All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 18-19 – Page 5
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A meeting of Bread & Butter's creditors approved the proposals...
A meeting of Bread & Butter's creditors approved the proposals made by the company's receiver, Christian Graf Brockdorff, which calls for the reimbursement of at least 27 percent of the outstanding liabilities. Zalando is confirmed as the new owner of the trade event in Berlin.
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Brazil extends anti-dumping duties on China
Decom, the Trade Defense Agency of the Brazilian government, has announced the continuation of the investigation to review its anti-dumping measures against footwear from China. The agency indicated that it had found elements of ongoing dumping, but apparently, it also admitted that there has been no further injury to the ...
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Bata India has announced that Way Finders Brands has become...
Bata India has announced that Way Finders Brands has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. Way Finders Brands will trade in footwear, apparel and accessories in the wholesale and B2B segments. Bata India's urban wholesale division consists of around a dozen warehouses across the country. The division sells brands ...
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Blundstone has announced the launch of its #HowIRoam campaign, which...
Blundstone has announced the launch of its #HowIRoam campaign, which celebrates its recent collaboration with Ducati. The Australian footwear brand has produced a limited edition #800 Ducati Scrambler boot as part of Ducati Scrambler's official apparel and accessory line. The boot is sold at us.blundstone.com and at select retailers in ...
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The Leomil group has extended its partnership with DreamWorks Animation...
The Leomil group has extended its partnership with DreamWorks Animation to include apparel and accessories for the upcoming feature film Trolls. The film will run in theaters across Europe starting Oct. 13, 2016. Based on a new agreement, Leomil will now serve as the licensee for footwear in Europe and ...
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Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retailer owned by Deichmann,...
Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retailer owned by Deichmann, raised a record of $655,000 from its customers through its annual Shoes That Fit campaign. Adding its own contribution, it has donated more than $1 million worth of shoes to children in need as they enter their new school year.
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Renewing its partnership with the American Cancer Society for the...
Renewing its partnership with the American Cancer Society for the second year in a row, Skechers USA's performance division will launch a month-long marketing program that will include its sponsorship of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in San Francisco, scheduled for Oct. 24. Skechers has also released a ...
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Steve Madden has appointed Amelia Newton Varela as president, and...
Steve Madden has appointed Amelia Newton Varela as president, and Karla Frieders as chief merchandising officer, a newly-created position. Both are longtime employees of the New York-based fashion-footwear company. Newton Varela has worked at Steve Madden for more than 17 years in various roles, most recently as executive vice-president of ...
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Camargo Correa, the largest shareholder of Alpargatas with a stake...
Camargo Correa, the largest shareholder of Alpargatas with a stake of more than 44 percent, has indicated that it may sell some or all of its shares to another party, responding to interest expressed by potential investors in the parent company of Havaianas and other brands. Two international investment funds, ...
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The Aldo Group's largest store to date has opened in...
The Aldo Group's largest store to date has opened in Dubai's Festival City Mall. It spans over 8,000 square feet. Through its franchisees, the company already has about 140 brand stores in the Gulf countries, where it plans to double the door count within the next five years.
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Dune has reached an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland...
Dune has reached an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland that will result in a multi-million pound working capital package. The bank is providing a rolling credit facility that is supposed to give the British footwear and accessories retailer the flexibility to support the growth of its multichannel solutions, its ...
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Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based...
Roberto Botticelli has signed an agreement with Fairton International, based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, to expand in China. After the recent opening in Shenyang, the Italian footwear brand plans openings in Hangzhou and Beijing. Under the new agreement, Roberto Botticelli intends to open overall ten new shops in the ...
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Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri...
Marc Shoes has a new agent for France, Claude Cerri
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A South African fashion retailer, Truworths, has confirmed that it...
A South African fashion retailer, Truworths, has confirmed that it is discussing the possible acquisition of Office, the 150-store shoe retail chain based in the U.K. It did not confirm media speculation about a possible purchase price of around £300 million (€400.6m-$456.6m), double the valuation reportedly given to Office ...
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The websites that do not load fast enough negatively affect...
The websites that do not load fast enough negatively affect brands. According to a new study in the U.K. by Rackspace, a cloud computing company, 83 percent of British consumers have declared that consistently slow or unavailable websites negatively affect their brand loyalty. The survey, which was conducted on 2,000 ...
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Aeffe has appointed two new top managers for Pollini and...
Aeffe has appointed two new top managers for Pollini and Moschino. Lorenzo Panerai, 44, is Pollini's new chief operating officer. He will be in charge of the industrial platform for the production and development of footwear, leather goods and accessories for all of the group's brands. Pollini has 14 years ...
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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Havaianas adds eyewear and rain boots
The Safilo Group has announced an interesting new global eyewear licensing agreement with the Brazilian Alpargatas group for its well-known Havaianas brand of rubber sandals. It will run until 2021, with an option for renewal by mutual consent. The first collection will be sold in the second half of 2016.Pointing ...
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Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government...
Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government voted to raise the monthly minimum wage for their industrial sector by 9.4 percent to $140, starting next January. A majority representing the government, factories and unions supported an increase to $135 a month, and the government then raised it ...
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The Brits lead European rankings in online shopping. According to...
The Brits lead European rankings in online shopping. According to a new study by the UK Office of National Statistics, almost 80 percent of U.K. shoppers made a purchase online last year, more than any other country in the EU. Scandinavian countries registered similar figures, with 79 percent of the ...
