All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 5-6 – Page 3
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John Bligh has taken the place of Mike Rowe as...
John Bligh has taken the place of Mike Rowe as chief executive of Padders, the British brand of comfort shoes, after 25 years at its helm
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Birkenstock continues on its growth path
Birkenstock managed to raise its total sales by 7 percent in 2013, according to officials of the company, who declined to provide a specific sales figure. The German shoe manufacturer sold about 11.8 million pairs of shoes last year, including 1.1 million pairs in the U.S. alone.While sales grew by ...
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The big Chinese Huajian Group in Dongguan plans to open...
The big Chinese Huajian Group in Dongguan plans to open a factory in Ethiopia, near Addis Ababa, that is supposed to manufacture about five million pairs of shoes a year with some 10,000 workers. Jean-Pierre Bidegain, the French journalist who is reporting the project, saw some of the Ethiopian workers ...
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A big German fashion retailer, Wöhrl, is expanding and upgrading...
A big German fashion retailer, Wöhrl, is expanding and upgrading the footwear offers of its stores by setting up dedicated sections for them, starting with a 180-square-meter space in its store in Ulm. Others will follow. With a total sales surface of 8,500 m², the Ulm store offers mainly clothing ...
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The organizers of Lineapelle are planning to move their big...
The organizers of Lineapelle are planning to move their big leather show from Bologna to Milan and moving its dates from April to March and from October of September as of this year – more precisely Sept. 10-12. The board of directors of the Italian tanners' association, Assoconciatori, is set ...
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Sales of footwear performed better than those of clothing in...
Sales of footwear performed better than those of clothing in France during the autumn season between last September and January, according to the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM). They fell by only 0.2 percent, with the shoe and fashion retail chains recording the highest rates of decline at 9.9 ...
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The Javari web shop was recently named the best online...
The Javari web shop was recently named the best online store for footwear in Germany at an annual online retailing convention, ahead of those of Deichmann and Zalando
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Sales growth slows at Belle’s shoe shops
Belle International, the mighty Chinese sports and footwear retailer, enjoyed growth in sales and profits last year on the back of acquisitions as well as heightened support from leading international sports brands.The group's turnover jumped by 10.3 percent to just over 36,249 million yuan renmimbi (€4,328.2m-$5,918.5m) in 2013. This included a ...
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We have reasons to believe that Jan Brinkmann is going...
We have reasons to believe that Jan Brinkmann is going to become the general manager of Wortmann's new Tamaris subsidiary for the U.S. market in April. The German manager led the Snipe brand for Gabor Shoes between 2009 and 2010, when he moved to Florida. He previously ran Rieker's business ...
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Slight drop in theMicam’s visitors before its new format
The number of registered visitors declined to a total of 33,372 at the March 2-5 edition of theMicam, representing a drop of 5.7 percent from a year ago. As shown in the table in the next page, the biggest declines among the major countries of ownership were recorded from ...
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Yves Morin has been re-elected president of the International Union...
Yves Morin has been re-elected president of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC). He remains chief executive of the French Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), which has been strongly expanding its activities in the Far East lately. UITIC's executive committee has representatives from ten countries. Malek Khelif from ...
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Bianco, the Nordic shoe retail chain based in Denmark, is...
Bianco, the Nordic shoe retail chain based in Denmark, is closing its 11 retail stores in Finland. The reason for the shutdown is said to be the economic downturn in the country. In the future, the company will focus on e-commerce in Finland with its own online store as well ...
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Portugal banks on foreign markets
The Portuguese shoe industry plans to invest €20 million in 2014 and 2015 to promote itself at the international level, especially through its participation in foreign trade fairs. A total of 88 Portuguese firms participated in the latest edition of theMicam in Milan, which was visited by Portugal's Minister of ...
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The Russian government has decided to ban exports of raw...
The Russian government has decided to ban exports of raw and semi-finished beef and horse hides for a period of six months to help national shoe manufacturers
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Spain’s shoe trade balance turns positive
Spain regained a positive balance in shoe trade in 2013 for the first time in many years. It amounted to €190.5 million thanks to a 10.3 percent increase in exports to €2,260.4 million and an increase of only 0.8 percent in imports. Exports reached a new record, coming 7 percent ...
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The HDS/L Awards were presented on the first days of...
The HDS/L Awards were presented on the first days of the GDS show. The German Shoe Prize went this year to KangaRoos for a model that was designed in cooperation with the rapper Cro. The HDS/L Junior Award went to a Czech designer, Barbora Augustinová.
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Högl, an Austrian brand that has grown strongly in Russia...
Högl, an Austrian brand that has grown strongly in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe, reported stable sales in 2013. The Austrian company sold about 1.3 million pairs of shoes last year. Germany, Switzerland, Austria and most Eastern European countries remain the most important markets for Högl. In the ...
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Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes launched a new...
Richter, the Austrian specialist for children's shoes launched a new midsole, which has currently been integrated in four different groups of soles for autumn/winter 2014/15. With the help of the new “FitMe” system, the retailer who sells the shoes has the possibility to increase their width by taking out the ...
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GDS attracts fewer visitors before its switch to a new concept
The 117th edition of the GDS show, which was held on March 12-14 in Düsseldorf, took place for the last time in its present form, before the concept and the dates change to the end of July. About 800 exhibitors from over 30 countries presented their new collections at the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Martin Shobo global product line manager...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Martin Shobo global product line manager for its Lifestyle and Heritage product categories. He previously acted as product line manager for Hush Puppies and Cushe in Wolverine's office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
