All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 16-17 – Page 4
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Gilberto Ballin is the new president of the group of...
Gilberto Ballin is the new president of the group of young entrepreneurs within Assocalzaturifici, which draws together around 180 members below the age of 40. Ballin, 38, is at the helm of Moda di Fausto and has previously held the same role at Acrib, the association of the shoe companies ...
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Baldinini is opening a store in the French resort of...
Baldinini is opening a store in the French resort of Cannes (52, rue d'Antibes), covering 300 square meters on three floors
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Brandos tries to avoid bankruptcy
Brandos, a major Swedish-based online retailer of footwear, is reportedly in the midst of a reorganization process to pay outstanding invoices from suppliers and avoid going into bankruptcy proceedings.With sales equivalent to around €55 million in its 2012/13 financial year, the company is regarded as the biggest virtual shoe store ...
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Tax authorities in the northern Italian city of Bergamo have...
Tax authorities in the northern Italian city of Bergamo have shut down the Myfashiondream.com e-commerce platform, which was selling more than 65,000 fashion products including handbags, shoes, belts and eyewear, after a judge signed a seizure order because of its criminal trading activities and the import of counterfeit products to ...
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The global athletic shoe market is expected to rise at...
The global athletic shoe market is expected to rise at a compound annual average growth rate of 1.8 percent between 2011 and 2018, according to Transparency Market Research, reaching a level of $84.4 billion at retail at the end of the period. That is roughly twice the size of the ...
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Oliver Greiser assumed the newly-created position of brand manager at...
Oliver Greiser assumed the newly-created position of brand manager at Highline United Europe on June 1. He is responsible for all of Highline's brands. Previously, Greiser worked for Geox and Paul Green as product manager. Marcus Meyer, chief executive officer of Highline United Europe, also worked for Geox between 2002 ...
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The National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) of the U.S. has...
The National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) of the U.S. has formed a strategic partnership with National Shoe Travelers (NST), which works to improve the abilities and well-being of traveling sales representatives in the footwear industry, to develop education programs for footwear sales representatives and membership programs beneficial to both. NSRA, ...
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Jones Group has reportedly asked Citiground to explore a possible...
Jones Group has reportedly asked Citiground to explore a possible sale of the company, which controls Nine West and Stuart Weitzman, among various other properties in the shoe segment. According to Reuters, the company may also disinvest some of its brands.
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Skechers turns around, sees strong international growth
Skechers says that its total sales outside the U.S. could rise by 10-15 percent year-on-year in the second half of 2013, driven by China, Canada and Chile. Europe is also expected to start contributing to the growth, especially in the group's main foreign markets, namely the U.K. and Germany.In the ...
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Ara invests a lot on marketing
Ara Shoes saw its sales decline by nearly 1.8 percent to €103.4 million for the first half of this year, due in part to a more selective sales policy. However, the financial results improved thanks to optimized processes along the supply chain, following the shutdown of the company's new factory ...
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Mosshoes has appointed Tatyana Ozimuk as its new executive director...
Mosshoes has appointed Tatyana Ozimuk as its new executive director and Yulia Koroleva as the Moscow shoe exhibition's sales director, following the recently reported departure of Nasim Mustafaev after 15 years with the organizing company. Both Ozimuk and Koroleva have more than 20 years of experience in exhibitions, working ...
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Kangaroos continues its 'back to school' point-of-sale marketing campaign with...
Kangaroos continues its 'back to school' point-of-sale marketing campaign with TV-spots from July 22 to July 31 as well as a presence on the online platform toggo.de and collaborations with media. When buying a pair of shoes from Kangaroos' school sport collection, children receive a sports bag for free at ...
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Correction: The new internet domain operated by ANWR in behalf...
Correction: The new internet domain operated by ANWR in behalf of its retail members in Germany is called www.schuhe.de. As previously reported, Skechers is running a TV advertising campaign where it is pointing consumers to ANWR's website to locate the retailers nearest to them who are carrying Skechers' special offer. ...
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Ecco has announced the departure of Michael Hauge Sørensen, the...
Ecco has announced the departure of Michael Hauge Sørensen, the company's chief operating officer, who has decided to return to Asia, which he calls his “second home.” From 2002 to 2009, Sørensen was instrumental in building Ecco's presence across the Asia-Pacific region almost from scratch, with a base in Hong ...
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Bally has announced the departure of Victoria Hennessy, the brand's...
Bally has announced the departure of Victoria Hennessy, the brand's director of global marketing and communications. According to the Swiss firm, Hennessy has decided to leave to pursue new professional opportunities, after Bally's co-creative directors, Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz, also decided to leave early this month. Bally started an ...
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Hunter Boot has announced a series of key appointments to...
Hunter Boot has announced a series of key appointments to its senior team. Niall Sloan, former senior women's wear designer for Burberry Prorsum, is the new global design director. Sloan's first new collection for Hunter Boot will be showcased for autumn/winter 2014. The British label has also appointed Ali Lowry ...
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Geox has announced a restructuring program involving the layoff of...
Geox has announced a restructuring program involving the layoff of 90 of its 545 employees at its offices at Biadene di Montebelluna, following the company's previously reported 20.4 percent sales decline in the first quarter of this year. Geox is justifying the move with the fall in demand in Italy, ...
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Cushe Footwear, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has announced its...
Cushe Footwear, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has announced its partnership with Hoffman California Fabrics to create an exclusive collection of surf-style footwear for spring/summer 2014. Since 1924, Hoffman California Fabrics has been creating screen-prints and handmade batik fabrics for beach and surfwear that have helped define beach culture. Cushe has ...
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W.L. Gore announced a new marketing campaign to back up...
W.L. Gore announced a new marketing campaign to back up its Surround system at Expo Riva Schuh in Italy last month, following the settlement of a legal dispute with Geox last February. The campaign will involve classic print advertising, TV spots and merchandising in the major markets. Two suppliers of ...
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Gucci, the Italian luxury brand owned by Kering, has announced...
Gucci, the Italian luxury brand owned by Kering, has announced that it is introducing a procedure for tanning leather without using heavy metals, such as chrome, with less energy and with about 30 percent less water than required previously. The new technology was developed together with the Italian tannery Blutonic, ...
