All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 24 – Page 2
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OluKai, the California-based lifestyle footwear company, has made an unspecified...
OluKai, the California-based lifestyle footwear company, has made an unspecified investment in Kaenon, the Californian brand of sunglasses. Darren Rosenberg will continue to run Kaenon as an independent entity. Known for its proprietary SR-91 polarized lenses, Kaenon was founded in 2001 by Darren and his brother Steve, who has left ...
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Cinven buys Kurt Geiger
Cinven, a large U.K.-based private equity company, has agreed to acquire Kurt Geiger, the leading British vendor, distributor and retailer of luxury and medium-priced women's shoes and accessories, which has recently diversified with a men's line and children's shoes. Cinven said it was making the investment with a view to ...
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Hogan has finished its two-year-old collaboration with the British designer...
Hogan has finished its two-year-old collaboration with the British designer Simon Holloway
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Christian Louboutin is one of the top performing brands in...
Christian Louboutin is one of the top performing brands in social media in the U.S., according to a recent study by Engagement Labs, along with Tiffany & Co., the famous jewelry firm, and designer label Valentino. The research report also places Gucci as the leading brand in terms of word ...
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Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on...
Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on Monday, after the company announced that it received a formal order of investigation from staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company, which owns the rights to a string of fashion and sports brands, added that it intended ...
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Del Biondi works on a bio-magnetic shoe
Alberto Del Biondi, the Italian fashion design center named after its director, presented to the students of a master's degree course in the design of accessories in Milan a new projects that it is working on that applies medical technology to footwear design. The new concept uses wearable technology to ...
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Berluti has presented the first book on the brand. Titled...
Berluti has presented the first book on the brand. Titled At Their Feet, it has been published by Rizzoli and edited by M/M, a Paris-based art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag. The 64-page volume celebrates the 120th anniversary of the shoe company, which has been ...
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Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group...
Mellow Yellow, a brand that belongs to the Eram group for a few years, has a young new creative director, Thomas Lieuvin, who worked for Jean-Charles de Castalbajac before launching his own brand in 2012. He replaces Julien Granero who is leaving the company after five years in the role.
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David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for...
David Friedrich, who has been the international sales director for Napapijri footwear for the past two years, is switching over to Gant footwear in the same position, starting with the sales campaign for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season. Both lines are licensed to Hamm Market Solutions.
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José Monzonís has been officially installed as the new president...
José Monzonís has been officially installed as the new president of Fice, the Spanish shoe industry federation
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Julia and Sylvia Haghjoo, two young sisters who have been...
Julia and Sylvia Haghjoo, two young sisters who have been running their own fashion blogs, N°93 and HUG YOU, for six years, will be the next blogger testimonials for the GDS in Düsseldorf next February. They have more than 100,000 followers on Instagram alone.
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Christian Louboutin has been designated to become an honorary citizen...
Christian Louboutin has been designated to become an honorary citizen of Parabiago. The French designer has been working in the northern Italian shoe town since 1994. Together with other local entrepreneurs, he founded in 2001 a company, Seymechamlou, that has been making its well-known women's shoes with a red outsole.
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Loriblu has opened new mono-brand stores in Belgrade, Serbia and in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
Loriblu has opened new mono-brand stores in Belgrade, Serbia and in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
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Xti has been a awarded a special prize as Company...
Xti has been a awarded a special prize as Company of the Year by Omep, a local organization in the region of Murcia that promotes equality for men and women
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Karl Vögele sells its Austrian stores
The Swiss shoe retailer has decided to concentrate on its 300-odd stores in the domestic market, following an agreement to sell its 70 stores in Austria to a Berlin-based investment company, Lafayette Industrieholding, with retroactive effect from Jan. 1, 2015.The Karl Vögele group has been selling shoes in the two ...
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Atossa has launched a funding campaign on Kickstarter, the global...
Atossa has launched a funding campaign on Kickstarter, the global crowdfunding platform for creative projects, to fund the development of its 3D printed high-heeled shoes. The people interested in the concept can receive a pair of Atossa's 3D printed shoes for an investment of $99. As reported by World Footwear, ...
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Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service,...
Impactiva, the leading quality assurance and supply chain optimization service, has hired three new senior executives. It has also expanded the territory covered by Paul Frowijn, who will also handle sales in the Netherlands after successfully developing the German market in the last four years. One of the three new ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, is offering progressively higher...
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, is offering progressively higher discounts to its members for participation in more than one of its trade shows during the first half of 2016. They will be eligible for discounts of 10 percent if they exhibit at one show, 15 percent for two shows ...
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E-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to rise by...
E-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to rise by 35.7 percent in 2015, according to new figures from eMarketer. With sales hitting $877 billion, the region will be the largest e-tail market in the world. The growth is mostly driven by the rising middle classes in China, India and ...
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Brazilian shoe exports turn around
Brazil's shoe exports may be turning around, at last. During the month of November, they totaled $71.3 million, amounting to increases of 4.7 percent from the previous month and by 1.1 percent as compared to November 2014. For the first 11 months of this year, they are still down by ...
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