All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3 – Page 4
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Hermès has opened a shop for its Asian-inspired brand, Shang...
Hermès has opened a shop for its Asian-inspired brand, Shang Xia, on the Rue de Sèvres in Paris, opposite its local Hermès flagship store in the shopping neighborhood of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It is only the second store for the brand, with the first one having been opened already in Shanghai. It ...
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Mess Around was not good
Integrated for the first time into a group of six simultaneous fashion fairs, the French shoe show did not go well Jan. 21-24. While a few more foreign buyers visited it than before – especially from Italy, Belgium, Spain, Japan and the U.S. – several companies exhibiting at Mess Around ...
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Top leaders of the CIC, the Argentinian Footwear Association, recently...
Top leaders of the CIC, the Argentinian Footwear Association, recently met with Beatriz Paglieri, Argentina's minister for external trade. Sergio Panossian, the vice president of the CIC, and Horacio Moschetto, the general secretary, said that the goal for 2012 was that the country's footwear industry should produce 125 million pairs ...
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Ara Shoes is looking back on a successful business year...
Ara Shoes is looking back on a successful business year as the company's sales jumped to €550 million in 2011, up from €500 million. Ara Group is selling its products to 50 countries worldwide and employs 8,000 people. Although retailers and the shoe industry are confronted with a challenging fall/winter ...
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Sportbox, the distributor of Wolverine shoes and apparel in Italy,...
Sportbox, the distributor of Wolverine shoes and apparel in Italy, has placed the collections with 150 stores within a year and aims to reach 200 clients this year
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Lotus has named Andy Cockayne to be its new sales...
Lotus has named Andy Cockayne to be its new sales director to help the company continue its ongoing growth. He was previously with Hush Puppies, where he working in a similar position for 13 years. He replaces Alan Scott, who has moved up to be managing director at Lotus. The ...
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Modacalzado and its ancillary leathergoods show are boosting their hospitality...
Modacalzado and its ancillary leathergoods show are boosting their hospitality programs for foreign buyers and journalists, with the help of Icex, the Spanish export promotion agency. Their efforts are directed especially at emerging markets such as Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and ...
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Ghetz, distributor of Anatomic Gel shoes from Brazil for Europe...
Ghetz, distributor of Anatomic Gel shoes from Brazil for Europe and the U.S., got orders for 2,500 pairs from British in the two months leading up to Christmas through its new online shop. It plans to repeat the operation in the U.S. during the second half of 2012.
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High Fidelity at Bread & Butter in Berlin
After celebrating its 10th anniversary last year in July with a “Supershow,” the Bread & Butter trade show once again exceeded the expectations of the international textile industry. Under the motto “High Fidelity,” the B&B show was organized for the sixth time on the historic grounds of Berlin's Tempelhof airport. ...
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Li & Fung, the big Chinese sourcing company based in...
Li & Fung, the big Chinese sourcing company based in Hong Kong, has made another acquisition in the European fashion industry. After its takeover of controlling stakes in Cerruti, Robert Clergerie and Delvaux, it has bought 80 percent of the shares in a French fashion company, Sonia Rykiel, through one ...
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Wortmann has reportedly decided to invest a record amount of...
Wortmann has reportedly decided to invest a record amount of more than €100 million in its Tamaris brand for the next few years to support its sell-out in Germany and other countries. Starting in the autumn, it will add TV commercials in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, and it ...
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Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and...
Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and Chinese markets. For this purpose, the German company will be exhibiting at the Fashion Coterie trade show in New York at the end of February and at the CHIC – China International Clothing & Accessories – trade show in Beijing ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has chosen...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has chosen Genesco as the top performer in the full-service category for 2011, while Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retail chain owned by Deichmann, won the prize for self-service stores. The FDRA's annual awards are chosen from among companies that participate ...
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Allan Leighton, a former chief executive of the British supermarket...
Allan Leighton, a former chief executive of the British supermarket group Asda-WalMart, has joined the board of Office, the successful British footwear retailer, as non-executive chairman. Office has 84 standalone stores in the U.K. and Ireland as well as 52 concessions in those countries and the U.S. It opened eight ...
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The British model and television host Alexa Chung is the...
The British model and television host Alexa Chung is the new creative director and ad campaign star for Superga, the Italian footwear brand. She will appear in marketing materials for the spring/summer campaign. She previously was the face of the company's campaign last March.
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Aldo has its sights set on France. The Canadian footwear...
Aldo has its sights set on France. The Canadian footwear and accessories retailer opened two stores in France in late 2011 – one in La Défense, west of Paris, and one on Rue de Rivoli in the capital. It plans to speed up its development and to have 50 shops ...
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Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than...
Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than 500 square meters on Corso Venezia in Milan. Its parent company, Nuova Centauro, has reported stable sales of €32 million for 2011, with an operating margin (Ebitda) of 19 percent. About 60 percent of the turnover is generated in Italy.
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Aigle is putting out a lightweight rubber boot, called the...
Aigle is putting out a lightweight rubber boot, called the Rubberpack, that can be folded for transportation or for a different look
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Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France...
Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France with Royer Group, with whom it has worked since 2001. The new deal runs through 2015. Financial details were not disclosed. It is reported that Converse is looking to have an office in Paris that would handle marketing, communication and ...
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Free Lance has won a counterfeiting case aginst Minelli in...
Free Lance has won a counterfeiting case aginst Minelli in the Paris court of appeals in relation to its Queenie Derby model
