All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 13-14 – Page 2
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In an interesting combination, a German fashion magazine for the...
In an interesting combination, a German fashion magazine for the general public, Joy, is partnering with a German online shop for shoes, called I'm Walking, to offer styles by some 250 brands under the schuhe.joy.de domain. I'm Walking is part of Baur Versand, which belongs to the Otto Group as ...
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Collonil, the German supplier of shoe polish, is investing in...
Collonil, the German supplier of shoe polish, is investing in a new production site for soles and a modern distribution center in Mühlenbeck, near Berlin. Collonil had its first big production site in Mühlenbeck before the Second World War. With the new production site and distribution center, 80 new jobs ...
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Famous Footwear lifts sales despite store closures
Famous Footwear, the main retail unit of the Brown Shoe Company, increasec sales by 1.3 percent to $347.1 million in the first quarter ended April 28 despite a decline in the number of stores. Famous Footwear had 1,066 stores at the end of the quarter, 46 fewer than a year ...
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Italian shoemakers export Micam to China
The Italian footwear industry association, Anci, has signed a preliminary agreement with Fiera Milano, which organizes trade shows in Italy as well as abroad, to hold a new Chinese edition of Micam sometime during the first half of next year. In an initiative called “Micam nel Mondo” (Micam in the ...
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Russ Hammer has taken the position of chief financial officer...
Russ Hammer has taken the position of chief financial officer for Brown Shoe Company, replacing Mark Hood, who is sticking around to help with the transition. Hammer has more than 30 years of experience in finance, most recently as the chief financial officer at Orbitz Worldwide. He has also held ...
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Caprice is celebrating the opening of its technological park in...
Caprice is celebrating the opening of its technological park in Lahore, Pakistan, where the company invested €1 million in the construction of a development and quality assurance center. With the new technological park, this subsidiary of the Wortmann Group aims to assure and control its local supply chain on its ...
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The Camuto Group is reaching out to Kurt Geiger Group...
The Camuto Group is reaching out to Kurt Geiger Group to help it expand internationally. Their new deal will have Kurt Geiger exclusively distributing the Vince Camuto, VC Signature and Jessica Simpson brands in the U.K., Ireland and Germany on an exclusive basis, starting with the spring 2013 collections. It ...
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Jimmy Choo has launched an online campaign with a heavy...
Jimmy Choo has launched an online campaign with a heavy focus on social media designed to interact with its existing customers as well as reach a wider global audience. The micro site, www.choo247.com, allows users to upload and share pictures of themselves dressed in Jimmy Choo shoes, following on the ...
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The Institut für Handelsforschung in Cologne has calculated that German...
The Institut für Handelsforschung in Cologne has calculated that German specialty shoe retailers enjoyed a sales increase of 10 percent for the first three months of this year, or 8 percent more at constant prices. This came after a further nominal increase of 13 percent in March as compared to ...
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Mara Möschel is the new buyer for children's shoes at...
Mara Möschel is the new buyer for children's shoes at Dielmann, a German chain of shoe shops based in Darmstadt
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Nike will sell Umbro and Cole Haan to concentrate on Converse and other brands
We have obtained some additional information since the announcement by Nike Inc. on May 31 that it intends to divest two of its brands – Umbro and Cole Haan – to concentrate on the Nike, Jordan, Converse and Hurley brands. The process, which is expected to be completed by the ...
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Brandos, which is described as the leading Swedish shoe e-tailer,...
Brandos, which is described as the leading Swedish shoe e-tailer, has reportedly revealed a plan to become No. 1 in both France and the whole of Western Europe. Founded in 2006 in Stockholm by Fredrik Juto and Karl-Johan Pantzar, the company specializes in good-quality, lesser-known brands. Instead of aggressive marketing, ...
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Naot has decided that Theresia Muck, the German shoe brand...
Naot has decided that Theresia Muck, the German shoe brand that it bought in 2007, should stop its production at its German factory at Bruchweiler-Bärenbach for competitive reasons, and outsource it instead to other European countries. The measure will entail the dismissal of 26 employees. Naot, which is the largest ...
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Kenneth Cole’s board clears plans to go private
The board directors of Kenneth Cole Productions has approved a project to go private put forward by the designer and founder, Kenneth Cole.Under the definitive merger agreement, KCP Holdco, a company purposely created for the deal, will buy the approximately 54 percent Cole does not own in the company at ...
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Tacco Footcare moved its headquarters to Bielefeld, Germany, on June...
Tacco Footcare moved its headquarters to Bielefeld, Germany, on June 1. The old office building in Oerlinghausen cannot be retained due to financial restructuring. The new headquarters in Bielefeld accommodates the company's executive board as well as the sales and purchasing department and the marketing and communication department.
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While Deckers Corporation has experienced better orders than expected for...
While Deckers Corporation has experienced better orders than expected for its products in the U.S., those from Europe have come below expectations, the management told analysts at the Piper Jaffray conference. An expected relief in sheepskin prices should be reflected in prices charged from next October on. The company is ...
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Julia C. Hummel, daughter of Bernd D. Hummel, will be...
Julia C. Hummel, daughter of Bernd D. Hummel, will be new vice chief executive of the German company Bernd Hummel GmbH. The company owns the brand Flip Flop and is the German-based licensee for the KangaROOS brand for distribution in 16 European countries. Hans Bimesdörfer, general sales manager, left Bernd ...
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Berluti expands
Berluti, the manufacturer of luxury men's shoes owned by LVMH, has announced the construction of a new plant and a “shoemaking academy” in Ferrara, Northern Italy. The building site will be set up in 2012 and the structure is due to become operational in 2013.Meanwhile, the French press is reporting ...
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VGM Group, the company behind the French Chausséa chain of...
VGM Group, the company behind the French Chausséa chain of low-cost shoe stores, is investing €16 million to extend and modernize its distribution center to 52,000 square meters from 22,000 m². The investment is intended to support a planned doubling of the quantity of shoes sold at its stores to ...
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Mark Lardie has been named president and chief executive of...
Mark Lardie has been named president and chief executive of Rack Room Shoes, a U.S. retailer owned by the German company Deichmann Group. Lardie will head up the Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse retail brands. He comes from Brown Shoe Company, where he was division president for ...
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