All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 8-9 – Page 2
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European shoemakers performed well in the last six years
Based on the available statistics from the year from 2009 to 2013, officials of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) noted a “general positive evolution” in the European footwear industry in terms of employment, with “no drastic jobs losses” during the period, despite the global economic crisis.The production ...
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Yue Yuen’s Vietnamese workers end strike
Up to 70,000 workers at two shoe manufacturing plants operated in Ho Chi Minh City by Pou Yuen, which is controlled by Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, staged a rare six-day strike, protesting against new legislation on social insurance that is due to be implemented in Vietnam next year. All but ...
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Early next year, theMicam will be held in Milan on...
Early next year, theMicam will be held in Milan on Feb. 14-17, running from Sunday through Wednesday as before. The dates will mean the fair will start two days after the GDS in Düsseldorf, which has already announced a schedule of Feb. 10-12. An official of Assocalzaturifici, which organizes theMicam ...
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SLEM, the Dutch-based footwear research and education institute in Waalwijk,...
SLEM, the Dutch-based footwear research and education institute in Waalwijk, is going to hold the first edition of a convention of the “Future of the Footwear Business” at its headquarters on June 4. The topics include the replies to the following questions: How can you sell your products straight from ...
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Lenzing, the producer of Tencel fibers, is due to launch...
Lenzing, the producer of Tencel fibers, is due to launch an application for footwear at Techtextil in Frankfurt, starting on May 5
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Pure London, the fashion fair due to be held in...
Pure London, the fashion fair due to be held in the British capital on Aug. 2-4, will have a new section for premium brands of shoes and accessories. Camper, Chie Mihara and Alberto Zago are among the brands that will show there. The new section is being developed with the ...
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Donald Pliner and his wife Lisa have left the U.S....
Donald Pliner and his wife Lisa have left the U.S. company that he founded in 1989, Donald J Pliner, and sold to Castanea Partners four years ago
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Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director for...
Jean-Michel Herrault has left the position of managing director for Deckers France, the sales subsidiary that he had set up in 2010, after working for 13 years a president of Eider. He will not be replaced, in line with the recent reorganization of European operations by brand rather than by ...
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Skechers delivers a strong quarter
Skechers USA went through a very strong first quarter where its sales jumped by 40.5 percent to $768 million, growing in all the categories. The sales increase came in spite of numerous adverse factors such as the West Coast strikes and unseasonably cold weather in the U.S., the strong dollar ...
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Genesco has signed a licensing deal for the U.S. and...
Genesco has signed a licensing deal for the U.S. and Canada to design, distribute and market G.H. Bass men's and women's shoes, starting with deliveries for the spring/summer 2016 season. It's the fourth licensing agreement signed by the G-III Apparel Group since it acquired the brand in 2013. Stephen Palmer ...
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Crocs reports progress in sustainability
In its third annual sustainability report, Crocs said progress was achieved in various areas. In 2014, the footwear brand reduced the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) per pair of shoes manufactured by 17.6 percent as compared to a 2013 baseline. This follows a 16 percent reduction in 2013. Crocs ...
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Zalando continues to migrate to a partially hybrid retail mode....
Zalando continues to migrate to a partially hybrid retail mode. It is testing a click & collect process at its outlet in Frankfurt. It is also setting up temporary stores one after the other until May 9 in various Italian cities - Milan, Turin, Rome and Palermo - where visitors ...
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New shoe factory under construction in Turkey
A Turkish entrepreneur, Bilal Dogan, is starting up a large new factory to make sports and casual shoes in his native country, supplementing the product development and sourcing activities that he has built up in China over the past nine years. The $20 million investment, which he says is not ...
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While resigning as president of European Confederation of the Footwear...
While resigning as president of European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), Jean-Pierre Renaudin has agreed to stay on as president of the French shoe industry federation, FCC, for another year. His successor is likely to be Claude-Eric Paquin, who became president of J.B. Martin after an investment fund, Alter ...
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Noël, the French shoe company that went into receivership last...
Noël, the French shoe company that went into receivership last December, is reportedly interested in divesting Sledgers, its brand of men's shoes, to focus on Babybotte, its brand of children's shoes
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Vicini, the Italian shoe company headed up by Giuseppe Zanotti,...
Vicini, the Italian shoe company headed up by Giuseppe Zanotti, reports a strong sales increase of 36 percent to €156 million in 2014. The strongest growth took place in the men's footwear segment, which rose from 27 to 38 percent of the turnover, and in the U.S. market, which had ...
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The French shoe industry federation (FFC) is using a communication...
The French shoe industry federation (FFC) is using a communication campaign to spread information about a program, ADOCS (Amélioration de l'Offre Chaussures pour Seniors), which focuses on the needs of older consumers. The campaign will run from April to June. Data from three years of research into the problems in ...
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A women's shoe collection presented by Stephane Kelian, owned by...
A women's shoe collection presented by Stephane Kelian, owned by Royer Licenses, and a collection of men's shoes by Jay Jay Japan won prizes for excellence in shoe design at the latest Fashion Access show in Hong Kong.
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Clarks will use WhatsApp, the popular social messaging platform, to...
Clarks will use WhatsApp, the popular social messaging platform, to tell customers the story of its 65-year-old Desert Boot. Teaser films on social media will encourage users to add a new contact number to their WhatsApp mobile application. The campaign is meant to illustrate the iconic shoe from the viewpoint ...
