All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 18-19
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Louis Vuitton is launching a project for the manufacture of...
Louis Vuitton is launching a project for the manufacture of custom-made shoes, taking advantage of new facilities installed at its 2-year-old, state-of-the-art shoe factory at Fiesso d'Artico near Venice. The service will start up at Vuitton's flagship store at 2 via Montanapoleone in Milan next September, after its renovation. It ...
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Prices are going up, more or less selectively
Cost increases have been experienced by practically every vendor of footwear products in the market over the past 12 months, and 77.9 percent of them have decided to reflect them in one way or another in the prices that they are charging to retailers for their fall/winter 2011-12 and spring/summer ...
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Geox has installed a pop-up shop for the summer on...
Geox has installed a pop-up shop for the summer on the fifth floor of Harrods, the prestigious London department store It will sell a limited-edition line called Geox Red Bull Racing Driver Boots, consisting of 50 personalized replicas of the shoes worn by the drivers of the Red Bull Formula ...
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Groupe Royer of France has received a license for Playboy...
Groupe Royer of France has received a license for Playboy footwear for all of Europe following the demise of the previous licensee, PBF of Scotland, which also held some rights to the Hello Kitty brand name
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The former Wedins posts higher sales and margins
The interim financial report of Venue Retail Group for the nine months ended May 31 showed continued strong sales development for all chains within the group. The net turnover for the group was 623.2 million Swedish kronor (€68.6m-$98.2m), up by 2.3 percent from the year before, despite fewer stores. Confirming ...
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Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the footwear and leathergoods trade show in Madrid, will...
Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the footwear and leathergoods trade show in Madrid, will be held Sept. 11-13, and already about 90 percent of the exhibition space has been booked. Leading brands such as Mascaró, Pura López, Castañer, Pons Quintana, Andarines, Xti, Callaghan, Yumas, KangaROOS and EMU Australia are among those scheduled to show ...
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The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph...
The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph Rieker of Ricosta as its chairman. Two older executives, Wilhelm Möhlmann of Marc Shoes and Hans-Joachim Wolter of Waldi-Schuhfabrik (Finncomfort), are leaving the executive board, and Ralph Wolter, son of Hans-Joachim, is joining it. Norbert Furche, the longtime manager of ...
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Pitti Uomo, an important fair in Florence that includes men's...
Pitti Uomo, an important fair in Florence that includes men's shoes among its offerings, reports increases of 2 percent in the number of Italian visitors and 7.6 percent in those from abroad. Among the foreign visitors, the number of Americans went up by 33.2 percent. Major increases were also recorded ...
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Vietnam's General Statistics Office reports that footwear exports grew by...
Vietnam's General Statistics Office reports that footwear exports grew by 31 percent to $2.99 billion in the first half of 2011, reaching a historical high of $610 million in June alone. Lefaso, the country's leather and shoes association, credited the increase to rises in both volumes shipped (up by 20 ...
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Prada, Ferragamo IPOs less successful than expected
Prada Group and Salvatore Ferragamo have completed their initial public offerings but their outcome has been less spectacular than the expectations formulated ahead of their stock market introductions, explaining in part why the shareholders of other luxury companies such as Jimmy Choo have recently preferred to cash out by selling ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo will expand the range of products sold under...
Salvatore Ferragamo will expand the range of products sold under its brand name by launching a line of 70 pieces of jewelry. Priced between €800 and €12,000, the new collection will be launched during the Milan Fashion Week next September and offered in dedicated corners of about 20 selected Ferragamo ...
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Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and...
Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and brand entertainment at Hurley, is the new chief executive of Podium Distribution, owner of DVS shoes, Matix apparel and Diamond Footwear
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A young new head for European shoemakers
Roeland Smets is stepping down as general manager of CEC, the European shoe industry federation based in Brussels, after 40 years in office. The elderly lobbyist, who is close to 70 years old, had been suffering from serious health problems recently. On top of that, Dimitri Karampinis, the Greek economist ...
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New management and good results at Euro Sko in Norway
Torgeir Gulbrandsen and Johan Strovik are going to run Euro Sko Norge jointly following the retirement of Christian Hatle as managing director of the big Norwegian shoe retail cooperative after 23 years in the job. Gulbrandsen, 48, who has been with the company for 15 years, will act as managing ...
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Poland to push for EU origin labeling
The Polish government is committed to seeking the approval of a regulation introducing origin labeling in the European Union during its presidency ending on Dec. 31. Poland took over the rotating presidency of the EU on July 1 from Hungary.Hungary had also backed the legislation but failed to present it ...
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Skechers will enter the timepiece market in the U.S. next...
Skechers will enter the timepiece market in the U.S. next fall through a licensing deal for watches with Total Licensing and Glamm Industries, a company led by a former senior vice president of Swatch USA
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Geox didn't have its usual massive exhibition at the exclusive...
Geox didn't have its usual massive exhibition at the exclusive Hotel du Lac during the Expo Riva Schuh show in Riva del Garda last month. However, the company will make a noteworthy comeback to the GDS fair next Sept. 7-9. Fratelli Rossetti will be another important new exhibitor at the ...
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Six up-and-coming designers of women's shoes will showcase their new...
Six up-and-coming designers of women's shoes will showcase their new collections in a specially created area of the Pure fashion exhibition in London on Aug. 7-9, in a project organized together with the British Footwear Association
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Prada inaugurated a men's store at Forte dei Marmi on...
Prada inaugurated a men's store at Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan Riviera on July 3
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The next Micam show will dedicate space to the younger...
The next Micam show will dedicate space to the younger generations with cultural and training initiatives intended to bring schools in contact with the fashion world, in tune with one of the pillars in the program of Cleto Sagripanti, who as the new president of Anci is also the president ...
