All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 10-11 – Page 4
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Ecco has announced changes to its supervisory board. Mogens Munk-Rasmussen,...
Ecco has announced changes to its supervisory board. Mogens Munk-Rasmussen, who had served as a member of the board since November 2006, has stepped down from the board, and Erik G. Hansen has taken his place as a new member of the supervisory board. Hansen brings significant knowledge and experience ...
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Hi-Tec has announced the opening of a new showroom...
Hi-Tec has announced the opening of a new showroom in Dublin's Fashion City, a complex of showrooms, warehouses and office units, to showcase its new collections. The presence of Hi-Tec in the same hub as all the other leading brands is expected to facilitate the clients' experience and to enhance ...
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Cat Footwear, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has announced the...
Cat Footwear, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has announced the launch of the brand's first-ever Made in America boot. Every component used to make the new Liberty work boot is manufactured in the U.S., including the packaging materials. The boot features leathers from Minnesota, stitching from Michigan, a sock liner ...
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Superga has announced the British singer Rita Ora as the...
Superga has announced the British singer Rita Ora as the new face of its spring/summer 2013 campaign. Rita, who was discovered by the legendary rapper Jay Z, has taken over from Alexa Chung, who was unable to continue her role due to TV commitments in the U.S. On top of ...
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Toms' founder and chief shoe giver, Blake Mycoskie, has announced...
Toms' founder and chief shoe giver, Blake Mycoskie, has announced the launch of the Haiti Artist Collective, an initiative to support the creation of jobs and the lives and communities of 30 Haitian artists by commissioning them to design a limited edition of Toms' shoes. The Haiti Artist Collective shoes ...
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Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of...
Joachim Gabor, co-founder and lately honorary member of the board of directors of Gabor Shoes, has passed away at the age of 84. He came from a family of shoemakers in Upper Silesia. His parents had a store for leathergoods and shoes. Until 1948, he worked in a shoe factory in ...
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Sabu recorded an increase in the amount of its centralized...
Sabu recorded an increase in the amount of its centralized settlements of 3.5 percent in the first quarter of 2013, as compared to the same period of the previous year. They reached a level of €117.7 million in the quarter, but the German buying group recorded a two-digit drop in its ...
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Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has launched a...
Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has launched a series of webpages in Chinese for the benefit of the growing number of its factory members. A special page is intended to help Chinese factories to comply with footwear product safety guidelines and Chinese labor laws. Another page lists all ...
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Article
Strong international development for Aldo
Aldo is planning to open more than 125 new stores through its franchisees outside North America this year and to enter two unnamed new markets, although it is reportedly pulling out of Sweden. Nice and Vienna have seen the most recent store openings. The Canadian group, named after his founder, ...
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Italy's Sixty Group has signed an agreement that allows employees...
Italy's Sixty Group has signed an agreement that allows employees to continue to receive unemployment benefits until May 25, 2013, when new extraordinary funds from the state's “cassa integrazione” redundancy scheme will then become available for one more year. Without this new agreement, signed by the company with the Italian ...
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Two sales reps from the Lime Green agency have taken...
Two sales reps from the Lime Green agency have taken over sales of Gola footwear, apparel and bags in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Brian O'Sullivan, based in Cork, will cover the south of the Republic, while Jamie Lewis, based in County Mayo, will cover the north and ...
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Storeage, the Amsterdam-based retail design agency, will provide support...
Storeage, the Amsterdam-based retail design agency, will provide support to Asics for the retail brand strategy for its Onitsuka Tiger brand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The agency has already created the brand's shop windows for spring 2013. The Retaildesign blog gave a “best” note to its booth ...
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After cancelling the March edition of Point of Shoes, the organizers...
After cancelling the March edition of Point of Shoes, the organizers of the trade show in Pirmasens, ISC Germany, have announced its final end and plans to work with another firm have been dropped.
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As affiliated retailers have been struggling to keep sales up...
As affiliated retailers have been struggling to keep sales up in February and March, Sabu has decided to postpone the deadline for their payments on centralized settlements which were due on April 10. The German buying group has extended the deadline for a period of 30 days free of charge ...
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Article
Multi-media action around Expo Riva Schuh
Expo Riva Schuh will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, June 15, the first day of the fair, with a big after-dinner show under the title “The Shoe Must Go On.” It will be a mix of video and photo images, ballet and songs, and it will be open to ...
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Ronald van der Vis, who acted as chief executive of...
Ronald van der Vis, who acted as chief executive of Esprit between 2009 and 2012, is supposed to join the board of director of Douglas-Holding at the annual meeting of the German cosmetics and perfumery chain next May 28, along with Bernd Beetz, former chief executive of Coty
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DSW is America's favorite shoe retailer, according to a national...
DSW is America's favorite shoe retailer, according to a national study of the U.S. shoe market by Market Force Information, a customer intelligence company serving multi-location businesses worldwide. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, DSW operates 370 stores in 41 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as ...
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Prada to open 75-80 stores this year, changing focus
The Prada group aims to open 75-80 directly-operated stores (DOS) in the financial year ending Jan. 31, 2014, roughly in line with the 78 openings of the previous financial year. The company plans to focus on the Gulf countries, where nearly 30 stores could be opened, and the Americas. From ...
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The 34th edition of Ayakkabi, the Turkish fair for shoes,...
The 34th edition of Ayakkabi, the Turkish fair for shoes, bags and accessories, will be held in Izmir on June 20-23. It had been previously scheduled to run from May 31 to June 3, as reported last autumn in our International Calendar of Shoe Fairs. The return to a former ...
