All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 10-11 – Page 3
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Short stops
Brako has come out with its first two models of...
Brako has come out with its first two models of men's shoes for the next autumn/winter season
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News briefs
The board of directors of Pitti Immagine, which met on March...
The board of directors of Pitti Immagine, which met on March 22 under the chairmanship of Gaetano Marzotto, has decided that the starting date for the next winter edition of the Italian trade show will be Jan. 8 and that similar dates will be scheduled through 2015 to avoid conflicts with other ...
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Birkenstock has signed a centralized settlement contract with the German...
Birkenstock has signed a centralized settlement contract with the German buying group Sabu. At the beginning of March, Birkenstock already signed a centralized settlement contract with a larger buying group, ANWR.
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News briefs
Turkey is now one of the biggest exporters of shoes...
Turkey is now one of the biggest exporters of shoes to Russia after China, Italy and Vietnam. According to the Turkish Footwear Industry Association, Russia continues to be an important market for exports of Turkish leather apparel, and the Turkish footwear industry has also obtained an increase in exports to the country over ...
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Article
Yue Yuen’s OEM operations do better than retail
The world's largest shoe manufacturer has reported relatively stable profit margins for its latest financial year, which was stretched to 15 months, ending last Dec. 31, to make it coincide with the calendar year. Rises in raw material costs and factory wages, which are partly based on the workers' ...
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Macintosh posts a decline, takes Jones to Belgium
Jones Bootmaker is reportedly planning to open its first store outside the U.K. next autumn. It is expected to be located in Brussels. According to Drapers magazine, the British chain is planning to open eight more stores in the U.K. while looking at other possible locations in the Benelux countries. ...
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News briefs
Meisi/Fritz Keyl, a German company that has been manufacturing comfort...
Meisi/Fritz Keyl, a German company that has been manufacturing comfort shoes for women at a factory in Rinteln, has gone into insolvency. Its president, Kurt G. Hermann, was quoted by Shoez magazine as saying that it sales increases in the Russian and Japanese markets were not compensating a drop in ...
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Vanessa Malinowski, who has been sales manager in Germany for...
Vanessa Malinowski, who has been sales manager in Germany for Fornari, the parent company of Fornarina, has been promoted country manager for Germany and Switzerland. Meanwhile, Andrea Sanchioni has been appointed as the group's global brand manager for clothing.
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Two French personalities of the fashion industry have been decorated...
Two French personalities of the fashion industry have been decorated in France and the U.K. Pierre-Alexis Dumas, the artistic director of Hermès International, is a recipient of the Legion of Honor, the French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. The names of the latest recipients of this tribute, over ...
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R.G. Barry has integrated the operations of its former China-based...
R.G. Barry has integrated the operations of its former China-based sourcing agent into its Baggallini business unit. The integration is due to bring to R.G. Barry the expertise of this privately-owned sourcing entity in all phases of development, sourcing and supply for its handbags. As part of the transaction, R.G. ...
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At the beginning of this month, Peter Bangelmeier started to...
At the beginning of this month, Peter Bangelmeier started to work as national and international sales director for the German shoe manufacturer Peter Kaiser. Previously, the 30-year-old was responsible for Stuart Weitzman's sales and marketing in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe, including the market positioning of the American brand. The ...
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News briefs
RM Williams, an Australian leathergoods, footwear and fashion brand, has...
RM Williams, an Australian leathergoods, footwear and fashion brand, has announced that L Capital Asia, a Singapore-based private equity fund backed by LVMH, has acquired a 49.9 percent share in the company. The transaction, which is expected to be completed by mid-May, was reportedly valued at around 52 million Australian ...
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Article
New course for the Italian shoe industry association
Anci, the big and powerful association of Italy's shoe manufacturers, is changing its name to Assocalzaturifici Italiani, a relatively long name that compares with those of other sector organization affiliated with Confindustria, the 103-year-old Italian employers' federation.An extraordinary assembly held by Anci in Bologna a few days ago approved almost ...
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New structure for Brazil’s industry association
Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, has changed its management structure, giving more responsibility to its executive staff. The dynamic and diplomatic Heitor Klein, who has been in charge of the day-to-day operations of the association for more than 20 years, has been unanimously elected to the role of executive ...
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News briefs
The organizers of the Asia Pacific Leather Fair in Hong...
The organizers of the Asia Pacific Leather Fair in Hong Kong said that the latest edition of the annual fair, which took place on March 25-27, saw increased numbers of visitors from new Asian markets such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and India, which are enjoying a surge in consumer spending, ...
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Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, said...
Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, said that he has abandoned plans to take Belgian citizenship. In an interview with French daily Le Monde published on April 10, the wealthiest French citizen said that he did not want to be suspected of seeking fiscal exile and pledged to ...
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News briefs
Shareholders of Tod's have approved a proposal by their president, Diego...
Shareholders of Tod's have approved a proposal by their president, Diego Della Valle, to donate one percent of its annual net profits to support activities in the Marche region, where the company is based, in an attempt to concretely help the Italian economy, severely affected by the financial crisis. The annual meeting ...
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Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global...
Camila Vesth has been appointed as the new global design director of Timberland International for apparel and accessories. She has been working most recently as head of creative apparel and director for Le Coq Sportif, and she has also been supervising the collections for Karmameju and for Run and Relax, ...
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A new annual fair has been launched in Iraq by...
A new annual fair has been launched in Iraq by Expo Time, a company that has organized important fairs in Iraq as well as Libya. Called Erbil Leather & Shoes Exhibition, it will be held in the city of Erbil on June 27-30, presenting some 200 national and international companies. ...
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Camuto Group has announced a series of promotions, following the...
Camuto Group has announced a series of promotions, following the rapid growth of the company over the last few years. Alex DelCielo, currently chief operating officer, is now also the president and all the division presidents will now report to him. In his expanded role, DelCielo will run the global ...
