All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 23-24 – Page 2
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Ilse Jacobsen has a new sales director. The previous export...
Ilse Jacobsen has a new sales director. The previous export manager for the Danish company, Kim Kragbæk Larsen, has changed positions and will now be responsible for global sales. According to the company's chief executive, Jesper Bo Jacobsen, Larsen was promoted due to his previous positive track record. He will ...
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A new digital purchasing platform at Shoe-d-vision
A unique digital purchasing platform proved to be highly successful at the most recent house fair of Shoe-d-vision, which is organized twice annually by the Danish retail cooperative in Århus. The trade fair is held for the roughly 100 members of the Skoringen and Zjoos store networks in Denmark and ...
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A delegation of Italian retailers led by Massimo Donda, president...
A delegation of Italian retailers led by Massimo Donda, president of Federcalzature, visited the Aymod fair in Istanbul earlier this month, and the association plans to repeat the experience next Apr. 17-20
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Overpriced Ugg sinks Deckers’ results
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, the U.S.-based marketer of Teva, Ugg, Sanuk and other brands, did not experience a successful third quarter. Net sales were slashed from $414.4 million last year to $376.4 million in the latest period, ended Sept. 30, while the gross margin went down from 49.0 percent to 42.3 ...
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Sergio Rossi inaugurates a new store design concept at its...
Sergio Rossi inaugurates a new store design concept at its 5-year-old Shinjuku Takashimaya flagship in Tokyo. The shape of the furnishing is inspired by the curvaceous silhouette of its high-heeled shoes.
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Wolverine completes PLG’s takeover, suffers in Europe
Wolverine Worldwide completed a few weeks ago its $1.24 billion acquisition of the Performance + Lifestyle Group (PLG) of Collective Brands, which includes big shoe brands such as Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, Keds and Stride Rite. For the parent company of Merrell, Sebago and other footwear brands, it is the biggest ...
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Robert Clergerie has opened its fourth store in Paris, on...
Robert Clergerie has opened its fourth store in Paris, on rue de Grenelle where other shoemakers have a shop
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Tod’s continues to clean up the distribution
Tod's reported disappointing results, as the topline and gross operating profit (Ebitda) for the third quarter were respectively more than 3 percent and over 8 percent lower than anticipated by financial analysts.In the third quarter, the group's wholesale revenues declined by about 20 percent due to a review of the ...
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The U.S. footwear industry claims tariff clarity in connection with...
The U.S. footwear industry claims tariff clarity in connection with the delays in the issuing of guidance over tariffs by U.S. Customs. The demand comes from four of the sector's leading associations that represent most domestic manufacturers of rubber and plastic footwear as well as footwear importers, including: the American ...
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In terms of purchasing power, China's GDP is projected to...
In terms of purchasing power, China's GDP is projected to surpass that of the Eurozone in a year or so, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It should become the world's largest economic power by 2016, overtaking the U.S. Even more strikingly, ...
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Roger Vivier has opened its third store in mainland China...
Roger Vivier has opened its third store in mainland China in Shenyang's Mall Forum 66, shortly after unveiling its Beijing flagship at the Yintai Centre and two years after the inaugural Shanghai flagship at Plaza 66. With a surface of 360 square meters, the new flagship in Shenyang is one ...
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Vagabond has won a landmark case in a Stockholm court,...
Vagabond has won a landmark case in a Stockholm court, based on a European directive, issued in 2002, which protects original designs for three years all over the European Union, even if they are not registered in the European patent office in Alicante. Another Swedish shoe firm, LT Skor, has ...
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Fratelli Rossetti is partnering with Shoescribe on a capsule collection...
Fratelli Rossetti is partnering with Shoescribe on a capsule collection of women's shoes comprising some of the Italian company's most iconic models: the Milano, a sleek blucher with metallic accents; the Hobo Popa, a moccasin with an oversized tassel in lime green; and the Brera moccasin, the iconic Rosetti silhouette. ...
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Jimmy Choo is launching a capsule collection of shoes and...
Jimmy Choo is launching a capsule collection of shoes and accessories designed in collaboration with a New York artist, Rob Pruitt
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Mandy Cabot, co-founder and chief executive of Dansko in the...
Mandy Cabot, co-founder and chief executive of Dansko in the U.S., has been honored as “Woman of Distinction” by the Philadelphia Business Journal, and named for the second consecutive year to the Footwear News Power 100 list
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The German GMS buying group is not going to exhibit...
The German GMS buying group is not going to exhibit at the next GDS fair, but it still plans to invite lots of retail members to its traditional dinner in Düsseldorf's Altstadt
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Esprit is offering to its shareholders to buy a third...
Esprit is offering to its shareholders to buy a third share for two shares in their possession in order to raise up to 5,246 million Hong Kong dollars {€530m-$690m) for its future development. It is offering the new shares at 36 percent below their closing price before the announcement. Meanwhile, ...
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Cristina Bucci is leaving as sales manager of Ugg for...
Cristina Bucci is leaving as sales manager of Ugg for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a position that she has held since the summer of 2011. She was previously handling Teva, another brand of Deckers Corporation. Meanwhile, the reorganization of Ugg's European sales network goes on with the appointment ...
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No go for origin labels in Brussels
The European Commission has decided to shelve the long-standing debate about the opportunity of requiring labels of origin for shoes, clothing and a variety of other consumer items brought into the European Union. Officials indicated that the incumbent trade commissioner, Karel de Gucht, was responding to steady pressure against this ...
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Famous Footwear, a British shoe retailer that has nothing to...
Famous Footwear, a British shoe retailer that has nothing to do with the chain operated by Brown Shoe Co. in the U.S., has gone into administration, a former of chapter 11 bankruptcy, after accumulating losses due to a difficult market environment. According to just-style.com, a restructuring specialist, GA Europe, will ...
