All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 6-7 – Page 3

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    The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto will exhibit the work...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto will exhibit the work of Roger Vivier from May 9 until April 7, 2013. The museum says that “Roger Vivier: Process to Perfection” is the first exhibition of his work in North America. It focuses on the shoemaker's working process, including drawings that have ...

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    SABU and Intersport Deutschland, which own RSB Retail+Service Bank, have...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    SABU and Intersport Deutschland, which own RSB Retail+Service Bank, have decided to raise its share capital by €4 million to €12 million. They say the move is intended to cope with an increased volume of centralized settlements and rising demand for credit from their affiliated shoe, sports and apparel retailers. ...

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    E-Land has taken over the balance of the shares...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    E-Land has taken over the balance of the shares that it did not own yet in Coccinelle, the Italian producer of handbags that recently licensed Manas for shoes

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    BAG, the Italian group that owns NeroGiardini, saw its growth...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BAG, the Italian group that owns NeroGiardini, saw its growth slow down last year to 7.5%, reaching revenues of €230 million

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    Rocky Brands is extending the availability of its products online...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Rocky Brands is extending the availability of its products online to more than 90 countries around the world. Customers will be able to order in their own languages and currencies at guaranteed prices after customs duties and taxes from the localized websites of the company's brands, including Georgia Boot and ...

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    Lower attendance at Micam and GDS

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The drop in visitors at both fairs confirms the theory that these kinds of events are a mirror of the market situation. The shoe market is estimated to have declined by 6 percent in Italy and by 4 percent in Germany last year, and in fact, significant decreases in the ...

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    Casual footwear outperforms athletics at Yue Yuen

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen's total revenues rose by 12.7 percent to US$1.91 billion in its first quarter, ended Dec. 31. Sales of athletic footwear increased by 14.3 percent to $1,033.5 million, while casual and outdoor shoes were up by 16.8 percent to $324.6 million, and sports sandals were down by 38.4 percent ...

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    Ceddec, the European federation of national shoe retailers' associations, has...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Ceddec, the European federation of national shoe retailers' associations, has voted to join Eurocommerce as its lobbying organization with the European institutions. The decision follows the recent death of Roeland Smets, who acted as the chief lobbyist in Brussels for both Ceddec and CEC, the European shoe industry federation. In ...

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    Qatar Holding, whose assets include the Harrods department store in...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Qatar Holding, whose assets include the Harrods department store in London, has acquired 1.03% of the shares in LVMH

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    Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Genesco has appointed Thurgood Marshall Jr. to its board of directors. He is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, D.C., and has held numerous U.S. government posts.

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    ANWR and Garant consolidate foreign operations

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Working as a single organization, named ANWR-Garant International, the two buying groups are taking new initiatives to consolidate their respective organizations in the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, France and other countries. The two cooperatives will continue to concentrate on the optimization of the existing structures, said Robert Natter and Matthias Grevener, ...

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    ANWR launches new high-end shoe fair

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    ANWR Scala is the name chosen for a new in-house fair that will take place for the first time next Sept. 25-26 at ANWR's campus in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, at the same time as its successful Fashion Days. Conducted by Fritz Terbuyken, who has been running this kind of in-house ...

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    Anci, the Italian shoemakers' association that organizes Micam, has launched...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Anci, the Italian shoemakers' association that organizes Micam, has launched its first web TV around the theme of Italian footwear. Its program includes sessions intended to help customers find the best fitting shoes and to discriminate among the different materials used in the products. It's yet another digital initiative steered ...

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    Gucci America and Guess are in U.S. federal court this...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Gucci America and Guess are in U.S. federal court this month, with Gucci alleging that Guess infringed on its trademark designs, including its red and green stripes, its interlocking G's, its stylized G mark and the Gucci script design mark. Gucci says that Guess deliberately imitated these symbols in an ...

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    Alpargatas builds a big new factory

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    To meet the growing demand for Havaianas sandals, the Brazilian company has started the construction of a modern new factory at Montes Claros, in the state of Minas Gerais. Located on 50,000 square meters of land, it is scheduled to start up with a capacity of up to 100 million ...

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    Aldo teams up with Madonna for new line

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    A subsidiary of Iconix has picked a subsidiary of The Aldo Group to develop and produce a special collection of shoes, called Truth or Dare by Madonna, targeting stylish women aged 27 to 50 and evoking he dichotomy of Madonna as a powerful icon and feminine beauty. Comprising flats, heels ...

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    The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoe designer Alberto Del Biondi has stopped his 10-year-old collaboration with Pirelli PZero

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    Gruppo Mastrotto, the big Italian tanning group, has agreed to...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Gruppo Mastrotto, the big Italian tanning group, has agreed to pay €27 million in outstanding taxes to financial authorities after being accused of paying employees off the books

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    Strategic alliance between Tata and Aerogroup

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Confirming our earlier reports on the subject, Aerogroup International of the U.S. and Tata International, India's largest exporter of leather and footwear, have announced a long-term licensing deal for the production and distribution of Aerogroup's Aerosoles brand in Europe and India.For the Aerosoles brand of shoes, it's a partial return ...

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    Aeffe, the Italian fashion group that owns the shoemaker Pollini,...

    2012-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Aeffe, the Italian fashion group that owns the shoemaker Pollini, has reported an increase in the profitability of its footwear and leathergoods division, whose Ebitda (operating income before amortization) switched to a €0.6 million profit in 2011 from a €3.0 million loss a year earlier. Ebit (operating profit before interest) ...