All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 9-10 – Page 3
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Kate Maconie, the up and coming British designer, has...
Kate Maconie, the up and coming British designer, has opened a showroom in São Paulo
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Three new sales personnel have joined Rocket Dog Brands International...
Three new sales personnel have joined Rocket Dog Brands International of the U.K. to expand sales of the brand there as well as Europe. Alex Cloote is the new EU export manager, coming to the company from Blowfish footwear. David O'Malley is U.K. sales manager, bringing his experience with Timberland ...
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Rocky Brands reported a slight improvement its net profit to...
Rocky Brands reported a slight improvement its net profit to $0.5 million in the first quarter from $0.3 million in the same period a year ago as sales rose to $53.3 million from $52.3 million. Retail sales dropped to $10.5 million, but wholesale revenues grew by 6.5 percent to $42.4 ...
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Boa Technology has hired Elizabeth Moore as marketing manager and...
Boa Technology has hired Elizabeth Moore as marketing manager and Claire Sprague as senior graphic designer
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Boa Technology, maker of the Boa Closure System for footwear...
Boa Technology, maker of the Boa Closure System for footwear that started in 2001 with snowboard boots, has been ranked the No. 3 top small workplace by The Denver Post. The newspaper looks at local companies' appreciation of workers, direction, values, ethics, career advancement opportunities, pay and benefits. “Small workplaces” ...
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Bill Taylor is said to have resigned as managing director...
Bill Taylor is said to have resigned as managing director of Sanita USA. He worked previously for Rockport, GBMI, Aicad and Birki's.
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The big French Groupe Royer is looking for a new...
The big French Groupe Royer is looking for a new investor, preferring a strategic investor to an institutional one for its long-term development, as Apax Partners is seeking to cash out of the investment it made five years ago. Jacques Royer and his brother Alain still own 77.5 percent of ...
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Superfit came out as the best brand of children's shoes...
Superfit came out as the best brand of children's shoes in a study recently conducted by an Austrian consumers' association, VKI, among orthopedic experts. The Austrian brand had already gotten recognition by 98.2 percent of the 342 children's doctors and orthpedists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last year. About 3.8 ...
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Walter Breuer, who has been working for Högl in export...
Walter Breuer, who has been working for Högl in export sales for many years, has become general manager of Think Marko, a German shoe company based in Kopfing. The 43-year-old has succeeded Gerhard Aigner who has left Think after ten years in the job.
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Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top...
Horst Keil, who has been a member of Nord-West-Ring's top management for many years, has passed away at the age of 89 years. He was mainly responsible for product before and after the cooperative merged with the former Ring-Schuh in 1971. He retired after 30 years with the group in ...
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Bata grows by double digits under new strategies
Bata, the world's largest integrated shoe manufacturer and retailer, is enjoying a strong momentum on a global basis. Without providing specific figures, Thomas G. Bata, president of the group, says its revenues grew by 12 percent in the first quarter and its operating profit jumped by 48 percent, following a ...
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OutDry Technologies has won an award for its personal protective...
OutDry Technologies has won an award for its personal protective equipment from Satra, the international testing and technology center. OutDry was honored as “best contribution to PPE production efficiency” because of its one-step direct lamination process, which it uses to deal its outdoor and hiking boots as well as gloves. ...
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The International Council for Hide Skins and Leather Traders' Association...
The International Council for Hide Skins and Leather Traders' Association chose John Reddington, president of the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association, to be its new president at its 83rd general annual meeting last month. Nick Winters, president of the Syndicat Général Des Cuirs et Peaux in France, and Zhang ...
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Leonard Armato is leaving his position as president of Skechers...
Leonard Armato is leaving his position as president of Skechers Fitness Group to join Leverage Agency, a sports-marketing firm. There, he will continue to work with his former employer in building its performance footwear platform.
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Brazil’s trade with Argentina is stalled
Brazilian shoe exports continued to decline in the first quarter, due in part to growing problems in its trade with Argentina. Its shipments to the neighboring country, which remains its second-largest foreign customer after the U.S., plunged by 46.7 percent in volume to 975,165 pairs during the period, contributing to ...
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Ara is rejuvenating
As its most loyal customers are getting older, Ara Shoes is trying to gain new ones by lowering the age of its target group from more than 40 years to 30 years and more. It is doing so by developing more fashionable styles and by placing more emphasis on its ...
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Bearpaw Footwear of Citrus Heights, California, announced a distribution deal...
Bearpaw Footwear of Citrus Heights, California, announced a distribution deal with Accent Group for Australia and New Zealand. The company's vice president and international business director, Rich Marten, also indicated that it will enter the Mexican market later this year, after re-entering the Canadian market this summer through Gredico Footwear.
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Analysts were reportedly disappointed by the figures reported by Kenneth...
Analysts were reportedly disappointed by the figures reported by Kenneth Cole Productions for the first quarter, as the U.S. company plans to go private. Its sales slipped to $116.8 million from $117.5 million a year earlier due to a 6.7 percent drop in retail sales to $31.0 million. Retail revenues ...
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Wave & Motion has become the distributor of Coca Cola...
Wave & Motion has become the distributor of Coca Cola shoes In the German-speaking countries.
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America has deemed Nicaragua...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America has deemed Nicaragua a “rising star” that has great potential as a big supplier of footwear to the U.S. The FDRA, in its 2012 Annual Footwear Sourcing Forecast, noted that China was the source of 85.3 percent of all shoe imports in the ...
