All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 3-4 – Page 2
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Grendene diversifies, sees lower margins
Grendene is working on the idea of launching a new brand of plastic shoes named after Philippe Starck, the major French furniture designer. Without commenting on the timing for its market introduction, the Brazilian shoe company says it would have the potential to generate annual sales of US$100 million in ...
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Melissa has opened a showroom in Milan for direct sales...
Melissa has opened a showroom in Milan for direct sales in the Italian market following the termination of a contract with Olang, the Italian specialist in after-ski boots
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Moreschi opens a store in Riyadh ++ Salamander has developed...
Moreschi opens a store in Riyadh ++ Salamander has developed a new shop-in-shop concept
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Luis Onofre, the Portuguese shoe designer, is opening his first...
Luis Onofre, the Portuguese shoe designer, is opening his first mono-brand store in Lisbon
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Deichmann’s same-store sales are off
Deichmann has reported a 2.2 percent increase in its sales last year to €4.6 billion. In terms of constant-currency rates, sales rose by 3.3 percent. The number of pairs sold increased by 1.3 percent to 167 million. On the other hand, the group suffered a drop of 0.7 percent on ...
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Jones’ sales decline but margins improve
The Jones Group reported lower revenues for the year and the quarter ended Dec. 31, but its net losses declined, too. The company lost $19.7 million in 2013 on net sales of $3,720.3 million versus a loss of $55.0 million on sales of $3,750.6 million in 2012. For the fourth ...
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Dansko's executive vice president of sales and marketing, David Murphy,...
Dansko's executive vice president of sales and marketing, David Murphy, will be retiring at the end of April. He will continue to serve in his current role as director on Dansko's board of directors. Murphy joined Dansko in 2006. In his 35-year career in the footwear industry, he also had ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation has promoted Dave Powers to the new...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has promoted Dave Powers to the new position of president of omni-channel, reporting to the company's chief executive, Angel Martinez. He was president of global direct-to-consumer sales. In addition to continuing to oversee Deckers' domestic DTC operations, Powers will be responsible for all wholesale, distributor, retail and ...
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Vietnam's footwear exports continued to improve in January with a...
Vietnam's footwear exports continued to improve in January with a year-on-year rise of 4.7% to $850 million
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G-Star has a new in-store concept for its footwear line...
G-Star has a new in-store concept for its footwear line
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More foreign companies at theMicam
The Milan fair will host a total of 1,589 companies at its next session on March 2-5, up from 1,538 a year ago, covering more than 68,000 square meters of exhibition space compared with 67,467 sqm. The foreign component will hit a record-breaking level of 631 firms.TheMicam will continue its ...
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Vagabond opens its second German store in Cologne
Vagabond opens its second German store in Cologne
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Robert Clergerie has launched its first collection of men's shoes...
Robert Clergerie has launched its first collection of men's shoes under its own brand name for an introduction in the next autumn/winter season. It comprises 18 styles, some of which are Goodyear-welted. The French company, which fell into the hands of the rich Chinese family behind the Li & Fung ...
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Chinese group offers cheap Italian-made luxury products
Hengdian Group, China's third largest private conglomerate, is developing a luxury label, By Creations, which is meant to offer good-quality garments, footwear and accessories to China's growing middle class that are entirely made in Italy. Using an unique business model, it is targeting individuals with an annual income of between ...
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A new trade show, called Co-Shoes International Workshop, is planned...
A new trade show, called Co-Shoes International Workshop, is planned to take place in Alicante, Spain, next October
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Sagripanti buys Les Tropeziennes
Italia Holding Moda, the company recently set up by Cleto Sagripanti to take over small and medium-sized Italian fashion firms that need rehabilitation, has taken over Les Tropeziennes. The brand, which was made famous through the Sex and the City TV serial, had recently gone into liquidation proceedings.Les Tropeziennes will ...
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Twinner Iberia, a Spanish buying group for sporting goods retailers,...
Twinner Iberia, a Spanish buying group for sporting goods retailers, is introducing a new store format, called Foot on Mars, for the sale of fashion-oriented sneakers, with a plan to reach more than 30 doors by the end of 2015. Twinner has already signed supply agreements for this type of ...
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Office, the British chain of young fashion footwear shops, will...
Office, the British chain of young fashion footwear shops, will open a store in Bonn in April, to be followed by one in Cologne in the spring of 2015 that will take the place of an H&M store on Hohe Strasse. In Germany, the company already has two stores in ...
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Gregg Ribatt, former president and chief executive of Collective Brands'...
Gregg Ribatt, former president and chief executive of Collective Brands' Performance+Lifestyle Group, has been made a director of Crocs follwing the completion of its acquisition by Blackstone
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Wolverine Worldwide and some of its brands collected no less...
Wolverine Worldwide and some of its brands collected no less than five Footwear Plus Awards at the FFANY show in New York, based on the votes cast by thousands of U.S. retailers, including department stores, outdoor specialty stores and independents. As in 2011 and 2011, Wolverine was named 2013 Company ...
