All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 2-3 – Page 3
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DSW, the American shoe retail chain, has promoted various executives,...
DSW, the American shoe retail chain, has promoted various executives, leading with the promotion of Carrie McDermott to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer
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Slem has big ambitions
Slem is a two-year-old international innovation and education institute in the footwear field, based in Waalwijk that is launching many ground-breaking initiatives. Acting as a school, as a museum and as a think tank for the industry at the same time, it initiated a new master's degree course on footwear ...
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The Kering Foundation and Women's Aid have signed a joint...
The Kering Foundation and Women's Aid have signed a joint charter to fight and prevent domestic violence in the U.K. The Charter will engage 1,260 U.K.-based employees of the French conglomerate in a two-year program intended to raise awareness among them of this issue and to enable them to become ...
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Candice Cooper has won a lawsuit against another German firm,...
Candice Cooper has won a lawsuit against another German firm, Semler, which it had accused of infringing on the design of its Rock sneaker. The higher Düsseldorf state court agreed that it was too similar to the Tracy model marketed by Candice Cooper since 2009.
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Shoon is up for sale again. The owners of the...
Shoon is up for sale again. The owners of the English footwear chain have hired advisers at BDO to search for a buyer, less than a year after it was sold to the former bosses of Jones Bootmaker, industry veterans Ken Bartle and Peter Phillips. According to reports in The ...
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Alexandria has announced that it is to close down after...
Alexandria has announced that it is to close down after 70 years in business. The Italian footwear maker, based in Alessandria, in Piedmont, said the decision has been caused by the difficulties caused by the long economic downturn. It was the last remaining large-scale shoe manufacturer in the province of ...
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After campaigning for entrepreneurship over the last few years, Diego...
After campaigning for entrepreneurship over the last few years, Diego della Valle, chairman, chief executive and a major shareholder in Tod's, is reportedly planning to form a new political party, called “Noi Italiani”
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Stefan Jerg is leaving as product manager of Ricosta after...
Stefan Jerg is leaving as product manager of Ricosta after 28 years with the German children's shoe company
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Poor Dutch market affects Macintosh and other retailers
A highly competitive and declining market in the Benelux countries has led to the insolvency of two major Dutch shoe retailers, House of Shoes and Schoenenreus, which had already gone bankrupt two years ago. House of Shoes, which had been voted by Dutch consumers as best shoe retailer four years ...
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New advances in footwear customization
The customization of shoes is taking on new dimensions and proportions with the advent of 3D printing, new materials and foot scanning technologies. One of the most interesting initiatives in this field is Feetz, one of the projects presented at the first conference on future materials and technologies organized by ...
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Adidas sells Rockport to New Balance and co.
New Balance will form a new company with Berkshire Partners that will take over The Rockport Company from the Adidas Group. The new company will also acquire the Drydock Footwear business of New Balance, which comprises its three main brands of casual and comfort shoes: Aravon, Dunham and Cobb Hill.We ...
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Christophe Bezu, a former Adidas executive who has been responsible...
Christophe Bezu, a former Adidas executive who has been responsible since the middle of 2013 for Esprit's sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, except Germany, is leaving the group for family reasons. The French manager, who is married to a Japanese wife, has decided to go back to ...
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Steve Madden has announced that it has acquired the intellectual...
Steve Madden has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property and related assets of Blondo from Regence Footwear and 3074153Canada. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Blondo, a footwear brand specializing in waterproof leather boots, was founded more than a century ago. It sells its products to ...
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Wolverine reports on sales acceleration
Nine of the 16 brands in Wolverine Worldwide's portfolio delivered double-digit sales increases in the fourth quarter of 2014, led by Chaco, which is adding closed-toe footwear. Sperry Top-Sider recovered in the quarter, posting a high single-digit gain. These and other tidbits were given by the group's management a few ...
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The German footwear industry recorded an 8.8 percent increase in...
The German footwear industry recorded an 8.8 percent increase in total sales to €2.518 billion in 2014, as compared to the previous year., says HDS/L, the industry's association. While there was a 5.7 percent increase in the first half as compared to the same period the previous year, the rise ...
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Sabu Schuh & Marketing recorded a 5 percent increase in...
Sabu Schuh & Marketing recorded a 5 percent increase in centralized settlements to €352 million in 2014. The German buying group's members recorded a plus of 5 percent in their own retail sales, but the gain was eroded in the second half. As compared to the previous year, Sabu's members ...
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Americans bought on average 7.5 pairs of shoes per year....
Americans bought on average 7.5 pairs of shoes per year. The figure, which refers to 2013, has been unveiled by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) while announcing its reports ApparelStats 2014 and ShoeStats 2014. According to the same source, the rebound in Made in USA clothes and shoes, ...
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Alessandro Michele, 42, is the new creative director of Gucci,...
Alessandro Michele, 42, is the new creative director of Gucci, replacing Frida Giannini
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Ferragamo’ FY sales up 5.9%, lifted by Q4
Salvatore Ferragamo finished 2014 with a 5.9 percent increase in sales to €1,332 million, thanks to a 9.3 percent increase in the fourth quarter. At constant currency rates, the top line rose by 6.5 percent for the full year and by 7.7 percent for the quarter. The group's revenues were ...
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Gabor Shoes reports a 4.8 percent increase in revenues to...
Gabor Shoes reports a 4.8 percent increase in revenues to €414 million in 2014, including its licenses, Gabor Shop & Store and Gabor Footwear. The volume grew by 3.2 percent to 9.7 million pairs. The Gabor brand booked 6.9 percent higher sales of €354 million last year. Under the Gabor ...
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