All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 14-15 – Page 5
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New timelines for product launches affect trade shows
The 86th edition of Expo Riva Schuh, the international shoe show that focuses on the mass market, recorded a total of 11,025 visitors last month, slightly below the level of 11,366 visitors reached a year ago. The number of exhibitors reached a new record of 1,438 companies, up from 1,389, ...
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Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
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Ricosta is offering retailers support with its online marketing activities....
Ricosta is offering retailers support with its online marketing activities. On Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, Ricosta will organize workshops and coaching to help retailers learn the basics of social media advertising. The leading German brand of children's shoes is also providing retailers with the chance to place lotteries on ...
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Jill Layfield will act as the chief executive of Tamara...
Jill Layfield will act as the chief executive of Tamara Mellon, the American brand of luxury shoes set up by the founder of Jimmy Choo. As previously reported, Tamara Mellon went into bankruptcy proceedings last December but got out of them a few weeks later, backed by a $12 million ...
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Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns a raft of...
Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns a raft of sports, outdoor and footwear accessories brands, has snapped up the assets of MCN Solutions in Cape Town, a South African distribution partner for Implus and other sporting goods companies. The move will enable Implus to have its own organization in ...
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Hermès International has acquired a minority stake in the shoe...
Hermès International has acquired a minority stake in the shoe brand Pierre Hardy. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Pierre Hardy fully owns three stores, the last of which was opened in Tokyo's Aoyama area in April, and is sold in 200 shops worldwide. Hardy has designed ...
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Global Destination for Shoes & Accessories (GDS) in Düsseldorf will...
Global Destination for Shoes & Accessories (GDS) in Düsseldorf will be hosting an international footwear workshop on sustainability entitled “Green Shoes for a Sustainable Life.” The workshop will be held on July 28. The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), together with the other European partners of the “Step ...
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The 90th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place...
The 90th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place in Florence on June 14-17, welcomed around 20,500 buyers, an increase of 2.5 percent against the June 2015 edition, of which 8,400 from abroad, and more than 30,000 visitors in total. Attendance saw a strong presence from the U.K., which ...
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Palladium, the French brand owned by K-Swiss, celebrates its 70th...
Palladium, the French brand owned by K-Swiss, celebrates its 70th anniversary with a special shoe collection, called “originals,” with the earlier color scheme and the old logo
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Footwear consumed 51.6 million square meters of Italian leather last...
Footwear consumed 51.6 million square meters of Italian leather last year, which was 41.7 percent of the total, making it the largest market segment. However, footwear's consumption of finished leather from Italian tanneries fell by 5.7 percent between 2014 and 2015, according to the figures recently released by Unic (Unione ...
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Yves Saint Laurent is reportedly investing €5 million in a...
Yves Saint Laurent is reportedly investing €5 million in a new shoe factory in the Brenta footwear district, between Venice and Padua. According to Mff, the French fashion house started the construction work for the new factory in Vigonza, near Padua, in May. The facility will occupy a surface of ...
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PittaRosso registered a 30 percent sales increase in the first...
PittaRosso registered a 30 percent sales increase in the first six months of the year. Meanwhile, the Italian shoe retailer has hired two new top executives. Andrea Piras is its new chief operating officer. Piras, 52, has previously worked for Benetton, Diadora and Fila. In addition, Mario Zanini has been ...
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Philippe Model Paris has been acquired by 21 Investimenti, the...
Philippe Model Paris has been acquired by 21 Investimenti, the investment fund owned by Alessandro Benetton. Paolo Gambato and Roberto Doro, the former owners, will both keep their roles as designer and managing director, respectively, and will stay on as shareholders. The investment fund has reportedly acquired 70 percent of ...
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Global luxury market to exceed €310 billion in 2025
The global luxury market, which is already expected to increase by 2 percent at the most in 2016, should grow from €250 billion in 2015 to a level of €310 billion to 340 billion in ten years' time, according to a recent study by Bain & Company. The study was ...
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During ANWR's general meeting, held in Rotterdam on June 20,...
During ANWR's general meeting, held in Rotterdam on June 20, the affiliated retail members of the group decided that Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2015, will be kept as a private company under ANWR's ownership. ...
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Portuguese footwear exports increased by 3.2 percent during the first...
Portuguese footwear exports increased by 3.2 percent during the first four months of 2016. Between January and April, Portugal exported 28 million pairs of shoes for a total value of €607 million. Growth was robust across all regions but exports to the rest of Europe were especially strong, with an ...
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The German-based GMS buying group reports a 19 percent increase...
The German-based GMS buying group reports a 19 percent increase in turnover to €167 million for the first half of this year, as compared to the first half of 2015, thanks mainly to expansion abroad. The number of affiliated retail members grew from 1,615 to 1,800 during the same period. ...
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Vibram has put together a team of 17 FiveFingers brand...
Vibram has put together a team of 17 FiveFingers brand ambassadors including former sports personalities like Brian Bosworth, a former NFL pro
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Toms EMEA, with headquarters in Amsterdam and 12 new employees...
Toms EMEA, with headquarters in Amsterdam and 12 new employees hired in the course of the last year, has been pushing the company's sales in the Middle East. A local distribution partner, the Apparel Group, opened two new franchised stores, in the Mirdiff and Deira shopping malls, in Dubai in ...
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In Cuba, a new investment of up to $10 million...
In Cuba, a new investment of up to $10 million by a Chinese industrial partner will lead to the opening of a new factory in Havana for the production of dress shoes and footwear for men, women and children. According to reports in Footwearbiz, the new facility will have eight ...
