All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 24-25
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Rondinaud has launched a series of loafers made with linen....
Rondinaud has launched a series of loafers made with linen. The French company points out that they can be worn in cold or warm temperatures because of the natural insulation properties of linen. The fiber absorbs humidity and is naturally fresh. It is anti-allergic, anti-bacterial and more ecological than cotton ...
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Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at...
Joe Salzano, who left as vice president of sales at Clarks North America last October, has became a senior advisor to his former boss, Bob Infantino, for the development of the Drydock Footwear Group. This is a joint venture formed in May 2011 between Infantino and New Balance to manage ...
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Higher wages in Italy
Assocalzaturifici, Italy's footwear industry association, has reported on a “satisfactory” conclusion of a new collective labor agreement for the employees of Italian shoe companies. The association indicates that it features many adaptations and innovations in terms of apprenticeships, the flexibility of work schedules and holidays, and contracts with individual firms ...
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Kurt Geiger, the second-largest shoe retailer in the U.K., recorded...
Kurt Geiger, the second-largest shoe retailer in the U.K., recorded a 18 percent sales increase in the four weeks of the holiday season to Dec. 24 as compared to the same period last year. According to the retailer, a surge in the sale of boots was the main reason for ...
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Lumberjack has opened four new franchised stores in Southern Italy...
Lumberjack has opened four new franchised stores in Southern Italy and one in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia
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Following the successful launch of an online store in the...
Following the successful launch of an online store in the U.S., LK Bennett plans to start up dedicated online stores for the French and Spanish markets, where the British shoe retail chain already has some physical stores and concessions
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Tamara Mellon, who founded and ran the fashion house of...
Tamara Mellon, who founded and ran the fashion house of Jimmy Choo between 1996 and 2011, has introduced her own collection of ready-to-wear clothing and shoes. The most expensive model is a £1,595 (€1,911-$2.627) pair of leather boots that also serve as leggings. It's called “Sweet Revenge” to express her anger ...
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Spanish exports enjoy a recovery
Spanish shoe exports made a remarkable recovery in the first nine months of 2013, surpassing the record levels reached as far back as 2001. Noting that several Spanish shoe producers have relocated some of their manufacturing operations to Spain, Fice, the country's shoe industry federation, is relating the recovery to ...
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DSW’s sales and earnings are up
This American retailer, known for its big shoe stores, reported sales of $633 million for the quarter ended Nov. 2, up 6.8 percent versus the previous year's third quarter. Comparable store sales decreased by 0.7 percent, although this followed an increase of 6.3 percent during the third quarter of 2012.Net ...
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Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes...
Laurent Potdevin is stepping down as president of Toms Shoes in January to act as the new chief executive of Lululemon Athletica, a big Canadian-based activewear company. The Swiss-born executive is credited with setting up a world-class management team at Toms and broadening its strong cultural identity since he began ...
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Ecco will diversify its offer
Ecco is expected to rejuvenate its product range, offering new and more fashionable styles, especially in its 1,200-plus single-brand stores around the world, following the appointment of Paul Janssen to the new position of branding director in charge of external sourcing, starting in January 2014. The experienced 49-year-old Dutch product ...
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Electric Sekki Footwear, distributor of Superga in Hong Kong and...
Electric Sekki Footwear, distributor of Superga in Hong Kong and Mainland China, has formed a joint venture with Shanghai Zhi Yu Industrial Co. to accelerate the expansion of the Italian brand, owned by Basicnet, in the People's Republic of China. The business plan calls for the establishment of at least ...
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Genesco’s profit declines but results top expectations
The American specialty retailer reported earnings from continuing operations of $27.8 million for the third quarter ended Nov. 2, 2013, down from $42.2 million for the third quarter a year earlier, reflecting higher charges and lower comparable-store sales. However, both adjusted earnings from continuing operations per share and quarterly revenues topped analysts' expectations. ...
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Cortina-Leomil Group has partnered with the Rich Footwear Group to...
Cortina-Leomil Group has partnered with the Rich Footwear Group to create a line of footwear for the U.S. and Canada featuring British boy band One Direction. The deal was negotiated by One Direction's worldwide merchandising agent, Global Merchandising Services. Rich Footwear will be launching the line, targeting a teen audience, ...
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Jones Group comes under new ownership
An investment fund, Sycamore Partners, has secured a deal to acquire all the shares of the Jones Group at a price of $15 each, or 11 percent higher than the stock price prior to the first rumors spread in November about a pending transaction. The deal, which is expected to ...
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Havaianas has come out with a funny pair of tongs...
Havaianas has come out with a funny pair of tongs with Donald Duck on the right foot who gives a kiss to Daisy on the left foot (too bad that we don't publish pictures to distinguish ourselves from the trade magazines!)
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Wolverine has opened a store in New York City, located...
Wolverine has opened a store in New York City, located at 254 Elizabeth Street, in Manhattan's Nolita shopping neighborhood
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The first Chinese Church's store has opened in the Omotesando...
The first Chinese Church's store has opened in the Omotesando district of Tokyo
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There are ways to develop in China
While its growth is apparently slowing down, the Chinese shoe market continues to offer major expansion opportunities for certain Western brands, judging from interviews conducted during the second edition of TheMicam Shanghai a few weeks ago.The organizers of the fair, Assocalzaturifici and Fieramilano, said they were satisfied with its results ...
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Repetto is opening its first store on Mainland China, located...
Repetto is opening its first store on Mainland China, located in the Plaza 66 shopping center of Shanghai, through a partner. Another one is in line for Beijing in the second half of 2014. The French manufacturer of ballerina shoes already has four partner stores in Hong Kong and seven ...
