All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 20-21 – Page 3
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Cleto Sagripanti, president of the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici...
Cleto Sagripanti, president of the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici (formerly Anci), has become the president of Fiamp, an Italian industry federation that groups various associations dealing with shoes, handbags, eyewear, jewelry, furs and other personal fashion accessories. Fabio Aromatici, managing director of Assocalzaturifici, will act as secretary general of ...
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Asia presents big opportunities and challenges
Western shoe brands should take more into account the growing local competition and other factors as they try to take advantage of the huge opportunities offered by the Chinese market and other important emerging markets where shoes are still manufactured in large quantities, using different price tags. They should also take ...
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The European Confederation of the Shoe Industry (CEC) has approved...
The European Confederation of the Shoe Industry (CEC) has approved a proposal to hold the next World Footwear Congress in the Mexican city of Léon. It will be held there at a yet unspecified date during the month of November of 2015. Léon is located in the state of Guanajuato, ...
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Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running...
Crocs appoints Tim Lyons as its European retail manager, running the company's 115 corporate stores and the 98 franchises in 45 countries. Lyons, who was previously in charge of Nike's factory outlets in western Europe, will report to Ann Chan, European commercial director of Crocs. Prior to the Swoosh, Lyons ...
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Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief...
Bally has appointed Frédéric de Narp as its new chief executive, effective Nov. 4. He fills the post left vacant by Berdnt Hauptkorn, who left the Swiss brand in January 2012 to take up the role of chief financial officer at Fast Retailing Europe. Reinhard Mieck, chief executive of Bally's ...
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Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory...
Ronald Van der Vis has been appointed to the supervisory board of Macintosh Retail Group, the diversified Dutch retailer that owns Brantano, Jones Bootmaker, Scapino and other shoe retail chains. The Dutch executive has run important companies such as Royal Ahrend, Pearle Europe and, until recently, Esprit Holdings.
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CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank...
CCC, the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer, has reportedly appointed Frank Riedel as expansion manager in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. He had been working for C&A since 2007. After launching its stores in Austria, CCC is going to open its first three or four German stores before the end ...
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G-III Apparel buys GH Bass
PVH Corp., the big American apparel group that bought GH Bass for $79 million in 1987, has announced the sale of most of the shoe brand's assets to another American clothing company, G-III Apparel, for $50 million in cash. The transaction, which is expected to close before the end of ...
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Slightly higher sales at ANWR
Quick Schuh, the discount-oriented retail franchising operation run by the ANWR group, reported a slight sales increase in the first half of this year to €5.93 million, as compared to the same period of the previous year. Quick Schuh expects to increase its sales in 2013 and the total sales ...
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Losses double for Leder & Schuh
Leder & Schuh International has reported an increase in its sales in 2012 to €450.5 million from €433.3 million in the previous year, but the Austrian-based shoe retailer's net losses more than doubled to €20.7 million from €8 million in 2011. Operating losses increased to €5.4 million from €4.2 million, ...
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Two private investment companies, KKR & Co and Sycamore Partners,...
Two private investment companies, KKR & Co and Sycamore Partners, are considering a bid for Jones Group, according to The Wall Street Journal. Other strategic and institutional investors have reportedly shown interest in parts of the company, which could then see its footwear retail and wholesale operations split off. ...
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RG Barry may go private, too. The American producer of...
RG Barry may go private, too. The American producer of footwear and other accessories has received a takeover offer from a private investment firm, Mill Road Capital Management, which already owns 8.6 percent of its shares. It is proposing to pay out the remaining shareholders at a price of $20.00 a ...
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The Astor Mueller Group, which is already the footwear licensee...
The Astor Mueller Group, which is already the footwear licensee of the Bugatti brand in 35 countries, has acquired the license for the brand in Canada as well. Starting with the spring/summer 2014 season, the same distributor selling Bugatti's apparel line will take on the distribution of Bugatti shoes in ...
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Airwair lodged a copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese Laundry in...
Airwair lodged a copyright infringement lawsuit against Chinese Laundry in California on Sept. 18. It alleges infringement of certain designs registered for Dr. Martens shoes in the country.
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Bright is again moving its location in Berlin, this time...
Bright is again moving its location in Berlin, this time to the building of the former Jandorf warehouse. The streetwear fair in Berlin will continue to coincide with Bread & Butter, Premium and other Berlin shows from Jan. 15 to 17.
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After a decline that has lasted for nearly five years,...
After a decline that has lasted for nearly five years, the domestic demand for luxury products in Europe seems to be recovering. This is what emerges from a report by Exane-BNP Paribas, resulting from interviews with a series of managers of luxury brands during the last fashion week for the ...
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Fratelli Rossetti has mandated a financial advisor, Carretti & Associati,...
Fratelli Rossetti has mandated a financial advisor, Carretti & Associati, to find a strategic or institutional investor who may be willing to put more equity into the Italian footwear company. The main goal is to enable the company to make major investments in the Chinese market and other parts of ...
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An unnamed investor is in advanced talks for a possible...
An unnamed investor is in advanced talks for a possible sale of Dr. Martens, according to an unconfirmed report in The Wall Street Journal. The British owner of the brand, R. Griggs, had mandated Rothschild Trust Holding more than a year ago to sound out potential buyers. Some investment funds ...
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SC Johnson acquires Melvo
SC Johnson is taking over Melvo Holding from VR Equitypartner and other shareholders, building a larger shoe-care empire. The financial terms have not been announced. At the beginning of 2011, the American conglomerate had already bought the shoe-care operations of Sara Lee, consisting of the Bama, Kiwi and Tana brands ...
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Belle International has agreed to acquire Longhao Tiandi, a Chinese...
Belle International has agreed to acquire Longhao Tiandi, a Chinese footwear company positioned in the high-end casual and luxury footwear market, that owns SKAP, Dragonsea and other brands of shoes and designer handbags. Belle will pay the equivalent of $17 million in the transaction, which is due to close in ...
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