All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 12-13 – Page 2
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Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic...
Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic systems, putting in place a new B2B operation and introducing more automated technologies to improve services for its clients. By the month of November, the size of its warehouse in the eastern part of France, which currently measures about 12,000 ...
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Caleres maintains margins despite challenging conditions
Caleres, the parent of Famous Footwear and various footwear brands, previously called Brown Shoe Co., posted earnings that were down by 7.7 percent in the first quarter ended April 30 as compared to the year-ago quarter, largely due to planned investments. The company managed to maintain margins in what was ...
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GMS, the German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers, offered...
GMS, the German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers, offered support for shoe retailers affected by the recent rainstorms in Germany. The buying group sent out a letter to all affiliated retailers, asking them to get in contact if they were affected by the severe weather and also called retailers ...
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Deckers Brands has sued two companies, Shiekh Shoes and Olem,...
Deckers Brands has sued two companies, Shiekh Shoes and Olem, charging that they copied several models of Ugg shoes
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Gola, the original British sports shoe brand, is partnering with...
Gola, the original British sports shoe brand, is partnering with the Trek-Segafredo cycling team, based in Belgium
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Gianluca Bozzetti has decided to leave the post of non-executive...
Gianluca Bozzetti has decided to leave the post of non-executive director of Jimmy Choo on June 15 to dedicate more time to his executive assignments. A former president and chief executive of Louis Vuitton, he is currently the CEO of Buccellati Jewellers. He has a seat on the boards of ...
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The Hamm Reno Group has enlarged its executive board following...
The Hamm Reno Group has enlarged its executive board following the closing of its acquisition by Capiton Partners and the Turkish Ziylan Group. The HR Group's former two chief executives, Matthias Händle and Norbert Renzenbrink, are now sharing the board with other executives of the company, Matthias Loop, Felix Finger, ...
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Rudy Haslbeck, the former head of design at Birkenstock last...
Rudy Haslbeck, the former head of design at Birkenstock last year, has been hired by Ecco, according to Schuhkurier
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La Rinascente was crowned as “the best department store in...
La Rinascente was crowned as “the best department store in the world” for this year at the recent Global Department Store Summit in Zurich
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Calzados Zels has won the prize for best eco-design project...
Calzados Zels has won the prize for best eco-design project in the 2016 contest run by the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid. The footwear company, based in the Spanish region of La Rioja, won for its Fabiolas No Trace sandals, which the brand developed with CTCR, the footwear ...
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Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where...
Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where it has 41 stores
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Boot Barn’s profits tumble
Boot Barn's revenues increased by 45.0 percent to $149.5 million for the quarter ended March 26, 2016 compared with the corresponding quarter in 2015, but the American shoe retailer's net income tumbled by 61.2 percent. The management blamed the continued impact of low commodities prices.The U.S. retail company, which was ...
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Carlo Pazolini may be close to bankruptcy
Alfa Bank has reportedly asked the Moscow arbitration court to formalize the bankruptcy of Carlo Pazolini. According to Vedomosti, a Russian business newspaper, the debt of the footwear retailer with the bank is estimated at around $50 million. The action was undertaken by the bank back in March against Anta, ...
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Steve Madden and Famous Footwear have won this year's award...
Steve Madden and Famous Footwear have won this year's award of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), based on their sales data
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The authentic French “Charentaise” wants a place in the market
The three remaining French producers of the “Charentaise,” the typical felt slipper with a distinctive silhouette, made with the stitch-and-turn process and other artesanal methods in the Charente and Dordogne regions of France, applied last February to obtain a controlled label of origin for their locally made products, based on ...
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The Schuh Austria show that was scheduled to take place...
The Schuh Austria show that was scheduled to take place in Salzburg on Feb. 5-6, 2017 will instead run on Feb. 1 and 2
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Athleisure drives Belle’s expansion
Comparable store sales declined by 16 percent at Belle International's footwear stores in China, but they grew by 5.5 percent at its sports stores in the first quarter ended May 31, confirming that the global athleisure trend is talking hold in the country.For its full financial year, ended in February, ...
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Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called...
Vibram has opened its first flagship store in Athens, called the Vibram Athens Academy. This first store represents an evolution from the Vibram Sole Factor trucks, which have been traveling around Europe, offering customers the opportunity to improve the performance of their shoes by choosing a sole from the brand's ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, invited industry...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, invited industry professionals to a symposium on June 7 in Mainz. As reported by Schuhkurier, Christian Kernbichl, chief executive at Merkkur, a German e-business and consulting company, provided an insight into Amazon. Kernbichl worked for five years as vendor manager and senior ...
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Bernd Hummel has appointed Nina Denise Scheidt as head of...
Bernd Hummel has appointed Nina Denise Scheidt as head of design & development for Kangaroos shoes, reporting directly to Torsten Schmidt, vice president and chief operating officer. The 31-year-old worked for Birkenstock from 2001 to 2014, when she switched over to Fressnapf Tiernahrung, a German chain of pet shops with ...
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