All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 24 – Page 3
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The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic...
The Idana Group has made two important appointments. Marino Knezevic has been taking care of international sales since Dec. 1 for the German shoe company. Jörg Glaztz has been placed in charge of its children's footwear lines, including its Indigo collection. Founded in 1078, the German company specializes in the ...
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Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of...
Camuto Group has appointed Susan Pellish-Thaler as group president of footwear of Vince Camuto and Louise et Cie. In her new role, she will oversee the shoe businesses for both brands in the U.S. Pellish-Thaler was most recently general manager of Sam Edelman. Previously, she served at Nine West Corp., ...
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R.M. Williams has announced that Hugh Jackman, the well-known Australian...
R.M. Williams has announced that Hugh Jackman, the well-known Australian actor, has become a private investor in the company, alongside majority shareholder L Capital Asia and IFM Investors. The Australian shoe firm, which was founded by Reginald Murray Williams in 1932, hopes the fame of the new shareholder will promote ...
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Prada has announced it will issue its first sustainability report...
Prada has announced it will issue its first sustainability report next year. Meanwhile, the luxury group has launched a corporate social responsibility (CSR) website at http://csr.pradagroup.com.
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Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created...
Superfeet, a leading American supplier of comfort insoles, has created two new positions to stimulate further growth in the U.S. and abroad. Brad Parry, who has been with the company for eight years, has been appointed vice president of international sales. A regional sales manager of Superfeet, Miko Houser, becomes ...
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The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal...
The China-based Alibaba Group has appointed a former U.S. federal prosecutor, Mathhiew Bassiur, to lead a team that will work to enforce intellectual property protection at the company, in cooperation with international brands and retail partners, industry associations, government regulators, law enforcement agencies and other organizations. The move follows renewed ...
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Prada will adjust pricing, retail expansion and management
Admitting some managerial shortcomings, the Prada Group said it is planning to reinforce its senior management by appointing a general manager recruited from outside the Prada family, which controls the company through Prada Holding. The management is currently in the hands of two joint chief executives: Miuccia Prada, 66, who ...
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Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales...
Reiner Pfeiffer, formerly with Jack Wolfskin, will act as sales manager of Kangaroos in Germany and the other markets covered by its licensee, Bernd Hummel
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Tamaris is Germany's most popular fashion retailer, according to the...
Tamaris is Germany's most popular fashion retailer, according to the annual consumer survey conducted by OC&C Strategy Consultants. The survey was based on 26,000 individual evaluations by German consumers of various services offered by 95 German retailers. The Detmold-based shoe maker has emphasized it has always focused on customer satisfaction ...
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To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is...
To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is again raising the capacity and efficiency of its European distribution center in Belgium. A new phase of expansion will take the total warehousing surface to more than 100,000 sqm. by next April. The 13-year-old facility, which gets its products through ...
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UBM is launching a new trade show on 3D Printing...
UBM is launching a new trade show on 3D Printing in Shanghai next Apr. 17-19. Called the Shanghai Digital Printing Industry Fair (TPF), it is expected to attract more than 200 exhibitors and 12,000 visitors in the textile, leather and ceramic/glass sector.
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China's exports of footwear declined by 4.8 percent to 298.8...
China's exports of footwear declined by 4.8 percent to 298.8 billion yuan renmimbi (€41,973.9m-$46,048.6m) during the first 11 months of 2015, according to latest trade figures from China's customs administration. Lower leather prices and the declining Russian market could be two important factors. Contrasting figures have come from China lately. ...
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A survey of 265 German retailers of apparel, shoes and...
A survey of 265 German retailers of apparel, shoes and other accessories conducted by Textilwirtschaft shows that they appreciate the Panorama and Premium trade show in Berlin the most, followed by theMicam and Mipel in Milan at a distance. The two Milan fairs get a 67 percent rating for the ...
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Altagamma, the Italian luxury brand committee, organized on Nov. 26...
Altagamma, the Italian luxury brand committee, organized on Nov. 26 the fifth edition of the Altagamma Day at Montecitorio, the palace in Rome that is the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The organization presented to members of the Italian government a document highlighting the need for close collaboration ...
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Schlatsholt, a German shoe retail chain with 22 stores in...
Schlatsholt, a German shoe retail chain with 22 stores in the densely populated Ruhr area of Germany, has reportedly obtained a special type of bankruptcy protection from creditors, after court approval of a reorganization program
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Norwegian shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 2.3 percent...
Norwegian shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 2.3 percent in the first nine months of this year. Meanwhile, the country's total shoe imports grew by 18.8 percent during the same period, reaching a level of 4,124 million kroner (€432m-$475m). They were led by China, Vietnam, Italy and Portugal, with ...
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Douglas Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964 and...
Douglas Tompkins, who founded The North Face in 1964 and Esprit in 1968, died in a kayaking accident in Southern Chile on Dec. 8. He was 72 years old. At Esprit, he pioneered the shop-in-shop concept in department stores. Passionate about the environment, he used some of the money from ...
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Zalando officially opened on Dec. 15 its first logistics center...
Zalando officially opened on Dec. 15 its first logistics center outside of Germany in Stradella, northern Italy. The 20,000-square-meter structure is supposed to cover the majority of Italian orders, and to respond to the increasing demand on the emerging Italian e-commerce market. The first products are already stored in Stradella ...
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Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as...
Jim Fox is taking over on Jan. 1, 2016 as president of Dansko from Mandy Cabot, co-founder of the American brand of clogs and other comfort shoes. Cabot will continue as chairperson and chief executive of the company. Fox has been the chief financial officer of Dansko since 2006, and ...
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