All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 13-14 – Page 3
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Bunker has launched its first line of children's shoes for...
Bunker has launched its first line of children's shoes for the coming autumn/winter season
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Gisele Bündchen is taking the place of Kate Moss in...
Gisele Bündchen is taking the place of Kate Moss in the photo shoots for the automn/winter 2014/15 collection of Stuart Weitzman
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Start-rite Shoes, the British children's shoe company, is said to...
Start-rite Shoes, the British children's shoe company, is said to be trying to raise additional capital to help fund its foreign expansion. Spayne Lindsay has been hired to look for an investor. According to Footwear Today, the company improved its sales to more than £24 million (€30.35m-$41.05m) last year and its ...
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Kat Mavconie, the stylish British women's designer, has signed a...
Kat Mavconie, the stylish British women's designer, has signed a licensing agreement with Phoenicia International
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Shoe Zone, the British shoe retailer that went public on...
Shoe Zone, the British shoe retailer that went public on May 23, has reported a 16.2 percent drop in sales to £82.9 million (€104.82m-$141.76m) for the first half of its financial year, ended April 5. It attributed the drop to the closure during the 12 months ended last Oct. 6 of ...
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Zalando breaks even
After eliminating its losses in the German market two years ago, the big Berlin-based e-tailer announced on Friday that it had finally reached the breakeven level in terms of operating results (Ebit) for the whole group during the second quarter ended June 30. This would compare to a negative margin ...
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Many new brands at the GDS
By shifting its dates from September to the end of July, the GDS fair in Düsseldorf has won back some important German brands, such as Kennel & Schmenger and Ricosta, and won new ones. More than 900 companies will take part in a vastly revisited new edition of the show ...
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ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally,...
ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally, is setting up its first leather manufacturing facility in the U.S. The site will be located in Vicksburg, Mississippi and the project will be known as Mississippi TanTec Leather. ISA TanTec currently has operations in Saigon, Vietnam and Heshan City, ...
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Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other...
Liebeskind, the German brand of clothing, handbags, shoes and other accessories from Berlin, recently took over the distribution in Austria and Switzerland. Sales in Italy have been handled directly for six months. In the U.S., Liebeskind has a subsidiary that takes care of the distribution. Liebeskind has also been selling ...
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Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will launch a new premium...
Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will launch a new premium banner of shoe stores in September, named Cartujano. The Fluxà family, owner of Camper, already created the brand in 1993 but the company never opened a single store. Four stores, offering shoes and accessories for men and women, will be ...
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Hub, the Dutch footwear brand, has introduced a new three-layer...
Hub, the Dutch footwear brand, has introduced a new three-layer insole, intended to stimulate blood circulation, which is generally used in running shoes, for its spring/ summer 2015 collection. Hub's production partner in Vietnam, who now takes care of the complete production of the Dutch brand, produces the new insole. ...
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Clarks continues its cooperation with Herschel, a Canadian brand of...
Clarks continues its cooperation with Herschel, a Canadian brand of backpacks, for spring/summer 2015. The collection was presented for the first time during the Fashion Week in Berlin this July. Clarks also presented a new limited edition of its heritage line, an interpretation of the original desert boot, which was ...
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Birkenstock has informed customers that there could be delays in...
Birkenstock has informed customers that there could be delays in deliveries because of a sudden sales boom, particularly in the U.S. and other countries. As a result, Birkenstock's Alsa subsidiary will not transfer the production of footbeds and soles from Steinau-Uerzell to another site in Görlitz, as it had originally ...
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Like in January, Who's Next suffered a big decline in...
Like in January, Who's Next suffered a big decline in the number of visitors, especially from France, at its July 4-7 edition. In spite of the proximity in terms of dates with the Berlin Fashion Week, the Parisian fashion fair had to report a 15 percent drop in the number ...
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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, has a new distributor in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From July, Urban Shoes acts as sales agent for the brand with some retailers and as distributor for other accounts. In the U.K., Bernd Hummel has signed ...
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Berluti is inviting men to wonder whether they are more...
Berluti is inviting men to wonder whether they are more like Batman or Superman. The images of the two superheroes are placed on the windows of all its stores and will soon be featured on its website.
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No numbers from the Berlin Fashion Week
None of the numerous fairs taking place during the Berlin Fashion Week reported attendance figures this time, following a pattern that was started by Bread & Butter several years ago. In general, the flow of visitors appeared to be stable, with variations from one show to another.At the Bread & ...
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Tommy Hilfiger has hired Thomas Bergbauer as design director for...
Tommy Hilfiger has hired Thomas Bergbauer as design director for footwear and accessories, based in Amsterdam. The 47-year-old worked for Marc O'Polo Shoes for six years until last year when he was made creative director for Navyboot, based in Switzerland.
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Michel Guth has left Wolverine Worldwide, where he has been...
Michel Guth has left Wolverine Worldwide, where he has been acting lately as the manager of its Heritage division in France, to join Rocket Dog Brands International in the position of European export manager, based in France. He worked previously at Sony, Fila, New Balance and Timberland. Rocket Dog has ...
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Frau, the Italian footwear brand, has been entering various foreign...
Frau, the Italian footwear brand, has been entering various foreign markets recently including Spain, Greece, Poland, the U.S. and Australia. Through an American partner, it has opened its first U.S. store in the Fashion Island shopping center of Newport Beach, California.
