All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 8-9 – Page 3
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Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many...
Bernd Hummel, the licensee for Kangaroos in Germany and many other European countries, is searching for a new distribution partner in Poland. The company recently signed cooperation contracts for Kangaroos in Turkey, Canada, Scandinavia, Korea and the Philippines, where sublicensees are able to buy items from Bernd Hummel's Kangaroos collection. First deliveries ...
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From the start of this year, Rhode has been selling...
From the start of this year, Rhode has been selling its shoe collections in Canada through a distributor, Socks Optional. Previously, sales were made directly to several retailers in the market. In general, Rhode aims to increase its presence on existing markets in Western Europe and Scandinavia. The German brand ...
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Since last winter, Hispanitas has been selling its shoe collections in India...
Since last winter, Hispanitas has been selling its shoe collections in India by means of a distribution partnership with Exito Trading. The Spanish shoe brand recorded a sales increase of 5 percent in 2012 as compared to 2011. Exports increased by 30 percent, and the company plans to increase their ratio of total ...
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PPR becomes Kering
Next June 18, the shareholders of PPR will vote at its annual meeting for a change in the company's name to Kering, marking the completion of its transformation into an international group of luxury, sport and lifestyle brands with a special corporate culture.Still controlled by the Pinault family, the French ...
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Ted Baker Footwear, one of the shoe licenses held by...
Ted Baker Footwear, one of the shoe licenses held by Pentland Group, has a new European territory manager. He is Florian Werner, and he will be in charge of coordinating the national sales teams and to handle key retail accounts. The manager has already been working in Pentland's international sales ...
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Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, recorded a slight...
Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes, recorded a slight decline in its total sales in 2012 as compared to the previous business year. Nevertheless, sales in the Benelux increased by 6 percent and sales in Russia increased by 8 percent. In total, Richter sold about one million pairs of shoes ...
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EMU Australia is diversifying its collections into new types of functional and...
EMU Australia is diversifying its collections into new types of functional and fashionable shoes to balance out the decline in sales of its traditional sheepskin boots, which have been very successful for a short period of time. The company has launched a completely new waterproof collection and a more fashionable collection of leather boots with ...
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Slight drop in attendance at the Micam in Milan
Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, has reported a slight drop in the number of visitors at the latest edition of theMICAM – the new name given to the Milan shoe trade show to underscore its growing international character. They were a total of 35,389, down by 1.8 percent as ...
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A bigger drop in attendance at GDS
The number of daily visits at the three-day GDS fair in Düsseldorf decreased by about 8 percent to 21,300 from the level of 23,150 reported in March 2012. However, exhibitors reportedly indicated that important buyers came to see them at their stands. However, some exhibitors at GDS told us that Micam had ...
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Humanic is opening its first store in Munich in April,...
Humanic is opening its first store in Munich in April, measuring 1,200 square meters
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An investigating magistrate has been appointed in France to look...
An investigating magistrate has been appointed in France to look into the conditions surrounding the stake that luxury group LVMH has built in Hermès International. LVMH took a 17.1 percent stake in Hermès in October 2010, and it subsequently rose to 22.6 percent. The move follows a preliminary investigation that ...
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ANWR helps members with credit and online support
The biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers, the ANWR Group, announced at its annual press conference during the GDS fair in Düsseldorf that it is offering its retail members a 30-day extension of payments on their purchases free of charge, no matter what the due date. As the affiiated retailers have ...
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Birkenstock has signed a centralized settlement contract with ANWR...
Birkenstock has signed a centralized settlement contract with ANWR
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André, one of the shoe retail chains of the French...
André, one of the shoe retail chains of the French Vivarte group, is sporting a new logo and launching its first web shop, taking orders only from French customers for the time being. The group wants to modernize and upgrade the image of André. With this purpose in mind, it ...
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Scarpe & Scarpe, a large Italian chain of shoe shops,...
Scarpe & Scarpe, a large Italian chain of shoe shops, has opened its 110th door on 1,385 square meters at Busnago near Milan
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DSW, the fast-growing American shoe retail chain, is launching a...
DSW, the fast-growing American shoe retail chain, is launching a website for luxury footwear, Luxe810, and five pop-up stores under the same name in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Boca Baton and Washington, D.C.
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The board of directors of the American Apparel & Footwear...
The board of directors of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) unanimously approved a new mission statement and strategic plan. One of the tenets of its mission statement – which is very similar to ours - is to provide members with valuable intelligence to make smart business decisions that ...
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DSW, the American shoe retail chain whose name stands for...
DSW, the American shoe retail chain whose name stands for Designer Shoe Warehouse, has announced the launch of Luxe810, a luxury segment offering top luxury brands at up to 50 percent off. The Luxe810 assortment includes shoes, handbags, jewelry, and other accessories for men and women, and features brands such ...
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Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has unveiled a...
Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has unveiled a new website featuring a new design and innovative tools and resources to assist the industry's business intelligence and help improve company performance. The site, which is said to be specifically tailored to the footwear industry, includes a new Intel Center ...
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In an unusual move, Amazon has disclosed the turnover of...
In an unusual move, Amazon has disclosed the turnover of some of its foreign subsidiaries. With sales of $8.73 billion, or about €6.5 billion, the German one was the group's largest operation after the American one in 2012, and they were up from $5.3 billion in 2010 and $7.23 billion ...
