All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 17-18 – Page 4
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Mathieu Soulié, who has worked for Nike, has been appointed...
Mathieu Soulié, who has worked for Nike, has been appointed international sales director of Feiyue, a French footwear brand that has been trying to duplicate its domestic success in other countries
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Monique Lhuillier, the designer of bridal and ready-to-wear apparel as...
Monique Lhuillier, the designer of bridal and ready-to-wear apparel as well as stationery, tabletops and fragrances, is adding shoes to her repertoire through a license with Ask Alice of New York. The initial 15 styles will expand to a full collection for autumn 2013 and include day, evening and bridal ...
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The Italian shoe industry association, Anci, is organizing a collective...
The Italian shoe industry association, Anci, is organizing a collective stand, titled Shoes from Italy, during the APLF Fashion Access fair in Hong Kong on Sept. 27-29. It will feature 43 companies including Alfiere, Bruno Magli, Cerutti, Gianfranco Lattanzi, Imac, Krhio, Mac Dugan, Naturino, Stonefly and others.
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Arezzo & Co., the leading shoe retailer in Brazil, reports...
Arezzo & Co., the leading shoe retailer in Brazil, reports a 31.0 percent increase in net revenues to 199.5 million reais (€79.4m-$98.3m) for the second quarter ended June 30. The Arezzo brand grew by 23.4 percent and the Schutz brand by 62.7 percent. On a same-store basis, sales improved by ...
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Schwartz & Benjamin is the new global licensee for Derek...
Schwartz & Benjamin is the new global licensee for Derek Lam's footwear, and will launch its first collection for spring 2013 at the FFANY show this month
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Bread & Butter is going to start one day earlier,...
Bread & Butter is going to start one day earlier, on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays, from next January on. It will continue to run for three days. The organizers said they wanted to optimize its position between the dates of other major fashion-related trade shows in Florence, Milan and Paris. ...
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Tod's will go ahead with plans to finance the restoration...
Tod's will go ahead with plans to finance the restoration of the Colosseum in Rome, blackened by pollution and affected by vibrations from passing traffic. The $30 million restoration project will begin in December and is expected to last two to three years, during which the monument, one of the ...
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The governments of Argentina and Brazil have reached an agreement...
The governments of Argentina and Brazil have reached an agreement to unblock more than 680,000 pairs of shoes that were stuck at customs and could not reach Argentina because of a trade dispute that have led to a big loss of revenues for Brazilian manufacturers. This still leaves around 650,299 ...
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Wave & Motion has agreed to represent Melissa, the high-brand...
Wave & Motion has agreed to represent Melissa, the high-brand of Grendene, on the German market. Wave & Motion already sells two other brands of Grendene, Ipanema and Rider, in Germany and Austria.
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After opening its econd concept store worldwide in February this...
After opening its econd concept store worldwide in February this year in the SoHo district of New York. Melissa plans to open a Melissa “gallery” in London at the end of the year. Like the one in São Paulo, all the brand's concept stores are meant to be laid out ...
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Pretty Ballerinas inaugurates its second flagship store in Manhattan. After...
Pretty Ballerinas inaugurates its second flagship store in Manhattan. After its shop in Lexington Avenue, the company chose Madison Avenue, another emblematic location. The new 30-square-meter shop features high ceilings and a predominance of rose, black and gold – the corporate colors. Exclusively for this opening, the brand created a ...
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Europe’s downturn still affects Skechers
In the second quarter, Skechers booked an 11.6 percent decline in sales to $384.0 million due to lower domestic and international wholesale revenues. Sales in the second quarter of 2011 were lifted by the clearing of excess inventory of toning shoes, sold at reduced prices. The top line also shrank ...
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Pollini, the Italian footwear company owned by the Aeffe fashion...
Pollini, the Italian footwear company owned by the Aeffe fashion group, increased sales by 8.1 percent in the first half to €16.0 million from €14.8 million a year earlier. At constant currency rates, sales grew by 7.3 percent. Aeffe lifted its total sales by 1.4 percent to €121.6 million, while ...
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The Jones Group reported total revenues of $855 million for...
The Jones Group reported total revenues of $855 million for the second quarter, down from $887 million in the same period a year ago. The inclusion of Kurt Geiger for a full quarter helped to improve the group's gross margin by 1.8 percentage points to 38.2 percent, but the operating ...
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Weyco’s sales up by 7%
Weyco Group reported a 7 percent increase in net sales for the second quarter to $60.3 million, compared with the year-ago period. Operating earnings rose to $3.4 million from $2.7 million. Net earnings went up to $2.2 million from $1.9 million. Net sales in the North American wholesale segment, including ...
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Exports of footwear from Colombia increased by 7 percent between...
Exports of footwear from Colombia increased by 7 percent between January and April 2011, marking an important recovery for the sector. According to a report by Acicam, the country's shoe and leather industry association, the good performance arrives after exports went down by 19.23 percent in the same period of ...
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John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations,...
John Hartshorn, 60, the managing director of Skechers' Canadian operations, died in June after fighting cancer. He started out with the company as the Skechers brand manager for its distributor, Bata, and later joined Skechers' management team. The company formed its own Canadian subsidiary in 2003. Hartshorn's wife, Janet; daughter, ...
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Zalando has reported a total turnover of €510 million for...
Zalando has reported a total turnover of €510 million for 2011, up sharply from the €150 million level reported for 2010. More than half of sales came from outside Germany and from oither products than shoes. The company did not comment on its results. A public document indicates that it ...
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Grendene’s profit rises by 61.4%
Grendene net revenues grew by 35.2 percent to 330.5 million reais (€131.6m-$162.9m) in the second quarter. Gross sales revenues rose to R$417.7 million (€166.3m-$205.8m) from R$309.1 million in 2011, 26.5 percent of which came from the domestic market and 76.1 percent from exports. The net profit jumped by 61.4 percent ...
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Bata India posted net profit up by 29 percent to...
Bata India posted net profit up by 29 percent to 409.8 million rupees (€6.0m-$7.4m) in the second quarter ended June 30, with sales up by 18 percent to INR4.3 billion (€63.1m-$78.0m). The sales performance was boosted by the opening of 48 new stores in the quarter. In first half of ...
