All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 15-16 – Page 2
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In the midst of Spain's economic crisis, employers' groups and...
In the midst of Spain's economic crisis, employers' groups and trade unions representing workers in the footwear industry there have reached a deal on pay for 2012, 2013 and 2014. The increases are small – 0.5 percent this year and 0.6 percent in 2013 and 2014 – but they come ...
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The Jones Group has created a new position, group president...
The Jones Group has created a new position, group president of global retail and international development, as it tries to expand its reach worldwide. Filling the position will be Scott Bowman, formerly the president of international business development at Polo Ralph Lauren, and before that the chief executive of Marc ...
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George Sharp is taking up the newly created position of...
George Sharp is taking up the newly created position of executive vice president for design at The Jones Group. He was previously the creative director and executive vice president for design at St. John, and before that was vice president for design at Ellen Tracy. He will report to the ...
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Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart is moving to the U.K. as VF Corporation...
Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart is moving to the U.K. as VF Corporation has appointed him vice president and general manager of Timberland Europe, directly reporting to Richard O'Rourke, who remains senior vice president in charge of international operations, based in the U.K. Schimdt-Eisenhart has worked most recently in Switzerland as European sales ...
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Deichmann has put an end to a contest for the...
Deichmann has put an end to a contest for the “golden idea” of a special advertising campaign commemorating its 100th anniversary. The German shoe retailer had offered a meager €2,000 for such an idea, drawing a lot of criticism from the advertising community. In the end, the campaign will be ...
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Martin Hübner, sales director Marc Shoes, is leaving the company...
Martin Hübner, sales director Marc Shoes, is leaving the company for personal reasons at the end of 2012, after nearly 30 years with the company. Various internal changes have taken place since the German brand was sold last October by Wilhelm Möhlmann to Thomas Bauerfeind, who also owns Berkemann, ...
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The German shoe retail company Kienast will be expanding in...
The German shoe retail company Kienast will be expanding in the next five years. The company plans 30 new stores per year and an investment of €3.5-4 million per year. The focus will be on the specialized retail concept K+K Schuh-Center, with the opening of 25 new stores per year, ...
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Fiore Fanelli is the new global marketing and communication director...
Fiore Fanelli is the new global marketing and communication director of Fratelli Rossetti. She had previously worked as EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) communication director for Bottega Veneta and Gucci.
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Cortina and its partner Leomil have collected orders for several...
Cortina and its partner Leomil have collected orders for several hundred thousand pairs of Angry Birds children's shoes from a handful of customers in the U.S. and Canada through its new licensee for the brand in that territory, the Rich Footwear Group
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Widening losses for Cole Haan and Umbro
While discussing its performance for the last quarter of its financial year, ended May 31, Nike provided unprecedented details on Cole Haan and Umbro, the two brands it wants to divest. They jointly reached sales of $797 million for the quarter, which was an increase of 7 percent. However, the ...
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Otto Group, which claims to be the second-largest online retailer...
Otto Group, which claims to be the second-largest online retailer in the world after Amazon, is bringing all its varied e-commerce platforms under the responsibility of one manager, Rainer Hillebrand, starting next August. The 56-year-old executive will continue to take care of strategic planning. Mirapodo, the recently launched online shop ...
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Irregular Choice opened its first store in Hong Kong in...
Irregular Choice opened its first store in Hong Kong in March and its first store in Paris in June this year, as part of a plan to open 18 to 24 mono-brand stores over the next three to five years around the world. It recently closed its New York flagship ...
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The leather industry in Guanghe County, in China's Gansu Province,...
The leather industry in Guanghe County, in China's Gansu Province, is growing fast. Gansu Hongliang Leather, a tanner there, is going to expand its production capacity by 50 percent to 3 million hides per years. Another tanner, Jihua 3512 Leather Factory, is investing $250 million in a new tannery in ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo continues to see major sales gains in China....
Salvatore Ferragamo continues to see major sales gains in China. However, Michele Norsa, chief executive of the company, has reportedly told journalists in Italy that the brand is experiencing these gains mainly in second- and third-tier cities. The global economic crisis is mainly affecting its sales in bigger cities such ...
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Large-scale footwear manufacturers in China recorded an increase in production...
Large-scale footwear manufacturers in China recorded an increase in production of 7.3 percent for the first five months of 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. According to the China Leather Industry Association, the value of their production grew by 11 percent to $18.1 billion, compared with the January-May ...
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Vogel Chaussures is the new Swiss distributor of Ricosta...
Vogel Chaussures is the new Swiss distributor of Ricosta
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Venue Retail improves in a challenging market
Venue Retail Group has reported a satisfactory performance for the third quarter ended on March 31, in spite of difficult market conditions in the Nordic region. The Swedish-based retailer of footwear and leathergoods saw its total sales decline by 1 percent on a same-store basis, compared with a year ago, ...
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Superfeet is opening a new European operations center in Edinburgh,...
Superfeet is opening a new European operations center in Edinburgh, Scotland, and will begin distributing its products and systems directly to retailers in the U.K. and Ireland. The U.K. expansion is described by the American insole producer as a move to support its distributors in Europe and increase its global ...
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Despite the collapse of the toning footwear category, global sales...
Despite the collapse of the toning footwear category, global sales of branded athletic footwear jumped by 13.2 percent in terms of dollars to $41,655 million in 2011, driven by significant gains in emerging markets but also aided by robust growth in more developed markets. The growth rate was almost the ...
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Pajar Canada recently set up a European subsidiary called Pajar...
Pajar Canada recently set up a European subsidiary called Pajar Europe. Based in Amsterdam, it will be selling directly to certain European countries, including the Benelux region, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. The remaining markets where Pajar is doing business are still served by its distributors. Pajar Europe will also ...
