All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 21-22
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Toms is opening new stores in Portland, Oregon and New...
Toms is opening new stores in Portland, Oregon and New York City ++ Sorel has opened its first pop-up store in Manhattan's Meatpacking District
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Macintosh reports mixed results
Like Humanic, Brantano has been measuring the height of the customer's foot as well as the length and the width with its 3-D scanning system since May. The Belgian shoe retailer indicates on its website that it has already recorded the 3D scans of more than 3,000 pairs of shoes ...
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Prada said it is planning new openings for its pastry...
Prada said it is planning new openings for its pastry business, Pasticceria Marchesi, which it bought in March. The fashion designer said new Marchesi shops will open both in Milan and internationally, in Dubai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Founded in 1824, the Pasticceria Marchesi is a symbol of Milanese excellence ...
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Viola Metzner and Hans-Josef Orth are the new owners of...
Viola Metzner and Hans-Josef Orth are the new owners of the German Rohde Group since the beginning of November. They are exclusive shareholders of the German shoe producer, taking over the shares held by Wheatfield Investments, Morgan Stanley and Constantin Bastian Leander Venture Capital. As reported previously in Shoe Intelligence, ...
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Grendene signs a license with Vulcabras
Grendene is reinforcing its links with Vulcabras, which is controlled by other members of the Grendene family, with a licencing agreement to produce and sell women's shoes under the Azaleia and Dijean brand names in thermoplastic materials. Grendene, which is the parent company of Ipanema, Melissa, Grendha and Rider, has ...
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Palladium is opening a second store in Paris. The French...
Palladium is opening a second store in Paris. The French brand, which is owned by K-Swiss, already has stores in Amsterdam and London.
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Phoenix Footwear, which sells shoes under the Trotters and SoftWalk...
Phoenix Footwear, which sells shoes under the Trotters and SoftWalk brand names, reported a 71.6 percent jump in net profit to $548,000 in the third quarter. It was partly due to a non-recurring loss suffered in the year-ago period, but even disregarding the loss, the earnings were 51.6 percent higher ...
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FDRA rewards responsible footwear manufacturers
FDRA (Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America) has recognized eight Asian shoe factories as “Responsible Footwear Manufacturers,” based on their compliance with FDRA's new Code of Conduct. The designations were given at a special reception for footwear factory executives across Asia on Nov. 4, in Dongguan, China. The event was ...
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Red Wing Shoes opened its seventh mono-brand store in Europe...
Red Wing Shoes opened its seventh mono-brand store in Europe in Cologne in October. The company has six franchised stores in Europe: in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and London. WeWoTex from Erkelenz is managing the new franchised store in Cologne. Red Wing Shoes also has franchised stores in Seoul ...
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Hi-Tec launches documentary series
Hi-Tec is launching “The Walkumentary Series,” an online documentary project conceived and produced by This that + the other, an Amsterdam-based advertising agency. The films focus on how walking can lead to extraordinary things and the importance of taking time away from everyday life. Each film views walking from a different ...
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Fly London has reportedly signed partnerships with distributors in the...
Fly London has reportedly signed partnerships with distributors in the United Arab Emirates, Thailand and Angola, involving the establishment of stores and shop-in-shops in the respective countries
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SLEM, the educational initiative spearheaded by the Dutch design studio...
SLEM, the educational initiative spearheaded by the Dutch design studio of Nicoline van Enter, is organizing two special international footwear conferences, or “SLEMinars,” that will be held on Dec. 10 and 11 at the Hi-Tech Campus of Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. On the first day, the Footwear Health Tech Conference ...
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Hermès defies the luxury market
In contract with other major luxury goods groups, Hermès International continues to grow at a double-digit rate. The management is predicting currency-neutral sales growth of around 10 percent after posting increases of 12 percent for the first nine months of this year and 11 percent for the third quarter. In ...
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New Eurochief for Deckers
Deckers Brands will have a new to manager for its European business. Sergio Azzolari, a former top executive of Fornarina's parent company, will join the parent company of Ugg Australia and other brands next Feb. 2 as senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will take ...
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Nicholas Kirkwood has decided to stop working as creative director...
Nicholas Kirkwood has decided to stop working as creative director of Pollini to concentrate on his own brand, which has been sponsored and controlled by LVMH for a year. The 30-year-old British designer had started as a consultant for the Italian brand in 2008 and took full charge in 2010. ...
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Tod’s continues to disappoint
Tod's continues to disappoint after posting third-quarter results largely below market expectations. The group also sent out contradictory signals regarding the future shareholder structure of its brands. It had to clarify its position regarding the possible spin-off and listing of its Hogan brand and said that any decision regarding the ...
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The tribunal of Rimini continues to look for an investor...
The tribunal of Rimini continues to look for an investor who will take on Valleverde as a going concern, together with its 130-odd employees, but the Italian media are speculating that it may only find a buyer for its trademark and a few other assets. Since its bankruptcy in February, ...
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Superga continued its strong progress in the first nine months...
Superga continued its strong progress in the first nine months of this year, raising by 49 percent the turnover generated through its parent company, Basicnet, and its licensees. Basicnet opened six new stores in Italy during the period, while others were opened by licensees and franchisees in Taipei, São Paulo ...
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Silverfleet, the private equity company that took over the Office...
Silverfleet, the private equity company that took over the Office retail chain four years ago, has reportedly mandated JP Morgan to review its options for cashing out through a sale of the company or its stock market flotation. Here again, the business has further possibilities for international expansion. However, probably ...
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Footwear News has elected Skechers as “Company of the Year,”...
Footwear News has elected Skechers as “Company of the Year,” as it had already done in 1998
