All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 6-7 – Page 2

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    Micam and GDS propose a Chinese exhibition

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of these two major European trade shows are sounding out their exhibitors to evaluate the possibility of holding a shoe fair in China as of next year, arguing that the market there is ready to welcome more brands and larger quantities of footwear from Europe. The project of ...

  • News briefs

    While Mexico considers reinstating duties on Chinese footwear imports, which...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    While Mexico considers reinstating duties on Chinese footwear imports, which were discontinued in December, figures are in showing the impact of the tariffs. In January 2011, when the duties were in place, Mexico imported 490,000 pairs of shoes from China. In January 2012, after the duties were lifted, it imported ...

  • Short stops

    Lion Capital, which recently sold its stake in Jimmy Choo...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Lion Capital, which recently sold its stake in Jimmy Choo to Labelux, has acquired an 80% stake in the American fashion house of John Varvatos from VF Corporation

  • News briefs

    Macy's plans to set up what it is calling the...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Macy's plans to set up what it is calling the world's largest shoe floor at its store in New York City. The 63,000-square-foot space will offer more than 300,000 pairs of shoes and including luxury shoe shops and a designer shoe salon. The department store plans will expand the current ...

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    Turkey’s Ziylan in talks to buy Lumberjack

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    A Turkish group, Ziylan, is in talks to take over the Lumberjack brand owned by the Italian group 3A Antonini. An announcement regarding the outcome of the negotiations is expected as soon as next week.Aykut Büyükeksi, a board member of Ziylan, told the English edition of the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet ...

  • News briefs

    Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Skechers USA is going to start handling its own business in Japan with its own subsidiary, Skechers Japan. Hirokazu Iwasaki, who has worked previously with Nike, Adidas and Puma, will lead the Japanese operations, which plans to fully enter the market with the coming fall/winter collection. Skechers hopes to double ...

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    In the U.S., Brown Shoe makes a loss

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Brown Shoe Company disappointed financial analysts by reporting a net loss of $8.2 million for the fourth quarter ended on Jan. 29, compared with a profit of $3.4 million in the same period a year ago, while its net sales grew to $628.9 million from $604.5 million. However, the management ...

  • News briefs

    Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Elliot Brown to the position of Northern European sales director for its lifestyle and heritage brands. He was most recently U.K. sales manager for the division. Prior to that, he was the managing director of Converse in the U.K. and sales director of Levi Strauss in ...

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    Britain’s Schuh to launch e-commerce in France

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Schuh, one of the few successful British chains of shoe stores, is said to be planning the launch of its first foreign online store in France in May. In contrast with its very strong online shop in the U.K., www.schuh.co.uk, which accepts payments only in pounds sterling, the French website ...

  • Short stops

    TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    TP Sports will market the boots of LaCrosse Footwear in Germany

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    Bogner shoes get a design prize

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Bogner won the German Shoe Award 2012, which was given to the company during this year's GDS trade show in Düsseldorf. The award was won for the models Kitzbühel and St. Anton, combining functionality and fashion. Both models are from Bogner's third shoe collection, which will be available from autumn ...

  • News briefs

    Kenneth Cole Productions has chosen BofA Merrill Lynch to be...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Kenneth Cole Productions has chosen BofA Merrill Lynch to be its adviser as it considers the possibility of going private as suggested by the company's founder. Kenneth Cole has offered to buy the 53 percent stake in the company that he doesn't already own for $15 per share. The special ...

  • News briefs

    Staged in a black and white setting at the top...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Staged in a black and white setting at the top of Milan's Pirelli skyscraper, this time the Micam Awards went to A&Y Marka of Turkey and to an Italian retailer, Cappelletto. A&Y runs a total of 218 shoe and fashion shops in Turkey and Lebanon under seven different banners including ...

  • Article

    Birkenstock launches closed shoes

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    At last week's GDS trade show in Düsseldorf, Birkenstock presented its first complete collection of closed shoes, using its strong brand name to go in some ways in the same direction of Havaianas, Alpargatas' brand of sandals, and Teva, the brand of sports sandals owned by Deckers Corporation. The collection ...

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    Big growth for Spanish footwear

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Spanish shoe exports grew last year by 12.3 percent in volume to 124.6 million pairs. Reaching the highest level in 10 years, they rose in value by 8.6 percent, breaking the €2 billion barrier at €2,007.3 million. The average price per pair declined by 3.31 percent to €16.11 as sales ...

  • Short stops

    Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Beverly Felmann has a new distributor in Greece, Sorbet in Fashion, which already markets Arche in the country

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    Belle expands but predicts disruption

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Belle International overcame consumer uncertainties in the Chinese market to lift its sales by 22.1 percent to 28,945 million renminbi (€3,450m-$4,569m) last year, with particularly robust expansion in its footwear unit. The growth was aided by increases in average selling prices, as well as store openings and comparable sales growth.On ...

  • News briefs

    Heelys is closing down its European office in Belgium and...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Heelys is closing down its European office in Belgium and transferring most of the business to its French and German offices. Finance will be handled directly from the U.S. In the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, the American brand of wheeled footwear reduced its operating losses by 41 percent and ...

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    Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Massimo Donda has been confirmed as president of Federcalzature, the Italian shoe retailers' association, with 77% of the votes

  • News briefs

    Spartoo, the online footwear retailer, has been named one of...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Spartoo, the online footwear retailer, has been named one of Europe's fastest-growing online companies by Internet Retailer, a U.S. publication. The company grew by 70 percent in 2011, reaching sales of almost €100 million with 1.5 million pairs of shoes. The company said that this year it hopes to reach ...