All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 8 – Page 2
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Mephisto has completely revamped its website (www.mephisto.com) to be more...
Mephisto has completely revamped its website (www.mephisto.com) to be more modern- looking and to make navigation easier, with an emphasis on its men's and women's collections. Visitors to the site can view the shoes from different angles and zoom in on interesting features, and also check out the company's complementary ...
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In comparison, neighboring Vietnam managed to increase its exports of...
In comparison, neighboring Vietnam managed to increase its exports of shoes and other leather products in the first three months of this year by 21.7 percent to $1.04 billion. For the full year 2012, Vietnam expects a 12 percent increase in exports to $7.3 billion. The Vietnamese shoe industry association, ...
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Desigual launched its second shoe collection at the recent GDS...
Desigual launched its second shoe collection at the recent GDS trade show in Düsseldorf. The in-house shoe production of the first collection was handled in China alone, but this newer collection was produced in Spain as well. The first spring/summer collection was presented for the first time at the GDS ...
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Repetto is reportedly coming out with a line of clothing...
Repetto is reportedly coming out with a line of clothing next September and with a fragrance in 2013. Meanwhile, Jean-Marc Gaucher, the former Reebok executive who took over Repetto in 2002, has received an annual prize in France for the best growth strategy. He has managed to take the company's ...
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Clarks has opened its fourth corporate store in Germany, at...
Clarks has opened its fourth corporate store in Germany, at Flinger Strasse 41 in Düsseldorf
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Colin Clark recently quit as international director of Deckers Outdoor...
Colin Clark recently quit as international director of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, but it has been impossible for us to determine so far whether he has a successor
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Christian Dior has reportedly opened its largest store in the...
Christian Dior has reportedly opened its largest store in the world in Taipei. The 1,900-square-meter store is located inside the Taipei 101 skyscraper, which was the tallest one in the world until the Burj Khalifa was built in Dubai in 2010.
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Christian Louboutin has expanded its e-commerce operation to include a...
Christian Louboutin has expanded its e-commerce operation to include a European boutique, adding to the sites it already has in the U.S. and Canada. It carries this spring's men's and women's collections and the new 20th anniversary capsule line; the latter will be available in Europe online only. Customers have ...
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Clarks will be selling its product range for children online...
Clarks will be selling its product range for children online for the first time from May this year. The company's online business is huge. The news caused quite a stir in the international shoe industry and during the GDS show held in Düsseldorf last month.
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Joshua Schulman, who left recently as chief executive of Jimmy...
Joshua Schulman, who left recently as chief executive of Jimmy Choo, will become president of Bergdorf Goodman next month. Schulman has been in the luxury goods business for about 20 years. His previous stations included a job as executive vice president of Gucci Group. He has also been president of ...
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The mayor of Chengdu, in Sichuan province in southwestern China,...
The mayor of Chengdu, in Sichuan province in southwestern China, has told all the tanneries there that they must close down and leave the city by 2015. The China Leather Industry Association reports that the mayor, Ge Honglin, wants the city to grow thanks to industries that don't pollute. Other ...
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J.B. Martin has launched a lower-priced collection, called J.B. Martin...
J.B. Martin has launched a lower-priced collection, called J.B. Martin Studio, for the next winter season. It is being offered exclusively to retailers who order the French company's classical line. Prices are 15 to 20 percent below those of the main line. J.B. Martin launched a higher-priced line last year, ...
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Procalçado, a Portuguese manufacturer of shoe components, has broken ground...
Procalçado, a Portuguese manufacturer of shoe components, has broken ground for the construction of two new production units. The company employs 300 people and generates an annual turnover of €20 million, half of which goes into foreign markets.
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Sven Segal, the founder of Po-Zu, the British footwear company,...
Sven Segal, the founder of Po-Zu, the British footwear company, was named Entrepreneur of the Year in the 2012 People and Environment Achievement Awards, which celebrate and uphold sustainable business. Po-Zu collaborated with Timberland on a line of footwear that was made from natural materials and fell apart at the ...
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A focus on Brazilian shoe components
While the strong real has reduced the quantity of shoes exported from Brazil, the country's exports of chemicals and components for the leather and footwear sectors have increased by about 20 percent over the last couple of years, reaching a value of 256 million Brazilian reais (€106.5m-$139.5m) in 2011. The ...
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Grendene has opened its first Melissa flagship store outside Brazil...
Grendene has opened its first Melissa flagship store outside Brazil in the SoHo district of New York. Located on Greene Street, it is inspired by the “Galeria” of the Melissa store in São Paulo. Other openings are envisaged in Europe and Asia in the next months, possibly including a store ...
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Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of...
Sanita has stopped representing Lola Ramona, a Danish brand of fashionable footwear, to focus on its own core business. The brand's owner, Gitte Sandqvist, has set up a new company, THIS, that has been taking orders since April 1.
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Melissa, the creative, high-end brand of women's shoes by Grendene,...
Melissa, the creative, high-end brand of women's shoes by Grendene, is starting a new “loves Melissa” collaboration with well-known personalities. The first is a mini-capsule collection of two models supported by Alessandra Ambrosio, the Brazilian icon of Victoria's Secret.
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Munich, the fast-growing Spanish brand of sneakers, exhibited for the...
Munich, the fast-growing Spanish brand of sneakers, exhibited for the first time at last month's GDS trade show in Düsseldorf, where it had a booth inside the White Cube area in Hall 4. An advantage of the area is certainly the exclusivity, which is offered to companies that exhibit in ...
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Santagostino is supplying socks under the Superga brand name, starting...
Santagostino is supplying socks under the Superga brand name, starting with the spring 2012 season
