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ArticleGruppo Florence plans a Milan-based ‘hub’ in 2024
Gruppo Florence, an Italian holding company that owns 28 suppliers to the luxury goods industry, including three footwear manufacturers, is planning to create a “hub” in Milan to exhibit the know-how of its various businesses. The hub dubbed “villaggio delle meraviglie” (the village of wonders) by Gruppo Florence’s CEO, Attila ...
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Inditex in a 3-year deal to buy a significant portion of cycora
Inditex has formed a strategic partnership with Ambercycle, a Los Angeles based material science company, to help scale textile-to-textile recycled polyester. As part of this collaboration, the Spanish company, which owns Zara, among other banners, has signed a three-year agreement to buy a significant portion of the annual production of ...
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Caleres launches One Planet Standard designation
Caleres introduced the One Planet Standard designation for products that meet or exceed 51 percent on its Sustainable Footwear Index. The One Planet Standard considers the sustainability of a product across its entire lifecycle, including six key pillars: sample reduction, materials, packaging, supplier environmental social governance (ESG) initiatives, brand philanthropy ...
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New Zealand sneaker brand has a new plant-based alternative to leather
New Zealand-based sustainable shoe brand YY Nation has released a new collection of court sneakers made using cactus. The release of the Fractus Cactus and the Status Cactus coincided with World Vegan Day on Nov.1. According to YY Nation, the cactus court sneaker range is “Crafted using natural materials ...
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ArticleAldo in licensing agreement with ABG’s Roxy brand
Aldo Group has entered into another licensing agreement with Authentic Brands Broup (ABG), Jonathan Frankel, the president of Aldo Product Services told Footwear News. The new agreement involves the design, production and distribution of footwear for ABG’s newly acquired Roxy brand. The first collection of Roxy footwear for women’s ...
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U.S. bioPU producer Algenesis raises $5m in funding round
Algenesis Corporation, an American plant-based material science company, has raised $5 million in a funding round. Algenesis claims that its Soleic technology is the world’s first renewable, high performance, fully biodegradable and backyard compostable biopolyurethane (bioPU) made from plants and algae. Unlike petroleum-based polyurethane (PU), Soleic PU can biodegrade in ...
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Skechers launches technical basketball shoes
Just in time for the start of the new NBA season, Skechers has unveiled its first line of technical basketball shoes to be sold in North America, the Philippines and China. The first wave of Skechers basketball shoes includes two different mid-top models, SKX Resagrip and SKX Float. Skechers has ...
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Steve Madden buys Almost Famous to expand its apparel business
In a move to expand its apparel business, Steve Madden has bought Almost Famous, a designer and marketer of women’s apparel, for $52 million in cash, plus an earn-out provision based on future financial performance. Almost Famous markets products under its own brands, primarily Almost Famous, as well as private ...
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Zalando introduces ZEOS Fulfillment
Zalando is launching the ZEOS brand (short for Zalando E-commerce Operating System), which aims at enabling brands and retailers to manage their multi-channel business across Europe within one unified platform. In October 2022, Zalando piloted a multi-channel fulfillment solution with selected partners, which is now moving under a new dedicated ...
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Jimmy Choo creates a capsule collection with Jean Paul Gaultier
Jimmy Choo, the luxury shoe maker owned by Capri Holdings, has collaborated with the French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier on an exclusive capsule footwear collection. The collaboration fuses two creative identities founded on a shared vision of powerful, confident, and glamourous femininity co-designed by the houses’ creative directors Sandra ...
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Sioux launches new vegan sneakers in second collaboration with artist Tim Bengel
The German shoe manufacturer Sioux has teamed up again with Stuttgart artist Tim Bengel with the launch of a new limited edition of vegan sneakers. The new “SuperKrautOne” model, made entirely of vegan components with a high proportion of renewable and recycled raw materials, will be limited to 999 ...
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Coats expands its relationship with Brillio
Brillio, a digital transformation services and solutions provider, said that it has been selected by Coats as its technology services partner. Coats is a British manufacturer of industrial thread and footwear components. The five-year, multi-million-pound, outcome-based managed services agreement expands Brillio’s relationship with Coats dating back to 2015, it said. ...
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Caleres rolls out Bluecore’s platform across its brands
Bluecore, a retail shopper identification and customer movement technology, announced that Caleres is implementing the platform across its portfolio of brands. It was selected by the U.S. footwear group to help identify, personalize, and orchestrate automated marketing across the customer lifecycle and will become a key component of Caleres’ marketing ...
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Taiwanese insole maker DSC expanding in Indonesia, India
Dahsheng Chemical (DSC), a Taiwanese maker of closed-cell and open-cell foam products founded in 1945, is expanding its global manufacturing footprint in Indonesia and India. The new locations, estimated to generate more than 1,500 jobs, will increase DSC’s global capacity by 24 million pairs of insoles per month and accelerate ...
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News briefsSkechers launch a capsule collection with Ricardo Cavolo
Skechers has entered a collaboration with one of Spain’s most influential artists, Ricardo Cavolo. The Skechers x Ricardo Cavolo footwear capsule for women features the illustrator’s renowned flaming heart and eye imagery on a selection of three styles. The Skechers x Ricardo Cavolo limited-edition capsule is now available at skechers.com, ...
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ArticleWorld Shoe opens a shoe factory in Ghana
On Oct. 10, World Shoe announced the opening of its inaugural factory in Ghana to produce the first antimicrobial, eco-friendly footwear brand manufactured in Africa. ”The production launch represents a collaborative effort among public, private, and civil service sectors to provide high-quality, low-cost products for retail consumers throughout African and ...
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ArticleSkechers wins EU-wide injuction against Dockers by Gerli
Skechers has obtained a European Union-wide preliminary injunction against Dockers by Gerli for selling a shoe style that the U.S. footwear company claims infringes on its proprietary Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins designs. Skechers sued Dockers for design infringement in the Düsseldorf Regional Court, Germany. In an October 5, 2023 opinion, ...
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New Birkenstock plant in Pasewalk begins operations
Production at Birkenstock’s new shoe factory has started according to schedule. After 17 months of construction, the footwear manufacturer began operations at its new manufacturing facility in the Berlin-Szczecin industrial park near Pasewalk, in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region of Germany. The new €110-million, 36,000-square meter facility is the single largest ...
