All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3 – Page 3
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The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business...
The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business year in 2011. Sales grew by 8 percent in volume and by 12 percent in value. Since the middle of the last year, the brand has been sold in the U.K. and France with the help of sales agents. The ...
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The NBC Sports commentators reporting on the Super Bowl, the...
The NBC Sports commentators reporting on the Super Bowl, the annual NFL championship held last Sunday, wore Fratelli Rossetti shoes, chosen by the network's stylist, Amy Acton, a fan of the brand
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Sorel booms, particularly in Europe
As reported in more detail in The Outdoor Industry Compass, our newsletter on the outdoor market, last week Columbia Sportswear announced record financial results for 2011 on a 14 percent increase in its total turnover to $1.69 billion. Some of the increase was due to a spectacular progress at Sorel, ...
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A Bloomberg report indicates that Collective Brands has narrowed down...
A Bloomberg report indicates that Collective Brands has narrowed down from 20 to 10 the list of candidates to the acquisition of the whole group or some of its components, such as its loss-making international chain of shoe stores, Payless ShoeSource, or top-performing brands such as Saucony, Stride Rite and ...
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Blauer and CP Company, two brands of casual sportswear owned...
Blauer and CP Company, two brands of casual sportswear owned by the Italian group FGF, have launched footwear collections that will be sold in the group's mono-brand stores and in third-party shops. Blauer is currently undergoing an international expansion. After opening a couple of stores in China, it is in ...
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Zeis Excelsa, the Italian shoemaker that bought Dirk Bikkembergs last...
Zeis Excelsa, the Italian shoemaker that bought Dirk Bikkembergs last year, is in talks to sell a minority stake of its capital, possibly around 20 percent, to the investment fund Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, in order to finance its future development. Zeis Excelsa, which is also the licensee of Merrell in ...
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The BRICS offer big opportunities for internationalization (Part I)
The numerous challenges and opportunities presented by the world's emerging markets were among the most interesting topics discussed in recent months at Empreintes, a convention on brand-building held every two years in Bordeaux under the chairmanship of Jean-Pierre Renaudin, who also happens to be the chairman of the French Shoe ...
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Tod's launched its new No_Code Collection at a big party...
Tod's launched its new No_Code Collection at a big party attended by Diego Della Valle, the company's chief executive, and Jefferson Hack, the editor who inspired the new line. No_Code mixes Tod's quality and heritage with influences from music, art and film. Men's and women's shoes are available.
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Tod's launched its new No_Code Collection at a big party...
Tod's launched its new No_Code Collection at a big party attended by Diego Della Valle, the company's chief executive, and Jefferson Hack, the editor who inspired the new line. No_Code mixes Tod's quality and heritage with influences from music, art and film. Men's and women's shoes are available.
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Couromoda, the big Brazilian shoe fair in São Paulo, has...
Couromoda, the big Brazilian shoe fair in São Paulo, has reported a total of 85,000 visits by some 41,000 visitors for its latest session on Jan. 17-20. They came from the domestic market and from 64 other countries. This year's attendance compares with 89,000 visits reported one year ago. With ...
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Le Cuir, the occasionally well-informed French newsletter of Jean-Pierre Bidegain,...
Le Cuir, the occasionally well-informed French newsletter of Jean-Pierre Bidegain, reports on a new epidemic that has attacked some 300 cow, sheep and goat farms in Germany and the Netherlands. The epidemic, known as the Schmalleng virus, has apparently spread to Belgium and the U.K. Animal farms are under ...
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Michael Zoller has joined Berkemann as brand manager, taking over...
Michael Zoller has joined Berkemann as brand manager, taking over several market-related activities from the company's chief executive, Thomas Bauerfeind. Following the company's recent takeover of Marc Shoes, the latter will concentrate on the general management and the integration of its various brands, including Berkemann and Solidus.
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The FN Platform shoe show is being held on Feb....
The FN Platform shoe show is being held on Feb. 13-15 with the Magic trade event in Las Vegas. In addition to brands exhibiting their latest styles, the show will offer resources and education for industry professionals. More than 25 brands on display are 100 percent made in the U.S. ...
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Since November, Randolf Friedel has been the new sales manager...
Since November, Randolf Friedel has been the new sales manager for Germany and Austria at Mephisto. He acquires new clients, takes care of existing clients and is expanding the Mephisto store concept. Starting last month, Friedel has been supported by Klaus Ziemba, who is managing a constant order office in ...
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Christian Louboutin, the French shoe designer based in the U.S.,...
Christian Louboutin, the French shoe designer based in the U.S., is supplying the footwork for a special new edition of the sexy show in Paris' Crazy Horse saloon, scheduled to be held from March 4 to May 31
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New MBO at Barratts
The management of the bankrupt Barratts Priceless Group is buying the majority of the troubled business from its administrators at Deloitte. The details of the transaction are still unclear, but it's going to be yet another change of ownership for the big British shoe retail group, which had been previously ...
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Jimmy Choo has received the Outstanding Chinese Designer Award for...
Jimmy Choo has received the Outstanding Chinese Designer Award for 2011. He got the award to remind people that he was born in Malaysia into a family of Chinese shoemakers. He started to make shoes at the age of 11. He moved to London to make his mark, establishing his ...
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Paul Green, the Austrian shoe manufacturer, has decided to locate...
Paul Green, the Austrian shoe manufacturer, has decided to locate its new factory in Medjimurje County, in northern Croatia. The company said that the region has a strong shoemaking industry and that young Austrians aren't interested in joining the trade. It will invest €5 million into the new facility, which ...
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Kodiak attacks the European market, too
Another Canadian brand of waterproof boots based in the same area of Ontario, Kodiak, is investing on the European market by setting up an office in Switzerland, run by a former European footwear product manager of Columbia, Jean Marc Groell, who took on its distribution for the Swiss and French ...
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In a preliminary report, the China Leather Industry Association indicates...
In a preliminary report, the China Leather Industry Association indicates that China's total exports of leather and leather products grew by 22 percent to the equivalent of US$65.7 billion in 2011, or 11.2 percentage points less than in 2010. Imports of these products rose by 20.4 percent to $7.4 billion, ...
