All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 4-5
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Dick Braeger, one of the founders of Cole Haan as well as the owner of...
Dick Braeger, one of the founders of Cole Haan as well as the owner of the Garys specialty men’s stores, has died at the age of 74
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Move On will not have a stand at the Micam...
Move On will not have a stand at the Micam and GDS shows this month, but the Aerosoles brand will be there as before. As we have previously reported, the Portuguese company has decided to stop selling shoes under its Move On brand name and to go back to the ...
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Sixty Group, which sells jeans, shoes and other products under...
Sixty Group, which sells jeans, shoes and other products under various brand names including Miss Sixty, Killah and Energie, has a new business plan that involves the elimination of 183 jobs in Italy in order to bring the company back to a profit by 2015. The company wants to reorganize ...
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A good year for Lloyd
Lloyd Shoes has reported record turnover of €118 million for the past year, 11.5 percent higher than the year before, with a 9.6 percent increase in the number of pairs sold to 1,788,000. The German company achieved strong increases in both domestic and export sales, which represent 33 percent of ...
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The regional government of Valencia, Spain, is going to help...
The regional government of Valencia, Spain, is going to help out-of-work footwear industry employees find new jobs in the area with a support package backed by the European Commission worth €2.5 million. Three hundred fifty workers will get support to find new jobs at footwear companies, with the funding coming ...
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The Indian Images Group, which was going to be a...
The Indian Images Group, which was going to be a partner in the new Expo Riva Schuh show that took placing in New Delhi for the first time last July, is launching a new exhibition and conference for footwear and accessories in Mumbai on March 13-15. A total of 66 ...
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Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe...
Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe Care, a supplier of high-quality shoe care and foot comfort products based in Toronto. She is tasked with expanding the business globally, and will also sit on the board of the parent company, E.F. Walter. McLeod has worked in the ...
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Some unnamed investment funds are studying the possible takeover of...
Some unnamed investment funds are studying the possible takeover of the shoe retail operations of Vivarte – trading under banners such as André, Besson, Beryl, Cosmos, La Halle aux Chaussures, Minelli and San Marina – according to a French textile magazine, Journal du Textile. The shoe retailing division of the ...
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Representatives from the footwear industries of India and Sri Lanka...
Representatives from the footwear industries of India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding at the 4th International Footwear and Leather Fair held in Colombo on Feb. 10-12. The two will share news of developments in their respective countries, encourage strategic alliances and look into developing business ties. India ...
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New unnamed investors have taken over Tacco Footcare, the German...
New unnamed investors have taken over Tacco Footcare, the German shoe care company, putting an end to its financial problems. A new company, called Tacco Footcare International and employing around 100 people, is carrying on the business under the management of Wolf-Rüdiger Pietsch. It will remain based at Oerlinghausen. Tacco ...
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Grim outlook for Italy’s output for first half
Italy's footwear production rose by 2.4 percent in volume to 207.4 million pairs and by 4.8 percent in value to €7.08 billion in 2011 thanks to exports, according to an estimate released by the Italian shoe industry association, Anci. The rise comes after a 2.3 percent increase in volume in ...
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The growth of India's exports of leather and leathergoods is...
The growth of India's exports of leather and leathergoods is expected to slow in the coming fiscal year, according to the India Trade Promotion Organization. For the current fiscal year, the industry should see an increase of about 18 percent to $4.5 billion, but for 2012-13, it should slow to ...
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The international shoe museum of Romans is exhibiting a retrospective...
The international shoe museum of Romans is exhibiting a retrospective exhibition of more than 200 styles created by Robert Clergerie in the 30 years between 1981 and its change of ownership in 2011
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Good growth for Euro Shoes fair in Moscow
The relatively young Euro Shoes Premier Collection fair in Moscow recorded a 75 percent increase in the number of exhibitors last Feb. 20-23, as compared to one year ago, positioning it more firmly as the earliest fair of the kind in Russia to take orders for the following season. Held ...
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Esprit is on the road to recovery
As a sign of its commitment to the footwear sector, Esprit is planning to show at the Micam fair starting in Milan on Sunday. Meanwhile, the new management of Esprit Holding is encouraged by the results of the first half of its financial year, which indicates that its “transformation plan” ...
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Roeland Smets, who retired at the end of last year...
Roeland Smets, who retired at the end of last year as general manager of the Confederation of the European Shoe Industry (CEC) after 40 years in office, died on Feb. 7 at the age of 69. He had been ill for some time. The dedicated and temperamental Belgian lobbyist ran ...
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German suppliers do well in a down market
More precise statistics on the wholesale, trade and foreign trade fronts are due to be presented at the GDS fair in Düsseldorf later this month. According to preliminary indications from HDS, the German shoe industry association, its members managed to raise their combined revenues by 12.1 percent in 2011, leading ...
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Diversifying into a new product segment, Geox is launching a...
Diversifying into a new product segment, Geox is launching a line of denim pants, called BluGeox, produced by a Turkish group, Isko. The first collection, which features stretch cotton and other unusual elements, will be available for the forthcoming fall/winter season.
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Loss-making Zalando diversifies
The big Berlin-based online shoe retailer has launched its first collection of clothing, shoes and accessories for the current spring/summer season. It went on sale first at an ephemeral Zalando store in Berlin Thursday, and it has now become available online on the company's existing websites in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, ...
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Lower military sales and the discontinuation of the Dickies footwear...
Lower military sales and the discontinuation of the Dickies footwear license at the end of 2010 led Rocky Brands to post major sales declines in the fourth quarter of 2011 and for the full financial year. Various onetime charges depressed its earnings, but excluding them, the company booked net income ...
