All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 13-14 – Page 5
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Bread & Butter moves back to Barcelona for its winter edition
The organizers of the Bread & Butter show have decided to return to Barcelona for its winter edition in the next three years and to remain in Berlin only for its summer edition. The move seems to be clearly intended to counter the expansion of Premium, Panorama, Bright and other ...
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Peter Kaiser appointed Liliana Cacopardo, previously working for Dolce &...
Peter Kaiser appointed Liliana Cacopardo, previously working for Dolce & Gabbana and Navyboot, as head of design from July 1 and Lena Paetow, previously working for Bree Collections, as the new designer for its own collection of bags and accessories from last March
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Serve & Volley Footwear, licensee for the Björn Borg Footwear...
Serve & Volley Footwear, licensee for the Björn Borg Footwear line, has appointed Red Alert Agency and Urban Styles as agents for the British and German markets, respectively, starting with the spring/summer 2015 collection
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Kennel & Schmenger (K&S) will open its ninth mono-brand store...
Kennel & Schmenger (K&S) will open its ninth mono-brand store in Düsseldorf this September. All its mono-brand stores in Germany are company-owned with its most recent one opened in Munich in May 2014. K & S is currently planning to cooperate with local partners in China for the establishment of ...
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Joseph Cheney & Sons will open a store on Jermyn...
Joseph Cheney & Sons will open a store on Jermyn Street in London in August
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Leder & Schuh, parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other...
Leder & Schuh, parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other shoe retail chains, continued to make losses in the first half of this year. Without mentioning yet any figures, the management of the Austrian company said that they will show an improvement and that a financial turnaround is expected by ...
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David Morey, the American strategy consultant who was involved in...
David Morey, the American strategy consultant who was involved in the election campaign of Barack Obama, will be a keynote speaker at the fifth World Footwear Congress, which will be held in Leon, Mexico, on Nov. 24-25. He is the award-winning co-author of “The Underdog Advantage: Using the Power of ...
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The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), the largest...
The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), the largest footwear trade association in the U.S., has released a comprehensive Footwear Production Code of Conduct. The code was created to establish a common, baseline code to help drive uniformity within the footwear industry. FDRA members make up for more than ...
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Silva e Sousa & Irmãos, the Portuguese company known also...
Silva e Sousa & Irmãos, the Portuguese company known also as Filipe Shoes, has launched its new corporate website, filipeshops.com
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Alpina restructures its debt
Creditors of Alpina are going to convert liabilities of between €5 million and €15 million into shares in the Slovenian shoe manufacturer under a proposal that has been approved by the local District Court in Kranji to restructure its debt, which amounts to more than €42 million. A court-appointed receiver ...
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Many years ago, sales representatives covered the German, Austrian and...
Many years ago, sales representatives covered the German, Austrian and Swiss market for Rocket Dog. The U.S. brand will now be re-introduced in these markets by a distributor, Our Fashion, which is working with various territorial agents. Rocket Dog has also signed a contract with a new distributor in Israel, ...
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A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a...
A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a permanent successor to Fabio Aromatici, the dynamic multi-lingual manager who has been running the Italian shoe industry association for the past six years, Assocalzaturifici, and its trade shows. Pending the new appointment, two other managers are taking over his functions ...
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Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for...
Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for infringement of the patent and trade dress rights of its Go Walk line. Skechers had previously launched a similar lawsuit against Reebok.
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Moda Made in Italy is allowing brands to show again...
Moda Made in Italy is allowing brands to show again on the main floor at its next edition in Munich on Sept. 12-14
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Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe...
Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe workers have accepted an improved 8 percent wage increase proposed by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union, with effect from July 1. They will also get an improved annual bonus. About 7,000 workers are employed at 163 shoe ...
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Aerosoles has appointed Kevin Mead as executive vice president, retail....
Aerosoles has appointed Kevin Mead as executive vice president, retail. He will report directly to Jules Schneider, the company's chief executive. Mead will lead the strategic direction, ongoing expansion and operations of Aerosoles' retail and outlet locations. Previously, he was senior vice president and retail director for The Children's Place, ...
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Steve Madden is adopting the omni-channel personalization system of Certona...
Steve Madden is adopting the omni-channel personalization system of Certona to boost its online sales
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China's Aokang has adopted the Lectra Fashion PLM system to...
China's Aokang has adopted the Lectra Fashion PLM system to step up its in-house design and development activities and to increase control of its supply chain
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Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address at Skechers' annual global...
Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address at Skechers' annual global conference, which took place in Redondo Beach, California on June 26. The former U.S. president Clinton addressed 1,500 Skechers executives, team members and international partners. The theme of the Skechers Global Conference this year was “Innovate to Elevate.” The president's ...
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Gabor has promoted Marc Martin, retail manager for Camel Active,...
Gabor has promoted Marc Martin, retail manager for Camel Active, to senior marketing and retail manager of the brand
