All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 14-15 – Page 2
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Skechers has signed a licensing deal with Street Flyers for...
Skechers has signed a licensing deal with Street Flyers for the juvenile sporting goods market. Street Flyers will design, manufacture and distribute bikes, skateboards, scooters, skates and safety gear under the Skechers brand. The line will be designed for children and young adults, and should be available in spring 2012 ...
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Lectra launches a new leather cutting solution
Versalis Fashion is the new leather cutting solution being launched by Lectra for use by manufacturers of luggage, footwear and other fashion accessories. It was presented by the French company at the Techtextil exhibition in Frankfurt held May 24-27 as an ingenious way to cut the rising cost of leather ...
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Micam ShoeEvent will continue to be held from Saturday to...
Micam ShoeEvent will continue to be held from Saturday to Wednesday next year. The dates chosen for the big Milan fair are March 4-7 and Sept. 16-19. Anci, organizer of the show, says it has confirmed its commitment to the All Accessories project, which makes Micam take place at similar ...
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Lumberjack is timing the opening of its concept store in...
Lumberjack is timing the opening of its concept store in Barcelona on June 5 with the Spanish leg of the Moto GP race
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Collective severely underperforms
Collective Brands' sales decreased by 1.1 percent to $869.0 million in the first quarter ended on April 30. Revenues were hit by severe weather conditions in North America and difficult economic conditions for some of its core customer groups such as African-Americans. While North American retail activities dragged down results, ...
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Prada’s IPO is cleared
Prada has obtained clearance from the Hong Kong stock exchange for its initial public offering (IPO). The stock is expected to start trading on June 24 and the company will be the first Italian firm to be listed on the Asian exchange. Hong Kong is attracting more and more producers ...
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Jodhpur, the city in Rajasthan, India, is to be one...
Jodhpur, the city in Rajasthan, India, is to be one of seven mega leather clusters that the government is setting up across the country to strengthen the leather industry there
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Seventy-nine tanneries in Quanzhou city will be closed this year,...
Seventy-nine tanneries in Quanzhou city will be closed this year, according to the China Leather Industry Association. Altogether, the plants produce less than 100,000 pieces annually. Their closure is due to environmental protection requirements, and to meet city targets to cut the discharge of effluents that are the result of ...
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Church's has developed three styles of men's shoes using recycled...
Church's has developed three styles of men's shoes using recycled Vibram outsoles for the next fall/winter season
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Siport, the Italian company known for its children's shoes named...
Siport, the Italian company known for its children's shoes named after Barbie and other famous characters, continues to diversify into the adult segment through a footwear line licensed by Coconuda, an Italian brand of apparel for women between the ages of 25 and 35. The collaboration starts with the present ...
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Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible...
Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible for purchasing, has left the company by mutual consent
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A new tannery is starting up at Capitao Eneas in...
A new tannery is starting up at Capitao Eneas in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The main client will be Marluvas, a local manufacturer of safety shoes that was getting its leather from far away.
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Fung Capital, one of the private investment vehicles of the...
Fung Capital, one of the private investment vehicles of the family that controls Li & Fung, has reportedly made an offer for Mandarina Duck, one of the leathergoods brands controlled by the bankrupt Mariella Burani Fashion Group through Antichi Pellettieri. The Fung family has already acquired control of Cerruti and ...
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An original Camper Together store has opened in San Sebastian,...
An original Camper Together store has opened in San Sebastian, on the Basque coast of Spain. It is based on the concept of a huge aquarium, featuring a blue background and big fishes hanging from the roof. Camper already has Together stores in Paris, Rome, Naples, London, Seoul, Barcelona, Malaga ...
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Labelux buys Jimmy Choo
Labelux, the Vienna-based investment group that took over Bally three years ago, has agreed to buy all the capital of Jimmy Choo in a deal estimated to be worth about £500 million (€567.2m-$817.3m) from a private equity firm, TowerBrook Capital Partners, and minority shareholders including the brand's co-founder and chief ...
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Genesco buys H.S. Trask
H.S. Trask is an American brand of outdoor and casual shoes that uses leather made from the skin of American bisons, elks and longhorns. Named after its founder; Harrison Trask and based in the state of Montana, it has been for many years the property of a financially shaky U.S. ...
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Deichmann may buy Snipes
Deichmann is reported to be in negotiations to take over Snipes, a leading retailer of sneakers and fashion sport shoes with a web store, 37 shops in Germany and four in Austria. The takeover would be handled through the Swiss subsidiary of Deichmann, Dosenbach-Ochsner.Dosenbach-Ochsner, which is Switzerland's largest shoe retailer ...
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Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and...
Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and leathergoods. She is Natalia Brilli, an Italo-Belgian designer who graduated from the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris who has already worked for several international brands and started a line under her own name in 2004. She will report ...
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Brown Shoe undergoes a business review
During the next two to three months, Brown Shoe Company's management will review its businesses to assess whether they are aligned with its strategy. The outcome of the survey is expected in the autumn and could lead to acquisitions and disposals.The move was prompted by the expected promotion of Diane ...
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Freeman T. Porter, a French brand of denim jeans, has...
Freeman T. Porter, a French brand of denim jeans, has signed a license for a shoe collection that will be launched for spring/summer 2012 at the next editions of Bread & Butter and Who's Next. The licensee is Iseo, a company in Hong Kong. The line will be distributed in ...
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