All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 10-11
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Naya and Nordstrom are wrapping up their program to plant...
Naya and Nordstrom are wrapping up their program to plant a tree for every pair of Naya shoes purchased at Nordstrom or Nordstrom.com. The goal was to plant 5,000 trees for Earth Day for Plant-It 2020, a nonprofit group founded by the late singer John Denver. Naya, a Brown Shoe ...
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Macintosh has a slow start to the year
Scapino, the Dutch low-cost shoe retail chain, is readying to open four new “small format” shops this spring, part of its bid to bring its affordable shoes and apparel to smaller towns. It helps Macintosh Retail Group, Scapino's parent, in its goal to meet a wide range of demands in ...
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Ridder joins Reno
Thomas Ridder joined the expanded executive board of the Hamm Reno Group on May 2, where he will be in charge of all its domestic and foreign retail operations. The 51-year-old retail specialist will be working together with Matthias Händle, who has been running the big German retail company for ...
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The number of visitors at the Moda Made in Italy...
The number of visitors at the Moda Made in Italy fair in Munich last month was down to 2,520 from 2,600 one year ago, but the number of exhibitors was up to 230 from 215
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Groupe Royer and an unidentified leathergoods producer are said to...
Groupe Royer and an unidentified leathergoods producer are said to have presented a proposal for the takeover of Luxat, the French shoe manufacturer that bought Pare Gabia a few years ago and recently went into bankruptcy proceedings
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The German island of Sylt is the newest location of...
The German island of Sylt is the newest location of a Gabor store
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Garant makes more profit, not in Holland
The Garant group expects slight growth in its centralized settlements for the current business year, matching its development in the first three months of 2011, which show a plus in centralized settlements of 3.6 percent. The final figures for 2010 show a 9.4 percent increase in centralized settlements for Garant ...
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Mephisto USA opened a new flagship store last month, a...
Mephisto USA opened a new flagship store last month, a 1,400-square-foot space on the Upper East Side of New York
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Ruco Line opens its first store in Hong Kong, inside...
Ruco Line opens its first store in Hong Kong, inside the Harbour City mall, through its local distributor, Carsac
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The project of a new Expo Riva Schuh India fair...
The project of a new Expo Riva Schuh India fair targeting the growing domestic market is confirmed. It will be held on July 28-30 in Hall 14 of the Pragati Maidan fairgrounds in New Delhi, featuring more than 200 exhibitors offering shoes and leathergoods. The Indian Council for Leather Exports ...
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Mirapodo expands its management, too
Mirapodo, the German online shoe retailer owned by the huge Otto Group, has boosted its management to support Stephanie Caspar, the 38-year-old manager appointed one year ago as chief executive to launch the operation. Tobias Nieber, a 37-year-old who has been with Otto since early 2008, will join her on ...
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Fratelli Rossetti is organizing an exhibition of pictures taken by...
Fratelli Rossetti is organizing an exhibition of pictures taken by Ferdinando Scianna, a photographer of the agency Magnum, at its store on rue Saint Honoré in Paris until May 15. The exhibition, called “Masters' Hands,” features photographies focusing on manual gestures. It was already held in Milan during the Fashion ...
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Ferragamo files for stock exchange listing
Salvatore Ferragamo has filed for authorization to be listed on the Milan stock exchange and an initial public offering could be held by the summer break or in the second half of the year. The transaction could value the Florence-based luxury goods company at about €1.5 billion and enable members ...
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Susan Duffy has joined Stuart Weitzman Holdings as its new...
Susan Duffy has joined Stuart Weitzman Holdings as its new senior vice president for global marketing and communications. This is a new position, responsible for coming up with and implementing marketing strategies for the company. Duffy has worked in advertising, marketing and public relations for luxury brands for more than ...
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Dr. Martens has launched a small line of shirts and...
Dr. Martens has launched a small line of shirts and other men's and women's garments for sale in its own stores in the U.S., the U.K. and Asia and through its website
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Sources have told Dow Jones Newswires that Jones Group, the...
Sources have told Dow Jones Newswires that Jones Group, the owner of Nine West, is making a play for Jimmy Choo. TowerBrook Capital is the owner of Jimmy Choo, and is currently looking for a buyer. Other companies interested in the luxury shoe brand include TPG, an American buyout firm, ...
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The European Parliament is set to discuss later this month...
The European Parliament is set to discuss later this month a proposal by one of its members, Lara Comi, about a new set of regulations for the branding of textile products in the European Union, including the mention of where the products come from. Under the draft proposal, the European ...
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Deichmann.de has received a prize at a German online retailing...
Deichmann.de has received a prize at a German online retailing convention
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The German press has reported on the premature death at...
The German press has reported on the premature death at the age of 62 of Michael Prange, who led the German shoe retail group bearing his family's name since 1962, following the death of his father. The German press also reports that another 62-year-old German manager, Jürgen Klimmek, has passed ...
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Crocs’ sales are lifted by Europe
Crocs increased first-quarter sales by 35.8 percent to $226.7 million, beating its own guidance of a turnover of $215.0 million. The top line was lifted by European sales, up by 42.5 percent to $53.8 million. Turnover in the Americas was up by 35.0 percent to $100.2 million and rose by ...
