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The month of April brought a 2% increase for German...
The month of April brought a 2% increase for German shoe retailers year-on-year, or 3% in real terms, but that didn’t prevent respective declines of 4 and 3% for the year to date
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Following a successful tender offer, Financière 2 PAI and supporting...
Following a successful tender offer, Financière 2 PAI and supporting investors have obtained directly or indirectly 99.11% of the shares of Vivarte, the former Groupe André, paving the way for its pullout from the Paris stock exchange
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Ann Aiken, who ran between 1979 and 1996 the World...
Ann Aiken, who ran between 1979 and 1996 the World Shoe Association, formerly called Western Shoe Associates, and its successful WSA show in Las Vegas, has died at the age of 72.
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Belgian shoe retailers managed to raise their sales by 10.2%...
Belgian shoe retailers managed to raise their sales by 10.2% in value and by 8% in volume during the month of April, as compared to a year ago, according to L’Informateur
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Prada states that it has no plans to go public...
Prada states that it has no plans to go public this year, in spite of its improving results
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Gerber Technology has hired Robert Rivera, former senior vice president...
Gerber Technology has hired Robert Rivera, former senior vice president of Lectra in charge of sales and marketing in North America, as its own global marketing manager, responsible also for relations with key accounts and customer service
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Fair organizers in Pirmasens have decided to put an end...
Fair organizers in Pirmasens have decided to put an end to the GoIMS footwear technology exhibition and to rename it as PLW-tec, with an emphasis on symposiums and special events, with the first session scheduled for October 2005
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Consolidated Shoe Company has hired a former executive of GBMI,...
Consolidated Shoe Company has hired a former executive of GBMI, Scott Home, to act as executive vice president of brand development, responsible for the French-based Palladium subsidiary of the American company as well as the Madeline and Nicole brands
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Pikolinos, the first Spanish shoe company to have obtained ISO...
Pikolinos, the first Spanish shoe company to have obtained ISO 9001 certification a decade ago for the quality of the product and its customer service, has now implemented a new environmental management system based on the ISO 14001 norm.
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Joining Christ, Galeria Kaufhof, Real and other German retailers, Görtz’...
Joining Christ, Galeria Kaufhof, Real and other German retailers, Görtz’ 240 stores are now offering to their consumers special “payback” points for their footwear purchases, entitling them to a bonus program organized by Loyalty Partner GmbH
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Trumpler, a German supplier of chemical products for leather products,...
Trumpler, a German supplier of chemical products for leather products, has announced the construction of a 100% owned factory in China, near Shanghai
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Compagnie Européenne de la Chaussure, a subsidiary of Vivarte, has...
Compagnie Européenne de la Chaussure, a subsidiary of Vivarte, has received a fine of €457,347.05 from a French court for countefeiting the Terra model of Mod’8
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Calzados Paredes, the large Spanish manufacturer of safety shoes, has...
Calzados Paredes, the large Spanish manufacturer of safety shoes, has signed a distribution deal with Grupo MigMat, which has 137 warehouses throughout the country that sell building materials
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The US Securities & Exchange Commission is investigating the business...
The US Securities & Exchange Commission is investigating the business relationship of Steven Madden, the 47-year-old designer who is serving a prison sentence, and his company, from which he gets an annual salary of $700,000
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Mirko Ostendörfer, a young German executive who built up the...
Mirko Ostendörfer, a young German executive who built up the S.Oliver footwear collections and other lines of the MSC group, has moved back into the footwear business by handling relations with key German retailers for Panzarasa, a major Italian supplier of shoes with quick reorders
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Peter Benjamin, a former chief operating officer of The North...
Peter Benjamin, a former chief operating officer of The North Face and of Deckers Corp., has been appointed to a newly created position of chief operating officer for GBMI, owner of Pony and footwear licensee for Diesel, XOXO, Nautica and Mecca
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Team Sport, Belgian licensee for Le Coq Sportif, is now...
Team Sport, Belgian licensee for Le Coq Sportif, is now selling also the Swedish Vagabond line
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R.G. Barry’s new interim CEO, Thomas von Lehman, has secured...
R.G. Barry’s new interim CEO, Thomas von Lehman, has secured a new credit line of $35 million to keep the US company in operation
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Andreas Knöbel, former managing director of Bonita, a German chain...
Andreas Knöbel, former managing director of Bonita, a German chain of women's apparel shops, has been appointed by Garant Schuh + Mode as managing director of its newly acquired Salamander chain, responsible for purchasing, marketing and sales
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A former administrative assistant of the World Shoe Association (WSA),...
A former administrative assistant of the World Shoe Association (WSA), which organizes the eponymous shoe show in Las Vegas, has charges Christopher Aiken, WSA’s executive director, with sexual harassment, wrongful termination and other related charges
