All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 13-14 – Page 4
-
Short stops
BBI Distribution will introduce Lambretta Footwear to the French market...
BBI Distribution will introduce Lambretta Footwear to the French market
-
Article
Overland licenses G.H. Bass
Overland and G-III Apparel have entered a multi-year licensing agreement for the sale of men's, women's and children's shoes under the famous G.H. Bass brand name and related labels in Europe, starting with sales to department stores and specialty shops in the autumn of this year. Under a separate agreement, ...
-
News briefs
Cole Haan has opened its first global flagship store based...
Cole Haan has opened its first global flagship store based on a new design in the Ginza district of Tokyo. In addition to a normal collection of shoes for men and women, it also offers some unique styles and the brand's new line of handbags on a total space of ...
-
News briefs
The RSB Bank, which is owned by the Sabu cooperative...
The RSB Bank, which is owned by the Sabu cooperative of shoe retailers in Germany, increased centralized settlements by 20 percent or €125 million to €716 million in 2013. The annual profit of the RSB Bank increased from €1.2 million to €1.4 million. For the cooperative itself, the annual profit ...
-
News briefs
Pretty Ballerinas opened a mono-brand store in Berlin at the...
Pretty Ballerinas opened a mono-brand store in Berlin at the beginning of July after opening a mono-brand store in Rome in April. The company owns both stores. Pretty Ballerinas has 85 mono-brand stores worldwide. All the stores in Europe and in the U.S. are owned by the Spanish company. In ...
-
Short stops
Propét USA has promoted Jillian Avey, who has been with...
Propét USA has promoted Jillian Avey, who has been with the company since 2011, to the position of vice president of marketing
-
Short stops
Katharina Harrauer replaces Elisabeth Kreuberger as manager of the Austrian...
Katharina Harrauer replaces Elisabeth Kreuberger as manager of the Austrian Shoe Order Center of Brandboxx Salzburg
-
Short stops
Floris van Bommel has enlisted an Aùmerican singer and songwriter,...
Floris van Bommel has enlisted an Aùmerican singer and songwriter, Jay Brannan, as his testimonial
-
News briefs
The Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, and the nation's association...
The Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, and the nation's association of components manufacturers, AEC, have signed a new labor agreement with the unions, leading them to cancel a previously planned strike. Aside from new clauses on flexible schedules and other issues, the new contract calls for wage increases of 1.0 ...
-
News briefs
Aquazzura, the luxury shoe label from Italy, will open its...
Aquazzura, the luxury shoe label from Italy, will open its first flagship store in Florence in October in the historical Palazzo Corsini, near the Ponte Vecchio. It will be the only store worldwide, where Aquazzuro will present its full product range. The company's headquarters will also move to the Palazzo ...
-
News briefs
Like in April, retail sales of shoes continued to decline...
Like in April, retail sales of shoes continued to decline slightly in May in Germany, as compared to the same months of one year ago. They were down by 2 percent, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung, with a drop of 0.8 percent excluding inflation. In spite of this, German ...
-
News briefs
Ara Shoes has appointed Stefan Frank as joint managing director...
Ara Shoes has appointed Stefan Frank as joint managing director in charge of marketing and sales, taking the place of Hans-Hermann Deters who had already announced his departure as of July 31. Unlike Deters, who comes from the sporting goods sector, Frank has been in the shoe business for a ...
-
Short stops
Stuart Weitzman has appointed Monica Schwartz to the newly created...
Stuart Weitzman has appointed Monica Schwartz to the newly created role of chief global digital and e-commerce officer
-
Short stops
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Linda Brunzell as vice president of...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Linda Brunzell as vice president of global marketing for the Wolverine brand
-
Article
Ash launches apparel
Ash, the Italian brand controlled by Highline United Europe, is launching its first ready-to-wear collection for spring/summer 2015 under the name “Ash Studio Paris.” The collection, which was designed together with the New York fashion designer Kevork Kiledjian, is for women and offers about 90 pieces, including trouser suits, skirts, ...
-
News briefs
Pajar Canada has further developed its apparel collection for spring...
Pajar Canada has further developed its apparel collection for spring 2015, introducing a new line of rainwear at the Premium show in Berlin this month. The new line includes lightweight down jackets available in 17 different colors, a line of rubber boots in matching colors and rain jackets for biking.
-
Article
ANWR Group grows further
During its annual convention, held on June 22 in Mainhausen, the ANWR Group reported an increase of 3 percent to €7.8 billion in transactions through the group in 2013.ANWR Schuh, ANWR Garant International (AGI) and the other directly managed buying groups recorded a combined increase of 4.1 percent to €2.4 ...
-
Short stops
Massimo Donda, president of Italy's Federcalzature, announces the release of...
Massimo Donda, president of Italy's Federcalzature, announces the release of a Chinese-language edition of “I Passi del Successo” (=The Steps Toward Success), the book that he has written on the birth and development of 15 Italian shoe companies
-
News briefs
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the appointment of...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the appointment of Jenna Aarons to the new role of events manager, effective June 30. She joins the BFA from her current role of head of marketing and press for Beyond Retro Vintage Clothing. Aarons will take over the management, communication strategy and ...
-
News briefs
Tod's has hired Andrea Incontri as its new creative director...
Tod's has hired Andrea Incontri as its new creative director for its menswear collections. The Italian designer has been rolling out designs for his namesake men's and women's labels since spring 2013. Incontri was revealed in June 2010 at a competition for young talents, “Who's on Next Man,” which he won ...
