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Pittarosso has just opened a new store in Milan, at...
Pittarosso has just opened a new store in Milan, at corso Buenos Aires 35. The new shop has a retail surface of 700 square meter. The Italian footwear retailer plans to open 50 new doors in Italy and abroad in 2015. Pittarosso posted revenues of €237 million in 2014. The ...
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Stokton, an Italian producer of sneakers, is projecting a sales...
Stokton, an Italian producer of sneakers, is projecting a sales increase this year of 10 percent to €11 million, driven by higher sales in the Benelux and German-speaking countries. About half of its turnover is already outside Italy.
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Prada improves quarterly margins, sells more shoes
The Prada Group posted a 23.0 percent decline to €188.6 million for the first half ended July 31 but booked a strong increase in operating margins during the second quarter, and the management expects to report further improvement for the rest of its financial year.The group's net revenues rose by ...
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Hunter reports higher sales and profits
Hunter Boots, the iconic British brand of rainboots, raised its sales by 17 percent to £95.7 million (€129.6m-$145.2m) in 2014, generating a 5 percent increase in profits to £15.4 million (€20.9m-$23.4m) in spite of numerous investments.Further growth is expected in 2015, said James Seuss, chief executive of the company, pointing ...
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Sioux' new Grashopper sneakers are a hit
Sioux, the German company best known for its comfortable moccasins, got a very good domestic and international response at recent trade shows to the introduction of a new line of colorful and original sneakers marketed under a secondary brand in its portfolio, Grashopper (sic), for the spring/summer 2016 season.Capitalizing on ...
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The Vietnamese government has issue new regulations that specify the...
The Vietnamese government has issue new regulations that specify the maximum amounts of formaldehyde and Azo dyes that can be used in textile products manufactured, imported and traded in the country. The regulations are scheduled to be enforced from February 2016. They make reference to updated international test standards. They ...
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The management of Wolverine Worldwide told the Goldman Sachs Retail...
The management of Wolverine Worldwide told the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference last month that sales to international accounts have tripled to 21 percent of total sales volumes for its “Boston brands” - Saucony, Sperry, Stride Rite and Keds - since it added them to its portfolio three years ago. Wolverine, ...
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Giano, the Italian shoemaker that holds the licenses for the...
Giano, the Italian shoemaker that holds the licenses for the La Martina and Harmont & Blaine brands, is aiming to sign on a third license in 2016. Reportedly, the company expects to increase its sales by 5 percent this year from the €10 million posted in 2014.
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Investors line up for Kurt Geiger
Lion Capital is said to be one of the candidates to the takeover of Kurt Geiger, that high-end British fashion shoe retailer, at a price of around £250 million (€338.6m-$379.4m), which would be close to about a year's worth of its estimated sales. Lion Capital is the private equity firm ...
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The HR Group is now formally for sale
Confirming recent speculation, the Hamm-Reno Group is officially for sale. The Rothschild Bank has reportedly received a formal mandate to talk to about 90 potential strategic and institutional investors that have already expressed their interest in buying the company, which is also known as the HR Group. The process should ...
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Rodolfo Zengarini has obtained the Husky footwear license from the...
Rodolfo Zengarini has obtained the Husky footwear license from the Italian fashion group Moschillo. Zengarini already had the license for another brand owned by the same company, John Richmond.
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Fly London will launch an online shop in the U.S....
Fly London will launch an online shop in the U.S.
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The Flexx rejuvenates, opens stores
Ka&Ka, the Italian company that produces a line of comfortable and fashionable stritch-and-turn shoes under the The Flexx label, is repositioning the brand in a younger segment of the market. Reacting to the proliferation of new brands that are offering similar shoes, it is also developing a network of company-owned ...
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Mirapodo, the five-year-old German online shoe shop owned by the...
Mirapodo, the five-year-old German online shoe shop owned by the Otto Group, has expanded its product offering by 30 percent for the current selling season. It has added 27 new brands including Franco Russo, LA Gear and Think. The business unit is run by Johannes Merkl.
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Ugg has started up its first pop-up shop for men...
Ugg has started up its first pop-up shop for men only in the Westfield Center of San Francisco
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JD.com opens HK office, partners with Italy's fashion sector
JD.com, the second-largest Chinese e-commerce platform behind Alibaba, has announced the opening of an office in Hong Kong as well as the signing of a strategic deal with Cosco Logistics, which is meant to address growing customer demand for imported goods from brands from Asia and the rest of the ...
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Momad Metrópolis, the fashion fair held in Madrid on Sept....
Momad Metrópolis, the fashion fair held in Madrid on Sept. 11-13, was described as a success by its organizers in terms of both exhibitors and visitors. The number of registered buyers went up by 14 percent to 17,218 as compared to September 2014. Of those, nine percent came from outside ...
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The TPP faces some hurdles
Trade ministers from the U.S. and 11 other countries along the Pacific Rim have finalized the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement that would eliminate import duties and other trade barriers between them over time. It would cover about 40 percent of the world's economic output. In ...
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Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing...
Nine West Holdings has entered into a production and sourcing agreement with Camuto Group for its Nine West, Bandolino and Anne Klein footwear brands. The company will continue to work with other production and sourcing partners while it plans to reduce its own Asian sourcing team. The design, merchandising, marketing ...
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Like Momad Metrópolis in Madrid, Panorama, the early fashion fair...
Like Momad Metrópolis in Madrid, Panorama, the early fashion fair in Berlin, has decided to create a dedicated hall for shoes and accessories at its next session, running alongside Premium and other fashion fairs from Jan. 19 to 21. More than 100 selected suppliers are going to show in a ...
