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Buffalo to launch vegan shoe collection
Buffalo, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, launched its first vegan shoe models, developed in cooperation with the designer Marina Hoermanseder. The collection for the forthcoming autumn/winter season consists of five shoe models that are wholly made with vegan materials. They will be on sale from ...
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Grendene resumes partial production in Ceará state
On June 1, the Brazilian footwear manufacturer Grendene resumed production at its plants in Crato and Fortaleza, both in the state of Ceará, which had been temporarily closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 8, Grendene expects to resume production in Sobral, also located in Ceará and where it ...
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Adidas teams up with Allbirds
Adidas announced a collaboration with Allbirds, the well-known American brand of sustainable footwear, to develop the sport performance shoe with the lowest-ever carbon footprint. The project will involve exploring recyclable material resources as well as the use of renewable energies in manufacturing and transportation. Adidas said the project is part ...
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Caval to release shoes made of apple fibers
Caval, the Parisian brand that delights in asymmetry with its mismatched pairs of shoes, is launching a new unisex collection that trades leather for a vegan material called Pellemela (literally “apple skin”). The sole will be made in Portugal of 40 percent recycled rubber and the inserts in Spain from ...
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Vans helps retailers with “Foot the Bill” initiative
VF Corporation’s Vans brand is seeking to help the small skate shops that have underpinned its success and other local businesses weather the Covid-19 storm. Its “Foot the Bill” customization initiative – which involves the brand’s small business partners designing their own Vans and pocketing the net proceeds from their ...
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Crowdfunding delivers a new brand of vegan shoe
As Fashion Network reports, a two-year partnership between Lionel Le Floch, the designer behind the Le Flow footwear brand, and Carole Beauverger, co-founder of the showroom Showtime Paris, has produced a new brand of vegan shoes, Supergreen. The brand’s shoes are made of corn fiber, sourced from an Italian producer. ...
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Keen switches part of production in Thailand to face masks
Keen Footwear has converted a production line at one of its factories in Thailand to manufacture reusable and washable face masks. As part of its “Together we can help” campaign, the American outdoor footwear brand has donated 100,000 masks worldwide to people working in the retail industry. In Germany alone, ...
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Leomil to launch a Baby Shark collection
Through a licensing deal arranged by the WildBrain CPLG agency, Leomil has established a partnership with Nickelodeon, the American television channel, and Pinkfong, the brand that produced Baby Shark, to launch a new Baby Shark-branded collection. The first products will be available for the back-to-school season in Europe and the ...
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Allbirds introduces its first running shoe
Going in the same direction as Veja, the French brand of sustainable footwear that launched its firt running shoes at the Ispo show in Munich earlier this year, Allbirds, the brand that focuses on environment-friendly footwear, has released its first running shoe. The Tree Dasher is made with sugarcane, eucalyptus ...
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UNIC webinar on May 5 to discuss tannery reopening guidelines
UNIC-Lineapelle will be holding a webinar on May 5, from 16:00 to 17:00, to present the ”Protocol on the Reopening of Tanneries in Italy.” The Italian tanners’ association reached an agreement on the guidelines with the trade unions on April 21, in view of the resumption of manufacturing at the ...
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Burberry labels sustainability achievements
Burberry is rolling out new labeling globally to show how products meet sustainability criteria. The new, pistachio-colored labels provide information on how products meet so-called “positive attributes,” including the amount of recycled nature fibers in materials, delivery against carbon emissions standards and social policies such as paying workers a living ...
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Allbirds to label carbon footprint
Allbirds will be labeling all of its products with a carbon footprint. The ambition of the company is to get consumers to think about carbon while they shop, in the same way as they do when they look at nutritional labels with calories in grocery stores, the company said. Moving ...
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Legero United receives Austrian Ecolabel
Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think, received the Austrian Ecolabel at the annual energy saving’s trade show in Wels in early March. The five-day event focused on ecology, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Legero’s women’s shoe brand and the Superfit ...
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Isa-Traesko signs licensing deal with Walt Disney
Isa-Traesko, the shoe manufacturer from Neumünster, Germany, has signed a footwear licensing deal with Walt Disney for Europe and Australia. According to the company, it has acquired the right to manufacture shoes and insoles under the Disney, Marvel and Lucas (Star Wars) brands and to distribute them in Europe and ...
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Joya announces collaboration with Ikea
Joya Shoes announced a collaboration with Ikea on April 1. According to the Swiss footwear company, it plans to transform used Ikea bags into shoes, called ”Ikea Billy,” so that employees and customers can move comfortably through the endlessly long aisles in the furniture stores. However, the announcement was only ...
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Hunter launches collaboration with Sony Pictures
Hunter, the Edinburgh-based company, has recently signed a new collaboration with Sony Pictures Consumer Products. The British shoe manufacturer will launch a limited edition of shoes and accessories for women and children celebrating the launch of Peter Rabbit 2, the successor of the worldwide popular cartoon, this summer. The collection ...
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+++ Geox has launched a kids’ and baby shoe collection with Disney called “Mickey Mouse and Friends” +++
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Coach unveils CitySole
Coach has unveiled its new CitySole shoe collection. The collection comprises three different sneaker styles: the CitySole Court, the CitySole Runner and the CitySole Lowline. The shoes feature the brand’s proprietary CitySole technology, designed to boost flexibility and comfort while reducing impact and weight. The marketing campaign for the new ...
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Clergerie partners with Michelin
Clergerie, the French shoe brand founded in 1895, has partnered with Michelin on a new collection of shoes with an ergonomic sole. For the purposes of the new collection, Michelin developed a sole that is inspired by its Tweel tire, the airless tire that does not use a bladder filled ...
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Vibram partners with Pensole Academy
Vibram has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the Pensole Academy, the American footwear design school. Starting this year, the two partners will develop multiple projects, managing the development and design process.
