All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 20-21 – Page 4

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    Sri Lanka's Leather Footwear Advisory Council is planning footwear exhibition...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Sri Lanka's Leather Footwear Advisory Council is planning footwear exhibition that it will hold in Colombo next February. The council wants to showcase the industry there, promoting it as a major hub in the region, as well as obtain knowledge from attendees from export giants India and China. Major footwear ...

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    Zappos' latest ad campaign bares it all – literally. Shot...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Zappos' latest ad campaign bares it all – literally. Shot outdoors in New York, the campaign features naked models jogging, hailing taxis and playing Frisbee. Created by Mullen, the campaign will take the form of digital ads, videos, magazine print ads and quick response codes.

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    The bill for the proposed Affordable Footwear Act has been...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The bill for the proposed Affordable Footwear Act has been finally introduced for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives, after several years of lobbying by Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and other pressure group. If adopted, the legislation would suspend tariffs as high as 37.5 percent for ...

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    Wolverine posts impressive results, mulls acquisitions

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Referring to the momentous recent acquisition of Timberland by VF Corporation while commenting on the outstanding results reached by his own company's for its second quarter ended June 18, Blake Krueger, chairman and chief executive of Wolverine World Wide, noted that the “private equity folks” have come back after a ...

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    E-Land of South Korea has acquired Mandarina Duck, the Italian...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    E-Land of South Korea has acquired Mandarina Duck, the Italian brand of leathergoods and accessories, from Mosaicon. Christopher Bizzio, a former executive of Salvatore Ferragamo, has been appointed chief executive of the operation. E-Land was previously rumored to have discussed a possible refinancing of the bankrupt Mariella Burani Fashion Group.

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    Italian shoemakers worry about the government’s trade policy

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Cleto Sagripanti, the newly elected president of the Italian footwear association, Anci, has expressed great concern after the government announced plans to scrap the Italian trade commission, ICE, and transfer its international activities to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ICE has been a significant partner of Anci in promoting ...

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    Salvatore Ferragamo opened a 60-square-meter store in the GUM shopping...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Salvatore Ferragamo opened a 60-square-meter store in the GUM shopping center in Moscow in collaboration with its local partner JamilCo Group. The store focuses on men's accessories, including shoes, bags, belts and leathergoods.

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    Shareholders controlling 73.5 percent of the combined voting power of...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Shareholders controlling 73.5 percent of the combined voting power of Timberland Company have approved the company's merger with VF Corporation

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    The French shoe market grew by 4 percent in value...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The French shoe market grew by 4 percent in value during the first six months of this year, according to the Institut Français de la Mode. Sales by mail order catalog and over the internet grew by 19.1 percent. Hypermarkets and supermarkets raised their footwear sales by 11.1 percent. The ...

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    Chinese footwear exports rose by 21.7 percent to more than...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Chinese footwear exports rose by 21.7 percent to more than $19 billion in the first half of 2011, according to figures from the China Leather Industry Association, CLIA. China's total exports of leather, fur and leather products rose by 28.8 percent to US$23.1 billion in the first five months of ...

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    A total of 21 Italian companies, including Baldinini, will participate...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    A total of 21 Italian companies, including Baldinini, will participate in a collective exhibition organized for the second time by the Italian shoe industry association (Anci) in collaboration with the Marche region during the Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 1-3. Showing their spring/summer 2012 collections again in the Pavillon Gabriel, ...

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    In September 2011, Pajar Canada will be opening a new...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In September 2011, Pajar Canada will be opening a new mono-brand store in the De Meir shopping street in Antwerp, Belgium. New stores are planned for later on this year in Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam and Vienna.

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    Gabor Shoes has reported a 16.8 percent sales increase for...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Gabor Shoes has reported a 16.8 percent sales increase for the group to €179.5 million in the first half of 2011. A big slice of the growth came from the German market, whose share of the total turnover rose to 54 percent as compared to less than 50 percent a ...

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    ANWR Group records 14% higher sales in half

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The ANWR Group increased total sales by 14 percent to €3.5 billion in the first half of this year compared with the same period of 2010. The group recorded rising revenues in all of its product segments, namely shoes, leathergoods, sporting goods and financial services. The sporting goods segment recorded ...

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    The global branded athletic shoe market grew by 13.2 percent...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The global branded athletic shoe market grew by 13.2 percent at wholesale in terms of U.S. dollars in 2010, according to an annual study released by a sister publication of ours, Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe. The vendors' sales rose by 11.5 percent in the U.S., by 9.2 percent in ...

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    Santoni finished 2010 with a 12 percent increase in sales...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Santoni finished 2010 with a 12 percent increase in sales to €44 million. In the first half of 2011, sales were up by a double-digit figure for the Italian shoemaker. After inaugurating its first mono-brand store in China, in Beijing, the company aims to expand its network in the Asian ...

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    Payless ShoeSource has opened its 100th international franchise in Cirebon,...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Payless ShoeSource has opened its 100th international franchise in Cirebon, Indonesia. It's the seventh store in that country. The American retailer said the franchise model is the best way for Payless to enter more international markets more quickly. The first franchise opened in 2009 in Kuwait, and there are now ...

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    Announcing the fact that it now has more than 100...

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Announcing the fact that it now has more than 100 employees with 15 different nationalities, Spartoo.com, the 5-year-old French online shoe retailer, says it is confident of reaching sales of €100 million this year, up from €30 million in 2009 and €60 million in 2010, with sales outside France due ...

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    LVMH breaks the €10 billion barrier in first half

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Beating analysts' estimates by one percentage point, LVMH reported a 13 percent increase in its total turnover for the first six months of this year to €10.29 billion, with an organic increase of 15 percent before changes in structure and currencies. Net earnings jumped by 25 percent to €1.31 billion ...