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Premiata launches a ready-to-wear collection
Premiata launched its first ready-to-wear collection at the 101st edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, held in Florence from Jan. 11 to 14, as part of its product diversification. The Italian footwear company known for its sneakers launched a collection of backpacks early last year. The cloths are genderless and manufactured ...
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Piquadro starts footwear collaboration with ACBC
The Italian leather goods company Piquadro presented its first collection of unisex sneakers called Corner20 at the Pitti Immagine Uomo trade show held in Florence from Jan. 11 to 14. The shoes were produced in collaboration with ACBC and are matched with a selection of backpacks. ACBC is an Italian ...
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A new sustainable collab between Adidas and Prada
Adidas has unveiled a new partnership with Prada with a sustainable twist. The new Adidas for Prada Re-Nylon collection consists of a wide range of Adidas Originals products made in Italy with the permanently recyclable Re-Nylon fabric introduced by Prada in 2019, which is made by recycling textile waste and ...
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JAC obtains Mcs license
The Italian company Just Another Copy (JAC) has obtained a license to produce and distribute men and women’s footwear under the Mcs brand from the next autumn-winter season. JAC was created in February 2021 by the businessman Cesare Pizzuti and the Torresi family, which owns the brand Galizio Torresi. The ...
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Baffin launches new Canadian made winter boots
The Canadian brand Baffin launched the Territories Collection, a line of winter boots manufactured in Stoney Creek, Ontario. The collection is initially available exclusively on the brand’s website and will be rolled out to wholesale clients in the autumn of 2022. Named after two of Canada’s Territories, the collection contains ...
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FitFlop uses Rakuten’s new personalized cash back offer
The brand of fashion comfort shoes, FitFlop, is one of the first companies to have used Rakuten’s new personalized cash back service “Personalized Rewards.” Rakuten Americas, the North American division of Rakuten, a Japanese provider of internet and e-commerce services, explained that the service enables brands to make personalized cash ...
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AlgiKnit opens innovation hub in North Carolina
The biomaterials firm AlgiKnit opened on Dec. 15 an innovation hub in Morrisville, located in The Research Triangle area of North Carolina. The company, which produces yarns derived mostly from the seaweed kelp, will begin pilot projects with global brands from the new space in early 2022. The new facility ...
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Data analyst Volumental raises $13m
Volumental, a Swedish firm that helps footwear brands and retailers leverage data to improve in-store and online shopping experiences, has raised $13 million, its largest financing round to date. The financing was led by CNI, a private equity firm based in Stockholm, and provided investors with a minority equity stake. ...
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ArticleTexon launches a more sustainable version of the Reform heel-counter
Texon has launched a new version of its Reform heel-counter which it claims contains up to 66 percent of sustainably sourced content while “offering the same physical traits as its predecessor.” The new Texon Reform 2.0 contains more recycled content from post-consumer waste, such as ocean-bound plastic bottles, according to ...
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Shoe Carnival launches same-day delivery with DoorDash
Shoe Carnival has launched a same-day delivery service in partnership with DoorDash. It is available to all continental U.S. customers who reside within 12 miles of a Shoe Carnival location through the footwear retailer’s website. The standard same-day delivery fee is $10, with a discounted rate of $5 for Shoe ...
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Genesco to hold Etonic license in U.S., Canada
Genesco has signed a three-year licensing agreement with the running brand Etonic making it the exclusive footwear licensee in the U.S. and Canada. The deal includes two three-year renewal options, which would extend the partnership through to Jan. 31, 2030. Genesco will design and manufacture Etonic brand lifestyle footwear for ...
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Brian Atwood launches a new collection
Brian Atwood is launching a new footwear collection with his brother Zak Rodriguez. The new collection will be called Il Fratellino (the little brother in Italian) and is scheduled to be launched in spring 2022. It will target young customers and will be inclusive and sustainable, according to the designers. ...
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RVRC launches hiking shoes
The Swedish retailer of outdoor clothing RevolutionRace (RVRC) launched a line of hiking shoes. The company describes the Phantom Trail Mid, its first-ever footwear model, as being a waterproof hiking boot for men and women with the flexibility of a trail running shoe, designed for various activities all year round. ...
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Huntsman and Shincell create fully recyclable TPU foam
The American chemical group Huntsman said that it has developed a new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which is fully recyclable, UV protected and can be extruded into a film and then expanded into foamed sheets. The TPU was developed in conjunction with the Chinese firm Shincell New Material Company, which is ...
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Higg appoints a chief strategy officer to lead the platform’s expansion
Higg, the environmental software platform responsible for the Higg Index, has appointed James Schaffer as chief strategy officer to lead business development and partnerships. Schaffer’s experience in developing industry initiatives in the apparel sector, where Higg’s platform is widely used, is expected to be instrumental in guiding the company’s expansion ...
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Dutch consortium develops shoelaces from old denims
Four companies from the Dutch province of Limburg have jointly developed shoelaces from recycled jeans. The companies are DenimX, which upcycles denim waste, Eurocarbon, which makes woven reinforcements, the paper company Paperwise and Emma Safety Footwear, which will be the first to use the laces. Hultafors, the Swedish group that ...
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Rockrooster diversifies into hiking, outdoor footwear
Rockrooster, an Australian safety and work boots brand founded in 1980, announced its expansion into hiking and outdoor footwear. The company had started to sell several outdoor style boots by the end of 2020 but decided to launch a new consistent line of 15 outdoor shoes in 2022 that is ...
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Centric Software takes over Armonica Retail
Silicon Valley-based Centric Software, which provides product lifecycle management solutions to various sectors, including footwear, fashion and luxury, has acquired the retail planning solution provider, Armonica Retail. No financial details were released. Armonica Retail was founded in 2018 in Milan by Simone Pozzi and Riccardo Pron. Centric Software is majority-owned ...
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Skechers launches Our Planet Matters collection
Skechers announced the release of a new collection of durable men’s, women’s and children’s sneakers using recycled materials and washable technologies, called Our Planet Matters. The recycled materials will be listed on hangtags and the packaging. It also announced a multi-year partnership with The Nature Conservancy, starting with a minimum ...
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Ecco picks Stratasys 3D printers for molds, shoe lasts
The Danish shoemaker Ecco has opted for Stratasys’s Origin One 3D printing technology to accelerate product development in its facilities in Portugal and Denmark. The printers are employed to produce molds and shoe lasts using a photopolymer from Henkel Loctite. “In our search to find the right partner, we tested ...
