All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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Ferragamo problems mount in Asia
Salvatore Ferragamo is confident that it can pursue the 6 percent currency-neutral increase in sales achieved in the first nine months of the year during the fourth quarter, despite mounting problems in the Asia-Pacific region, its largest market.The group admitted that the pro-democracy protests that started at the end of ...
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Vulcabras turns around
After a long, steady decline, Vulcabras' share price began to stabilize after the publication on Nov. 5 of the Brazilian company's financial results, which showed a tiny net profit of 3.1 million reais (€1.0m-$1.2m) for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss of R$6.2 million in the year-ago ...
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LK Bennett has appointed Jo Hooper to the newly-created position...
LK Bennett has appointed Jo Hooper to the newly-created position of group product director. Hooper will report directly to the company's chief executive, Robert Bensoussan. She will lead the design, buying and merchandising teams on a global level. She will be responsible for the product vision and strategy across all ...
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Gundl Herzog has been appointed to the newly created position...
Gundl Herzog has been appointed to the newly created position of head of operations at Highline United Europe. She will be responsible for all supply chain processes, from the entry of orders, assessment of demand and production scheduling in the different factories to the on-time delivery to clients. Herzog previously ...
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Jason Eames-Illingsworth has been appointed country manager of Hunter for...
Jason Eames-Illingsworth has been appointed country manager of Hunter for the U.K. and Ireland. He worked for Tommy Hilfiger and Wrangler before he became U.K. country manager for Replay in the middle of 2010.
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Macintosh Retail Group has announced the resignation of Theo Strijbos...
Macintosh Retail Group has announced the resignation of Theo Strijbos as chief financial officer and member of the executive board. The Dutch company stressed that he has decided leave, following amicable negotiations, now that its refinancing has been largely completed. He left the board on Nov. 1 and will leave ...
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Andy Smith, who has been taking care of independent retailers...
Andy Smith, who has been taking care of independent retailers for Lotus in the U.K., has been promoted to sales manager of the growing British brand, handling also the chains
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New technologies at Leder & Schuh
The Austrian retail group, which is recovering from costly investments on other projects, will launch a new smartphone app before Christmas that will allow some of its Austrian clients to determine whether any of the shoes offered at its Humanic stores in the country will really fit them. It will ...
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Ka & Ka, the holding company behind The Flexx, changed...
Ka & Ka, the holding company behind The Flexx, changed its name to The Flexx on Oct. 20
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Boot Barn, the American shoe retailer specializing in Western boots,...
Boot Barn, the American shoe retailer specializing in Western boots, has completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, trading since Oct. 30 under the symbol “BOOT.” It has collected total net proceeds of about $82.7 million from the sale of 5,750,000 shares at $16.00 apiece, including ...
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Alpargatas expands internationally
Alpargatas has come to generate about 30 percent of its turnover outside Brazil, and its foreign business is expanding. The company booked a 26 percent increase year-on-year to 7,088,000 pairs during the third quarter in the volume of shoes sold by its subsidiaries in Europe and the U.S. and to ...
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As in previous years, Youngcom, the marketing and consulting agency...
As in previous years, Youngcom, the marketing and consulting agency from Munich, awarded prizes for the most popular brands for teenagers in Germany. Deichmann won in the category of “most popular shoe store,” followed by Tamaris and Görtz. More than 20,000 teenagers and young adults participated in the online voting, ...
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Arezzo, the big Brazilian shoe retailer and brand owner, advises...
Arezzo, the big Brazilian shoe retailer and brand owner, advises suppliers to stop sending their bills between Dec. 15 and Jan. 10 because of the installation of an SAP system
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An advertisement by Mephisto shows that the company is looking...
An advertisement by Mephisto shows that the company is looking for an international sales director
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Acting as a Community Court for the whole European Union,...
Acting as a Community Court for the whole European Union, the Paris court of appeals has acknowledged the distinctiveness of Havaianas' graphic trademark and confirmed its validity, concluding that it is readily identifiable. Alpargatas Europe feels that the verdict settles the company's claims against four - five defendants in the ...
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We already reported about the acquisition of Harrys of London...
We already reported about the acquisition of Harrys of London by an investment fund, Palladin Consumer Retail Partners. According to Drapers magazine, the new owners are planning to develop the shoe retail chain internationally, starting with four new stores in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Doha and Riyadh. It also plans to ...
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Josef Kalliwoda passed away at the age of 91 on...
Josef Kalliwoda passed away at the age of 91 on Nov. 16. The former German shoe agent was successful in the 1990s with a fashionable shoe collection that he was putting together for his clients. He had started to work independently in 1969 after working for many years as sales ...
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Santoni has opened its first U.S. store at 762 Madison...
Santoni has opened its first U.S. store at 762 Madison Avenue in New York, measuring 90 square meters
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Convincing signs of Geox' turnaround in Q3
Geox showed convincing signs in the third quarter that its turnaround strategy is working, pushing the group's share prices up by nearly 12 percent on the day of its quarterly financial release and generating a string of positive comments from financial analysts. The revenues reported by the company were only ...
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CCC, the leading Polish-based shoe retailer, recorded a 27 percent...
CCC, the leading Polish-based shoe retailer, recorded a 27 percent increase in its total sales from €251 million in the first nine months of 2013 to the equivalent of €318 million in the first nine months of this yea. CCC is still expanding the network of its stores. On Nov. ...
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