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Vans and Timberland launch a joint capsule collection
VF’s brands Vans and Timberland have teamed up to design a capsule collection together for the first time. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Vans’ iconic Half Cab, the two brands offer a brand new style based on Vans’ iconic model first released in 1992 and Timberland’s Euro Hiker boot, created ...
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Havaianas releases app for custom flip-flops
According to Lorena, Havaianas is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the release of an app that will enable customers to customize the flip-flops they purchase through it. Limited to the Brazilian brands’ two most traditional models, the Top and the Slim, the service covers prints and color combinations for straps ...
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DX opens a warehouse in Plymouth
DX, a British provider of delivery solutions, including parcel freight and logistics services, announced the opening of a new depot in Plymouth, England, the fourth of eight depots currently expected to be opened by summer 2023. The new depot will be predominantly dedicated to the parcels activity, supporting growth of ...
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ArticleBalena launches fully biodegradable slides
Balena has launched fully-biodegradable slippers called BioCir Slides colored and scented using natural cinnamon. The Israeli material science company founded in 2020 with offices in Tel Aviv and Milan develops compostable and biodegradale thermoplastic materials. The shoes are designed and manufactured in Italy and made entirely of BioCir, a proprietary ...
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Xtep in partnership with Covestro to produce low-carbon running shoes
Xtep International Holdings established a strategic cooperation arrangement with Covestro, a German chemical group, and Silan Group, an integrated footwear platform, to produce low-carbon running shoes. The announcement of the partnership was made jointly with the presentation of Xtep’s low-carbon running shoes, 360-ECO, which uses biomass raw materials. Compared with ...
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ArticleEcco Leather in partnership with Ecovative
Ecco Leather, which is part of the Danish footwear group Ecco, has joined forces with Ecovative to develop new mycelium materials for the fashion industry and other sectors. In a joint statement, the parties claim it is the “first-of-its-kind partnership”, between a traditional leather tannery and a mycelium technology company. ...
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Coats changes auditor
Coats intends to appoint Ernst & Young as auditor for the financial year commencing Jan. 1, 2023. The appointment is subject to shareholder approval at the 2023 annual general meeting. Deloitte, the current auditor of the British producer of industrial threads and footwear components, will undertake the audit of the ...
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SponsoredDanny Cassidy: “Be future-focused”
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Cobblers Direct offers shoe repair services in DSW stores
Cobblers Direct has entered a partnership with DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse to offer shoe repair services in over 500 stores across the U.S. “We want customers to enjoy and get the most out of their purchases, so if they ever need a product repair, DSW’s partnership with Cobblers Direct ensures ...
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Okabashi lays off 142 people as Yeezy Foam Runner terminated
After Adidas severed ties with the rapper and fashion designer Kanye West and put an end to the production of Yeezy-branded products, Okabashi announced the layoff of 142 employees. The Atlanta area footwear manufacturer had been producing Yeezy Foam Runner style since 2020. Okabashi said that it is coordinating with ...
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German energy price cap effective from early 2023
German energy price caps announced by the Chancellor Olaf Scholz to mitigate the impact of inflation will go into effect in early 2023, according to a government timetable. The gas price effect is set to go into effect on Jan. 1 for large companies and on March 1 for households ...
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Baffin launches a new women’s boot
Baffin, a Canadian producer of outdoor performance footwear and apparel, has launched Jasper, a new women’s boot available online on Baffin.com and in select outdoor retailers in North America. The model is an expansion of the Canadian Collection which launched in the fall of 2021. Baffin is committed to manufacturing ...
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ArticleMilspeed recycles fishing nets for shoe components
Milspeed, a U.K.-based manufacturer and supplier of footwear components, has revealed that since March 2020, it has been working on a program to reprocess discarded nylon fishing nets and recycle them into plastic shoe parts, such as toe puffs and counter material. The initiative, called Ocean Recovery Project, is carried ...
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Skechers escorts Kanye West out of L.A. corporate building
Slowly but surely, Kanye West should realize that he is no longer welcome due to the antisemitic, racist and hateful remarks he made recently across multiple forums. After the recent contract cancellations with Adidas, Balenciaga, CAA, MRC and Gap, Skechers USA now released a statement in which it reports that ...
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ArticleRussian shoe factories ramp up military production
Several Russian shoe factories have ramped up the production of military boots and other military items, such as berets, in the wake of mass mobilization in the country. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 but military setbacks prompted the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, to order a partial mobilization on Sept. ...
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King Steel, BASF, Otrajet join forces to produce recyclable products
King Steel Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering group producing shoemaking machinery, the German chemical company BASF and the elastomer manufacturer Otrajet have signed a joint development agreement to develop energy-saving processes that allow for manufacturing of 100-percent recyclable products, according to a joint statement. ”Combining expertise in plastic injection machine design, ...
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Ugg launches classic boot made with regeneratively sourced materials
The Californian lifestyle brand Ugg, which is a division of Deckers Brands, has launched a new Classic Mini Regenerate. The boot, available for adults and children, is made with materials from Atkins Ranch, a ranch cared for with regenerative traditions to help restore soil, encourage wildlife diversity, capture carbon in ...
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Asics releases trainer with the world’s smallest carbon footprint
With the launch of its Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 trainer, Asics has unveiled a sneaker with the world’s lowest carbon footprint. As the name suggests, the shoe emits 1.95kg CO2e across its lifecycle. This is significantly less than the lowest CO2e sneakers currently available on the market, based on available ...
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Puma introduces sneaker infused with nitrogen foam
Puma has launched the Extent, a sneaker whose midsole features an innovative Nitro (nitrogen-infused) foam that is said to make it extremely lightweight, springy and soft. The Extent’s layered upper is inspired by Puma’s archive of 2000s long-distance running shoes. The material mixtures differ from one color to another, including ...
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Kodiak introduces new workwear boots using algae-based materials
Kodiak, the 112-year-old Canadian footwear brand, is marching forward while paying tribute to its past with new men’s and women’s workwear boots in its fall 2022 collection. The new collection features Bloom technology, which converts biomaterials like algae into renewable, high-performance replacements for traditional petroleum-based EVA components, continuing Kodiak’s Built ...
