All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3 – Page 2
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Following a similar strategy, Indian shoe companies are looking for...
Following a similar strategy, Indian shoe companies are looking for Western brands of leather, footwear or leathergoods to acquire, as well as tanneries. That's what Rafeeque Ahmed, chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports, said at a press conference during the recent India International Leather Fair in Chennai. He said ...
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Parabiago Collezioni moves into a new factory
Parabiago Collezioni, the maker of Thierry Rabotin shoes, has finally moved into its new factory in Busto Garolfo, Italy, after two and a half years of construction. The facility consists of a 2,000-square-meter, single-story manufacturing plant and a two-story office building with the same area.The new factory employs a total ...
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The German shoe manufacturer Peter Kaiser is closing down a...
The German shoe manufacturer Peter Kaiser is closing down a part of its production in Pirmasens, Germany. In order to maintain the company's competitiveness, Peter Kaiser sees the need to relocate parts of its production to its own factory in Portugal. In a first step, the company will be cutting ...
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Expo Riva Schuh takes a closer look at visitors
Expo Riva Schuh held its own last month, having drawn 12,513 visitors, down very slightly from 12,628 one year earlier. The big event for the mass market in the Italian town of Riva del Garda featured 1,230 exhibitors displaying their wares on 32,000 square meters of space. Italy was represented ...
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China is Fabi’s next target
After its strong penetration of the Russian market, the Italian company is targeting China as its priority for territorial expansion. It is attacking this challenging market sideways, building up Fabi's image as an all-around brand of accessible luxury covering products other than footwear, such as jewelry and clothing.Nello Membro, a ...
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The Jones Group is losing its chief marketing officer, Stacy...
The Jones Group is losing its chief marketing officer, Stacy Lastrina, who has been with the company for 21 years. Lastrina, 48, joined the company in 1991 as director of marketing for Nine West Group, which The Jones Group bought in 1999. She eventually moved up to executive vice president ...
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Cesare Paciotti is studying the possibility of opening up its...
Cesare Paciotti is studying the possibility of opening up its capital to private equity funds to finance its international expansion. The group has annual revenues of around €150 million, of which 60 percent is achieved in Italy and 40 percent abroad. Paciotti aims to invert the percentage over the next ...
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Repetto has inaugurated a training center in view of the...
Repetto has inaugurated a training center in view of the recruitment of 150 more skilled workers in the next four years to respond to the growing demand for its ballerinas. The French shoemaker, which already employs 170 people at its factory in the Dordogne region, plans in fact to double ...
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The singer-songwriter Shontelle is continuing her collaboration with CAT Footwear...
The singer-songwriter Shontelle is continuing her collaboration with CAT Footwear with a new signature collection of low- and high-heel boots for spring
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Georges Plassat quits Vivarte to run Carrefour
We reported in the last issue of our publication that Georges Plassat was not going to leave as president and chief executive of Vivarte, the large French shoe and apparel retailing group that runs big footwear chains such as André, Minelli and San Marina. He told us at the beginnng ...
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During the last year, Pajar Canada increased the number of...
During the last year, Pajar Canada increased the number of countries where its products are sold to 55 in total. New markets for the company are the U.K., Hungary, Turkey and Spain. In the U.K., the distributor Courtaulds has been handling Pajar Canada's line for two seasons now. Likewise, Overland ...
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Camper's new store in Rotterdam is meant to evoke an...
Camper's new store in Rotterdam is meant to evoke an aquarium, complete with a blue-centered color scheme. The Spanish company has 68 stores, 75 shop-in-shops and 12 outlet stores that it runs itself, and an addition 75 stores, 65 shop-in-shops and four outlets that are franchised. It operates in 42 ...
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The “Connect to Your Hub” campaign, which was organized last...
The “Connect to Your Hub” campaign, which was organized last summer by the Dutch footwear brand Hub, will wrap up in July 2012. Winners of the campaign, which was launched in 11 countries, were announced at the end of November. Customers could create their own Hub shoe model by connecting ...
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An investment fund called DST Global has taken over a...
An investment fund called DST Global has taken over a 4 percent share in the German online retailer Zalando. The investor specializes in e-commerce and holds shares in Facebook, Zygna, Groupon, Twitter, 360Buy and Alibaba. Zalando is not searching for any new investors for the moment. The company is active ...
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Steve Madden is buying its Canadian licensee, SM Canada. The...
Steve Madden is buying its Canadian licensee, SM Canada. The privately owned company is the umbrella for Steve Madden Canada, Steve Madden Retail Canada, Pasa Agency and Gelati Imports. SM Canada has seven retail stores in the country and also markets the brand's products in the wholesale channel. The purchase ...
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Mary Portas, the well-known British fashion designer, is signing a...
Mary Portas, the well-known British fashion designer, is signing a second collection of shoes sold in Clarks stores for spring/summer 2012
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Paquetà, the large Brazilian shoe manufacturer and retailer that owns...
Paquetà, the large Brazilian shoe manufacturer and retailer that owns Dumond, Capodarte and Lily's Closet, has taken over control of Via Uno, one of the major shoe brands in the country. A cash squeeze had already led the owners of Via Uno to sell a sizeable minority interest to Paquetà, ...
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Café Noir is using images of a Brazilian fashion model,...
Café Noir is using images of a Brazilian fashion model, Christopher Meireles, to support its line of men's shoes, launched in 2002
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Thorsten Hermelink will be new chief executive for the “brands”...
Thorsten Hermelink will be new chief executive for the “brands” business unit at Görtz from the second quarter of 2012. He will be responsible for further developing the company's own brands, for direct sourcing and the international wholesale business, and for the retail concepts Görtz 17 and Görtz Shoes. Previously, ...
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The Performance + Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands has named...
The Performance + Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands has named Rick Blackshaw to be the new president of the Keds brand. He comes from Converse, where he was the vice president and general manager for the Chuck Taylor All-Star Division. He also has industry experience with Timberland and the former ...
