All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 28-29 – Page 2

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    Groupe Royer of France has confirmed the signature of a...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Royer of France has confirmed the signature of a licensing agreement for the Spring Court brand, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The license was previously held by Rautureau Apple Shoes.

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    Sixty Group, the parent company of Miss Sixty, Energie and...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Sixty Group, the parent company of Miss Sixty, Energie and other fashion brands, is contemplating a further reduction in its staff, possibly outsourcing all product development, pattern making and prototyping to China. Employees of the Italian company have been staging sit-ins in front of the company's head office in Chieti ...

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    U.S. stores drag down Collective’s results

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Lower sales and margins at the Payless ShoeSource chain in the U.S. offset better results at Stride Rite, Sperry Top-Sider and other brands in the Performance & Lifestyle Group (PLG) of Collective Brands in the third quarter ended Oct. 29, leading the big American company to book a net loss ...

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    Geox has put out a special collection of gold-colored shoes...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Geox has put out a special collection of gold-colored shoes to celebrate a victory of the Red Bull racing team at the Formula One championships

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    Manas signs its first license with Coccinelle

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Both Manas and Coccinelle are family-owned companies, specializing in shoes and handbags, respectively, and both of them have most of their products manufactured in Italy. Each one has an annual turnover of around €50 million. After looking at other possible licensing opportunities, Manas, the shoe company run by Cleto Sagripanti, ...

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    Jimmy Choo loses its heads

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Tamara Mellon, who co-founded Jimmy Choo together with the Malaysian cobbler by the same name in 1996, has decided to leave the company at the end of this month or the end of this year. The wealthy 44-year-old former fashion model and accessories editor of the British edition of Vogue ...

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    Geox changes tactics as shoe orders drop

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Geox closed the sales campaign for the base collection of the 2012 spring/summer collection with an order backlog unchanged from a year ago. Orders were underpinned by a high-single-digit growth rate for apparel, while shoes dipped by a low-single-digit rate.Orders from wholesale clients were down by a mid-single-digit rate ...

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    Groupe Royer is launching a chain of children's shoe stores...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Royer is launching a chain of children's shoe stores featuring models from all the brands that it owns or licenses. It's going to be called Kids & Kickers. In addition to its Kickers shoes for children, it will offer those of other group brands such as Aster and Mod'8 ...

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    Zippy, the shoe retail chain of the Portuguese Sonae Group,...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Zippy, the shoe retail chain of the Portuguese Sonae Group, has opened its second store in Turkey

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    Brown Shoe streamlines

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Brown Shoe Company has announced plans to further streamline its business by closing stores, exiting some license agreements and businesses. The news comes after the company announced a 0.3 percent decline in its third-quarter revenues to $713.8 million partly due the sale of the basketball and lifestyle And 1 unit ...

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    PPR sees shoes for Brioni in the future

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    PPR, parent company of Gucci, Sergio Rossi and other luxury brands, has signed an agreement to acquire Brioni, the leading Italian manufacturer of high-end men's clothing, whose clients include chiefs of state such as Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin as well as other important personalities such as Donald Trump and ...

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    Exports of hides and skins from Brazil rose by more...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Exports of hides and skins from Brazil rose by more than 20 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 compared with last year, up to $1.72 billion. By volume, the number dropped by 9 percent to 1.98 million hides.

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    Collective Brands is recalling one style of its Keds shoes...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Collective Brands is recalling one style of its Keds shoes because parts can come loose, causing cuts and scratches to the wearer. The voluntary recall affects style No. KY40098A, which is printed on the underside of the tongue. The shoes are black and pink rubber-soled with white trim, and metal ...

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    Little Mary, a French brand of children's shoes created in...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Little Mary, a French brand of children's shoes created in 1974, has been taken over by a new holding company, KidShoes, or KSH, that wants to develop it further and to launch new brands and new licenses. The new group has been set up by Hervé Jailliard, who has ...

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    Zintala, the company managing the exclusive Silvano Lattanzi brand, expects...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Zintala, the company managing the exclusive Silvano Lattanzi brand, expects to increase its sales in Italy by nearly 30 percent to €4.5 million in 2011. An additional €7.5 million in turnover is expected to be generated abroad. In an interview with the daily Il Sole 24 Ore, the company's owner, ...

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    The Mountain hiking boot, designed by the German shoe manufacturer...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    The Mountain hiking boot, designed by the German shoe manufacturer Ricosta, has been given another award. The German Design Council gave it the silver German Design Award 2012 in the category of product design. Ricosta will receive the award on Feb. 12 during Ambiente, the consumer goods trade show in ...

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    Big success for the World Footwear Congress in Rio

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Francisco Dos Santos and his staff at Couromoda did an excellent job as organizers of the fourth World Footwear Congress, which was held outside Europe for the first time in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 7-8. A total of 479 delegates from 29 countries attended the event, which provided a ...

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    Bianco Footwear has reportedly taken steps to safeguard its position...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Bianco Footwear has reportedly taken steps to safeguard its position in the market by acquiring more than a third of its 160 retail franchises. Officials of the Danish-based international shoe retail company could not be reached for comment, but it seems that the move was related to the financial ...

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    Miuccia Prada and her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, have bought one...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Miuccia Prada and her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, have bought one of the ancient palaces overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice for €40 million from the city's municipality. The palace, called Ca' Corner della Regina, will be used to house a Prada Foundation, featuring numerous works of art.

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    Bensimon, the French fashion company known for its minimalist shoes,...

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Bensimon, the French fashion company known for its minimalist shoes, has launched a virtual shop where it is offering only new or exclusive products