All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 2-3 – Page 5
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Melania has hired Andrew Lovelock as its U.K. agent to...
Melania has hired Andrew Lovelock as its U.K. agent to reach out to independent shoe retailers, and the Italian brand of children's shoes will participate for the first time in the Moda Footwear fair in Birmingham on Feb. 19-21
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Four Chinese firms win an anti-dumping lawsuit against the EU
Four Chinese companies – Brosmann Footwear, Seasonable Footwear, Lung Pao Footwear and Risen Footwear – have won a lawsuit against the European Union in the European Court of Justice on the grounds that they were not given the chance to prove they were not subject to anti-dumping duties. Another group ...
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After opening the new European head office in Amsterdam at...
After opening the new European head office in Amsterdam at the start of July last year, the Red Wing Shoe Company is expanding its operations in Europe, while providing better customer service. The office, which is run by Gabor Majar, has been taking care mainly of the heritage division of ...
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Move On, the troubled Portuguese footwear manufacturer that makes Aerosoles...
Move On, the troubled Portuguese footwear manufacturer that makes Aerosoles shoes, has announced that it will be laying off about 100 employees. It has decided to use its factory in Esmoriz, in the north of the country, for creating new designs, making samples for new collections and doing small production ...
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Brian Atwood is adding handbags to his eponymous line for...
Brian Atwood is adding handbags to his eponymous line for this spring. The limited collection includes four styles of clutches and minaudieres made with various materials. They are available only at Gilt.com, selling for $1,050-$1,850. Atwood plans to add other styles, including bigger ones such as totes and hobo bags, ...
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Deichmann is working with the American actress Halle Berry to...
Deichmann is working with the American actress Halle Berry to launch her own collection of bags and shoes. The collection, 5th Avenue by Halle Berry, comprises 40 pieces for the coming spring/summer season and will be available from March 5 in 21 European stores. The collection will be advertised with ...
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A solid Wolverine looks at acquisitions
Wolverine World Wide has reiterated its intention to carry out acquisitions. The focus remains on buying new brands, but the group does not rule out a move that could increase its retail activity. There is speculation that Wolverine is interested in Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider and other properties of Collective Brands ...
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Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from...
Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from now on also take care of the Czech Republic. Hunter already has 16 clients in the Czech market, most of them in Prague. The company developed its first outerwear collection last year, with the first products to be sold during ...
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Per Schaadt, whose company Aceline sells the successful line of...
Per Schaadt, whose company Aceline sells the successful line of Kawasaki shoes internationally, has obtained the agency for the Ugg brand in Denmark. The two lines are presented separately because Schaadt is concentrating on the high end of the market for Ugg.
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Hogan has appointed Riccardo Sciutto, 40, as general manager, replacing...
Hogan has appointed Riccardo Sciutto, 40, as general manager, replacing Nicola Giorgi, who has moved to the eyewear group Safilo. Sciutto was previously with an Italian jewelry group, Pomellato, where he was in charge of the Dodo brand in Mexico, Spain and the U.K.
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Andrea Euler, 35, has joined the ANWR Group. She will...
Andrea Euler, 35, has joined the ANWR Group. She will be responsible for the accessories department within the ANWR Schuh cooperative in Germany.
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Ferragamo raises its footwear sales by 32.6%
Salvatore Ferragamo's footwear sales rose by 32.6 percent to €423.1 million in 2011, lifted by strong growth in every market worldwide except in Japan. On a currency-neutral basis, shoe sales were up by 30.6 percent. Sales of leathergoods, the group's second-largest product line, rose by 26.8 percent to €309.1 million. ...
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Bogs, which was acquired in March 2011 by Weyco Group,...
Bogs, which was acquired in March 2011 by Weyco Group, exhibited for the first time at the Premium trade show in Berlin and then at Ispo in Munich. Starting last month, the brand has been distributed in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by the Swiss importer Freemark Enterprises, who will handle ...
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Deichmann increased total sales by 5 percent in 2011 to...
Deichmann increased total sales by 5 percent in 2011 to €4.13 billion. The German retail group is now represented in 21 European markets and in the U.S. Foreign sales accounted for 56 percent of the company's total sales. At the end of last year, the group had 3,175 stores worldwide, ...
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The Brazilian Tanners' Association, CICB, has announced that, in 2011,...
The Brazilian Tanners' Association, CICB, has announced that, in 2011, the country exported 17 percent more leather than in 2010, up to $2.05 billion in value. By volume, however, exports were down by 2 percent to 26.7 million. The CICB expects 2012 to be a difficult year thanks to a ...
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Belle International opened 2,983 new retail locations in mainland China...
Belle International opened 2,983 new retail locations in mainland China last year, 1,100 of them in the fourth quarter. That brings the total number in mainland China to 14,950 outlets, all directly run by the Hong Kong footwear group. Most of them, 10,270, are dedicated to footwear, while the others ...
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Over a hundred suppliers with more than 160 brands presented...
Over a hundred suppliers with more than 160 brands presented their new shoe collections during the ANWR First trade show at the end of January in Mainhausen, Germany. More than 600 industry professionals from over 300 different companies visited the fair. ANWR extended its offer of accessories for its affiliated ...
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Clarks has opened its 14th location in India, an outlet...
Clarks has opened its 14th location in India, an outlet store in the Inorbit Mall in Hyderabad. It opened all 14 stores in the last year, and plans to continue the fast expansion with 20 new stores in India per year, with a goal of having 100 in the next ...
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Brazilian shoe exports drop by 12.8%
The value of shoes exported from Brazil fell by 12.8 percent to the equivalent of US$1,296 million in 2011, and the drop in volume was even higher – down by 21.0 percent to 112.9 million pairs. In particular, Brazil's exports of leather shoes declined by 21.2 percent to $735.9 million, ...
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The Italian brand Loriblu aims to open 10 mono-brand stores...
The Italian brand Loriblu aims to open 10 mono-brand stores in Italy and abroad this year, which will add to the eight existing stores, four of which are in Italy
