All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 20-21 – Page 2

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    New concept for GDS

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Kirstin Deutelmoser and other officials of Messe Düsseldorf presented a new concept for the GDS fair, which was well received by exhibitors at the show. As previously reported, the GDS has already decided on an earlier schedule, in response to the changing ordering patterns adopted by most suppliers in recent ...

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    Kurt Geiger and the London College of Fashion (LCF) have...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Kurt Geiger and the London College of Fashion (LCF) have raised more than $500,000 at the inaugural Fashion Matters gala in support of Cordwainers, LCF's footwear-specialist school. The event took place at Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, on Sept. 6, and was hosted by ...

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    Steve Madden has joined with a R&B singer, Keyshia Cole,...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Steve Madden has joined with a R&B singer, Keyshia Cole, to release a special collection of Steve Madden shoes. The new line features seven heeled styles, ranging from pumps to booties to tall boots. Prints, colors and cut-out details are designed to reflect the collaboration between the footwear creator and ...

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    NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    NeroGiardini is looking at China for the future development of its network of franchised stores. The Italian company has opened six franchised stores in Russia since December and plans to add three others, according to Pambianco's news service. Looking within Europe, it recently opened a franchised store in Zurich as ...

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    While relinquishing the role of chief executive of Manas, the...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    While relinquishing the role of chief executive of Manas, the Italian family-owned shoe company in which he still holds shares (see the related article in this issue), Cleto Sagripanti is launching a new company together with other Italian investors to take over small Italian firms specializing in fashion and accessories. ...

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    Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Däumling has signed a centralized settlement contract with GMS for the ‘Boys & girls' trade concept recently launched by the  the German buying group. The concept of GMS involves marketing and financial support, as well as training for sales personnel and owners or store managers. The stores will be branded ...

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    W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    W. Lee Capps, former chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Kellwood Company, has become a member of Brown Shoe Company's board of director and audit committee

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    Lorbac, an Italian brand of women's shoes manufactured at Castelfranco...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Lorbac, an Italian brand of women's shoes manufactured at Castelfranco di Sotto near Pisa, is planning to shut down its local factory, resulting in temporary layoffs for some 80 employees. The workers have been demonstrating in front of the factory and the house of the Bachini family, which started the ...

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    Empreintes, the ten-year-old convention on brand building in Bordeaux, will...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Empreintes, the ten-year-old convention on brand building in Bordeaux, will not be held as planned on Oct. 24-25 because of an insufficient number of registrations and other reasons

  • News briefs

    Dr. Martens' German distributor, Bondi Marketing, opened a new mono-brand...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Dr. Martens' German distributor, Bondi Marketing, opened a new mono-brand store in Cologne in August this year. The German distributor also manages two mono-brand stores in Hamburg and Berlin. Further stores in Germany are planned for 2014, but these might be owned and managed in cooperation with Dr. Martens. Bondi ...

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    Chiemsee, the German brand of board sports clothing, has granted a...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Chiemsee, the German brand of board sports clothing, has granted a license for footwear to another German company, the Hamm Reno Group. The first collection is set to hit the market next spring and will comprise some 20 styles including sneakers, casual shoes and beach sandals. Hamm is already the footwear ...

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    Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many other European countries, engaged Philipp Schmidt as sales coordinator on a freelance basis for its ‘Roos Red' product line of shoes at the beginning of September. Together with his own sales agency, Mosaic Sales, he will also be managing Kangaroos' ...

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    Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Zippy, the Portuguese shoe retail chain that belongs to Sonae Group, has opened the first of a series of four stores in the state of New York, based on a franchising deal with the Fawaz Alhokair Group, which is already a partner of Sonae in the Middle East. The first ...

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    Toms will begin manufacturing in Haiti in the first quarter...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Toms will begin manufacturing in Haiti in the first quarter of 2014. The announcement was made on Sept. 26 during the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) by the company's founder and initiator of the shoe-giving project, Blake Mycoskie, while disclosing the CGI's commitment to “Large Scale Shoe ...

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    Birkenstock makes big changes to become a bigger global player

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Birkenstock has hired new experienced top managers while streamlining its product line as it is working more like a group. The number of styles on offer has been reduced from around 1,000 to 600, focusing on the Birkenstock brand name.It will keep the brands Birki's and Papillio. However, the Alpro brand ...

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    Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Richard Messegaward, formerly with VF Corporation, has become general manager of Rockport for the U.K. and Ireland

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    Heinz-Horst Deichmann collected two awards in the past few weeks...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Heinz-Horst Deichmann collected two awards in the past few weeks from the German magazine Schuhkurier, which praised him for his lifetime work, and from the German Council of Shopping Centers

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    Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, has opened its first mono-brand store in Yemen. It is managed by a local partner, which plans to open more stores in the future, in cooperation with Richter. A second mono-brand store is planned in the United Arab Emirates next year. Richter only ...

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    Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Stockhammer assumed the position as head of production at Peter Kaiser on Oct. 1. Previously, he worked as facility manager for Ara Shoes at its factory in Valea lui Mihai in Romania. In his new post at Peter Kaiser, he succeeds Martin Burkhard, who left the company in March ...

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    The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, continues to lobby for...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, continues to lobby for the inclusion of strict origin labelling guidelines in the European Union's legislative package on product safety and market surveillance, and proposes to extend them to cover sales over the internet. Arturo Venanzi, vice president of Assocalzaturifici, told delegates at a ...