All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 17-18 – Page 3
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Huntsman Polyurethanes has developed a set of best practice guidelines...
Huntsman Polyurethanes has developed a set of best practice guidelines for the design and development of safety footwear soles to meet international standards and deliver higher levels of performance through a project conducted in collaboration with a German supplier of safety shoes, Heinrich Klumpen Sohne. The study shows, among other ...
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Citing personal reasons, Klaus Bettermann has left the Berkemann Group,...
Citing personal reasons, Klaus Bettermann has left the Berkemann Group, where he had been serving as chief financial officer since February. The 54-year-old manager had been previously acting for many years as one of the top managers of Marc Shoes, which is now a property of the German group. His ...
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Steve Murray has been designated to succeed David Suddens as...
Steve Murray has been designated to succeed David Suddens as the chief executive of Dr. Martens at the end of this year. Suddens, who has led the company for 12 years, will act as non-executive chairman. Murray has lately been running Deckers Outdoor's operations in Europe, the Middle East and ...
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Marco Lachner, who has been working for Kangaroos' German licensee...
Marco Lachner, who has been working for Kangaroos' German licensee as head of brand and design since January, will be taking the newly created position of brand manager at Birkenstock from Jan. 1, 2015. In his new position, he will report directly to Rudy J. Haslbeck, director of product and design. At ...
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Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company...
Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company in Las Vegas that has been making clogs with EVA soles since 2006. Requesting a jury trial on the issue, the anti-trust complaint alleges that Crocs has been misleading consumers for more than a decade into believing that its “Croslite” ...
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Bata India is consolidating two wholly owned subsidiaries, Bata Properties...
Bata India is consolidating two wholly owned subsidiaries, Bata Properties and Coastal Commercial Exim, merging them into the parent company
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Scarosso, the online shoe retailer based in Berlin specializing in...
Scarosso, the online shoe retailer based in Berlin specializing in custom-made shoes made in Italy, has received a €8.5 million capital injection from Neo Investment Partners, DN Capital and VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin. A regional investment bank in Berlin and other investors, including DN, had put nearly €2 million into ...
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Skechers has enlisted Marinao Rivera, the retired Yankees baseball pitcher,...
Skechers has enlisted Marinao Rivera, the retired Yankees baseball pitcher, as a face of its men's Relaxed Fit line of footwear. Rivera, a 13-time All-Star who retired from the Major Leagues in 2013, will appear in point-of-sale, print, outdoor and digital commercials in 2015. The campaign will kick off with ...
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Barons Papillom, the new French shoe brand launched by Eric...
Barons Papillom, the new French shoe brand launched by Eric Lemaître, has opened its first store in Paris
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Barker Shoes enjoyed a positive response to its presentation at...
Barker Shoes enjoyed a positive response to its presentation at the Moda fair in Birmingham and theMicam in Milan of a small new range of shoes whose sole is made of recycled chewing gum and recycled plastic. The original sole is pink for women and blue for men, and it ...
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French Sole, the British brand of ballet pumps, is setting...
French Sole, the British brand of ballet pumps, is setting up its third concession in Beijing, a second franchised store in the Philippines and its first Canadian franchise in Vancouver over the next 12 months, according to Drapers. It is also planning to start up a younger sub-brand of ballerinas, ...
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In a new brand extension, Baldinini has launched its first...
In a new brand extension, Baldinini has launched its first line of watches for men and women, targeting a volume of 3,000 units for the first season. They are made at a Swiss factory in Neuchâtel. They were presented for the first time at a fashion show in Moscow at ...
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Bain buys half of Toms at a high price
Bain Capital has acquired a 50 percent stake in Toms Shoes from its founder, Blake Mycoskie, sharing ownership with him on a 50-50 basis. Toms says that the move will help it to accelerate its international expansion and its diversification out of footwear, while supporting its well-known philanthropic mission. Also, ...
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Ayakkabi, the Turkish shoe show in Izmir, will change its...
Ayakkabi, the Turkish shoe show in Izmir, will change its name to Shoexpo and move its dates from December to Sept. 8-11
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Asia's importance in the market is growing
With more than 50 percent of the global production and consumption, the Asian continent is taking on more importance in the global footwear market. According to the 2014 edition of the World Footwear Yearbook, which came out last month, Asia's share of global footwear consumption continued to increase and reached ...
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Castañer has appointed a new director general, Domingo Barrachina, who...
Castañer has appointed a new director general, Domingo Barrachina, who previously ran the international retail operations of Tous, a chain of jewelry and accessories stores. Replacing José Andres Bell and reporting to Antonio Castañer, president of the Spanish shoe company, he will be mainly in charge of pursuing its international ...
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Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president...
Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president of global merchandising, a newly-created position in the company. Poole, who started her new role on Aug. 25, is based at the company's product creation and global shared-services center in Niwot, Colorado. She will report directly to Andrew Rees, president ...
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In yet another management reshuffle, Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Rick...
In yet another management reshuffle, Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Rick Blackshaw as president of Sperry Top-Sider. He takes the place of Craig Reingold, who is no long with Wolverine. Blackshaw was most recently president of Keds, a position which is being taken up by Chris Lindner, most recently chief marketing ...
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LVMH and Google have announced the end of a series...
LVMH and Google have announced the end of a series of lawsuits that began in 2003, when Louis Vuitton first challenged the American company's practice of selling brand names as search words to advertisers. It argued that this system was promoting the sale of counterfeit products over the internet. The ...
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CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, has announced...
CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, has announced the release of the English version of “La Chaussure sous toutes ses coutures” under the title “Shoes from heel to toe.” The original French publication dates back to 2008. The book examines the subject of whether shoes are mere accessories ...
