All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 19-20 – Page 5
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DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental...
DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental service at some of its stores. The service offered by the U.S. retail chain would involve shoes for special occasions such as weddings, promotions and other events.
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Amazon is adding a new distribution center equipped with advanced...
Amazon is adding a new distribution center equipped with advanced robotic technology in the Bolton region that will employ 1,200 new people. In Germany, meanwhile, Amazon reportedly suffered delivery problems after strikes crippled six of its German logistics centers in early October. Verdi, a German trade union based in Berlin, ...
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An Oscar-winning actress, Emma Stone, will become the face of...
An Oscar-winning actress, Emma Stone, will become the face of Louis Vuitton for the next two years for a figure reported to be $10 million. LMVH had reportedly been chasing Stone for a year and the actress will now appear in television campaigns, as well as in advertisements and at ...
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Stahl has completed the planned acquisition of BASF's Singapore-based leather...
Stahl has completed the planned acquisition of BASF's Singapore-based leather chemicals business, including its production site at L'Hospitalet in Spain. BASF will also become Stahl's exclusive supplier of leather chemicals for a long period. The transaction involves the transfer of around 210 jobs to Stahl, 110 of them in Asia. ...
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Stahl has achieved the status of a Bluesign system partner,...
Stahl has achieved the status of a Bluesign system partner, certifying that its performance coatings, polymers comply with sustainability standards
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Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to...
Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the demand in 2017 is set to grow at its slowest rate since the 2008 recession. Sales between January and July have been flat with 2016. Faced with struggling sales, shoe stores ...
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Chinese consumers gain wider access to European shoes
The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Secoo, an Asian premium lifestyle platform based in Beijing. Through this partnership, Secoo will carry premium artisanal shoes from several European countries including Italy, France and Spain. CEC's member companies represent around 87 percent of ...
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The 93rd edition of Lineapelle closed in Milan on Oct....
The 93rd edition of Lineapelle closed in Milan on Oct. 6 with a total of 21,687 visitors, up by 2 percent from a year ago. The number of Italian visitors rose by 5 percent to. The number of exhibitors went up by 3.5 percent to a total of 1,285.
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Joya has launched its first limited edition of 365 pairs...
Joya has launched its first limited edition of 365 pairs of women's shoes and 365 pairs of men's shoes, being sold by only ten dealers, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The Swiss company is currently sold at 1,200 stores, with dealers in Russia, Greece and Kuwait joining the distribution network ...
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Colombia has suspended a 35 percent tariff surcharge on shoe...
Colombia has suspended a 35 percent tariff surcharge on shoe imports from the Mercosur region. Columbia is currently an associated country of the trade bloc. The Brazilian Footwear Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados) welcomed the decision by Colombia's Ministry of Commerce to end the Colombian Decree 1744. Brazil exported to Colombia around ...
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Futurmoda is hosting a total of 309 exhibitors at its...
Futurmoda is hosting a total of 309 exhibitors at its Oct. 25-26 session in Alicante, 30 percent more than one year ago, leading the organizers to consider adding one extra day in the future. Of those, 69 come from outside Spain. A special area of 1,500 square meters is dedicated ...
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The Nordstrom family, which owns 30 percent of the shares...
The Nordstrom family, which owns 30 percent of the shares in the department store chain that bears its name, has decided to postpone until after the holidays a plan to take the company private
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Kangaroos rapidly sold out a limited edition of 252 pairs...
Kangaroos rapidly sold out a limited edition of 252 pairs of shoes based on a model developed with Sapato, a well-known sneaker store in Kassel, Germany
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A well-established German internet retailing platform, Schuh24, to allow its...
A well-established German internet retailing platform, Schuh24, to allow its retail members to offer shoes for sale online. More than 1,800 shoe retailers are affiliated with GMS, including more than 1,000 in Germany. Schuh24 acts as a marketplace for about 500 shoe shops. The move follows the successful launch of ...
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The spring/summer 2018 order period for the shoe sector ended...
The spring/summer 2018 order period for the shoe sector ended in Germany with two trade fairs in Munich, Moda Made it Italy and Essenz, in early October. Assocalzaturifici, the organizer of Moda Made in Italy (and also theMicam), said 1,600 visitors attended, a similar number to last year. Essenz reports ...
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The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017...
The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017 with sales in the nine months to September having risen by 6.7 percent, compared with the increase of only 0.3 percent recorded in the first nine months of 2016. Yue Yuen, a subsidiary of the Pou Chen Group from Taiwan, ...
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Hunter is on track despite a poor 2016
The sales revenues of Hunter Boots slumped 9.5 percent to £102.9 million (€115.7m-$135.8m) in the past year from £113.7 million and the British firm's adjusted profit on an Ebitda basis dropped to £9.2 million (€10.3m-$12.1m) from £14.1 million a year earlier. The British heritage brand said this was in line with expectations ...
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Browns, the luxury retailer bought by Farfetch in 2015, has...
Browns, the luxury retailer bought by Farfetch in 2015, has opened a new store at 21 Club Row, in the Shoreditch district of London
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The Italian shoe industry’s recovery picked up in Q2
The Italian footwear industry's revenues rose by an estimated 2.9 percent in the first half of this year while its production grew by 0.9 percent. The data marked a significant improvement compared with the whole of 2016, when production rose by only 0.3 percent in value and dropped by 2.0 ...
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The German-based GMS buying group recorded a 2 percent increase...
The German-based GMS buying group recorded a 2 percent increase in retail sales to €273 million in the third quarter of 201. Positive business developments in France and the Netherlands and a strengthening in the home market of Germany underpinned the results. At the end of the third quarter, GMS ...
