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Steve Madden in jewelry licensing deal with Centric
Centric Brands entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Steve Madden in the jewelry and hair accessories categories. Centric has been producing jewelry under Madden’s Betsey Johnson brand for the past four years. Edward Rosenfeld, chairman and chief executive officer of Steve Madden, said that “Centric has done an excellent job ...
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News briefsTimberland’s icon boot heads into the metaverse
Timberland, a VF Corp. brand, has entered the metaverse with a digital gaming experience called “TimbsTrails.” “TimbsTrails provides a unique and fun platform to celebrate the footwear innovations and cultural moments that have shaped our past, and to explore our collective journey into the future,” said Chris McGrath, VP of ...
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Shoes 53045 launches its first virtual shoe
On Feb. 3, Shoes 53045 launched its first-ever virtual shoe in partnership with the blockchain company MetaJuice. Buyers can purchase the limited edition Cyb’Air non-fungible tokens (NTFs) and then bring them into the IMVU metaverse and showcase them in a specially-designed room. Cyb’Air is a virtual platform-heeled bubble air sneaker ...
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OrthoLite celebrates 25 years
OrthoLite celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2022, after posting the best year in its history in 2021 thanks to a vertically-integrated structure which helped lift sales. The U.S. producer of insoles was founded in 1997 by Glenn Barrett, its current CEO. OrthoLite claims that 2022 will be devoted toward finding ...
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Nexgen Packaging invests in Mexico, Guatemala
Nexgen Packaging, an American supplier of packaging for the retail, apparel and footwear industry, is expanding its manufacturing capacity in Latin America with two new strategic investments. The expansion will allow it to meet the increasing demand from retailers and manufacturers, as required by the fast-growing omnichannel retail market, ...
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Genesco picks Syndic8 for data content delivery
Genesco has stepped up its e-commerce expansion with a new partnership. The Nashville-based footwear and accessories specialty retailer signed a deal with Syndic8 to use its product content management platform, the provider of cloud-based and collaborative, digital product distribution solutions. Syndic8 claims that its platform will enable Genesco’s sales ...
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News briefsU.S. fiber company Circular Systems joins C.L.A.S.S. material hub
California-based company Circular Systems is a new C.L.A.S.S. material hub partner, promoting its circular, regenerative solutions for transforming waste into net positive fibers, yarns and fabrics through the platform based in Milan, Italy. In its own words, C.L.A.S.S. identifies fibers, yarns, fabrics that embody creativity, innovation and sustainability at the ...
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BASF to boost HMD, polyamide 6.6 production
BASF has decided to build a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France. Production is expected to start in 2024 and will increase the German group’s annual capacity to 260,000 metric tons. Furthermore, BASF will bolster its polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg, Germany, starting 2022. The planned investments will ...
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Coats launches Lattice Lite Eco for footwear
Coats is launching Lattice Lite Eco, a fiber-laying technology using sustainable materials to create footwear composite materials. The British industrial thread manufacturer described the technology as “revolutionary” as it enables yarns to be precisely positioned in the required place and direction. ”This means the thickness, flexibility, torsion and rigidity of ...
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Sorel offers three styles on Zappos Adaptive
Sorel is partnering with Zappos.com, a subsidiary of Amazon, to launch three styles on Zappos Adaptive, which offers products that combine fashion and function to meet the needs of people with disabilities. Sorel chose the styles Explorer II Joan Dual Zip, Emelie II Chelsea Heel Zip and Explorer Boot Dual ...
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Rodolfo Zengarini obtains Bikkembergs license
Rodolfo Zengarini has obtained a five-year license to produce footwear under the Bikkembergs brand, starting with the 2023 spring/summer collection. The companies have however already started a partial collaboration on the forthcoming autumn/winter collection. The license was previously held by Hong Kong-based Global Brands Group (GBG) that went bankrupt last ...
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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 ...
