All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 14-15 – Page 2
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Working with Gruppo Copen of Civitanova Marche, Baldinini is putting...
Working with Gruppo Copen of Civitanova Marche, Baldinini is putting out a small line of men's garments, mostly in leather, for the spring/summer 2014 season
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The Swiss shoe retailers' association, SSV, foresees a difficult business...
The Swiss shoe retailers' association, SSV, foresees a difficult business year in 2013. At its annual general assembly at the beginning of June, Dieter Spiess, president of the association, criticized the high wholesale prices charged to Swiss retailers, who have to pay about 30 percent more than their foreign colleagues ...
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Shoe Carnival has appointed a new vice president of e-commerce,...
Shoe Carnival has appointed a new vice president of e-commerce, Kent Zimmermann, who was previously doing a similar job at an American chain of sporting goods stores, The Finish Line
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) has appointed John Saunders to...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has appointed John Saunders to the new role of sales and marketing director, providing increased support for its members and the U.K. footwear industry. One of his tasks will be to take over the management of the BFA members' participation at trade shows around the ...
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ANWR cooperates with Skechers over Schuh.de
Registered under the German name for “shoe” and totally unrelated to the British retailer by that name, Schuh.de, the new online portal of the ANWR Group, is going to get a lot of television exposure for the first time next month through a cooperative advertising agreement with Skechers. Under this ...
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In another important change of management since the arrival of...
In another important change of management since the arrival of Marc Lelandais at its helm last year, Vivarte has created a new position by appointing another new executive, Monique Fischer, to lead the group's international development. She is also joining the group's executive board. Fischer, 49, studied fashion in Munich, ...
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Brown Shoe Company has announced the appointment of Diane Sullivan as...
Brown Shoe Company has announced the appointment of Diane Sullivan as chairman of the board, effective Feb. 2, 2014. She will add the new duties to her existing roles as president and chief executive, when Ron Fromm steps down from his role as chairman. He will remain a member of the company's ...
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Sarenza has announced that it has reached a goal of...
Sarenza has announced that it has reached a goal of selling a total of seven million pairs since its start. The French online shoe retailer raised its sales by 30 percent last year to €131 million. Strong growth is expected also in 2013.
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Andreas Zimmermann will assume the position of sales manager for...
Andreas Zimmermann will assume the position of sales manager for the German market at Ecco from Sept. 1. In this position, he succeeds Frank Schmitz, who left the company at the end of March. Zimmermann is currently working as sales manager for Southern Germany at Puma. Previously, he held executive ...
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Garant Germany and Sabu Schuh & Marketing announced support for...
Garant Germany and Sabu Schuh & Marketing announced support for retailers affected by the flood and severe weather conditions in Eastern and Southern Germany. Affiliated retailers of Garant Germany are advised to contact the executive board in Düsseldorf or regional offices of Garant, if they are concerned. Depending on the ...
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Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has appointed Greg...
Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has appointed Greg Tunney, president and chief executive at RG Barry and former vice chairman of the association, as its new chairman. He replaces Blake Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of Wolverine Worldwide, who has served as chairman of FDRA for two ...
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Paco Gil, the Spanish shoe brand from Alicante, has filed...
Paco Gil, the Spanish shoe brand from Alicante, has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors. The 31-year-old family-owned company, which has about 20 employees and designs and subcontracts the production of its shoes in Spain, is looking for ways to reorganize its business. Company officials are blaming the economic and ...
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Nina Footwear has appointed Alan Johnson as president of the...
Nina Footwear has appointed Alan Johnson as president of the company, a new position for the New York-based design house and producer, which sells footwear under the Nina and Delman brands. The former president of Delman, Lance DeShazo, and the former brand manager of Nina, Michael Shirey, have both left the company. In ...
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Philip Hallerfelt, an agent who represents Loake Shoemakers in Sweden,...
Philip Hallerfelt, an agent who represents Loake Shoemakers in Sweden, was awarded the title of Agent of the Year 2012 at the recent annual meeting of IUCAB, the international agents association. For the past two years, with Hallerfelt in charge, Swedish sales of Loake shoes have doubled, turning Sweden into ...
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Bauerfeind's group adds another German brand
The Berkemann Group has acquired the brand name of Meisi and other assets of the German manufacturer of comfort shoes for women, which went into insolvency a few weeks ago. The brand had been suffering strong sales declines in Germany, although it was still growing in foreign markets such as ...
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Russia's rules for children's shoes draw action from the industry
Under new customs regulations that became effective in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan last February, children's shoes and clothing sold in those countries must use natural materials in the parts that are in contact with the child's skin. These parts cannot be made with artificial or synthetic materials. The new regulations, ...
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Robert Clergerie, the French manufacturer of high-end shoes recently acquired...
Robert Clergerie, the French manufacturer of high-end shoes recently acquired by Li & Fung, has signed a licensing agreement with Sonia Rykiel for the production and distribution of shoes under the name of this French fashion company. The first women's line coming out of the partnership will come out in ...
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Virola expands at home and abroad
Virola International, an Indian company that has become one of the country's major exporters of high-quality leather shoes, is setting up an office in Germany to better coordinate with major European clients and to service smaller ones. At the same time, the company is developing its own branded collections for ...
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Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear...
Mike Abbott will be the new president of Keen Footwear from July 8, 2013. He has nearly two decades of experience in global operations, most recently as chief operating officer of Specialized Bicycles, where he first joined as general manager in 2009. Before entering the bike industry, he acted as ...
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François Feijoo, 53, has left the Vivarte group to run...
François Feijoo, 53, has left the Vivarte group to run the Eram and Texto chains of shoe shops, starting on July 1. With 400 and 200 stores, respectively, and combined annual sales of around €300 million, they are among the main assets of the French Eram group, which had a ...
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