All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with...
Zalando has switched out bosses for its domestic market with Linus Glaser succeeding Moritz Hau as German country manager, in charge also of Austria and Switzerland. Glaser has been involved with the Berlin-based online fashion retailer since 2011 after joining from Mango where he was senior product manager. His first ...
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Bogs continues to decline at Weyco Group
Weyco Group posted a mixed quarter, as sales of its Bogs brand of boots continued to decline. Bogs' sales went down by 4 percent from the year-ago quarter, reflecting the continued softness in the outdoor and better footwear retail channels in the U.S. The management said the brand's sales were ...
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Gucci is partnering with Bocconi University to launch the Gucci...
Gucci is partnering with Bocconi University to launch the Gucci Research Lab. This new three-year research project is designed to develop the so-called soft skills, and how factors like mindset, risk-taking and staff empowerment can enhance performance and growth, with a focus on the fashion and luxury industry. The underlying ...
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Boaonda, a Brazilian shoe manufacturer, is going to use a...
Boaonda, a Brazilian shoe manufacturer, is going to use a new Avalon thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compound developed by Huntsman for injection molding of sandals, clogs, sneakers and other types of shoes. Huntsman says it met such requirements as fast mold fitting and de-molding and the production of a flexible and ...
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Instead of running a price promotion for Black Friday, Vagabond...
Instead of running a price promotion for Black Friday, Vagabond has decided this year to give 10 percent of the net sales from its Nov. 24 sales to Unicef
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Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K....
Birkenstock opened its first company-owned mono-brand store in the U.K. on Nov. 16. The store is located on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden. A New York store is also in the cards in the near future. The company's new store in London is about 60 square meters and features ...
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Birkenstock was named Brand of the Year in Footwear News'...
Birkenstock was named Brand of the Year in Footwear News' Achievement Awards
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Better results for Crocs
Although Crocs' revenues for the third quarter were off by 1.1 percent from the year-ago quarter, down to $243.3 million, they were above the top end of the company's revenue guidance, exceeding analysts' expectations. Income from operations improved to $2.7 million, as compared to last year's loss of $1.2 million.The ...
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Castañer, best known for its espadrilles shoes, is partnering with...
Castañer, best known for its espadrilles shoes, is partnering with Manolo Blahnik on a new capsule collection. The Castañer by Manolo Blahnik capsule comprises six models, for the day and for the evening, with either “by day” or “by night” as part of the name of each model. The collection ...
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Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new...
Umberto Macchi di Cellere has been named as the new managing director of Tod's, replacing Stefano Sincini from Dec. 1. Diego Della Valle remains chairman and chief executive. Macchi has been the global sales director of Bulgari in the last nine years. He worked for Johnson & Johnson for four ...
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BasicNet posts mixed results for its brands
The parent company of K-Way, Kappa, Robe di Kappa, Superga and other brands reported aggregate wholesale-equivalent sales of €570 million for the first nine months of this year, an increase of 2.4 percent as compared to the first nine months of 2016. Sales by the group's commercial licensees increased by ...
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RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive,...
RG Barry Brands has a new president and chief executive, Rob Mullaney, following the departure of Greg Tunney after 12 years with the American company, which produces slippers and other types of shoes under the Dearfoams, Baggallini and Foot Petals brands. Mullaney has spent 20 years in the footwear industry, ...
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Christian Louboutin will be opening its first nail bar at...
Christian Louboutin will be opening its first nail bar at the Mandarin Oriental Paris, from Dec. 11-30. The Mandarin Oriental Paris is located on the prestigious rue Saint-Honoré, in Paris' first arrondissement. In the hotel-based temporary nail bar, customers will have an opportunity to try Christian Louboutin's nail polish range. ...
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Azaleia’s parent returns to the stock market
After a spectacular reorganization and recovery over the past few years, Vulcabras Azaleia is going public again, pricing the 68,420,000 shares offered at 9.50 reais each in order to raise net proceeds of R$550 million (€143.8m-$168.8m). The total proceeds may increase by R$71.8 million (€18.8m-$22.0m) if an over-allotment option for a ...
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Athletic shoes drive Yue Yuen sales rise
Yue Yuen Industrial saw its turnover move up by 6.7 percent to $6,718.0 million for the nine months until the end of September, driven by an increase in sales of athletic shoes and the group's retail business.The group reported that its sales of athletic shoes jumped by 3.0 percent to ...
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Assomac's president, Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, has reportedly said that the...
Assomac's president, Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, has reportedly said that the Simac and Tanning Tech trade shows will see higher exhibitor numbers in 2018 than they did in 2017. Assomac is the Italian association of manufacturers of footwear, leather goods and tanning technologies. The application process for exhibitors closed on Nov. ...
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Art, the Spanish producer of original shoes, has developed a...
Art, the Spanish producer of original shoes, has developed a new footwear construction for the spring/summer 2018 season that allows consumers to create new designs on a sandal. Called “I Create,” it consists of a set of front and back straps, soles and other components, offering more than 50,000 combinations ...
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Italy’s shoe exports recover in the CIS area
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, reports an excellent response to the Italian shoemakers' collections shown at the recent Obuv Mir Kozi fair in Moscow and the Shoes from Italy exhibitions organized in concert with the Italian Export Commission (Ice) in Almaty and Kiev.Ice has given further assistance to the ...
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Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief...
Guillaume de Feydeau, who was appointed as the new chief executive of the bankrupt J.B. Martin on Oct. 30, has presented a plan to eliminate the French company's losses. It would involve the layoff of up to 100 of its 260 employees and the shutdown of five to ten of ...
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Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as...
Constanze van de Sand has been appointed by Ecco as marketing director for Central Europe, taking the place of Matthias Schwarte who left the group at the end of August. She comes from Cartier, where she spent the last four years as marketing director for fragrances and sunglasses in Northern ...
