All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 10-11 – Page 4
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Zalando grows fast, adds curated shopping
After reporting an improved financial outlook for the current financial year, Zalando announced the launch of a “curated shopping” program for consumers and the acquisition of a minority stake in an interesting British software start-up that should help build up its own marketplace.Confirming preliminary data for the first quarter, the ...
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Geox is acting as technical sponsor of the Italian Pavilion...
Geox is acting as technical sponsor of the Italian Pavilion at the recently started Milan World Fair
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Kangaroos is acting as the main sponsor of Angelique Germann,...
Kangaroos is acting as the main sponsor of Angelique Germann, a 24-year-old Formula 3 auto racer
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Coach has closed the planned acquisition of Stuart Weitzman from...
Coach has closed the planned acquisition of Stuart Weitzman from Sycamore Partners, which had acquired the business from the former Jones Group. The leathergoods giant has made an initial cash payment of $530 million to Sycamore. It will be followed by the payment of up to $44 million, depending on ...
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The next edition of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE)...
The next edition of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) in Shanghai has changed its dates. Instead of the original Sept. 2-4 schedule, it will run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. This is because the State Council of the central government of the People's Republic of China has declared ...
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China's shoe exports continued to rise strongly last year. According...
China's shoe exports continued to rise strongly last year. According to Apiccaps, author of the World Footwear Handbook, they increased by 11.8 percent in 2014, reaching $53.8 billion. Exports to the U.S. went up by 4.6 percent to $13.7 billion, representing 26 percent of the total. The Russian Federation, Japan ...
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According to several reports, the sixth edition of theMicam Shanghai...
According to several reports, the sixth edition of theMicam Shanghai trade show is not going to take place as planned. Assocalzaturifici, which has been organizing the event together with Fiera Milano, is expected to issue an official press release soon, indicating that it will continue to organize a collective exhibition ...
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Alpargatas performs better abroad than in the Brazilian market
Revenues and profits from sporting goods decreased sharply in the first quarter of 2015 at Alpargatas, the Brazilian company that owns the Havaianas and Dupé brands of rubber sandals. It is also a licensee of Mizuno and Timberland and the owner of two sports brands, Topper and Rainha. The main ...
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Children's brands of clothing and footwear will be able to...
Children's brands of clothing and footwear will be able to exhibit their products at the Bread & Butter fair in Berlin next July 7-9. Cookies International, a kidswear design show formerly called Children's Fashion Cologne (CFC) will rent space from B&B to host about 180 brands.
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An estimated 72 workers died in a fire at a...
An estimated 72 workers died in a fire at a footwear factory in the Valenzuela district of Manila on May 14. Owned by a local company, Kentex Manufacturing Corporation, the plant was making cheap sandals, beach shoes and slippers for the local market in the Philippines. Government officials attributed the ...
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German shoe retailers suffered nominal decreases of 7 percent during...
German shoe retailers suffered nominal decreases of 7 percent during the month of March as well as for the first three months of this year, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung. In real terms, excluding inflation, the drop amounted to almost 9 percent in March and 8 percent for the ...
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Ralph Rieker, the 55-year-old president of Ricosta, will act as...
Ralph Rieker, the 55-year-old president of Ricosta, will act as president of the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, HDS/L, for a further two years. He has been in this position since 2007. The is no change in the board of directors except for the entry of a new representative ...
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Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram...
Paolo Manuzzi, a 46-year-old manager who has been with Vibram since 1993, has been promoted to the new position of global general manager. He started off as manager of the Italian supplier of high-tech shoe soles for Italy and Spain. He later opened Vibram's offices in the U.S. in 1999 ...
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Shoes.com is on target for sales of $300 million
Shoes.com, the North American online shoe retail portal recently acquired by Roger Hardy, has announced an 89 percent increase in gross revenues to $60 million for the first quarter of this year. Site visits from Canada and the U.S. went up by 149 percent and 34 percent, respectively. Repeat revenues ...
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Candie's is launching its spring/summer 2015 marketing campaign on Instagram,...
Candie's is launching its spring/summer 2015 marketing campaign on Instagram, featuring a fashion blogger, Shea Marie
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Louis Vuitton remained the most valuable brand in 2014, according...
Louis Vuitton remained the most valuable brand in 2014, according to an annual study by Millward Brown and WPP. Its value actually increased by 6 percent to $27.45 billion. Hermès came next, and strangely, in spite of the positive results reported by its owners, its value declined by 13 percent ...
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Shoe exports from Brazil suffered big drops of 30.2 percent...
Shoe exports from Brazil suffered big drops of 30.2 percent in volume and 24.8 percent in value during the month of April, reversing a positive trend observed in the first few months of the year. As a result, exports of 39.2 million pairs in the first four months of 2015 ...
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The 14 oz. store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm, which is owned...
The 14 oz. store on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm, which is owned by Bread & Butter, will be shrunk in half, according to Schuhkurier, in view of the financial problems of the organization
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Deichmann is reportedly planning to invest €130 million to expand...
Deichmann is reportedly planning to invest €130 million to expand its rapidly growing store network in Turkey, which currently counts some 110 stores. The German retailer reached sales of €130 million last year in the country with the sale of 6.5 million shoes. The turnover is expected to grow by ...
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Converse has inaugurated its new 10-floor headquarters on Boston's Lovejoy...
Converse has inaugurated its new 10-floor headquarters on Boston's Lovejoy Wharf, which also houses its sixth concept store in the U.S.
