All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 19-20 – Page 4
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Didier Drouet is the new chief executive of L.K. Bennett,...
Didier Drouet is the new chief executive of L.K. Bennett, succeeding Robert Bensoussan, who is still the British company's executive chairman and shareholder of reference. Drouet spent eight years at L'Oréal before going to Cartier in 1992. He was also a senior executive for Salvatore Ferragamo and LVMH Moët Hennessy ...
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Growing Lloyd targets France and Benelux
The German shoe brand presented its final figures for the first half of this year. After a record turnover of €123.5 million last year, the company reached total sales of €65 million in the first half of this year, an increase of 12 percent compared with the same period of ...
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Belle sees Chinese market recovering since March
Belle International registered an increase of 11.7 percent in operating and net profits for the first half of 2012, but as a percentage of sales, they were down to 17.5 percent and 14.0 percent, respectively. Among other activities, the Chinese footwear and sportswear group distributes through its stores such brands ...
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The new Shoe Gallery at Copenhagen's restructured Bella Center were...
The new Shoe Gallery at Copenhagen's restructured Bella Center were a great success during the the fashion fairs in the Danish capital in mid-August. Like in Stockholm, all the shoe brands exhibiting at the trademart were ordered to exhibit on the same floor, which was divided by product areas, and ...
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Wayne Kulkin, the president at Stuart Weitzman, has been promoted...
Wayne Kulkin, the president at Stuart Weitzman, has been promoted to vice chairman. The company is currently searching for his replacement. Kulkin will continue reporting to Stuart Weitzman himself.
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The shoe designer Eric Rutberg has been named creative director...
The shoe designer Eric Rutberg has been named creative director of Betsey Johnson Footwear, and has also sealed a 50-50 deal with Steven Madden Ltd. for his Eric Rutberg Transparent. The brand will fall under the Madden's luxury brand umbrella. Rutberg will still design, but Madden's staff will handle sales ...
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Skechers has hired David Beecroft as managing director of Skechers...
Skechers has hired David Beecroft as managing director of Skechers USA Canada, replacing John Hartshorn, who died of cancer in June at the age of 60
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Kangaroos Scandinavia, a license held by Viking Footwear, based in...
Kangaroos Scandinavia, a license held by Viking Footwear, based in Oslo, is fast developing into a hot men's/unisex sneaker brand. The retro Combat style is now in some of the top sneaker shops in Copenhagen such as Norse Store. Limited edition collaborations are already happening, and more are in the ...
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Barefooters is setting up its international distribution. The company signed...
Barefooters is setting up its international distribution. The company signed a new distribution agreement for Germany and Austria with Campo Monaco, also distributing the French comfort shoe brand Glagla. For the Benelux countries, Barefooters signed a distribution contract with Essential Basics one month ago. Essential Basics also sells the Canadian ...
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A nearly stable trade balance for Portuguese footwear
In the first six months of 2012, sales of Portuguese-made shoes in foreign countries increased by 3.06 percent to €746.6 million, while imports into the country rose by 2.21 percent to €218.5 million, leaving a big and comfortable trade balance for the sector.The country's total exports to other member countries ...
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Marc Bakowski, who joined the executive board of Peter Kaiser...
Marc Bakowski, who joined the executive board of Peter Kaiser in March of last year to handle marketing and sales, is leaving the German company for personal reasons. Marc Ewig, who replaced Hans Jürg Keller as general manager in charge of finance last July, will take over Bakowski's responsibilities on ...
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Inditex is exploring the possibility of bringing back part of...
Inditex is exploring the possibility of bringing back part of its Asian production to Spain and Morocco in order to reduce distribution costs. Reported by various press sources, the plan has never been officially referred to by the company. Rising production costs in Asia, and especially in China, would seem ...
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W.L. Gore, which audits companies that use its membranes, has...
W.L. Gore, which audits companies that use its membranes, has given the highest score ever to the Finnish footwear maker Pomar, which uses Gore-Tex in its sheepskin-lined winter boots
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Torsten Schmidt assumes the recently created post of business development...
Torsten Schmidt assumes the recently created post of business development manager at Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and 20 other European markets. Previously, Schmidt worked as business manager for footwear and bags at Head, as footwear product manager at Jack Wolfskin, and as footwear sourcing manager at ...
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MBT is bailed out by an Asian distributor
Masai International, the Singapore-based company that has been distributing MBT in Southeast Asia since 2010, has acquired the MBT brand and other related assets, but not its debt. The assets include the subsidiaries in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Luxembourg, where the bulk of MBT's inventory sits in a warehouse ...
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Bernard Arnault, the head of LVMH and the richest man...
Bernard Arnault, the head of LVMH and the richest man in France, has set up a foundation in Belgium that will help his heirs avoid large inheritance taxes in the case of his death. The foundation, called ProtectInvest, places his billions of euros of assets in a private structure that ...
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Apiccaps and GDS launch World Footwear Yearbook
The GDS has started to promote the World Footwear Yearbook published by the Portuguese footwear, components and leathergoods manufacturers' association, Apiccaps. Like in first edition, the second edition, which has just been released, provides information on the development of the global footwear industry and market in 2011, covering a total ...
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ANWR refines its online concept
The biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers continues to discourage its members from selling online. The major existing pure operators and some hybrid ones, such as Görtz, are losing money. Furthermore, company officials point out, “distance retailing” in general - combining e-commerce with mail order - has ...
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Expo Riva Schuh India, the annual trade show held in...
Expo Riva Schuh India, the annual trade show held in New Delhi, saw a 16.2 percent increase to 3,795 in the number of dealers who visited its second edition on July 5-7. Apparently, Indian buyers appreciated its earlier dates. There was also a relatively strong presence of foreign buyers who ...
