All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 16-17 – Page 5
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The China-Africa Business Council (CABC) and the China-Africa Development Fund have decided to set up a...
The China-Africa Business Council (CABC) and the China-Africa Development Fund have decided to set up a $1 billion fund to boost China's commercial ventures in Africa, particularly in the footwear and textile sectors. The CABC represents more than 550 Chinese companies in Africa while the China-Africa Development Fund is China's largest private equity fund focusing on ...
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Kennel & Schmenger has launched a new store design through...
Kennel & Schmenger has launched a new store design through a new location in Wiesbaden
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Zadig & Voltaire, the French prêt-à-porter brand, has announced a...
Zadig & Voltaire, the French prêt-à-porter brand, has announced a new partnership with Laurence Dacade, shoe designer for her eponymous brand and Chanel. The new “Zadig & Voltaire Meets Laurence Dacade” capsule collection includes waders, boots and low-boots in black, burgundy and gray, including some studded versions. The shoes are ...
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Sabu Schuh & Marketing increased the amount of centralized settlements...
Sabu Schuh & Marketing increased the amount of centralized settlements by 0.3 percent to €170 million in the first half of this year, as compared to the first half of 2012. Sabu has 900 affiliated retailers, which recorded a decrease in their sales by 2.5 percent on average. Due to ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) salutes the...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) salutes the introduction on July 17 of H.R. 2708, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), which will reduce or suspend duties on certain products, including footwear, that are not produced by U.S. companies, thereby lowering costs for both U.S. companies and consumers. FDRA ...
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Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has assigned its...
Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has assigned its 2012 Sales Survey Awards to Rack Room Shoes, the American chain of 385 shoe stores owned by Deichmann, and to Stride Rite in their respective categories
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Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has assigned its...
Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) has assigned its 2012 Sales Survey Awards to Rack Room Shoes, the American chain of 385 shoe stores
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GMS, the German buying group, which has already expanded to...
GMS, the German buying group, which has already expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria, recently entered the Italian market. On July 18, centralized settlements were assumed for the first Italian retailer, based in the town of Meran near the Austrian border.
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The shareholders of Allen Edmonds Shoe Corporation have hired an...
The shareholders of Allen Edmonds Shoe Corporation have hired an adviser, Robert W. Baird & Co., to look for new investors. According to Reuters, they would like to sell the company for between $150 million and $200 million. A private equity firm, Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, had acquired a ...
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Tod's will unveil its first women's collection by Alessandra Facchinetti...
Tod's will unveil its first women's collection by Alessandra Facchinetti at the Fashion Week in Milan, on Sept. 20, when the brand will show its spring/summer 2014 styles. Facchinetti was named Tod's new creative designer last February, after her experiences with Miu Miu, Gucci, Moncler, Valentino and Pinko. Diego Della ...
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Kangaroos has hired a new sales agency, Vixen Brands, for...
Kangaroos has hired a new sales agency, Vixen Brands, for the sale of its shoe collections in Belgium from spring/summer 2014. In France, a sales team of currently eight employees from the sales agency Gin takes care of the brand. For the Polish market, Kangaroos is about to decide on ...
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Michael Michalsky, the former artistic director of Adidas, has chosen...
Michael Michalsky, the former artistic director of Adidas, has chosen Kennel & Schmenger as his new partner for the women's shoe collection bearing his name, starting with the spring/summer 2004 season. He was previously working with a British producer, Chrissie Morris.
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Artcrafts International, the Florence-based distributorship of Attilio Ponziani, is adding...
Artcrafts International, the Florence-based distributorship of Attilio Ponziani, is adding OTZ Shoes to its large portoflio of brands for which it has the distribution rights in Italy
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Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole,...
Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole, and shoe lace assets of the Pennsylvania-based Penguin Brands, one of Implus' major competitors in the shoe care category. Implus' family of brands also includes Sof Sole, Yaktrax, Apara, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Sof Comfort, Little Hotties, Perfect Fitness and ICETrekkers. For ...
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Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus, which acquired Neiman...
Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus, which acquired Neiman Marcus eight years ago, are planning to put the department store on the stock exchange to raise up to $100 million
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Weyco Group has been accused of buying footwear from suppliers...
Weyco Group has been accused of buying footwear from suppliers linked to a Chinese jail where prisoners are subject to inhumane treatment for failing to meet production targets. The U.S.-based group, which designs and markets shoes under the Florsheim, Nunn Bush and Stacy Adams brands, said that it was investigating ...
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According to the international news site Leatherbiz, a Chinese firm...
According to the international news site Leatherbiz, a Chinese firm is building a footwear factory in the Dadi district of Nigeria and is looking to recruit 5,000 locals to man it. A number of Chinese footwear groups are moving production to Africa to take advantage of proximity to raw materials, ...
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Royer accelerates its reorganization
Groupe Royer is accelerating its reorganization, with a goal to recover its profitability by 2015 and to reach an annual turnover of €400 million by 2018, with the French market representing less than 50 percent of sales as compared to nearly 65 percent at present. In an interview, Jacques Royer, ...
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Zalando grows by 74%, but loses Boss
Strong brands can apparently cope without trading through e-commerce giants, as witnessed through the recent moves of Adidas and some locally important outdoor brands in the German market, recently reported in our other publications. Hugo Boss has now decided to stop selling its premium Boss brand to Zalando, following a ...
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Johannes Füchter, 52, has been named buying director of Leiser,...
Johannes Füchter, 52, has been named buying director of Leiser, the shoe retail division of Josef Seibel, including its Schuhhof chain. He has been most recently product manager of Belmondo, a brand of women's shoes owned by Görtz. He previously took care of purchasing for women's shoes at Salamander. At ...
