All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 24 – Page 2
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Dr. Martens cleans up the distribution, pushes retail
The termination of deals with about 250 non-strategic accounts, especially in the U.K. and the U.S., led to a drop of 14 percent in Dr. Martens' wholesale revenues in the financial year ended last March 31. They fell to 160.2 million pounds sterling (€189.7m-$197.8m). The drop was partly offset by ...
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Giggs, a German online retailer specializing in children's shoes, will...
Giggs, a German online retailer specializing in children's shoes, will be liquidated by the end of this year. Giggs sent out a letter informing its suppliers on Dec. 14. All orders for the spring/summer 2017 collections have been cancelled. Current contracts with suppliers were terminated with immediate effect. Giggs belongs ...
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Juan Carlos Fernández de Salort, chief executive of Pons Quintana,...
Juan Carlos Fernández de Salort, chief executive of Pons Quintana, the footwear brand in the Spanish island of Menorca, is to take up a parallel role as the first-ever president of the organizing committee of the Momad Shoes exhibition in Madrid, which became an independent trade show in 2013. He ...
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Like Ralph Lauren and other brands that have reduced their...
Like Ralph Lauren and other brands that have reduced their exposure to the costly and declining market in Hong Kong, Prada has closed down its store in the city's Peninsula Hotel
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Joya, the Swiss brand of comfort shoes, unveiled a new...
Joya, the Swiss brand of comfort shoes, unveiled a new logo and a new corporate identity at an event in Munich on Dec. 6. Developed in concert with an advertising agency, Silberball, they will be launched with the spring 2017 collection
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Philipp Plein has recently opened its first boutique dedicated to...
Philipp Plein has recently opened its first boutique dedicated to sport in Paris. The Plein Sport shop, which occupies a surface of 102 square meters, is located at 250 rue de Rivoli, not far from the Parisian flagship of the main brand, Philipp Plein. The new store has been designed ...
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David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker...
David Short, who left the management of the Jones Bootmaker and Brantano chains in the U.K. in October, following a change in ownership, has a six-month contract as interim buying, merchandising and logistics director for KRM, a company that manages Ecco shops in 18 markets.
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Five trade unions that represent employees of Vivarte have booked...
Five trade unions that represent employees of Vivarte have booked a meeting with government officials on Jan. 5 to air their complaints and their worries about deeper cuts to the workforce of the big French apparel and footwear retailing group, whose banners include big shoe retail chains such as André, ...
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Birkenstock has opened a store in a central location at...
Birkenstock has opened a store in a central location at 165 Via del Babuino in Rom, featuring 230 styles including several fashionable sandals
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Birkenstock invited its most important distribution partners worldwide to the...
Birkenstock invited its most important distribution partners worldwide to the launch and presentation of its autumn/winter 2017/18 collection. The three-day sales meeting was held at Birkenstock's headquarters in Neustadt with 160 guests from 40 countries. The event started with a fashion show including performances in Cologne, to which Birkenstock also ...
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CORRECTION: We misspelled the name of Gérard Biotteau, the former...
CORRECTION: We misspelled the name of Gérard Biotteau, the former chairman of the French Eram group, who passed away on Dec. 4 at the age of 92 years. He was the son of the group's founder, François Biotteau. We apologize for the mistake.
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In the framework of a “Big chance for small feet”...
In the framework of a “Big chance for small feet” campaign launched by Elefanten, which is now a private brand of the Deichmann group, and the Dietrich Grönemeyer Foundation, 3,000 children's feet were measured in 30 cities in Germany. The study showed that 55 percent of all participating children aged ...
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Bernd Hummel, managing partner of Bernd Hummel Holding, the biggest...
Bernd Hummel, managing partner of Bernd Hummel Holding, the biggest licensee of the Kangaroos brand in Europe, has been honored with the Order of Merit of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where the company is based. The prime minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer, underlined the company's economic, social and cultural ...
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Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was...
Bernd Hillen has left the Berkemann Group, where he was responsible for sales strategies and synergies among its brands – Berkemann, Solidus and Marc Shoes – to undertake a new challenge early next year as German country manager for an unnamed foreign group. After 20 years with Birkenstock, where he ...
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Riccardo Grande Stevens, well known in Italy for being the...
Riccardo Grande Stevens, well known in Italy for being the son of Franzo Grande Stevens, the lawyer of the Agnellis who arranged many contracts for their Fiat group, is launching a new brand of high-end shoes called Steve's. The line will include men's classic footwear, with leather or rubber soles, as ...
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Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the...
Morten Bay Jensen has taken over the management of the supply chain on the executive board of Legero, the Austrian children's footwear company, from Jens Christian Meier. Both have worked for many years at Ecco in Denmark. Jensen has been with Ecco continuously since 1991, handling the global supply chain ...
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Bally has signed a joint venture with the Reliance Brands...
Bally has signed a joint venture with the Reliance Brands group to set up a network of single-brand stores in India's major cities in the next three to four years. The first one should be opened in New Delhi in March. Bally has already tried to penetrate the Indian market ...
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Pretty Ballerinas has launched its first fragrance
Pretty Ballerinas has launched its first fragrance
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Going back to its roots, Superga embraces sport
With sports-inspired lifestyle shoes and clothing enjoying a boom all over the world, the well-known Italian brand of sneakers is developing further its new Superga Sport line by investing in sponsorships with former tennis stars. After the rather successful launch of a new line of Superga shoes co-branded with Adriano ...
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Payless Shoes, one of Australia's largest independent shoe retailers, has...
Payless Shoes, one of Australia's largest independent shoe retailers, has announced it will close 132 stores across the country. James Stewart, Jim Sarantinos and Peter Gothard were appointed to manage the company as administrators in November. Despite expressions of interest from various parties, in the end there were no acceptable ...
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