All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 19-20
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The relaunch of Swear
Farfetch's founder, José Neves, is relaunching Swear, the footwear brand he created 22 years ago. The brand is being relaunched with a new positioning, as the first unisex luxury sneakers without seasonality and fully customizable. The goal is to target the next generation of luxury consumers.Swear's new retail model, which ...
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Prada has opened a painstakingly restored Shanghai mansion, Villa Rong...
Prada has opened a painstakingly restored Shanghai mansion, Villa Rong Zhai in the Jing'an District, as a cultural center that will host an ever-changing lineup of art exhibitions, shows and events. Prada generated sales of more than €300 million in China in the first half of the current financial year ...
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Stahl says it has launched a range of water-repellent solutions...
Stahl says it has launched a range of water-repellent solutions for leather products, including footwear, that are PFC-free and BTX-free. Called Neo, the new finish can be used on nappalan, suede, nubuck or full-grain leather. It can be combined with other Stahl products that comply with the guidelines of the ...
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J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line....
J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line. The Ultra Weston collection, which the brand describes as a “celebration of the quintessence of shoemaking savoir-faire,” includes four models featuring special details such as petit point stitching in pearl grey, hand-painted sole arches and hand-pegging with W decoration.
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Lloyd Shoes has redesigned its two stores at Munich's international...
Lloyd Shoes has redesigned its two stores at Munich's international airport
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JD founders said to plan IPO for Footasylum
John Wardle and David Makin, the founders of JD Sports, are preparing for the launch of their second sports retail business on the London Stock Exchange, Sky News reports. The initial public offering (IPO) of Footasylum, which has grown to 59 stores around the U.K., was said to be targeting ...
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Hewlett Packard has stepped into the footwear market with FitStation,...
Hewlett Packard has stepped into the footwear market with FitStation, a system for 3D foot-scanning, dynamic gait analysis and personalized shoe production. Powered by HP hardware and software, FitStation captures 500 measurements per second to create a one-of-a-kind digital profile of each foot. Hewlett Packard has worked with a group ...
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Red Wing Shoes has opened its first women's store in...
Red Wing Shoes has opened its first women's store in Berlin
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For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the...
For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the Best UK Family Business of Excellence award from Ernst & Young as part of its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Founded in 1932, Pentland is a third-generation family-owned company that employs 28,000 people across 20 countries. It has received ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo will resume reporting its results on a quarterly...
Salvatore Ferragamo will resume reporting its results on a quarterly basis, starting with third quarter figures scheduled for release on Nov. 14. Under Italian stock market rules, companies are no longer compelled to release reports for the first and third quarters. Ferragamo has nevertheless decided to resume the publication of ...
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The management of Expo Riva Schuh made a visit to...
The management of Expo Riva Schuh made a visit to Stockholm on Oct. 13 to collect information on the local market as part of its Expo Riva Schuh Around the World program. The next edition of the show, scheduled for Jan. 13-16 in Riva del Garda, will have more than ...
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Obuv Rossii goes public to fuel expansion
Obuv Rossii, which is rated as Russia's second-largest footwear retail group after CentrObuv and the leading player in the medium-priced segment of the country's shoe market, went public on the Moscow Stock Exchange on Oct. 19, collecting proceeds of 5.9 billion rubles (€87m-$103m) for 40 percent of its shares, priced ...
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There is new evidence that the pace of growth is...
There is new evidence that the pace of growth is accelerating in China. The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.8 percent in the third quarter and was up by 6.9 percent for the first nine months of this year. That's well above the 6.5 percent growth target set ...
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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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Strong interest for Else’s personalization system
A start-up company, Else Corp, launched an experimental online platform for mass customization of shoes at theMicam show in Milan last month. It drew a lot of interest at the show for a number of reasons including a proposal to act as an open cloud-based platform that can be used ...
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The fourth edition of Momad Shoes, which was held in...
The fourth edition of Momad Shoes, which was held in Madrid on Sept. 22-24, welcomed 5,097 professional visitors, a 5 percent increase compared with the September 2016 edition of the event. Professionals from outside of Spain accounted for 9.7 percent of the total, with a strong presence of buyers from ...
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Skechers posts a stellar quarter, driven by international
Skechers USA reported an exceptionally strong quarter, with revenues for the three months to Sept. 30 hitting a record high. They jumped by 16.2 percent from the quarter a year ago, to $1,095 million, boosted by strong international growth, especially in China and Europe. In addition, net income rocketed by ...
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Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for...
Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for K-Swiss and Palladium, has been appointed as Havaianas' general manager for Central Europe, covering mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sales in the region, which are growing rapidly, were previously steered by Vanessa Sosa, who was also responsible for Spain and ...
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Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left...
Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left Global Brands Group, which he recently joined as European business development director
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Realizing the strong potential it has for the development of...
Realizing the strong potential it has for the development of its brand in China, where it enjoys a 50 percent recongnition rate, Birkenstock participated in the recent Shanghai Fashion Week with a special event on Oct. 13. It presented a special edition of embroidered loafers designed in collaboration with a ...
