All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 30-31 – Page 4
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Auri signs its first license
Auri Footwear, the 4-year-old U.S company known for its patented Works technology, has signed a worldwide footwear licensing agreement with Robert Graham, an eclectic American fashion brand. Auri is holding discussions about new licenses and co-branding opportunities with several other upscale brands as well as with luxury retailers.The first Robert ...
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An auction of shoes designed by the late Roger Vivier...
An auction of shoes designed by the late Roger Vivier has generated proceeds of more than €600,000. Diego Della Valle, major shareholder of Tod's and licensee of the Roger Vivier brand, reportedly bought more than 100 styles, but he is considering legating that to the Shoe Museum of Romans, which ...
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Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the...
Returning from her maternity leave, Gila Meier-Menge is assuming the post as head of product for shoes at Timezone. Since October, the 33-year-old has been responsible for the conceptual and creative product development of Timezone's shoe collections. Meier-Menge has been with the company for four years. In her new post, ...
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Neosens, a sister of brand of Art, has opened a...
Neosens, a sister of brand of Art, has opened a shop-in-shop in the Tascón shoe store located in the La Maquinista shopping center of Barcelona. The Art Company has a fully decorated store featuring both brands on the rue de Rennes in Paris and another one in Milan, on via ...
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The duration of Mess Around, the French shoe fair, will...
The duration of Mess Around, the French shoe fair, will be stretched from three to four days as it will coincide with Who's Next, Première Classe, Prêt-à-Porter Paris and other fashion fairs held simultaneously in Paris on Jan. 21-24. Visitors will also have to pay for the first time to ...
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Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing...
Esprit has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing director, Arnd Mueller, replacing Jan Erik van Dijk who left in September. Among other stations, Mueller, 41, has spent 12 years with Walt Disney, where he has been in charge of clothing, shoes and accessories. Meanwhile, Chew Fook Aun, chief ...
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ANWR extends trade show concept, plans new order center
ANWR, the big German shoe retailers' cooperative, will extend its trade show concept with a new platform for the selection of large-size shoes, with additional training workshops for saleswomen and a new premium trade show taking place at the same time as its Fashion Days. Additionally, ANWR's supervisory board gave ...
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Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has announced that...
Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has announced that the country will begin imposing a 150 percent tax on the export of semi-finished leather. The goal is to promote exports of finished leather and leathergoods. The country has also laid the groundwork to stop exporting raw hides as well.
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The Otto Group has announced the death of Werner Otto,...
The Otto Group has announced the death of Werner Otto, the visionary German businessman who founded the world's largest mail-order company in 1949. He died on Dec. 21 at the age of 102. The son of a merchant, he set up the former Otto Versand with capital of 6,000 German ...
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Leomil is going to start making Angry Birds footwear...
Leomil is going to start making Angry Birds footwear and apparel under a new five-year licensing agreement with Rovio, the Finnish maker of the cult electronic puzzle game for touchscreen smartphones
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Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, plans to...
Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, plans to start up his second 14 oz. store in Berlin next October. It will occupy 600 square meters in the historical Cumberland House on the Kurfürstendamm, close to Hermès, Louis Vuitton and other major fashion stores.
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Javari, the virtual shoe store launched by Amazon in various...
Javari, the virtual shoe store launched by Amazon in various European countries one year ago, is adding handbags and other accessories to its offer, which will soon be expanded further to include other shoe brands. The website is now offering free delivery all over Europe and, for any purchase of ...
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Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based...
Alpargatas Europe, the subsidiary of the eponymous Brazilian group based in Spain, will be coordinating the distribution in the continent of Dupé, a more affordable brand of sandals than Havaianas, starting with the spring 2012 selling season. The brand has been sold lately by distributors in Italy, France and Spain.
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Allen Edmonds has entered a licensing deal that will...
Allen Edmonds has entered a licensing deal that will allow it to sell shoes in China. The company hopes to double its size over the next 10 years with the help of this new partnership with Talent Creations, a Shanghai-based company that will sell in China, Hong Kong and Macau. ...
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Crocs has entered into an amended and restated credit agreement...
Crocs has entered into an amended and restated credit agreement that replaces the existing $30 million asset-backed line of credit set to expire in September 2014 with a five-year, $70 million secured revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility will bear interest at variable rates, and it ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for...
Salvatore Ferragamo has decided not to extend its agreement for the sale of its products In Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia with a Korean company, Trinity Ltd., which is going to expire at the end of 2012, but it is ready to examine ways to restructure their relationship. Observers ...
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Italy restarts foreign trade promotion agency
The government of the new Italian prime minister, Mario Monti, has issued draft legislation to reintroduce the Italian foreign trade promotion agency. The previous one, ICE, was closed by the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in July as part of an effort to reorganize the agency, which was spending ...
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Barratts and Priceless go bankrupt again
The Barratts Priceless Group, which operates 191 Barratts and Priceless Shoes shops and 371 shoe concessions across the U.K. and Ireland, went into the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Dec. 8. Just before Christmas, the company's court-appointed administrators from Deloitte closed down five Barratts and 13 Priceless stores, dismissing ...
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Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, admits that she is addicted...
Celine Dion, the Canadian singer, admits that she is addicted to shoes, owning about 3,000 pairs – for comparison's sake, Imelda Marcos of the Philippines was infamous for possessing a collection of 2,700 pairs of footwear
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More initiatives by the very active British Footwear Association, led...
More initiatives by the very active British Footwear Association, led by Richard Kotter: The organization has introduced a new type of membership – associate membership – geared toward smaller companies that don't need the full range of BFA benefits. Eight companies have already signed up +++ More than 18 people ...
