All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 24-25 – Page 3
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Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio...
Francesco Russo, who recently left as artistic director of Sergio Rossi, has been hired by Christian Dior to develop its shoe collections, starting with the autumn/winter 2014/15 season. Russo has also opened a workshop in Paris to launch a line of shoes under his own name. Prior to Sergio Rossi, ...
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Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units:...
Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units: finished goods and components. Both are serviced by the same marketing and administrative group. The finished goods division includes Vibram's FiveFingers range of toe-separation footwear. Along with the announcement of the new business model, the company said that next year ...
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Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of...
Francois Kress has been appointed to the new role of global president at Stuart Weitzman. He has been most recently president and chief operating office of The Row. He has previously acted as chief executive of Prada's and Miu Miu's U.S. subsidiary and managing director of Bulgari America. At Weitzman, ...
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Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as...
Thomas O'Neill has been appointed to replace Peter Davies as chairman of the Clarks Group. He is already a non-executive member of the board of directors, and he has extensive experience with global retail brands. O'Neill acted as president of Burberry in London between 2001 and 2004, and he spent ...
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Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at...
Jocelyne Vassoille has been appointed director of human resources at Vivarte, the big French shoe and apparel retailing group
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Pomarfin Oy, the Finnish shoe manufacturer, has appointed a new...
Pomarfin Oy, the Finnish shoe manufacturer, has appointed a new agent for Norway, Hege Tiller, who has been in the business for 30 years. The Finnish company, which is well known for its Gore-Tex lined shoes, employs 110 people, the majority of whom are stationed at its factory in Estonia. ...
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Decline in apparel sales in Europe will slow down
Apparel consumption levels in the European Union, which are said to be running more in parallel with the previously more buoyant consumption of shoes and other accessories, will not fully recover in the European Union in 2014. According to the economic observatory of the Paris-based Institut Français de la Mode, ...
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Aokang has built a shoe-shaped, two-seat electrical car, and the...
Aokang has built a shoe-shaped, two-seat electrical car, and the Chinese shoe manufacturer reportedly plans to replicate it in 40 units, sold for the equivalent of US$6,500 each
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André, the oldest shoe retail chain of the Vivarte group,...
André, the oldest shoe retail chain of the Vivarte group, has upgraded its image, while remaining a popular and accessible brand. The new, cleaner, white and purple image is reflected in a new flagship store that has been inaugurated on place Victor Hugo in Paris. It will be replicated in ...
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Prada disappoints analysts
Prada released lower-than-expected third-quarter results and warned that its operating margins in 2014 could be flat as compared with the current fiscal year as the group refuses to aggressively raise prices to offset the weakness of the dollar and the yen. Financial analysts were disappointed as they had anticipated further ...
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The Bread & Butter show will invite the public on two days
From summer 2014, the Bread & Butter show in Berlin will be extended from three to five days, taking place on July 8-12 under the slogan “We are Bread & Butter. The global hub of modern lifestyle.” While the first day of the show will be only for members of the ...
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Standard & Poor's has raised its rating for LVMH to...
Standard & Poor's has raised its rating for LVMH to A+ from a simple A
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Scarpe & Scarpe, an Italian shoe retailer that currently operates...
Scarpe & Scarpe, an Italian shoe retailer that currently operates about 110 stores, has received a prize as “Retailer of the Year” at the Kiki Lab convention
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Rack Room Shoes, the American subsidiary of the Deichmann group,...
Rack Room Shoes, the American subsidiary of the Deichmann group, wants to accelerate the development of its two chains of stores, Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, which already counts 450 doors in 34 states. For this purpose, it has hired new real estate directors for each of ...
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The American edition of theMicam will probably take place in...
The American edition of theMicam will probably take place in New York, starting in March 2015. Assocalzaturifici and Fieramilano, which are already partners in theMicam in Milan and Shanghai, has yet to make a final decision, but it seems that Las Vegas is not longer a candidate to host the ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation has vigorously reacted to an allegation, made...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has vigorously reacted to an allegation, made through a website hosted by Yahoo, that Ugg boots are made with skins pulled off from live animals. Deckers states that Ugg doesn't use sheepskin unless it's a byproduct of the meat industry. Unlike mink and other animals that are ...
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Analpa opens stores all over Europe
After growing into one of the biggest suppliers of footwear in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union, Analpa is determined to play a strong role in the more developed markets of Western Europe and in the rest of the world, partly through the opening of mono-brand stores ...
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Private equity support for Alberto Moretti
Alberto Moretti has secured backing from EMCap, a newly-formed private equity firm specialized in financing the expansion of Western high-end consumer goods firms overseas, particularly in emerging markets. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.The Italian maker of luxury men's and women's shoes, known for its velvet slip-ons, is estimated ...
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Olip Italia has changed the name of its Airstep brand...
Olip Italia has changed the name of its Airstep brand to A.S.98. The new label stands for Airstep and the year 1998, when it was launched. Olip makes shoes under this brand and another one, Mjus, at its own factory in Bosnia, which employs about 1,200 people.
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The agreement between Yoox, the Italian Internet retailer, and Bally...
The agreement between Yoox, the Italian Internet retailer, and Bally is going to be terminated in 2014, according to reports in Milano Finanza. The two companies have not yet released any official statement on the matter. Yoox recently launched the first online shop for Brioni, the upmarket Italian maker of ...
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