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Baffin enters the aftermarket insole business
Baffin, a Canadian brand of high-performance footwear and apparel, has launched the B-Tek thermal insole. The sole is compatible with the brand’s footwear as well as other boot styles and can be used as a replacement footbed or added to existing footwear for an extra layer of insulation and ...
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Clarks Originals launches an apparel collection
Clarks launched its first global non-footwear collection by extending its Originals brand into apparel and accessories. The unisex collection comprises T-shirts, baseball caps and socks. It is available in selected Clarks stores and on Clarks.com. The move aims to extend “the Originals identity beyond footwear, offering new ways to represent ...
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Humanoid robots shipments seen exceeding 50,000 in 2026
Global humanoid robot shipments are projected to exceed 50,000 units in 2026, according to Counterpoint Research. The research firm indicated that shipments in the first half of the year surpassed 22,000 units, representing nearly 300 percent year-over-year growth. The Chinese manufacturer Agibot commanded a 43 percent market share, followed by ...
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Sportup relaunches the L’Alpina brand
Sportup is relaunching the L’Alpina brand that it bought in 2025. L’Alpina is being positioned as an premium activewear and lifestyle label with a focus on trail running. Founded in 1946 in Milan, L’Alpina was an established brand in technical mountain clothing. It presented its first apparel collection under ...
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Prologis to buy Segro
The American warehouse and logistics operator Prologis said that it has reached an agreement to buy its UK peer Segro for about $18.8 billion. Under the terms of the recommended acquisition, Segro shareholders will receive 0.0920 new Prologis shares for each share held. Shareholders may elect to receive cash in ...
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ArticleSkechers’ new huge European distribution center is coming on stream
Skechers announced that the construction for its new huge European distribution center located in Belgium’s Wallonia region will be completed in August, when the installation of the automation system will begin. Situated near Liège’s Airport, the 230,000-square-meter center’s is close to Skechers longstanding distribution site in Milmort, which will ...
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Rohde invests €1.5m in new automated packaging system
The German manufacturer of slippers and sandals Rohde is investing €1.5 million in a new automated packaging system at its Schwalmstadt facility to shorten lead times and improve time-to-market. According to the company, the new system will automatically stack and pack shoe boxes into shipping cartons, selecting from three ...
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News briefsSuperfeet launches new sport specific insoles
US insole maker Superfeet has expanded its performance range with three new sport specific lines, Cleat, Court and Sport, led by the Cleat Playmaker Elite and a Court Playmaker Elite expected later this year. The company is positioning the products as performance equipment, not comfort accessories. The Cleat Collection targets ...
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Nili Lotan expands into footwear
Nili Lotan, the American designer of ready-to-wear, is expanding her label into footwear with the launch of seven core boot styles for women. The boots are manufactured in Italy and in Spain and are “rooted in Western Americana with rock and roll spirit, and defined by signature details,” according to ...
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Groundies launches 3D-printed barefoot shoes with Zellerfeld
The barefoot shoe brand Groundies has launched a capsule collection featuring a fully 3D-printed slip-on sneaker developed in collaboration with footwear tech company Zellerfeld. Available in four colourways, the model is produced exclusively on demand and is designed around the wearer’s foot. According to Groundies, the shoe combines an ...
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World Footwear releases a report on digital product creation
World Footwear, an initiative of Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear, components and leather goods manufacturers association, has released a report on digital product creation called Digital Transformation in Footwear Product Development. The report is part a new series of innovation papers dedicated to innovation in the footwear and leather ...
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TKG deploys VMS Solutions’ production planning program
VMS Solutions, a US provider of supply chain planning solutions, announced that the South Korean footwear manufacturer TKG Taekwang has gone live with its production planning solution Mozart 3.0. TKG faced challenges in centrally managing production plans across multiple manufacturing sites because its legacy planning systems had been operated independently ...
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ArticleTamaris rebrands Tamaris Comfort as Tamaris Wide Fit
Tamaris is rebranding its Tamaris Comfort line to Tamaris Wide Fit, as it sees extra width as a ”real differentiator” for the brand. The brand noted that since the autumn/winter 2022 collection, it has been serving the comfort and wide-fit segment under the under the label Tamaris Comfort together with ...
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Heydude and Fusion Shoes settle a legal dispute in Germany
Heydude and Fusion Shoes have resolved a legal dispute before the Regional Court of Cologne concerning certain Fusion Superlight models that Heydude alleged infringed on rights associated with the brand’s “Wally” style footwear. Fusion Shoes had discontinued sales of the Fusion Superlight models involved in the case in Germany as ...
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Twisted X launches a collection made in the US
Twisted X, a brand of the Texas-based Twisted X Global Brands company, is bringing footwear manufacturing to the United States with the launch of the Built in the USA Collection. ”Assembled in the United States with globally sourced materials, the Built in the USA Collection exemplifies Twisted X’s diversification plan,” ...
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Adidas launches a safety footwear collection
Adidas has officially entered the personal protective equipment market with the launch of Adidas Pro Work, a new safety footwear collection developed in partnership with GLO Brands, a business unit of London-based Bunzl. The launch follows the long-term global licensing agreement between Adidas and GLO, first announced in October 2025, ...
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Cimalp enters hiking footwear market
The French outdoor brand Cimalp has expanded into the hiking footwear segment with the launch of the Touet, a new low-cut leather hiking shoe designed to complement the company’s existing apparel portfolio and serve as the foundation for a future footwear range. Founded in 1964 at the foot of France’s ...
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ArticleBally ends shoe production in Switzerland
The Swiss luxury brand Bally is ending shoe production in Switzerland after 175 years and cutting 27 jobs at its original manufacturing site in the canton of Ticino, according to Swiss media reports. The last production workers at the company’s original site in Caslano, near Lugano, have received termination ...
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TKG Taekwang to build a footwear plant in Tamil Nadu
TKG Taekwang, a South Korean footwear manufacturer, has received approval to establish a 514 crore rupee (€47m) non-leather footwear manufacturing facility on 69 acres of land at the ELCOT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Navalpattu, Tiruchy, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In the Indian numeral system, a crore ...
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Peter Kaiser expands product range to include men’s shoes, strengthens distribution in Scandinavia
The women’s footwear brand Peter Kaiser is expanding its product range to include a men’s shoe collection starting with the spring/summer 2027 season. The collection was unveiled by the Chief Executive Officer, Jürgen Cölsch, at a presentation to the international sales force. The range includes business shoes, loafers, modern ...
