All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 22-23 – Page 2
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Diane Sullivan, chairman and chief executive of Caleres (ex Brown...
Diane Sullivan, chairman and chief executive of Caleres (ex Brown Shoe Co.), has become the chairwoman of the Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the American nonprofit organization. She takes over from Blake Kruger, chairman, CEO and president of Wolverine Worldwide. Greg Tunney, president and CEO of R.G. Barry, has been named ...
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Rubin Ritter, finance director of Zalando, and the Samwer brothers,...
Rubin Ritter, finance director of Zalando, and the Samwer brothers, who help found the e-commerce giant, have cash out of some of their shares. Ritter has sold shares worth €3.26 million. Acting through their holding company, Global Founders, the brother have reduced their stake in Zalando to 9.92 percent. The ...
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Zeis Excelsa focuses on its house brands and the internet
Zeis Excelsa has dropped all its licensing agreements to concentrate on the development of its own footwear brands - Docksteps, Cult and Virtus Palestre - and its participation in the international development of Dirk Bikkembergs, a brand whose ownership has fallen under the control of its Chinese distributor.The Italian company ...
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Hermès has bought Tanneries du Puy, a longtime supplier of...
Hermès has bought Tanneries du Puy, a longtime supplier of the leather used in its products. Specializing in box-calf leather, Tanneries du Puy works for many important manufacturers of shoes and leathergoods around the world. To help secure its supplies and become more vertically integrated, Hermès had already spent some ...
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Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end...
Marco Lachner is going to leave Birkenstock at the end of 2015 after only one year as brand manager of the fast-growing company, but he may continue to be involved in specific projects. He had previously worked for Levi's, Vaude, Legero and Kangaroos.
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The Berkemann Group will consolidate Marc
The Berkemann Group, which took over Marc Shoes four years ago, has decided to integrate the German brand more closely into its corporate structure to cut costs and develop synergies in back-office functions such as product development, purchasing, human relations, finance and IT with its two main brands of comfort ...
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L.K Bennett is working with Bionda Castana on a limited...
L.K Bennett is working with Bionda Castana on a limited edition shoe line which is due to be launched globally on Feb. 10, 2016. The capsule collection will comprise 20 designs made up of six different styles. Bionda Castana was founded in 2007 and its shoes have been worn at ...
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Sneakers are celebrated at an exhibition being held in Paris...
Sneakers are celebrated at an exhibition being held in Paris until Jan. 13. In association with the Albert Marinus Center in Brussels, the Crédit Municipal in the French capital is showing 200 styles tracing back the history of this important trend. The exhibition is called “Sneakers Objéts de Désirs “ ...
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Zalando has begun tests in Germany and France for a...
Zalando has begun tests in Germany and France for a new application, called Movment (sic), whereby the products are directly delivered by the supplier to the customer. Zalando is also widening its test of same-day delivery in Germany. The test began in September in Berlin, where customers were allowed to ...
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Osco, a discount shoe retailers based in Berlin and run...
Osco, a discount shoe retailers based in Berlin and run by Zhang Huafeng, has closed its 20 stores in Germany and its online shop following insolvency proceedings
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Baldinini invests in the U.S. and China
Baldinini, which recently won an Italian contest for brand equity, is trying to reduce its overexposure to the difficult Russian market, which still generated about €90 million out of its total sales of nearly €120 million in 2014.It is now taking all the necessary steps to open its first seven ...
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Some important brands are coming back to the GDS for...
Some important brands are coming back to the GDS for its next edition on Feb. 10-12, which will showcase more than 800 brands. One of the newcomers is Timberland, which has been absent from the Düsseldorf trade show in recent memory. It will join newcomers such as Lyle & Scott, ...
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Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn,...
Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn, among other properties, is said to be targeting a public offering in the course of 2016
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Mannequin Shoe, a chain of six shoe stores in Austria,...
Mannequin Shoe, a chain of six shoe stores in Austria, has filed for insolvency, and the receiver in the case, Günter Hödl, is set to decided by year-end whether it should continue to operate
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New digital platform by Assocalzaturifici
The powerful Italian shoe industry association is investing in digital technologies and recommending to its members the use of e-commerce, blogs and social network to tell the story of their products to consumers all over the world and to boost their international sales.“The Digital Artisan” was the theme chosen by ...
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Wolfgang Schnellbügel has been appointed as French country manager of...
Wolfgang Schnellbügel has been appointed as French country manager of Rohde, replacing Serge Lemelle. Schnellbügel, a German executive who is married to a Frenchwoman, spent the last 14 years in the sporting goods industry, first as managing director of Sport 2000 Germany and then since 2006 as head of Sport ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announces executive appointments
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Richie Woodworth as president of the company's Lifestyle Group, which includes the Keds, Hush Puppies, Sperry and Stride Rite brands, effective Jan. 3, 2016. Additionally, the company has appointed Scott Sincerbeaux as president of consumer-direct operations. Also, Tom Kennedy has been appointed as ...
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Start-rite has announced that Stephen Riley has joined the company's...
Start-rite has announced that Stephen Riley has joined the company's board as non-executive chairman. The move follows the announcement in October that Peter Lamble, Start-rite's chairman and chief executive, is to step down from the business after 25 years. Riley brings international consumer and brand experience. He has worked with ...
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Panorama Berlin has announced that it will launch a virtual...
Panorama Berlin has announced that it will launch a virtual version of its trade show in Berlin for the autumn/winter 2016/17 edition. As of Jan. 22, 2016, one day after the conclusion of the actual fair, Panorama will reopen virtually and give registered visitors access to a 360°, 3D online ...
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The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones, Vero Moda...
The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones, Vero Moda and other brands, has appointed Alexander Korosec as country manager for Austria and Eastern Europe
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