All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 3-4 – Page 4
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Nobrand is expanding to South America and Asia. The Portuguese...
Nobrand is expanding to South America and Asia. The Portuguese brand started selling in Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Peru by means of a distributor based in Colombia. Nobrand also plans to set up a subsidiary with a warehouse in China by October 2014, in order to increase its market presence ...
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Genesco has amended and restate its revolving credit facility for...
Genesco has amended and restate its revolving credit facility for an aggregate principal amount of $400 million, including a $70 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit and other clauses. A sub-facility for the U.K. limits the total amount to a maximum credit of $50 million, one-fifth of ...
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Diane Sullivan is now also the chairwoman of Brown Shoe...
Diane Sullivan is now also the chairwoman of Brown Shoe Company. This new role adds to her current responsibilities as president and chief executive of the U.S.-based footwear company. Sullivan joined Brown Shoe in 2004 as president and assumed the additional role of chief operating officer in 2006. She then ...
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WP Lavori in Corso, which is also involved with Woolrich,...
WP Lavori in Corso, which is also involved with Woolrich, will distribute Palladium in Italy
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Alpargatas has appointed Merel Werners as marketing director for Europe,...
Alpargatas has appointed Merel Werners as marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), replacing Thomas Fabre. Merel previously worked for 12 years in various roles for Warnaco, lastly as European marketing director for its Calvin Klein division. Like her precedessor, Werners will be responsible for implementation of ...
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Flip Flop Shops expands in Africa and in the Middle East
Flip Flop Shops announced plans to establish 25 additional shops across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mauritius. The new shop development is part of a master franchise agreement with Barefoot, a retail group in the region. The first Flip Flop Shops location is expected to open by mid-year, with additional shops ...
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Michael Herz, who acted as artistic director of Bally until...
Michael Herz, who acted as artistic director of Bally until last July, has become artistic director of Diane von Fürstenberg
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A fund acquires Hotter
After the recent acquisition of Dr. Martens by Permira for £300 million (€367.8m-$500.5m), another investment fund, Electra Private Equity, has struck a deal for the takeover of Hotter Shoes, the hottest brand of comfort shoes in the U.K. and the biggest footwear manufacturer in the country.Company officials declined comment on ...
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According to HUI Research, footwear sales in Sweden fell by...
According to HUI Research, footwear sales in Sweden fell by 2.8 percent in October and increased by 6.7 percent in November when compared with the same period last year. For December, the Stilindex measured a decline in footwear sales in Sweden by 3.4 percent when compared with December of 2012.
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According to a research project conducted by a German institute,...
According to a research project conducted by a German institute, YouGov, women own twice as many shoes as men. The male respondents have on average 8.2 pairs of shoes in their closet, while females possess 17.3 pairs on average. The report found out each German has on average 12.8 pairs ...
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Pietro Torielli passed away last Dec. 6 at the age...
Pietro Torielli passed away last Dec. 6 at the age of 75. He was a current member of UNIDO's “Leather Panel,” the organization that outlines worldwide strategies for the leather and footwear sector. He was also European chairman for the technical committee on safety regulations for footwear machinery, chairman of ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo Group said it has discovered and blocked 345...
Salvatore Ferragamo Group said it has discovered and blocked 345 websites and recovered 91 domains using the Ferragamo name to attract potential customers for counterfeit products. Anyone who now arrives at one of the 91 fake domains is automatically taken to a legitimate web page owned by the company, which ...
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At the opening of the 29th edition of India International...
At the opening of the 29th edition of India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai, on Jan. 31, the chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports, Rajendra Kalan, said the country's leather sector registered an increase in value of 17 percent in the first nine months of the current financial ...
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Luxury consumers will exceed 400 million in 2020
The number of luxury goods consumers worldwide has more than tripled over the past twenty years, from roughly 90 million in 1995 to 330 million at the end of 2013. A net total of 10 million additional consumers per year will bring the number of luxury consumers to an estimated ...
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Vans and the Beatles will join forces in March 2014...
Vans and the Beatles will join forces in March 2014 to release a collection of footwear showcasing the artwork from the Yellow Submarine album and movie. This collaboration, the first of its kind, will deliver an offering of artwork and colors taken directly from the album cover. The Yellow Submarine ...
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Ancient shoes uncovered in Scotland in 2011 will be on...
Ancient shoes uncovered in Scotland in 2011 will be on show in Waalwijk, from February until May this year, at the Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum. The shoes were uncovered by an archaeology group working at a site that had been chosen to build a new supermarket for Tesco, the ...
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ANWR Group, the parent company of Sport 2000 in Germany,...
ANWR Group, the parent company of Sport 2000 in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands and for several buying groups for shoe retailers, expanded its digital services last month by creating a new service company, ANWR Media. ANWR Media offers businesses and affiliated retailers various digital services, including e-commerce, m-commerce, multi- ...
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Yoox posted revenues of €455.6 million in 2013, up 21.2...
Yoox posted revenues of €455.6 million in 2013, up 21.2 percent from the previous year or 25 percent at constant currency rates. In the fourth quarter alone, sales grew 24.1 percent, or 28.4 percent at constant currency rates, to €136.3 million. In the fourth quarter of the year, the Italian ...
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Footwear consumption in France dropped by 2.4 percent in value...
Footwear consumption in France dropped by 2.4 percent in value in 2013, according to the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM). However, this figure is to be taken with caution, as it does not include major online retailers such as Spartoo or Sarenza. Clothing and footwear chains and clothing specialty ...
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Ferragamo’s European sales grow by 18%
Salvatore Ferragamo's sales were up by around 18 percent in Europe year-on-year at constant-currency rates in the fourth quarter, a significant acceleration compared with the third quarter that made Europe the company's fastest-growing region in the three-month period. The group explained this by its ability to attract foreign tourists visiting ...
