All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 18, Issue 4-5 – Page 3
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Lothar Lanz has been designated as the new executive chairman...
Lothar Lanz has been designated as the new executive chairman of Zalando at the company's annual meeting on May 31. The former manager of ProSieben and Axel Springer will also sit on the supervisory board of Kinnevik, the company's largest shareholder with a stake of nearly 32 percent. A member ...
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Klaus Michael Muus has been named product manager of Ricosta,...
Klaus Michael Muus has been named product manager of Ricosta, the leading German brand of children's shoes. He has spent 30 years in the footwear sector, working initially for Ecco in Denmark and Portugal. He subsequently worked for other firms, both in Europe and in Asia.
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Christian Louboutin has been given a premium location - with...
Christian Louboutin has been given a premium location - with a red carpet of course - - in the women's shoe department of Le Bon Marché, the upscale department store on Paris' Left Bank, which is owned by LVMH
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Marcus Meyer has become the new chief executive of Navyboot,...
Marcus Meyer has become the new chief executive of Navyboot, taking the place of Philippe Gaydoul who remains as chairman of the Swiss firm. This former manager of Benetton Sportsystem ran Geox in Germany and Switzerland for more than eight years until his departure in 2011. After a brief interlude ...
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Yoox Net-a-Porter’s growth beats expectations
Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) posted revenues of €1.7 billion for 2015, which represented a 30.9 percent increase, or 20.8 percent at constant exchange rates, compared with 2014. The positive performance was driven by strong growth across all business lines. The Asia-Pacific was the fastest-growing region with an increase of 23 percent ...
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The Bata chain in France is going once more through...
The Bata chain in France is going once more through bankruptcy proceedings. A court in Nanterre set March 9 as the deadline to receive bids for the acquisition of its remaining 72 stores. The chain was already downsized in connection with the previous insolvency of Bata France in November 2014, ...
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Basicnet, parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga...
Basicnet, parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga and other brands reported a 17.2 percent increase in its aggregated revenues to €731 million in 2015, according to preliminary figures. The strong increase was partly related to the weakness of the euro, which also boosted the company's pre-tax earnings ...
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Manuel Barcelo', the designer who runs the Spanish shoe company...
Manuel Barcelo', the designer who runs the Spanish shoe company named after his daughter Paloma, has launched a capsule collection of sneakers named after himself
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Ballin, the Italian shoe specialist, has launched a complete handbag...
Ballin, the Italian shoe specialist, has launched a complete handbag collection for autumn/winter 2016/17. The collection revolves around the two themes of “Fall in nature” and “Urban.” The rural inspired collection includes the Amal Bag line, dedicated to George Clooney's wife, Amal, while the Urban models recall elements from the ...
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Tommaso Cancellara, general manager of the Italian shoe industry association...
Tommaso Cancellara, general manager of the Italian shoe industry association (Assocalzaturifici), and Claude Paquin, designated to become the next president of the French Footwear Federation, are among the participants in the second edition of the Global Footwear Retail Conference (GFRC), scheduled to take place in Hong Kong on March 31, ...
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Assocalzaturifici is lobbying intensely to prevent the World Trade Organization...
Assocalzaturifici is lobbying intensely to prevent the World Trade Organization granting market economy status to China, unless the Asian giant starts producing shoes in compliance with the same quality, environmental and safety standards as those that are applied in Italy. A decision is due to be taken toward the end ...
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Describing it as a sign of a possible recovery, Assocalzaturifici...
Describing it as a sign of a possible recovery, Assocalzaturifici reports an encouraging 1.8 percent increase in the number of visitors at its recent edition of theMicam as compared to a year ago. With a total of 32,703 registered visitors, attendance at the fair was also 6 percent higher than ...
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Roots has appointed Jim A. Gabel as president and chief...
Roots has appointed Jim A. Gabel as president and chief executive officer. The company has also announced the appointment of Jim Rudyk as its chief financial officer. Both appointments are effective as of Feb. 24. Gabel brings more than 24 years of experience in the footwear and apparel industry. Most ...
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Native Shoes has appointed Michael Belgue as creative director and...
Native Shoes has appointed Michael Belgue as creative director and vice president of marketing, with immediate effect. He will report to Native's president, Darren Hawrish, and will be based in Vancouver, at the brand's global headquarters. Belgue has 18 years of experience in fashion and footwear. He has previously worked ...
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Dune has removed the Apple Pay limit in its U.K....
Dune has removed the Apple Pay limit in its U.K. stores, meaning that Dune customers can now use Apple Pay for payments of any amount. Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users pay on the latest versions of the iPhone, iPad and ...
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Brazil extends anti-dumping duties
After a lengthy investigation and intensive lobbying by all interested parties, the Brazilian government decided on March 2 to extend the anti-dumping duties on footwear imports from China that it imposed in 2009. They will run for a further five years, the maximum allowed by the World Trade Organization, but ...
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Another down quarter for Crocs, especially in Europe
In line with a previous forecast made by its management, Crocs reported a 7.0 percent sales increase for the fourth quarter of 2015 in terms of local currencies. Translated into dollars, this led to an increase of only 1.1 percent to €208.7 million for the quarter.However, average selling prices were ...
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Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its...
Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its new human resources director, effective March 3. She replaces Belen Essioux-Trujillo, who has left to pursue other opportunities, the company said. Most recently, Lazat was based in Shanghai and worked at L'Oréal as human resources director for the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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Timberland EMEA has assigned Andy Hewat to the new position...
Timberland EMEA has assigned Andy Hewat to the new position of sales director in charge of distributors, reporting to Mariano Alonso, vice president of sales for the region. A former executive of Stylo, Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Reebok, Ugg and Scholl, Hewat had been running Timberland's operations in the U.K. ...
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Leder & Schuh is concentrating further
Leder & Schuh is further reorganizing its operations in Austria, where it is now concentrating on the Humanic and Shoe4You banners. As previously reported, in Germany it is concentrating on the development of Humanic chain following an agreement to sell 54 Shoe4You and Jello stores in that country to Kienast ...
