All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 16-17 – Page 4
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CTC, the leather and footwear testing institute, has announced the...
CTC, the leather and footwear testing institute, has announced the death of Roland Steyns, who helped set up CTC Dongguan, China, in 2007. Steyns was CTC's project director for South China. Among his previous roles, he served as production director at Crockett & Jones and held the position of managing ...
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Skechers has taken over the sponsorship of the Los Angeles...
Skechers has taken over the sponsorship of the Los Angeles Marathon from Asics
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The Josef Seibel Group has announced that Andreas Garnier will...
The Josef Seibel Group has announced that Andreas Garnier will no longer sit on the executive board of the German company. He will continue as head of sales, marketing and retail stores and as chief executive of the group's Romika subsidiary. Carl-August Seibel, president of the group, will take over ...
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The turnover of Li & Fung declined by one percent...
The turnover of Li & Fung declined by one percent to $8.63 billion in the first half, reflecting macroeconomic conditions. It remained flat in the U.S. and fell by 13 percent in Europe. It grew by 14 percent in Asia but dropped by 9 percent in the rest of the ...
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Moving into Central America, Giuseppe Zanotti has opened a store...
Moving into Central America, Giuseppe Zanotti has opened a store in the high-end Soho Mall in Panama
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Omnichannel shoe retailing continues to develop also in Europe. Shoepassion.com,...
Omnichannel shoe retailing continues to develop also in Europe. Shoepassion.com, the two-year-old internet store based in Berlin, has opened its fourth physical store in Frankfurt, at Friedenstrasse 9. All the shoes are private label generics, made for the most part in Spain and Italy. If a particular size is not ...
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Havaianas offsets Alpargatas’ struggling sports segment
Increased import costs related to the strong dollar, which appreciated by 37.8 percent against the Brazilian real in the second quarter of this year, contributed to lower the profitability of Alpargatas' sports segment during the period. However, this was largely offset by the growing profitability of its international sandals business, ...
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Camuto Group has announced a new partnership with AllSaints to...
Camuto Group has announced a new partnership with AllSaints to launch a shoe collection for spring/summer 2016. The first collection will debut globally in spring 2016 at the stores and concessions of the British retailer.
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Candice Cooper has lost a counterfeiting suit against Geox and...
Candice Cooper has lost a counterfeiting suit against Geox and Lüke, a German online shop that has been selling its shoes. At issue was a model of Geox sneakers called New Moena, which allegedly infringed on Candice Cooper's Rock and Rock Plus styles. A court in Düsseldorf has denied Candice ...
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Tod’s may concentrate on shoes again
Tod's confirms its strategy of seeking to become a lifestyle brand offering a total look, from shoes to apparel, for women and men. Nevertheless, the management of the Tod's group admitted that sales of leathergoods and accessories had been disappointing and below expectations in the first half of the year. ...
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After opening its first physical store in its home town...
After opening its first physical store in its home town of Grenoble last March, Spartoo has decided to open eight more of them in France before the end of this year. The French shoe e-tailer, which reached sales of €130 million in 2014, is now planning to have about 50 ...
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After launching a line of nail polish, Christian Louboutin is...
After launching a line of nail polish, Christian Louboutin is putting a line of lipsticks on the market. They are not only available in the same red as Louboutin's shoes, but also in 35 other colors.
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Horst Wortmann was given the Lifestyle Achievement Award by Schuhkurier...
Horst Wortmann was given the Lifestyle Achievement Award by Schuhkurier at the recent GDS
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In the U.K. footwear sales outperformed clothing in July, according...
In the U.K. footwear sales outperformed clothing in July, according to the figures released by the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. Footwear sales were driven by warm temperatures at the beginning of the month followed by wetter and cooler weather at the end of the month, with sandals selling well ...
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Diesel Props, the shoes and accessories line of the Diesel...
Diesel Props, the shoes and accessories line of the Diesel group, has changed its corporate name to Props
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Fiamp, the umbrella organization of Italian producers of fashion accessories,...
Fiamp, the umbrella organization of Italian producers of fashion accessories, has announced changes at the top of the organization. Cirillo Marcolin, president of Anfao, is the new chairman for 2015/17. He takes over from Cleto Sagripanti,. the former president of Assocalzaturifici who is now president of CEC, the Confederation of ...
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Vivarte's labor unions have accepted a social plan affecting more...
Vivarte's labor unions have accepted a social plan affecting more than 1,500 employees at its La Halle chain
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NeroGiardini invests more abroad
BAG, the Italian group behind the NeroGiardini brand, said that first-half sales went up by 5 percent to €103.7 million, with 20 percent of the total generated outside Italy, or twice the level of three years ago. Sales further accelerated in July, rising by 8 percent.Sales employees have been hired ...
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Grendene gains market share at home, not abroad
Higher profit margins, which are largely due to the depreciation of the Brazilian currency, allowed Grendene to raise its net earnings by 32.4 percent to 223.7 million Brazilian reais (€54.8m-$61.4m) for the first half of this year. The Brazilian group managed this in spite of an increase in net revenues ...
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Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, is re-launching its website...
Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, is re-launching its website as a sophisticated B2B portal where its 130 member companies can present their collections, with information on pricing and minimum quantities, and offer them to registered buyers from all over the world. That goes also for surplus lots. Buyers can ...
