All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 11-12 – Page 4

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    Stahl acquires Clariant’s Leather Services

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Clariant said it completed the previously announced sale of its leather services business to Stahl on April 30. Stahl took over all the activities of Clariant's Leather Services business, including manufacturing sites in Germany, Italy and India, and laboratories in several other locations. In addition, around 570 Clariant employees joined ...

  • News briefs

    According to a Danish online fashion publication, Fashion Forum, Converse...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    According to a Danish online fashion publication, Fashion Forum, Converse is accusing a number of Danish retailers of cheating consumers by selling thousands of pairs of counterfeit All-Star sneakers. The retailers in  question include Kvickly, Facts, Lidl and Harald Nyborg who in 2012, allegedly dropped prices and sold thousands of ...

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    Spanish shoes keep on growing abroad

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Continuing its momentum, the Spanish shoe industry recorded an increase of almost ten percent in its exports during the first quarter of 2014. Compared with the same period a year ago, they grew by 9.2 percent in value to €734 million and by 9.8 percent in volume to 42.2 million ...

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    In concert with Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, Apex-Brasil,...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    In concert with Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, Apex-Brasil, the trade promotion agency of the Brazilian government, has decided to add Mexico and Germany to the list of target markets for greater exports of footwear. It was noted that Mexico and Germany import only 0.9 percent and 0.17 percent ...

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    Heitor Klein, president of the Brazilian shoe industry association, Abicalçados,...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Heitor Klein, president of the Brazilian shoe industry association, Abicalçados, has been named by the state of Rio Grande do Sul “International Competitiveness Personality of the Year.” One of the largest footwear manufacturers in the state, Paquetá Calçados, was among the 49 firms to get an export award.

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    Ara Shoes' sales increased by one percent to €576 million...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Ara Shoes' sales increased by one percent to €576 million in 2013, according to preliminary figures. Unit sales grew by 0.6 percent to almost seven million pairs. The company invested in cost optimization, the qualitative optimization of sales and the promotion of brand visibility in the past year. It has ...

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    Prada has promoted the 47-year-old Stefano Cantino to the new...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Prada has promoted the 47-year-old Stefano Cantino to the new position of marketing, communication and business development director, reporting directly to Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada. Cantino's brief includes the strategic development of Church's and the other brands of the group. He will also take care of licensing, wholesale development ...

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    Anteprima by Lineapelle will now be held on July 3-4,...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Anteprima by Lineapelle will now be held on July 3-4, at the Mico hall of Fieramilanocity in Milan. The event was originally to take place in September. Organizers expect 74 exhibitors, a figure similar to that of last year. Meanwhile, Lineapelle has been moved from Fiera di Bologna to FieraMilano ...

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    An Italian brand, Cartina, will be presenting a spring/summer 2015...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    An Italian brand, Cartina, will be presenting a spring/summer 2015 shoe collection in recycled and recyclable paper, covered by an exclusive world-wide patent, at Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence, on June 17-20. The Italian brand, based in the Tuscan city of Lucca, will introduce four versions of the shoe named ...

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    Mexico's total footwear exports in 2013 had a volume of...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Mexico's total footwear exports in 2013 had a volume of just under 26.1 million pairs. This represents an increase in volume of 8.5 percent as compared to 2012. In terms of value, footwear exports brought $592.6 million into Mexico last year, an increase of 14 percent on 2012. In 2013, ...

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    Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking for investors to take over his company, which may be worth as much as $600 million in spite of its generous “one for one” donations of shoes and eyewear, according to the Financial Times. The goal is to make the ...

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    Hub, the Dutch footwear brand established in 2004, has expanded...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Hub, the Dutch footwear brand established in 2004, has expanded to France. It started to sell in the U.K. two years ago through a sales agent and signed a contract with Soletrader, a British shoe retail chain with 12 stores, at the end of January. First deliveries to Soletrader were ...

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    CORRECTION: Timberland has about 120 people working for the brand...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    CORRECTION: Timberland has about 120 people working for the brand VF Corporation's European office in Stabio, Switzerland. Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart, who is running Timberland's European operations, was previously in charge of European sales and brand management for The North Face.

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    Salvatore Ferragamo is committing €600,000 for the restoration of four...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Salvatore Ferragamo is committing €600,000 for the restoration of four rooms in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. It's a lot less than the €26 million pledged by Diego della Valle, chairman of Tod's, for the restoration of Rome's Coliseum.