All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 19-20 – Page 2
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Stella records slight dip in revenues despite volume rise
Stella International's revenues for the three months to Sept. 30 decreased by 2.5 percent from the same quarter last year to $443.5 million. However, volumes rose by 4.1 percent, with 15.2 million pairs of shoes shipped by the Chinese company during the period. The company said this was due to ...
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Thierry Rabotin, the French designer who gave his name to...
Thierry Rabotin, the French designer who gave his name to the exquisite brand of women's shoes marketed by Italy's Parabiago Collezioni, died of a heart attack on Aug. 12. He was 66 years old. At the last Micam show, where the brand had one of its best presences in a ...
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Deichmann has entered the French market with a store at...
Deichmann has entered the French market with a store at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, in the Calvados region of the country
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Hunter ran for only four days a pop-up installation at...
Hunter ran for only four days a pop-up installation at New York's Grand Central railway station this month, featuring a greenhouse where its rainwear was enveloped in mist, with the sound of rain
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Toms has hired John Whitledge as its new creative director....
Toms has hired John Whitledge as its new creative director. Whitledge is the co-founder of the Trovata fashion brand, which he launched in 2002 with three college buddies, Josia Lamberto-Egan, Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos. Trovata won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2005. In his new role at Toms, he ...
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The organizers of the UITC convention scheduled for next May...
The organizers of the UITC convention scheduled for next May 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel in Porto are offering an early bird rate to delegates signing up by next Feb. 10. The theme of the conference will be “From Fashion to Factory, a New Technological Age,” covering also customization, new ...
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Gianvito Rossi is launching its first men's collection and is...
Gianvito Rossi is launching its first men's collection and is opening two new men's boutiques to house the new line. The shoes of the new men's 2017 collection are said to be made from specifically naturally-tanned leathers. The new men's boutiques of the Italian luxury shoe designer will open at ...
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Fabletics is launching its first shoe collection. The retailer will...
Fabletics is launching its first shoe collection. The retailer will offer 11 styles of athletic and lifestyle shoes including training shoes, booties, slip ons, high tops and lifestyle sneakers. The footwear capsule collection will be exclusively available to members on Fabletics' e-commerce site in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, France, ...
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Diadora has started a collaboration with Sympatex for a line...
Diadora has started a collaboration with Sympatex for a line of waterproof work boots
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Etienne Cochet has resigned as general manager of WSN Développement,...
Etienne Cochet has resigned as general manager of WSN Développement, organizer of Who's Next and the related Première Classe show of accessories in Paris, after 16 months in the job
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A new series of classes and seminars for shoe industry...
A new series of classes and seminars for shoe industry students and managers has been launched in the Italian shoe town of Vigevano by Nicoline van Enders, allowing her to rebound from the bankrutcy of the SLEM program that she had created in the Netherlands. Her « Footwearist » students will have ...
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Clarks makes higher losses
C&J Clark reported a pre-tax loss of £33.1 million (€37.1m-$43.6m) for the first half ended July 31, up from a loss of £10.1 million in the same period a year ago. Operating losses increased to £28.6 million (€32.1m-$37.7m) from £3.1 million due to a variety of factors including the post-Brexit devaluation ...
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Clariant has reaffirmed its commitment to the planned merger with...
Clariant has reaffirmed its commitment to the planned merger with Huntsman, after a shareholder built up a 15 percent stake in the company to fight the merger. White Tale Holdings now owns 15.1 percent of Clariant, making it the biggest shareholder in the Swiss chemicals group. White Tale had submitted ...
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JD.com, one of the largest e-tailers in China, has unveiled...
JD.com, one of the largest e-tailers in China, has unveiled a new luxury e-commerce platform for affluent Chinese consumers, called Toplife. So far, the luxury brands that have joined the platform include La Perla, Emporio Armani, Rimowa, B&O Play, and Trussardi. Others are expected to join shortly. JD.com said the ...
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Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French manufacturing company...
Compagnie Vosgienne de la Chaussure (CVC), the French manufacturing company recently sold by Vivarte to a German investment group, is one of the candidates to the acquisition of J.B. Martin, but court authorities have been postponing a decision on the buyer
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Groupe Royer is seeking to revive the venerable Charles Jourdan...
Groupe Royer is seeking to revive the venerable Charles Jourdan brand, for which it has the rights all over the world except in the U.S., by opening a flagship store of 130 square meters on Place de la Madeleine in Paris, not far from the first store that the brand ...
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Coach is changing its name to Tapestry as part of...
Coach is changing its name to Tapestry as part of its transformation into a multi-brand luxury group
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Robert Clergerie is changing its name to Clergerie Paris, starting...
Robert Clergerie is changing its name to Clergerie Paris, starting with a new store on Paris' rue Saint-Honoré
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CCC keeps growing but margins decline
CCC Austria, the subsidiary of the Polish shoe chain company CCC, is continuing its international expansion with the opening of more stores in Slovenia, where it now has 13 doors. The company recently opened its largest Slovenian store in a new shopping center in Kranj, the fourth-largest city in Slovenia ...
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The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this...
The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this issue would have been different with the addition of Vans, a brand of skate and lifestyle shoes that is nearing an annual turnover of $2 billion. In its third-quarter report, VF Corporation said that Vans sales jumped by 26 percent ...
