All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 24-25 – Page 4
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Dickies has signed a new licensing agreement with SG Footwear,...
Dickies has signed a new licensing agreement with SG Footwear, a division of SG Companies, for kids footwear. Products under the license will include infant, toddler, boys, and girls casual footwear. Design and production of the Dickies-branded kids' footwear lines have already begun, while marketing and distribution are expected to ...
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A new rating agency has been created that focuses on...
A new rating agency has been created that focuses on luxury goods companies. De Luxe Rating, presented last Nov. 25 at the 12th “Sommet du Luxe” (Luxury Summit) in Paris as the first ever rating agency for the luxury sector in the world, has been jointly established by Centre du ...
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After searching for a buyer for many months, the Danish...
After searching for a buyer for many months, the Danish fashion company Rützou has officially declared bankruptcy
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Shoebuy.com has relaunched its website after redesigning it to make...
Shoebuy.com has relaunched its website after redesigning it to make it more visually appealing to its customers. The new Shoebuy.com and mobile site feature less text, larger images and easy navigation for more intuitive shopping. The company said that through the new site, customers should easily find what they want ...
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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is looking for...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is looking for a new president and chief executive to take the place Kevin M. Burke, who is quitting the job as of next Jan. 21. Burke has held the post for almost 13 years. Another lobbying organization, Airports Council International, has announced ...
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German shoe retailers' sales were up by 4 percent in...
German shoe retailers' sales were up by 4 percent in September as compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the Institut für Marktforschung. That means an increase of 3 percent in real terms. The progress translates into flat sales in absolute terms for the first nine ...
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Lohemann's, an American chain of 39 low-priced shoe stores, has...
Lohemann's, an American chain of 39 low-priced shoe stores, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the third time since 1999, reportedly because it was late in moving into e-commerce at the end of 2011. Liquidation sales are due to begin in January. Meanwhile, three strategic financial buyers are ...
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Giuseppe Zanotti has agreed to sell a 30 percent stake...
Giuseppe Zanotti has agreed to sell a 30 percent stake in Giuseppe Zanotti Design to L Capital, the investment fund sponsored by LVMH and Groupe Arnault, according to a press report that could not be verified by the time of going to press. Zanotti has his eponymous shoe collection and ...
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About 300 delegates from more than 30 countries participated in...
About 300 delegates from more than 30 countries participated in the 18th convention of UITIC, the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians, held in Guangzhou last month. It was led by Yves Morin, president of UITC and of CTC. Jean-Pierre Renaudin, president of the French shoe industry association (FFC) and ...
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Indonesia's shoe exports are forecast to decline by 25% in...
Indonesia's shoe exports are forecast to decline by 25% in 2014 to a range of $3.4 billion to $4.0 billion due to concerns over increases in minimum wages
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Guy Rapp launches a very technical tong, OZ 2026
Remember Guy Rapp? After working for many companies, the 53-year-old French executive has launched his own brand, OZ 2026. It stands for a very comfortable new type of tong which, he claims, solves five problems that sophisticated customers tend to complain about when they wear traditional models: lacking arch support, ...
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Yue Yuen predicts a recovery in 2014
The Chinese footwear manufacturing giant has predicted that 2013 would be a year of consolidation but that a new era of growth and profitability would start for the group from 2014. It mentioned a variety of initiatives on the manufacturing and retail fronts, including the expansion of production in the ...
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Stonefly has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special event...
Stonefly has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special event in Montebelluna and the release of a book on the history of the company
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Shoe retailers' sales in Sweden dropped by 2.4 percent in...
Shoe retailers' sales in Sweden dropped by 2.4 percent in August and by 3.7 percent in September when compared with the same periods last year, according to HUI Research
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Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...
Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...
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Skomagazinet has changed ownership. As of Jan. 1, Agneta Trägårdh...
Skomagazinet has changed ownership. As of Jan. 1, Agneta Trägårdh will take over as owner and chief editor, replacing Mariette Baecklund, founder of the Swedish footwear industry magazine, who ran it for the past 16 years. The 53-year-old has a lengthy background in journalism and in the footwear sector. Five ...
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