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Garmont’s new model has a Michelin sole
Garmont of Montebelluna, Italy, has added to its Dragontail line a model designed in collaboration with Michelin. The Tech GTX is a lightweight technical-designed shoe with a non-slip sole made by the French tire manufacturer.
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BASF opens its first global footwear innovation center in Taiwan
BASF, the German chemical group, has opened its first global Footwear Innovation Center in Taiwan. The 7,000-square-foot facility, inaugurated on Aug. 11, is located within the footwear manufacturing site of its strategic partner Longterm Concept (LTC) in Changhua, Taiwan. The Footwear Innovation Center includes three main zones. The Design Zone ...
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News briefsKeen and Garcia Family team up for limited edition and good cause
Much to the chagrin of all “deadheads” – the nickname for fans of the band The Grateful Dead – on this side of the Atlantic, it probably won’t be available in Europe, but it’s worth noting that Keen has teamed up with the Jerry Garcia Family to present a new ...
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German shoe industry joins forces to launch data sharing platform
Germany’s shoe industry has joined a wide-ranging alliance to set up a data exchange and clearing platform for the sector. The footwear buying groups ANWR and Sabu, the shoe and leather goods industry association HDS/L and the merchandise management providers ETOS and Brandt Retail groups have agreed on a joint ...
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Ricosta doubles daily production in Germany
The German children’s shoe manufacturer Ricosta has doubled the daily production of shoes at its headquarters in Donaueschingen from 1,000 to 2,000 pairs. With this, the company wants to signal to its trading partners that it is still able to deliver despite the coronavirus crisis and intends to maintain its ...
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Josef Seibel plans shoe factory in Africa
Josef Seibel Group plans to open a new shoe factory in Ukunda, Kenya, in autumn 2020. It is a humanitarian project by the German company’s chief executive, and president of the Federal industrial footwear and leather goods’ association HDS/L, Carl-August Seibel. He had already financed and built a primary school ...
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OLG signs five-year license agreement with Elie Saab
Onward Luxury Group (OLG) has signed a five-year licensing agreement with the Lebanese luxury brand Elie Saab for the production and distribution of footwear and leathergoods. The new collections will be available for the spring/summer 2021 season. OLG recently obtained the license for Elie Saab’s ready-to-wear. The first collection will ...
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Ferragamo obtains €250 million financing for ESG objectives
Salvatore Ferragamo has reached a €250 million financing agreement with the leading Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo to fund environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives as well as general cash flow needs. The financing is composed of a €125 million term loan credit line expiring in 2025 and a €125 million ...
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Cole Haan collaborates again with Jeff Staple
Cole Haan, the American footwear and accessories brand and retailer, is releasing the fruit of a second collaboration with Jeff Staple, the streetwear designer who founded both Staple and Staple Design in New York City. The limited-edition Cole Haan x Staple ØriginalGrand Ultra Collection is a streetwear take on the ...
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Falc buys Candice Cooper
The Italian footwear group Falc has bought Candice Cooper, a brand of luxury sneakers manufactured in Italy, from Swiss-based Candice Cooper AG. Despite the takeover, the autumn/winter collection will continue to be distributed by the former owner. Falc will manage the spring/summer 2021 collection, which will offer a larger women’s ...
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Marc Fisher takes over Calvin Klein footwear license in North America
Marc Fisher Footwear has entered a multi-year license agreement with Calvin Klein for the design, production and distribution of both Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans women’s and men’s footwear collections in the U.S. and Canada. The move comes as the footwear license held by Jimlar, a unit of Global ...
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Mulberry ends footwear, ready-to-wear collections
The British luxury goods brand Mulberry has decided to end its footwear and ready-to-wear collections, produced under license by Onward Luxury Group (OLG) since 2015, to focus on leathergoods, which represent about 90 percent of its revenues. OLG is the Milan-based branch of the Japanese company Onward Holdings. Mulberry is ...
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Camper accelerates product development thanks to new PLM solution
Camper said that thanks to the implementation of a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, provided by Centric Software, it has managed to reduce product development time, centralize all product data and boost quality control. The Spanish footwear company has explained that it previously struggled with outdated software, not designed ...
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Birkenstock to sell footwear designed by Central Saint Martins’ students
From February, Birkenstock will sell in selected stores worldwide and on the site 1774.com footwear designed by four students of Central Saint Martins. The German company started working with the London-based college in 2018 when it commissioned the BA Fashion History & Theory course to work on its archive. In ...
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ArticleCCILU open to partnerships on new green material
CCILU, the Taiwanese brand of lifestyle footwear, has launched Greenplax, a new ecological raw material for outsoles, insoles and upper fabric upcycled from plastic bottles. The announcement is accompanied by a $20,000 crowdfunding and marketing campaign on Kickstarter for a shoe model called Renee, said to incorporate the equivalent of ...
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Zalando extends Connected Retail aid package to Poland, Sweden, Spain
From July, Zalando will be extending its offer to waive commissions on its Connected Retail program to Poland, Sweden and Spain. The initiative, which was originally aimed at supporting brick-and-mortar stores during the coronavirus crisis, was introduced in Germany and the Netherlands on April 1. The offer will run until ...
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Havaianas launches first collection for the street
Havaianas, the Brazilian flip flop brand owned by Alpargatas, has launched its first style created for the street rather than the beach in collaboration with the Japanese urban fashion brand mastermind JAPAN. The sandals have a square base, rather than the brand’s traditional rounded shape, a thick rubber sole and ...
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Aldi launches climate-neutral sneaker
The German food discounter Aldi Süd has developed a climate-neutral sneaker under its own brand, Crane Pure, which will be on sale from June 10. The sneaker is made partly from recycled PET bottles, and the CO² emissions caused by production, transport and distribution are offset by a certified climate ...
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Benetton inks sneaker deal with UBC
Benetton Group has signed a “multi-year” licensing deal with and Italian sneaker producer, United Brands Company (UBC), for the design, production and distribution of new sneaker collections for men, women and children under its United Colors of Benetton brand. UBC will also handle the distribution in countries in which it ...
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Sebago in co-branding partnership with Baracuta
Sebago, the brand owned by Italy’s BasicNet, has joined forces with British fashion group Baracuta for a new spring-summer 2020 capsule collection known as “Sebago with Baracuta”. The collection hit stores in late May after a preview at the Pitti Immagine Uomo trade fair in June 2019 and consists of ...
