All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 16-17 – Page 3
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Crocs will introduce its Ocean Minded by Crocs collection in...
Crocs will introduce its Ocean Minded by Crocs collection in Portugal and Germany in spring/summer 2014. Ocean Minded is a surfing inspired footwear brand from San Diego, which was acquired by Crocs in 2007. The whole Ocean Minded by Crocs collection is made from recycled materials, like rubber from bikes ...
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Fila launched the first women's collection for its lifestyle product...
Fila launched the first women's collection for its lifestyle product line, which was presented at the Bread & Butter show in Berlin, held on July 2-4
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Footwear manufacturers in the Chinese city of Wenzhou have seen...
Footwear manufacturers in the Chinese city of Wenzhou have seen a general decline in profit, according to reports in The China Daily. Zheng Shili, general manager of Wenzhou Golden Emperor Shoes in the Zhejiang province, told the newspaper that overseas orders have continued to diminish as a consequence of lower ...
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The European shoe industry federation, CEC, will probably decide at...
The European shoe industry federation, CEC, will probably decide at next September's Micam fair in Milan on the location of the 2014 World Footwear Congress. Paris and Mexico are the main candidates. Jean-Pierre Renaudin, the French industry veteran who was officially elected president of the European body last month, is ...
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Ilenia Santoni, managing director of Italian luxury shoemaker that carries...
Ilenia Santoni, managing director of Italian luxury shoemaker that carries her family's name, has died in Macerata at the young age of 41 after a serious illness. In the past, she had held various positions at Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation. Ilenia Santoni, sister of Giuseppe Santoni, the company's chief ...
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Shoe Carnival is giving out prizes to the public as...
Shoe Carnival is giving out prizes to the public as it goes about opening 12 new stores in 11 cities around the U.S. this summer. One of the draws is being financed by Skechers. The retailer already has more than 360 stores in the country.
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Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A,...
Cornelia Müller, who has handling purchases of footwear for C&A, is heading up the shoe division of Marc O'Polo, replacing Thomas Bergbauer who has moved to Navyboot
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Stratégies is to take Romans CAD into the Indian market....
Stratégies is to take Romans CAD into the Indian market. The Romans CAD Software Suite is a set of dedicated products for the footwear, luggage and soft materials industry. The French technology provider, specializing in CAD and PDM solutions for the footwear and luggage industry, will work with local distributors ...
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Sanuk, one of the brands of Deckers Outdoor Corportation, has...
Sanuk, one of the brands of Deckers Outdoor Corportation, has hired Jeff Booth, most recently with Billabong, as core national sales mager for the U.S., and Tommy Campagne, formerly with Young & Rubicam and Verizon Wireless, as core marketing manager
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Footwear designers, manufacturers and brand-owners in Singapore now have at...
Footwear designers, manufacturers and brand-owners in Singapore now have at their disposal a center where they can produce prototypes and upgrade their skills. The Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Teo Ser Luck, inaugurated the new Bronx Creative & Design Centre on July 16. Located in the Natural Cool ...
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Native Shoes, the Vancouver-based brand known for its lightweight EVA...
Native Shoes, the Vancouver-based brand known for its lightweight EVA footwear, has been acquired by Scott Hawthorn, one of its original founders, along with a small group of private investors. Hawthorn, who was already the acting chief executive, has moved to the position of full-time chief executive as a result ...
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Melissa, the Brazilian brand of PVC shoes owned by Grendene,...
Melissa, the Brazilian brand of PVC shoes owned by Grendene, exhibited for the first time at Premium, instead of the Bread & Butter show. The German distributor of the line, Wave & Motion, which re-assumed the distribution of the brand one year ago and started with its first deliveries in ...
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Dimensione Danza, the clothing brand for little and teenage girls...
Dimensione Danza, the clothing brand for little and teenage girls inspired by the world of ballet, is launching its first shoe collection, aiming at the same age group. The new footwear line has been developed in partnership with Balducci, a Tuscany-based shoe brand for kids, and it will make its ...
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Peter Vogels, former owner of Gallus, the German brand of...
Peter Vogels, former owner of Gallus, the German brand of men's shoes subsequently bought by Deichmann, passed away on May 19 at the age of 75. In the 1970's, Bernd and Peter Vogels were the fourth generation to manage the shoe factory in Mönchengladbach, Germany. A second plant was created ...
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Berlin Fashion Week connects the industry
‘Connect' was chosen to be the theme of the 29th edition of the Bread & Butter show, held on July 2-4 at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, to declare the relevance of the show as a platform to connect brands, buyers, agents, distributors, PR agencies, franchisees and members of ...
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Kangaroos collaborated with a shoe store in Berlin, Overkill, to...
Kangaroos collaborated with a shoe store in Berlin, Overkill, to develop a limited edition of 200 pairs of a sneaker for the Bread & Butter show
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Retailers of clothing and footwear benefited the most from the...
Retailers of clothing and footwear benefited the most from the return of warm weather in the U.K. during the month of June, according to the British Retail Consortium. Some of the retailers brought forward the summer clearance sales to lighten their inventories. Shoe shoppers showed some price sensitivity, especially in ...
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It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of...
It has been revealed that Morton Brownstein, former president of the Canadian Browns Shoes chain founded by his father, died on May 23 at the age of 85. He is said to have been the first North American executive in the sector to go to Europe to place an order ...
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+++ The Brandery, the fashion fair in Barcelona, has cancelled...
+++ The Brandery, the fashion fair in Barcelona, has cancelled again its next session, which had been scheduled for Sept. 13-15 +++
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Ballin is opening its third Italian flagship store in Porto...
Ballin is opening its third Italian flagship store in Porto Cervo, the famous seaside resort in Northern Sardinia, after its two doors in Milan. The new 70-square-meter space, in the shopping area of Piazza del Principe, brings to 23 the number of Ballin boutiques in the world, which also include ...
