All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 20-21 – Page 3
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High school students, faculty and staff have been invited to...
High school students, faculty and staff have been invited to participate in Famous Footwear's “Step It Up for Your School” promotion, which kicked off this week in the U.S. They were asked to submit essays on the retailer's Facebook page about how they would improve their schools if they had ...
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Shoes become a stronger component of Macintosh’s sales mix
Macintosh Retail Group increased its retail sales of footwear in the first half of the year thanks to the acquisition in April of the British retailer Jones Bootmaker and the launch, in the same month, of the Steve Madden brand in the Benelux countries. On the other hand, the Dutch-based ...
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Ruco Line has opened a new store in Bologna, based...
Ruco Line has opened a new store in Bologna, based on a new concept already adopted in Rome and Florence
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GLInvest, the British company run by Simon Bamber who has...
GLInvest, the British company run by Simon Bamber who has the rights for the Superga brand in the U.K., has opened Superga's first single-brand store in the country on Neal Street, in the Covent Garden district of London. The collection is already available to British consumers through a dedicated website. ...
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Bally has inked a deal for the opening of several...
Bally has inked a deal for the opening of several stores in India with Bird Group, a company that already works with Porsche Design, BMW and other major foreign players. The first Bally store in India will open before the end of this year in the DLF Emporium shopping center ...
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Skinie, a new fashion-oriented brand of shoes from Australia for...
Skinie, a new fashion-oriented brand of shoes from Australia for babies and children up to the age of five, is entering the European market through United Brand Management, a distributor based in Manchester, England, which is now looking for distribution partners in the rest of Europe. Launched in 2009 ...
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Assomac, the tanning machinery manufacturers' association of Italy, elected Giovannie...
Assomac, the tanning machinery manufacturers' association of Italy, elected Giovannie Bagini of the Sabal Group to a two-year term as president at its meeting at the end of June. It also chose Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, from the blade manufacturer Lamebo, to be its new vice president. At the meeting, it ...
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The British Footwear Association is organizing a trade mission to...
The British Footwear Association is organizing a trade mission to Chengdu and Hong Kong next Sept. 17-24, partly funded by UK Trade & Investment
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Bernard Arnault, who has become the wealthiest person in France...
Bernard Arnault, who has become the wealthiest person in France as the major shareholder, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, has received the French Legion of Honor
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As reported in the previous issue, Armin Müller has been...
As reported in the previous issue, Armin Müller has been appointed chief executive of Bruno Magli. The position is permanent. The 54-year-old German national is going to take a close look at all the operations of the company and its position in the different markets before making any decisions together ...
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The third Casadei store in the United Arab Emirates has...
The third Casadei store in the United Arab Emirates has opened in the Dubai Mall
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Chaco has appointed Todd Gordon, formerly with Timberland and Fila,...
Chaco has appointed Todd Gordon, formerly with Timberland and Fila, and Colin Butts as directors of sales and marketing, respectively
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The Council for Leather Exports of India has announced that...
The Council for Leather Exports of India has announced that leather exports from the country rose by 13 percent to $3.8 billion in the 2010-11 fiscal year, topping the goal of $3.7 billion. India's commerce secretary, Rahul Khullar, said that should triple or maybe even quadruple in the next few ...
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Ifema has announced that this year's Modacalzado+Iberpiel footwear and leathergoods...
Ifema has announced that this year's Modacalzado+Iberpiel footwear and leathergoods show in Madrid will include a new edition of its IdeasLab area. The IdeasLab allows visitors to participate in demonstrations of the potential of the internet and new technologies to boost their sales. In addition, the IdeasLab-Footwear Awards for Creative ...
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Leder & Schuh takes over Stiefelkönig
The leading Austrian shoe retailing group reports that it has signed a contract to take over what has remained of Stiefelkönig from Bawag, the Austrian bank that took over the loss-making shoe retailing group in 2003, when it had a total of 170 stores. The chain presently consists of only ...
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Boa Technology, the American company that markets the proprietary Boa...
Boa Technology, the American company that markets the proprietary Boa closure system for shoes, has made several management changes. Ilya Minkin has become product manager, replacing Jimmy Capra who is now heading up the company's medical business unit. Chuck Mason, the new vice president of sales and marketing for the ...
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The China Leather Industries Association (CLIA), which co-organizes the All...
The China Leather Industries Association (CLIA), which co-organizes the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), will hold a national conference and international forum in Shanghai on Sept. 5, on the eve of the Sept. 6-8 China International Footwear Fair (CIFF). Representatives from state ministries, commissions and trade associations and various experts ...
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Hermès powers ahead
Hermès International has upgraded the outlook for this year, predicting an overall sales increase of between 12 and 14 percent on a currency-neutral basis instead of a previously projected range of 8 to 10 percent. Operating margins are expected to come close to the record level reached in 2010.The new ...
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The Jones Group has a new licensing agreement with Philip...
The Jones Group has a new licensing agreement with Philip Simon Brands Group of Los Angeles to make sneakers under the Nine West brand name. PSBG will produce, market and distribute Nine West Original Sneakers, which will be available at department stores, specialty retailers and Nine West shops globally. About ...
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Brown Shoe Company has filed a lawsuit against Mark Lardie,...
Brown Shoe Company has filed a lawsuit against Mark Lardie, a former divisional president for wholesale operations of the company who has also acted as general merchandise manager at its Famous Footwear retail chain. The suit alleges that Lardie has violated a non-competition clause in his contract with Brown ...
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