All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 2-3 – Page 2
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Vince Camuto, the co-founder of Nine West, died at his...
Vince Camuto, the co-founder of Nine West, died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Jan. 21. He was 78. Camuto grew Nine West into a major business, developing a strong sourcing business, and sold it to Jones Apparel Group in 1999, and after a brief break, launched the fashion ...
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Iconix buys into Pony
Iconix Brand Group, the rapidly expanding American brand licensing company, has acquired the North American rights to the Pony brand in partnership with Anthony L&S Athletics for $37 million from its owner, Symphony Holdings of Hong Kong.The rights will be managed by a new company in which Iconix and AL&S ...
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GMS, the German buying group that has expanded to the...
GMS, the German buying group that has expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy and France, increased the group's turnover by 25 percent to €239 million in 2014, as compared to the previous business year. The number of clients rose by 243 with 269 points of sale in 2014. The ...
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Bruno Magli will move to New York
Confirming a definitive agreement for the takeover of the Bruno Magli brand and related intellectual property assets through Marquee Brands, a sponsored fund created last September as a vehicle for new acquisitions, the Neuberger Berman Group said that the Italian brand will move its head office from Italy to New ...
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Confirming recent reports, the British Schuh chain controlled by Genesco...
Confirming recent reports, the British Schuh chain controlled by Genesco will open its first German store next month, taking 200 square meters in the Centro shopping center of Oberhausen
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Caprice, one of the brands of the Wortmann Group, has...
Caprice, one of the brands of the Wortmann Group, has signed up the 21-year-old Desirèe Cordero Ferrer, who was elected Miss Spain last October, as a testimonial for the brand
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Kangaroos' original sneakers are hot. The brand's licensee in Germany,...
Kangaroos' original sneakers are hot. The brand's licensee in Germany, Bernd Hummel, had put out limited editions of 150 pairs for three styles of its former Abyss collection in 2013 and 2014, in cooperation with a famous German sneaker store in Berlin, Overkill. The latest release, the Abyss Flip, came ...
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Rejecting Gucci's claims, a French court has ordered the brand...
Rejecting Gucci's claims, a French court has ordered the brand to pay €30,000 to Guess because of the nuisance caused by its six-year-old trademark dispute with the American firm. Gucci had requested damages of €55 million, arguing that it had infringed its Three G trademark. Gucci lost a similar case ...
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Pataugas, the footwear brand owned by the Vivarte retail group,...
Pataugas, the footwear brand owned by the Vivarte retail group, is launching five colorful models of sneakers in collaboration with JC/DC, the diffusion fashion line of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, in its own stores
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CCILU, the fast-growing brand managed by Killick Datta out of...
CCILU, the fast-growing brand managed by Killick Datta out of Singapore, has launched a global advertising campaign together with its distributors around the world to back up sales of its spring/summer collection. Running under the “Stand Your Ground” slogan, it calls for boldness and being true to oneself. Developed by ...
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A rather special Berlin Fashion Week
Benefiting from the cancellation of Bread & Butter, all the other trade show in Berlin performed well last month. B&B held a small show at its own headquarters, hosting 45 brands, including some suppliers to its own 14oz. retail stores, and said it plans to go back to the former ...
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Deckers Brands, the company behind the Sanuk, Ugg, Teva, Tsubo,...
Deckers Brands, the company behind the Sanuk, Ugg, Teva, Tsubo, Ahnu, Mozo and Hoka One One brands, has appointed David E. Lafitte as its new chief operating officer, effective Feb. 2. He replaces Zohar Ziv, who retired from the company on Jan. 16. Lafitte has served as Decker's general counsel ...
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Many offers for Bata’s French stores
According to the French media, a former executive of Bata, Eram, Vivarte and a big British sports and fashion retailer, JD Sports Fashion, are among a dozen candidates that have made firm bids for the acquisition of some of the 136 stores of Bata France, which filed for insolvency last ...
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Backjoy, a new brand of comfort shoes
Veterans of the shoe industry are introducing a new brand of rather sophisticated comfort shoes, Backjoy, describing it as the first “personal wellness shoe” in the market. It was successfully launched in the U.S. last August. It will be shown at the GDS fair in Düsseldorf, starting tomorrow, for distribution ...
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Klaus Duttenhöfer, long-time managing partner of Peter Kaiser, passed away...
Klaus Duttenhöfer, long-time managing partner of Peter Kaiser, passed away at the age of 86 on Jan. 4. Duttenhöfer shaped the Peter Kaiser brand over decades. From 1963 to 1994, he worked as chief executive officer for the company. Together with his colleague and companion, Walter Joneck, he set out ...
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Kering has appointed Giovanni Giunchedi as the new chief executive...
Kering has appointed Giovanni Giunchedi as the new chief executive of Sergio Rossi, taking the place of Christophe Mélard who left last September
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ANWR grows strongly
After breaking new sales records in 2014, the ANWR Group, Europe's largest buying group for shoe retailers, plans to intensify the development of omni-channel retailing and efforts to draw more consumers to its affiliated stores.The management of the group is particularly pleased with the results of new initiatives involving a ...
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Momad Metropolis, the Spanish fashion fair in Madrid, announced that...
Momad Metropolis, the Spanish fashion fair in Madrid, announced that about 50 new shoe labels in the medium-high segment will exhibit at its Feb. 8-10. They include names such as Castañer, Chie Mihara, Pura López, Pretty Ballerinas and Jaime Mascaró.
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Deckers disappoints analysts
Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the company published lower than expected financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 and reduced its own expectations for the full financial year. The stronger dollar and soft sales of Classic Ugg styles in October and November were cited ...
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Kennel & Schmenger has appointed Matthias Eder, formerly with Bosch,...
Kennel & Schmenger has appointed Matthias Eder, formerly with Bosch, as a new member of its executive board
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