All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 25-26 – Page 6
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An optimistic mood at Modacalzado
Almost 8,000 visitors checked out the Modacalzado + Iberpiel show in Madrid, strategically held on Sept. 11-13 between the GDS and Micam. That compares with more than 8,600 visitors one year ago. Just over 15 percent of the buyers at the fair came from outside Spain, from a total of ...
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A single owner for MBT
Berkshire Partners of Boston has acquired full ownership of Masai Barefoot Technology, better known as MBT. The American investment company, which has nothing to do with Berkshire Hathaway (as wrongly indicated in the last issue of Shoe Intelligence), acquired an initial minority stake in the Swiss-based producer of physiological ...
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There is a new spate of rumors that Otto may...
There is a new spate of rumors that Otto may want to acquire Görtz, which has failed to reach its sales objectives for the year
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Krug quits Sioux
Stephan Krug left as general manager of Sioux by mutual agreement and for personal reasons on Sept. 30 after 14 months with the German company, which was acquired last year by private investors with the help of Square Four, the Frankfurt-based investment company that had previously acquired control of Rohde. ...
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Sergio Rossi has reopened its store on Sloane Street in...
Sergio Rossi has reopened its store on Sloane Street in London after a major restyling
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Naturino is offering an interesting and playful package for the...
Naturino is offering an interesting and playful package for the spring/summer 2012 season. It's a line of white canvas sneakers for boys and girls, with colored velour details, that they can tattoo at their wish. The tattoo can be washed out and replaced with a new one from a selection ...
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Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the...
Michael McBreen has left his position as president of the global operations group at Wolverine World Wide to join Collective Brands. He will take on the position of divisional senior vice president of product development for PaylessShoeSource. He had been with Wolverine since 2008; before that he was at Furniture ...
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Micam grows slightly
At 42,385, the total number of visitors at the latest Micam ShoEvent was up very slightly from 42,329 one year ago, with small increases from Italy and from abroad. However, the organizers said, they spent less time than last year at the fair, reducing their average stay from 1.7 to ...
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Macintosh Retail Group has launched an online shop, www.intreza.nl, to...
Macintosh Retail Group has launched an online shop, www.intreza.nl, to sell women's men's and children's shoes. The site is offering the group's house brands - Dolcis, Invito, Manfield, PRO, Shick and Steve Madden - and third-party brands. The group plans to integrate the e-commerce platform with its store network, which ...
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Rough ride for luxury goods on the stock market
The share prices of luxury goods companies have not been immune to the turbulence that has hit the stock exchanges since the summer due to concern about sovereign debt in Europe and a possible economic slowdown , especially in Europe and the U.S. In the first half of the year, ...
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Gioseppo of Spain has presented a line of sandals and...
Gioseppo of Spain has presented a line of sandals and ballerinas studded with Swarovski crystals
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Furla, the Italian producer of handbags, is offering a limited...
Furla, the Italian producer of handbags, is offering a limited range of shoes co-branded with Superga this season in some of its stores in Italy and the rest of Europe
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The first mono-brand store of Pura Lopez in the world...
The first mono-brand store of Pura Lopez in the world has opened near the Spanish Steps in Rome
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Fratelli Rossetti took the opportunity of Milan's Fashion Week to...
Fratelli Rossetti took the opportunity of Milan's Fashion Week to hold its second Masters' Hands photo exhibition at the two-century-old Serbelloni Palace. The photographs, by the Italian photographers Giovanni Gastel, 56, and his nephew, Guido Taroni Gastel, 23, related tradition and innovation. Subjects included a pasty chef, a milliner and ...
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Members of the Ferragamo family have finalized the repurchase of...
Members of the Ferragamo family have finalized the repurchase of a 2 percent stake in the fashion company from the Chinese businessman Peter Woo. The stake was bought in July by Ferragamo Finanziaria, a family holding company controlling the group, from Woo's company, Majestic Honour. On Sept. 30, the holding ...
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Italian exports return to pre-crisis levels
Italian shoe exports have returned to pre-crisis levels, erasing a three-year dip, but orders from the rest of Europe are declining as demand in the continent is hamstrung by low economic growth as austerity packages are launched to tackle public deficits. According to the latest available trade statistics, Italy increased ...
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Online sales of luxury goods are expected to grow globally...
Online sales of luxury goods are expected to grow globally by 20 percent a year to reach €11 billion in 2015 compared with €4.5 billion currently. By 2016, China is likely to overtake the U.S. as the main market for online purchases of these products, according to a study carried ...
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Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year...
Klaus Kennel is retiring at the end of this year from Kennel & Schmenger Schuhfabrik (K&S), the German company in which he is a managing partner. The transition has been prepared for a long time. Most recently, last month, Stefan Frank, who has been responsible for sales and marketing since ...
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Reorders grow at Wolverine in uncertain economic environment
Wolverine World Wide experienced accelerated growth in at-once orders during the third quarter ended on Sept. 10, as retailers were increasingly concerned about the business environment due to uncertainty about the economic outlook in the U.S. and in Europe.In the three-month period, at-once orders rose by a “mid-teens” growth rate, ...
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Italian shoemakers launch e-commerce platform
A new e-commerce platform selling only Italian-made shoes has gone online for purchases by customers in all the 27 countries of the European Union. The site, called www.iloveitalianshoes.eu, started with 10 companies and some 30 others have expressed interest in joining the project. A check showed that 14 brands were ...
