All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 19-20 – Page 4
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Cole Haan has announced a multi-year partnership with three ballet...
Cole Haan has announced a multi-year partnership with three ballet dancers of the New York City Ballet. The partnership features products inspired and co-created by principal dancers, Sara Mearns and Megan Fairchild, as well as Gretchen Smith of the corps de ballet. The new Cole Haan Avery Ballet Studio collection ...
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Kering has announced it has been included on “The A...
Kering has announced it has been included on “The A List: The CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index 2014” for its actions to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the business risks of climate change. The luxury conglomerate was presented with an award from the Carbon Disclosure Project and was one of ...
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Hennes & Mauritz launched its extended and improved range of...
Hennes & Mauritz launched its extended and improved range of shoes for women, men, youth and children in about 30 selected stores in nine countries, including China, the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden. H&M will add its extended product range of shoes to its online stores during this autumn. The ...
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Callaghan has developed and patented a new U-shaped amortization system,...
Callaghan has developed and patented a new U-shaped amortization system, called UP, that allows the heel of the foot to adapt automatically to the nature of the terrain. Callaghan's parent company, Calzados Hergar, says it took two years to develop the technology and the rather unique design of the UP ...
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Bonita C. Stewart, an American executive of Google who has...
Bonita C. Stewart, an American executive of Google who has worked for IBM and Chrysler, has joined the board of directors of Deckers Brands
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Dune has opened its first American store in the SoHo...
Dune has opened its first American store in the SoHo district of New York. The next one is set to go on stream next year in the new Westfield World Trade Center of Manhattan. The British shoe retailer is targeting the opening of between 20 and 30 stores in the ...
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Sperry Top-Sider, the American manufacturer of boots, is cooperating with...
Sperry Top-Sider, the American manufacturer of boots, is cooperating with the Swedish “Velour by Nostalgie” label for a collection of waterproof sneakers, to be manufactured at the start of the autumn/winter season 2014/15 and available at Velour stores and selected Sperry Top-Sider stores at the end of October.
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Manas merges with Alfiere
A single company, called Alma, will own and manage the three footwear brands that are currently separately owned and run by two branches of the Sagripanti family in the Marche region of Italy - Manas, Lea Foscati and Khriò – through two separate firms, Manas and Alfiere. The new holding ...
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Adidas is said to be receiving an offer to sell...
Adidas is said to be receiving an offer to sell Reebok International for $2.2 billion, a lot less than the $3.8 billion that it spent to acquire the business eight years ago. As previously reported, Adidas is also considering selling the Rockport brand, and according to Footwear News, and Drydock ...
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Hong Kong protests add to the luxury goods slowdown
Analysts with Bain & Company are expecting a further softening in the international luxury goods market, predicting that it will end the year with an overall increase of only around 5 percent in local currencies, down from 10 percent in 2012 and 8 percent in 2013. In terms of euros, ...
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Prada has acquired Tannerie Mégisserie Hervy, a French tannery based...
Prada has acquired Tannerie Mégisserie Hervy, a French tannery based near Limoges. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase is a joint venture with Conceria Superior, a Tuscan tannery and long-time industrial partner of the Italian luxury fashion house. Prada will be the controlling partner in ...
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Brown Shoe Company said it has led a $9 million...
Brown Shoe Company said it has led a $9 million round of funding for Jack Erwin, a New York City-based brand that offers handmade classic men's shoes directly to consumers. Other participants in this round include CrossLink Capital, Shasta Ventures, and FundersGuild – all of which are return investors. In ...
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Sabu Schu & Marketing had a 9 percent increase in...
Sabu Schu & Marketing had a 9 percent increase in centralized settlements to €304.5 million in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period a year ago. Total sales in the third quarter showed a 2 percent increase as compared to the same quarter of last ...
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Prada has opened an 860-square-meter store in the Swiss city...
Prada has opened an 860-square-meter store in the Swiss city of Lugano, after starting up its own store on Zurich's central Banhofstrasse at the beginning of this year. The Italian group is working on a more direct basis in the country, breaking up a partnership of more than 20 years ...
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Hunter Boot saw its turnover increase by 9.8 percent last...
Hunter Boot saw its turnover increase by 9.8 percent last year to £81.7 million (€104.25m-$130.46m), as its wellies proved popular both in the U.K. and overseas. The British retailer reported profit on ordinary activities before tax up 7.4 percent to £14.6 million (€18.63m-$23.31m) in the year to Dec. 31, 2013. Online ...
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As planned, Fly London has opened its 7th store on...
As planned, Fly London has opened its 7th store on Bleecker Street, in the Greenwich Village of New York, covering 60 square meters. It should be followed by other locations in North America, where the brand is growing quickly. The Portuguese brand already has stores in Lisbon, Porto, London, Dublin, ...
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Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes...
Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes were seized at the Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market, in the north of Paris, at the beginning of October. In addition to the 6,270 pairs of fake Nike and 150 pairs of fake Converse the police, accompanied by two employees ...
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Correction: Europe represented 35.9 percent of world trade in footwear...
Correction: Europe represented 35.9 percent of world trade in footwear last year, according to the World Footwear Yearbook compiled by Apiccaps. This includes a share of 31 percent from individual European countries to others within the European Union.
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Converse is suing 31 companies over trademark infringement
Converse filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit earlier this month in the Eastern District Court of New York and at the International Trade Commission against 31 companies, accused of ripping off its iconic “Chuck Taylor” sneakers. As reported first by The New York Times, the Nike-owned brand is suing them for monetary ...
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Prada cuts sales, store opening target for 2014
As expected, Prada downscaled its projections for the current financial year, in terms of sales as well as plans for new store openings, due to the worsening economic and geopolitical situation, especially in Europe and Asia. The group also has suffered from supply problems in its leathergoods business, which it ...
