All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 30-31 – Page 5
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The lifetime achievement award of Footwear News has gone...
The lifetime achievement award of Footwear News has gone to Manolo Blahnik, the 68-year-old Spanish designer based in London. The American trade magazine has elected Nicholas Kirkwood as designer of the year, Steven Madden as company of the year, and the Home Shopping Network (HSN) as retailer of the year. ...
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Concern about higher import duties in Russia
The management of Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, and industry executives at last month's World Footwear Congress in Rio de Janeiro expressed concern about the possibility of an increase in the import duties applied by the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan as a result of their customs union with Belarus, ...
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Anci is worried about the new generations
The annual convention organized by the Italian shoe industry association in Milan last month around the “made in Italy” theme was different from any of its previous sessions. The speeches were deliberately factual, short, stimulating and often entertaining. And for the first time in the history of Anci, young fashion ...
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Alipes AB, a Swedish investment company sponsored by Inter Ikea...
Alipes AB, a Swedish investment company sponsored by Inter Ikea and Ikano, has become a shareholder in the shoe retail chain Scorett Footwear. Scorett has 103 stores and an annual turnover of close to SEK 700 million (€77.8m-$101.6m), and is the second-largest shoe retailer in Sweden after Nilson Group. ...
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As many as 87 percent of the Spanish shoe companies...
As many as 87 percent of the Spanish shoe companies were anticipating an increase in their sales in 2011, according to a survey conducted by Inescop. Their optimism was particularly high with regard to their export sales, with 92.4 percent predicting an increase in European markets and 95.9 percent anticipating ...
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Wayne Weaver, the 76-year-old chairman and main shareholder of Shoe...
Wayne Weaver, the 76-year-old chairman and main shareholder of Shoe Carnival, is said to be looking at the possible disposal of his shoe retail chain, after selling the Jacksonville Jaguars football team to a Pakistan-born businessman
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Louis Vuitton will invest €6 million in a new factory...
Louis Vuitton will invest €6 million in a new factory in Portugal, at Ponte de Lima, that should start up at the end of 2012
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Uwe Janzen, 52, has been assigned by Ecco to a...
Uwe Janzen, 52, has been assigned by Ecco to a new position as sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting on Jan. 1. He will be based at the Ecco EMEA office in Amsterdam. Reporting to Søren D. Stier, deputy managing director of Ecco EMEA, Janzen will ...
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Argentinian footwear manufacturers are reporting an 8.5 percent increase in...
Argentinian footwear manufacturers are reporting an 8.5 percent increase in production to 115 million pairs for 2011, according to CIC, the country's footwear industry association. More than 60 percent of these are leather shoes. Women's shoes made up more than 50 percent of the total, with children's shoes accounting for ...
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Kurt Geiger reportedly booked a 38.7 percent increase in operating...
Kurt Geiger reportedly booked a 38.7 percent increase in operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) to £18.8 million (€22.5m-$29.4m) for the financial year ended on Jan. 29, 2011. Sales grew by 22.4 percent to £185 million (€221.2m-$288.9m) at the British company, which recently became a property of the Jones Group. They ...
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Swedish shoe retailers' sales dropped by 3 percent in September...
Swedish shoe retailers' sales dropped by 3 percent in September and by 3.5 percent in October, according to the retail index calculated by HUI Research. So far this year, shoe retail sales have dropped by a total of 1.4 percent in the country. In the first 10 months of 2010, ...
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An investment fund, Alven Capital, has injected 2.5 million Swiss...
An investment fund, Alven Capital, has injected 2.5 million Swiss francs (€2.0m-$2.7m) into what is described as the leading e-commerce site for footwear in Switzerland, koala.ch. Set up one year ago by two former officials of eBay, Valentin Cogels and Matthias Fröhlicher, koala.ch has attracted more than 600,000 visits in ...
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German shoe retailers raised their sales by 2 percent in...
German shoe retailers raised their sales by 2 percent in October, compared with the same month one year ago, but this was largely due to an estimated 2.5 percent increase in average selling prices. Since the beginning of the year, the German retail market has fallen by 3 percent in ...
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Prada has opened its first Sicilian store in an 18th...
Prada has opened its first Sicilian store in an 18th century palazzo in Palermo, next to the Politeama theater
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Prada’s footwear sales rise by 14%
Prada increased its revenues from footwear by 14.0 percent to €391.4 million in the first nine months ended on Oct. 31. The product category's share of total sales slipped to 22.9 percent from 25.2 percent as the leathergoods category grew faster. Group revenues grew by 24.9 percent to €1.730 billion ...
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The 14th Dongguan China Shoes/China Shoetec show wrapped up on...
The 14th Dongguan China Shoes/China Shoetec show wrapped up on Nov. 3 with positive reviews from participants and a significant increase in visitors. Besides providing companies with the opportunity to find new suppliers and partners, the show also offered trend releases that provided the latest industry information. The show had ...
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Inter Parfums has signed a 13-year license agreement with Repetto...
Inter Parfums has signed a 13-year license agreement with Repetto for a line of fragrances to be produced and distributed worldwide under its name. The first fragrance will probably come out in 2013.
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Sebastian Suhl has left Prada after 10 years with the...
Sebastian Suhl has left Prada after 10 years with the group, where he had been working since 2009 as chief operating officer. He previously ran its operations in France and in the Asia-Pacific region. The group's founders, Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada, have taken over his responsibilities pending the appointment ...
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Bakers Footwear has launched a $10 million cost reduction and...
Bakers Footwear has launched a $10 million cost reduction and margin improvement program, intended mainly to improve its cash flow and liquidity. As part of this program, the American chain of 233 stores is attracting new customers through its own private labels. Bakers has reported a net loss of $10.2 ...
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More than 1,200 exhibitors are slated to hit Riva del...
More than 1,200 exhibitors are slated to hit Riva del Garda for Expo Riva Schuh next month. The 77th edition of the show is expected to draw 11,000 visitors from more than 100 countries. The companies' fall/winter 2012-13 collections will be on display on more than 32,000 square meters. ...
