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The WSA show will launch a new show-within-the-show at its...
The WSA show will launch a new show-within-the-show at its next session in Las Vegas at the end of July. C7 will be a new space dedicated to casual luxury, athleisure and lifestyle shoes, mixing comfort and edge fashions. Brands in this section will include Fly London, J Shoes, PF ...
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Garant Schuh + Mode will proceed with an equity increase,...
Garant Schuh + Mode will proceed with an equity increase, in accordance with one of the resolutions of the general meeting of last Dec. 19. The equity will be raised by €1,961,091.72 to €17,056,607.85 in two phases by issuing a total of 203,644 new preference shares at the same price ...
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As part of the restructuring of its lifestyle division, New...
As part of the restructuring of its lifestyle division, New Balance promoted Joe Casagrande to be the general manager of the category, and hired Steve Gardner to replace him as its strategic business unit manager. The company is trying to make lifestyle a core part of its offerings on the ...
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Sixty Group has inaugurated the first Miss Sixty store devoted...
Sixty Group has inaugurated the first Miss Sixty store devoted exclusively to accessories, including footwear, handbags, jewelry, watches and eyewear. Located in Madrid’s Calle de Lagasca and occupying 90 square meters, it will be followed by a store in Shanghai at the of this month and by various shop-in-shops in ...
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Yves Saint Laurent, the French design genius, died on June...
Yves Saint Laurent, the French design genius, died on June 1 at the age of 71 after a battle against brain cancer and other diseases. He contributed greatly to the development of shoe fashion, partly through his lengthy licensing contracts with RossiModa and Schwartz & Benjamin. RossiModa’s museum has stored ...
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Marvel Entertainment has signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Leomil that...
Marvel Entertainment has signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Leomil that gives the Dutch company the rights to Marvel characters for apparel and casual and sports shoes in Europe, including Russia, until 2013. The two companies have built on their previous agreement concerning the Spider-Man franchise. Leomil, which is now controlled ...
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Wortmann has signed a licensing deal for handbags and other...
Wortmann has signed a licensing deal for handbags and other accessories to be developed and sold under its own Tamaris brand, in an effort to build it up into a lifestyle brand. The new initiative fits in well with the German group’s new store franchising program for Tamaris, which has ...
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SABU, the German buying group of shoe retailers, increased its...
SABU, the German buying group of shoe retailers, increased its centralized invoicing by 10.5 percent in the first quarter of 2008, reaching a level of €99.2 million. Instead, the retail sales of the affiliated retailers decreased in the first five months of the year by 2.5 percent. The group has ...
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Grendene took Gisele Bündchen to Madrid, Melbourne and Berlin a...
Grendene took Gisele Bündchen to Madrid, Melbourne and Berlin a few weeks ago for a presentation of its G2B collection of Ipanema sandals, which comprises 35 models including three for children and one for babies. The Brazilian supermodel, who has been sponsored by Grendene for the line for the last ...
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Martin Hübner has become the only general manager of Marc...
Martin Hübner has become the only general manager of Marc Shoes, a company with which he has been associated for about 20 years. He formerly shared this position with Fritz Terbuyken, who concentrated on exports. As previously reported, Terbuyken is leaving the company after many years to act as chief ...
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In an interesting legal precedent, eBay, the online auction website,...
In an interesting legal precedent, eBay, the online auction website, was convicted of selling counterfeited bags with the Hermès label and ordered by a French court to pay compensation of €20,000. In the past, eBay has always said that it was merely providing a platform for private transactions and that ...
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HSM Schuhmarketing has agreed to stop imitating the typical logo...
HSM Schuhmarketing has agreed to stop imitating the typical logo of KangaROOS shoes. Bernd Hummel, which has the license to the brand for Germany and many other countries, had obtained an injunction against the German firm, in relation to prototypes of shoes presented at the last GDS fair. HSM has ...
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Retailers who sell Start-rite children’s shoes are speaking out against...
Retailers who sell Start-rite children’s shoes are speaking out against the brand’s decision to sell its entire range on the internet. The British company expects to sell 18,000 to 20,000 pairs of shoes per year online, and to have web sales make up 10 percent of all sales by 2010. ...
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The Adidas Group has signed a joint venture with Vulcabrás...
The Adidas Group has signed a joint venture with Vulcabrás for the distribution of Reebok products in Argentina, with effect from June 2 and through 2015. Based in Brazil, Vulcabrás already signed a joint venture deal for the Reebok brand for the Brazilian and Paraguayan markets, which took effect last ...
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As previously reported, Expo Riva Schuh will celebrate its 70th...
As previously reported, Expo Riva Schuh will celebrate its 70th session with a series of events. Besides conferring the honorary citizenship of Riva del Garda to Karl Friedrich Eichholz, who created this unique exhibition, the city will organize a jazz concert at 9 PM on Saturday, followed by fireworks. The ...
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Bill Brown, 59, a 21-year veteran of Wolverine World Wide,...
Bill Brown, 59, a 21-year veteran of Wolverine World Wide, most recently president of international sales for its Heritage Brands Group, is promoted as president of this division, which handles the Caterpillar, Harley-Davidson and Sebago brands. Brown will report directly to Blake Krueger, president and chief executive of Wolverine.
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Nat-2, a company founded last year in Munich, has come...
Nat-2, a company founded last year in Munich, has come up with a two-in-one shoe: The upper comes off to reveal a sandal underneath. They are interchangeable, allowing endless possibilities for colors and styles. Nat-2 has been nominated for a 2009 design award initiated by the German federal government and ...
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Foot Locker wants to slash its SKUs by 19 percent...
Foot Locker wants to slash its SKUs by 19 percent in the USA during the second half of this year, while working more closely with existing and new vendors. It will also spend $18 million to refurbish its stores. Last year the group’s overall sales per square foot dipped by ...
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Görtz will combine its regular Görtz and Görtz 17 store...
Görtz will combine its regular Görtz and Görtz 17 store formats into a single mega-store, called House of Görtz. The first one will open in Aachen in July, followed by two others in Münster and Hannover. Another one will be inaugurated in Frankfurt during the Spring of 2009. Meanwhile, the ...
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Shoe Fashion Group Lorenz has reported a 16 percent rise...
Shoe Fashion Group Lorenz has reported a 16 percent rise in its turnover for last year to €73 million, with increases for all its three shoe brands. Högl represented 55 percent of the total, Ganter 30 percent and Hassia 15 percent. The Austrian company employs more than 1,000 people in ...
