All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 12-13 – Page 5

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    Ecco has reopened its flagship store at 445 Oxford Street...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Ecco has reopened its flagship store at 445 Oxford Street in London. The 1,830-square-foot space is divided into different areas, including dedicated corners for golf and outdoor shoes and a section for leathergoods. The Danish shoe brand has doubled the number of stores in the U.K. to 42 in the ...

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    An Italian investment group, Palladio Finanziaria, has acquired a 40...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    An Italian investment group, Palladio Finanziaria, has acquired a 40 percent stake in Finproject, the Italian company that makes the EVA soles for Crocs' shoes. Palladio, which bought the shares from Xenon Private Equity through a subsidiary called Vei Capital, will help Finproject to broaden the use of its special ...

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    Genesco’s profit drops by 29% but sales are up

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Genesco posted first-quarter earnings from continuing operations of $9.9 million, down from $14.1 million in the same quarter last year. Excluding extraordinary items, including $0.9 million of deferred purchase price payments in connection with the acquisition of Britain's Schuh Group, earnings from continuing operations declined to $12.2 million from $19.3 million.These ...

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    Brazilian shoe exports remained below the 2014 levels in the...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Brazilian shoe exports remained below the 2014 levels in the first months of 2014, declining by 12.2 percent to $385.4 million. They showed year-on-year decreases every month except in March. The export flow abated in the three major destinations - the U.S., France and Argentina - but rose by 16.5 ...

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    Shoe exports from Vietnam jumped by 19.5 percent in the...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Shoe exports from Vietnam jumped by 19.5 percent in the first five months of 2015, reaching a level of more than $4.6 billion. According to a survey conducted by the country's General Statistics Office, 55.7 percent of the shoe manufacturers in the country found new export clients during the second ...

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    The 88th edition of Pitti Uomo, on June 16-19, welcomed...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    The 88th edition of Pitti Uomo, on June 16-19, welcomed around 30,000 visitors. According to the figures that the organizers released right after the event, the number of buyers reached around 20,000, representing an increase of more than 5 percent from June 2014. The number of Italian buyers increased by ...

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    Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the...

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    Ash, the 15-year-old Italian footwear brand, has taken over the distribution of its collection in the German-speaking area from Highline United Europe, starting with the spring/summer 2016 line, and set up a subsidiary in the country, based in Munich. It will be run by Marcel Melzig, former sales manager of ...