All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 15-16 – Page 5
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FLIP is a new trade show for action sports brands...
FLIP is a new trade show for action sports brands that will be held in Birmingham on Aug. 12-14, simultaneously with Moda Footwear and a larger fashion fair in the English city. It is being organized by ITE Moda. A few days later, on Aug. 19-21, the Pure fashion fair ...
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EU Parliament rejects ACTA anti-piracy agreement
The European Parliament voted on July 4 to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which therefore cannot become law in the European Union. A total of 478 members of the parliament voted against the proposed treaty, with 39 in favor and 165 abstentions. The agreement sought to curb piracy but ...
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DVS Shoe is set to to be acquired by Sequential...
DVS Shoe is set to to be acquired by Sequential Brands Group for about $8.55 million in cash. Sequential Brands issued the highest offer at the bankruptcy court auction for this American action sports footwear company. DVS, which has had an office in Ireland for the European market for many ...
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LaCrosse is sold to ABC-Mart
LaCrosse Footwear, the U.S.-based owner of the Lacrosse and Danner brands, announced that the company has agreed to be acquired by ABC-Mart for approximately $138 million, or $20 per share in cash. ABC-Mart is a leading Japanese retailer of athletic, business and casual footwear, with about 800 stores under the ...
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Camilla Schiavone, a 46-year-old French manager who has worked for...
Camilla Schiavone, a 46-year-old French manager who has worked for L'Oréal for many years, has been appointed chief executive of Schiaparelli, the fashion brand recently taken over by Diego Della Valle. A creative director has not yet been selected, but Della Valle is still planning to present the first collection ...
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Attendance fell by 4% at Paris shows
The shift in the dates of Who's Next, Première Classe, Mess Around and other Parisian trade shows from their usual September dates to a new schedule from June 30 to July 3 had a mixed outcome in terms of attendance. Xavier Clergerie and other managers of WSN Développement, the company ...
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The shoe museum of Romans is hosting a 30-year retrospective...
The shoe museum of Romans is hosting a 30-year retrospective of Robert Clergerie's designs until Sept. 2
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German shoe retailers had to endure a steep 24% decline...
German shoe retailers had to endure a steep 24% decline in their sales during the month of April in real terms, offsetting the gains of the previous months and leading to a drop of 5% for the first four months of the year
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Antichi Pellettieri finished 2011 with a 30 percent drop in...
Antichi Pellettieri finished 2011 with a 30 percent drop in sales to €113.8 million, while Ebitda rose by 47 percent to €3.7 million. But the Ebit loss widened to €31.0 million from €3.0 million due to a €32.6 million write-down of intangible assets. The net loss increased to €41.0 million ...
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Vanneste launches Patrick 1892
After his successful introduction two years ago of a line of classy cycling-inspired sneakers, Cycleur de Luxe, the Belgian distribution company of Patrick Vanneste is adding another sports vintage line developed by his own company, Patrick 1892, for spring/summer 2013. Named after the year in which Patrick was founded, the ...
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Pentland announces a 17% sales increase
Pentland Group has announced strong results for the year ended last Dec. 31. Total revenues went up by 17 percent to £1.523 billion (€1.920bn-$2.359bn), compared with £1.299 billion in 2010, with particularly strong growth in Asia and North and South America. Pre-tax profit rose by 17.5 percent to £114 million ...
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Santoni inaugurated a 150-square-meter boutique in the luxury mall Rockbund...
Santoni inaugurated a 150-square-meter boutique in the luxury mall Rockbund Yi Feng, in Shanghai, on May 17. The move is part of the Italian shoe company's strategy to introduce the brand in China. It already opened stores in Beijing, Guangzhou and Dongguan in 2011.
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VF seeks 13% annual growth from Vans
Vans' annual sales have more than tripled to around $1.0 billion since the brand was taken over by VF Corporation in 2004. The group wants Vans to reach a turnover of $2.2 billion by 2016, or $1.0 billion more than in the past year, implying compound annual average growth of ...
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For the first 11 months of the financial year –...
For the first 11 months of the financial year – April 2011 to February 2012 – the Council for Leather Exports of India reports that the industry had a 26.7 percent increase in export sales, reaching more than $4.5 billion. The biggest buyer of Indian leather products was Germany, which ...
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From July 1, Jörg Windsheimer assumed the position of sales...
From July 1, Jörg Windsheimer assumed the position of sales manager at Högl Shoe Fashion. Since 2002, Windsheimer has represented the Austrian shoe brand in Bavaria in Germany. He supported the brand's positioning in the upscale specialist trade and contributed to an ongoing increase in sales in terms of value ...
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From July 1, Mirko Ostendörfer has been responsible for the...
From July 1, Mirko Ostendörfer has been responsible for the British company Fitflop's business in Germany as new country manager. The company's products are distributed in Germany under the brand name Fitwear. Ostendörfer, 41, worked previously as director of sales, marketing and design for the German shoe company Erich Rohde. ...
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Converse is sueing Cora in Belgium, requesting damages of €374,000....
Converse is sueing Cora in Belgium, requesting damages of €374,000. The supermarket chain has been accused of advertising the sale of Converse shoes at low prices, although the shoes were imitations of the authentic models.
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