide, where he has worked for 28 years. The 52-year-old Brandan Hoffmann, who took his place as president of the ...
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Skechers opens a flagship in Berlin
Skechers USA is building up its own network of mono-brand stores in Europe strongly. After setting up a flagship store in Munich last year, it is opening another flagship of 1,000 square meters in a very central area of Berlin. Located on the Tauentzienstrasse in front of the Kaiser-Wilhlem-Gedächtnis Church ...
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Mariano Shoes opens a store in Lisbon
The Portuguese shoemaker Mariano Shoes has opened its first store. The 60-square-meter shop is located in Lisbon and the company plans to open at least two more stores. Fátima Oliveira, the executive director of the company founded in 1945 in São João da Madeira, explained that the brand aims to ...
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Italian shoe makers renew labor contract to end 2023
The Italian association of footwear manufacturers, Assocalzaturifici, and the unions Femca-Cisl, Filctem-Cgil and Uiltec-Uil signed a new labor contract, replacing the one that expired on Dec. 31, 2019. The new contract, which concerns about 80,000 workers and nearly 5,800 companies, will start retroactively from Jan. 1, 2020, and covers 48 ...
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Shoe Carnival sees FY sales over $1.15bn
Shoe Carnival expects sales in the current fiscal year to be more than $1.15 billion and diluted net income per share to be in excess of $6.00 before a planned two-for-one stock split, or above $3.00 post-stock split. The forecast sales would surpass its previous sales record by over $100 ...
