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Zalando plans to reduce its brand portfolio
Zalando is planning to scale down its global brand assortment in order to increase the relevance of its assortment. “In the beginning, Zalando was all about unlimited choice. This was a bold vision. And for a long time, this assortment span was one of our strongest selling points and exactly ...
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Schuurman Schoenen to use Magazino robots
Schuurman Schoenen has selected the TORU picking robots from the German start-up Magazino for its warehouse in Neede, Netherlands. The Dutch footwear retailer has 45 shops and an e‑commerce website. It offers shoes for women, men and children under third-party and proprietary brands.
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Neiman Marcus in exclusive partnership with Christian Louboutin
In partnership with the French footwear designer Christian Louboutin, Neiman Marcus unveiled an exclusive collection called “A La Piscine” (At The Swimming Pool in French). The collection features a full range of footwear and handbags in neon colors and splash print. It also includes newly added lifestyle product categories such ...
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Allbirds to launch net zero carbon shoe
Allbirds has announced the launch of the M0.0NSHOT, which it claims is the “world’s first net zero carbon shoe.” The name refers to the company “shooting for the moon with a net zero carbon shoe,” the Californian brand said. The midsole of the M0.0NSHOT consists of a newly-developed sugarcane-based foam ...
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Jennifer Lopez partners with Revolve for a line of footwear
Jennifer Lopez, the American singer and actress, has joined forces with Revolve, a U.S. lifestyle brand, to launch an exclusive line of footwear under the JLO Jennifer Lopez brand. JLO Jennifer Lopez for Revolve will launch in three drops, starting with a 16 piece collection of sculptural heels. The first ...
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Adidas, Y-3 present glueless shoe that can be easily dismantled
Earlier this year, Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto introduced the new Y-3 Atelier. Now, the German sporting goods brand and the Japanese designer present the first footwear from their experimental new collaboration: the Y-3 Itogo. The shoe consists of just five components, each highlighted by a number on the shoe: Elastic ...
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Vapesol invests to bolster annual output to 5 mln soles
Vapesol, a Portuguese sole manufacturer that is celebrating its 25th anniversary, will invest in a 15,000 square meter facility to bolster its annual production to 5 million units. The Felgueiras-based company recently invested €2 million in a new factory exclusively dedicated to the production of EVA soles, which are 70 ...
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OrthoLite partners with Novamont to produce its circular solution for footwear
Insole and footwear materials brand OrthoLite has announced a partnership with Novamont, a B-Corp manufacturer of bioplastics and biochemicals, to escalate the scalability of its circular foam material solution for footwear, the OrthoLite Cirql, originally launched in 2022. OrthoLite Cirql foam is positioned as free from “forever chemicals” and responsibly ...
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K-Swiss in a collaboration with the New York brand Corridor
K-Swiss, an American heritage tennis brand, said that it is launching a premium footwear collection with Corridor, a New York-based men’s clothing brand, through a ”creative editorial campaign” in Racquet magazine. The unisex footwear collection consists of the performance tennis shoe SpeedTrac, retailing at $140 a pair, and the heritage ...
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Xero Shoes and Michelin partner for new barefoot hiking shoe
Xero Shoes, the U.S. barefoot footwear specialist, has partnered with JV International, the global licensee of Michelin soles with offices in Italy, Hong Kong and China, for the Scrambler Mid, a new, ultra-light trekking shoe. According to the manufacturer, the lightness of the Michelin sole, conceived, designed and manufactured exclusively ...
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OrthoLite reaches 500 footwear brand partners
OrthoLite, the U.S.manufacturer and provider of insoles and material solutions for footwear since 1997, is celebrating a major milestone by welcoming its 500th footwear brand partner. OrthoLite insoles are now found in more than 550 million pairs of shoes each year across all categories – athletic, running, comfort, golf, lifestyle ...
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Loro Piana opens a new footwear factory
Loro Piana, the Italian fashion brand bought by the French luxury goods group LVMH in 2013, has inaugurated a new footwear factory in Porto San Giorgio, in the central Italian region of the Marche. Production will focus on the brand’s White Sole shoes.
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Skechers enters a new fashion collaboration
Skechers has teamed up with style icon Diane von Furstenberg of luxury fashion brand DVF for Skechers first-ever footwear and apparel collab. Skechers x DVF features Furstenberg’s signature prints and bold colors and launches with the Endless Kisses capsule featuring the DVF “Lips” print. The collection aims to reflect ...
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Salomon launches first shoe featuring SCF-made Elastollan
Salomon is releasing the Index.02 running shoe with a midsole featuring Elastollan made with Supercritical Fluid (SCF) direct injection foaming technology. Elastollan is the brand name for BASF’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).The Salomon Index.02 marks the first-ever footwear application of SCF-made Elastollan. The SCF technology enables an even gas dispersion, which ...
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Tod’s and Lamborghini enter a partnership
Lamborghini, an Italian maker of sports cars owned by the German group Volkswagen, and Tod’s, an Italian fashion house, announced a partnership in luxury leather goods, shoes, apparel and accessories. “The two Italian brands’ exclusive collaboration celebrates Italian craftmanship and tradition as well as technological research and innovation: qualities that ...
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Desenrasco launches sustainable, resoleable sneakers
The German footwear brand Desenrasco has embarked on the path of sustainability with the launch of a new welted sneaker that is intended to blend durability with repairability. The limited-edition sneaker, which is made entirely of vegetable-tanned leather in a family-run factory in Portugal, can be resoled. The ...
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News briefsSaucony turns 125 and celebrates with new release
Saucony is celebrating its 125th anniversary with the release of its “lightest, fastest and energy-efficient shoe.” Endrophin Elite Source: Saucony The Endorphin Elite combines PWRRUN HG foam with an articulated and forked carbon plate, an upper of knitted fabric and mesh, and a “race-ready” midfoot webbing. The ...
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ArticleiHeel presents an extendable heel for women’s shoes
iHeel, an Italian company proposing an extendable heel for women’s shoes, is obtaining a lot of interest from end users, resellers, distributors and e-commerce companies, according to Veronica Crisafulli, the company’s co-founder along with Alessandro Filosa. The pair has been working for three years on the heel’s prototypes and invested ...
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Scarpa and Politecnico di Torino collaborate on foot insulation
The Italian outdoor footwear specialist Scarpa and Politecnico di Torino are collaborating on a new project to develop a thermal insulation analysis model for mountaineering boots. To improve footwear performance, the project is defining a scale of thermal comfort for foot insulation in severe cold. To aid development, Scarpa and ...
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Dee Ocleppo teams up with Titan Industries
Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, the U.S. American fashion designer and entrepreneur married to Tommy Hilfiger, has joined forces with Titan Industries to expand her Dee Ocleppo collection. The partnership will start with footwear and expand into other categories, including handbags. Titan will oversee sourcing, manufacturing and logistics to expand the brand ...
