All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 27 – Page 2
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JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by...
JD Sports Fashion, the British sporting goods chain controlled by Pentland Group, is selling Reebok's RunTone Prime toning shoe at half the regular price on its website, and is offering big discounts on three other models from Reebok's EasyTone collection
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As the brand's U.S. licensee, Brown Shoe Co. opened the...
As the brand's U.S. licensee, Brown Shoe Co. opened the first Dr. Scholl shoe stores in the U.S. last month in Las Vegas, at Ellenton, Florida, and at San Marcos, Texas
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Spartoo.com has bought a British competitor, Rubbers.co.uk, for an undisclosed...
Spartoo.com has bought a British competitor, Rubbers.co.uk, for an undisclosed sum. The French online shoe retailer started operating in the U.K. in 2009 and expects the purchase to boost its market share in the country. Spartoo operates now in 20 countries and aims to achieve overall sales of €100 million ...
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Jones Bootmaker helps Macintosh to record higher sales
The shoe retail chains belonging to Macintosh Retail Group increased their sales by €14.5 million in the third quarter to €187.6 million from €172.6 million a year earlier. However, without the acquisition in April of the Jones Bootmaker chain in the U.K., the Dutch retail group's fashion division - which ...
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Kenneth Cole boosts profits, enters India
Following the lead of Steven Madden, which signed a long-term partnership with Reliance Brands earlier this year (see previous article), Kenneth Cole Productions has struck a long-term licensing contract with the Indian company. This branch of the big Reliance Industries group already has deals with other Western brands such as ...
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Booming Ugg’s parent forms French subsidiary
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, which is the parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands, has already taken over the distribution in the U.K. and the Benelux countries. It was handling the French market from its Dutch office, but it has now decided to set up a full-fledged subsidiary in this ...
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The real estate investment company of Bernd Hummel, the German-based...
The real estate investment company of Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand based in Pirmasens, has acquired the nearby factory of Biodyn, the German manufacturer of toning shoes that became recently insolvent. The owners of Biodyn, who were previously distributing MBT in Germany, had set up the ...
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Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand, has...
Bernd Hummel, the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand, has signed a new distribution contract for the Austrian market with Steger Sportagentur
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Marc Shoes is sold to Berkemann
Having reached the age of 67, with no heirs, Wilhelm Möhlmann has decided to sell all his shares in his company, Marc Shoes, to Berkemann, adding to its growing portfolio of brands. Specializing in comfort shoes, Berkemann had already acquired late last year all the shares and selected assets of ...
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The El Naturalista store in Santa Monica has been rebuilt....
The El Naturalista store in Santa Monica has been rebuilt. The store, which was originally a mono-brand store of the Spanish footwear brand, has now been turned into a multi-brand store. The Spanish shoe brand, which entered the Chinese market recently, has great expectations for this business year, even in ...
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Bally has opened new stores in Washington, DC and Istanbul,...
Bally has opened new stores in Washington, DC and Istanbul, Turkey
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Pretty Ballerinas of Spain is using a kind of nappa...
Pretty Ballerinas of Spain is using a kind of nappa leather in its Rosario shoe which, it says, imitates the pages of a newspaper
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Ecco, which has been opening three new stores on average...
Ecco, which has been opening three new stores on average each week, is opening today its 1,000th store in the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The expansion will continue in 2012. The Danish company inaugurated its first store in the Danish area of Odense back in 1985. In addition ...
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Impactiva launches quality assurance programs
Major footwear companies have adopted a new leading-edge “mold prevention quality assurance program” launched by Impactiva earlier this year for the footwear and apparel industries, targeting brands, importers and retailers. Betula, Blowfish, Brown Shoe, Clarks, Kenneth Cole, Marc'O Polo, Rohde and Wortmann are some of Impactiva's clients.As part of its ...
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A Taiwanese company, Heavy Machine, and Art Star Co. of...
A Taiwanese company, Heavy Machine, and Art Star Co. of Hong Kong bagged the Best of APLF Awards for women's and men's shoes, respectively, at the Sept. 28-30 Fashion Access show in Hong Kong
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Giovanni Stella is stepping down as chief executive of Antichi...
Giovanni Stella is stepping down as chief executive of Antichi Pellettieri (AP) for personal reasons. Stella owns 240,000 shares in AP, representing about 0.5 percent of the ordinary capital of the Italian company, which controls Baldinini and other brands of leather products. His resignation comes as AP is still discussing ...
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J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy...
J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy Eject line of shoes, has won a counterfeiting lawsuit against its former German importer, Riekkers, but the damages assessed in the German court's verdict will hardly cover its legal expenses, according to a report from Portugal. Confirming that Riekkers had ...
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Marcia Patmos, formerly a designer with Lutz & Patmos who...
Marcia Patmos, formerly a designer with Lutz & Patmos who now runs her own earth-friendly line, has teamed up with the Spanish footwear designer Manolo Blahnik to produce a capsule collection of sustainable shoes. The new line of Marcia Patmos for Manolo Blahnik shoes will come in two styles, a ...
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Marc Fisher Footwear has signed a footwear licensing agreement...
Marc Fisher Footwear has signed a footwear licensing agreement with Xcel Brands for the Isaac Mizrahi and Isaac Mizrahi New York brands. The shoes will be available in U.S. stores in the autumn of 2012 with prices ranging from $79 to $298. Mizrahi previously had footwear licenses with The ...
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A bankruptcy claim filed by local tax authorities against Dale...
A bankruptcy claim filed by local tax authorities against Dale Sko of Norway risks bringing an end to the company's 112 year-old reign as a manufacturer of winter boots and traditional footwear. As reported in NRK, Dale Sko's big financial troubles began last year when the company lost a major ...
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