All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 7-8 – Page 3
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Sioux, which relaunched its website at the beginning of this...
Sioux, which relaunched its website at the beginning of this year, is now taking care of its marketing in-house
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The Spanish stores of Camper and Pretty Ballerinas have started...
The Spanish stores of Camper and Pretty Ballerinas have started to offer two co-branded styles of footwear, made in Spain, that have been jointly designed a developed by the creative teams of the two companies. The new Camper Pretty Ballerinas line combines Camper's creativity and comfort with the rebellious spirit ...
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Madden buys Atwood, Geiger goes to Clifford
Still fresh from its $2.2 billion acquisition of The Jones Group, which has now been completed, Sycamore Partners has begun the process of divesting some of its numerous brands. Jones has agreed to sell Brian Atwood to Steven Madden and Atwood himself. Stuart Weitzman and Kurt Geiger have been spun ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, and Ice, the Italian...
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, and Ice, the Italian foreign trade agency, are organizing a trade mission to South Africa for May 14-15
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Fewer Russians in Milan’s Quadrilatero, while the number of Asians grows
The number of Russian tourists in Milan's fashion area Quadrilatero dropped 6 percent in February this year, according to a study by Global Blue, the shopping tourism company. The decline reached 17 percent in via della Spiga, one of the top fashion destinations in the district. In contrast, the number ...
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L Capital Management and its sister fund L Capital Asia...
L Capital Management and its sister fund L Capital Asia have taken a 30-percent stake in Vicini, which owns Giuseppe Zanotti Design. Both private equity funds are backed by LVMH. Vicini owns 85 branded stores and exports more than 90 percent of its production. The Italian luxury shoe brand posted ...
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Armando Cabral, a Brazilian brand of high-end shoes, has opened...
Armando Cabral, a Brazilian brand of high-end shoes, has opened its first store in Kuwait, which will be followed by another in Dubai before the end of this year
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Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes...
Hans-Hermann Deters has informed the supervisory board of Ara Shoes that he will not extend his contract as executive board member in charge of sales and marketing after it expires on July 31, 2014. Deters, who joined Ara three years ago after serving in senior roles at Reebok and Kettler, ...
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Nicole Stark has been appointed product manager of BNS Bergal,...
Nicole Stark has been appointed product manager of BNS Bergal, the German company behind the Nico and Solitaire brands of footwear accessories, responsible especially for branding and internationalization
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Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation...
Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has indicated plans to introduce a new certification program for clothing and footwear later this year to show that their producers have made minimum environmental and social responsibility standards. The program would be voluntary in an initial stage, ...
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Matthias Grevener, member of the executive board of the ANWR...
Matthias Grevener, member of the executive board of the ANWR Group and chief executive officer of ANWR Garant International, is now chairman of the supervisory board of Rexor. In this position, he succeeds Robert Natter, who already left the executive board of ANWR Garant International on March 30 to go ...
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Timberland said in its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report...
Timberland said in its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report that it has exceeded its targets for the sustainabillity of the manufacturing processes used by its suppliers. In 2013, around 70 percent of its apparel and footwear was made in factories meeting its “Level 3” criteria, against a previously set ...
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Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives...
Deckers Outdoor has announced the appointment of two senior executives who will work on the continued expansion of the company's omni-channel infrastructure and resources. Brad Willis has been appointed senior vice president, information technology. He was previously chief information officer and vice president of information technology at West Marine, where ...
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The footwear sold by Jack & Jones, a brand that...
The footwear sold by Jack & Jones, a brand that belongs to the Danish Bestseller Group, reached a total sales volume of around 1.72 million pairs last year. Its value, which was not reported by the brand, increased by 20 percent in 2013, compared to the previous year. Jack & ...
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A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has...
A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has been inaugurated in the Punjab as part of the Indian government's Leather Development Program for the 2012/17 period, which is backed by total grants of US$158 million. The new campus is set to train between 850 and 1,000 students, starting ...
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Müller & Meier has become the new footwear licensee for...
Müller & Meier has become the new footwear licensee for Joop ! After five years of collaboration, Sioux will stop its licensing contract with the German fashion brand at the end of 2014. Müller & Meirer is already the licensee of Joop! for handbags. The first shoe collection will be shown ...
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Bondi Marketing, Dr. Martens' German distributor, which also takes care...
Bondi Marketing, Dr. Martens' German distributor, which also takes care of the Swiss and Austrian market, bought a new warehouse, to be used exclusively for Dr. Martens' shoe collections, at the beginning of this year. It also hired two new sales reps, following strong increases in sales and orders for ...
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Zalando became a limited liability corporation (AG) last December, but...
Zalando became a limited liability corporation (AG) last December, but it will again change its status to a Societas Europaea (SE), or European corporation, next summer. The change is expected to facilitate cooperation across national borders for this big and growing German-based internet retailer, which is still considering a public ...
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Carlo Pazolini is determined to conquer the Italian market. After...
Carlo Pazolini is determined to conquer the Italian market. After the opening of flagship stores in Milan, Rome and Venice, the shoe retailer has opened 47 new corner stores inside Coin, the Italian department store chain, including the Coin stores in Milan, Turin and Rome. Carlo Pazolini is part of ...
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After three weeks of reconstruction, Salamander celebrated the re-opening of...
After three weeks of reconstruction, Salamander celebrated the re-opening of its store in Vienna, Austria, at the beginning of March. The sales surface on two floors was increased by 20 percent to a total of 355 sqm. The section for men's shoes was almost doubled, with brands such as Lloyd, ...
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