All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 21-22 – Page 4
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Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge...
Geox has appointed Fabrizio Gamberini as chief executive in charge of North America. Previously, for seven years up to January 2017, Gamberini was in charge of the North American business for Marcolin, one of Italy's major eyewear groups. Between 2003 and 2008, he worked for Nike, ending up as general ...
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting...
The ANWR Group has introduced Risk Check, a new consulting tool for shoe retailers that identifies business risks and suggests ways to counteract them. The analysis ranges from key financial figures to personnel planning and market presence to checking the online capability of inventory management and related logistics processes. Together ...
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Clarks has announced that it will be working with the...
Clarks has announced that it will be working with the JDA Software Group to create a global planning process, as part of its global business transformation initiative. The British footwear maker will be using JDA's Intelligent Fulfillment solution, which helps anticipate the omnichannel demand and secure the availability of stock ...
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Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's...
Many e-tailers announced record sales in Europe during last week's Black Friday promotion. Zalando clicked more than 2,000 orders per minute, clearly up from 1,500 order per minute a year ago. It won over more than 100,000 new customers for the shopping event.
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Sioux has announced the death of Karin Sapper on Sept....
Sioux has announced the death of Karin Sapper on Sept. 29 at the age of 89. She took over the reins of the German shoe company after the death in 1981 of her husband, Peter Sapper, who had founded it in 1954, launching the mocassin in Germany. She led the ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo and OTB were among the winners of the...
Salvatore Ferragamo and OTB were among the winners of the second edition of the Corporate Art Awards, which reward the synergies between private companies and institutions on art-related patronage. OTB, the group owned by Renzo Rosso, funded the restoration of the iconic Ponte di Rialto bridge in Venice. The restoration ...
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Tapestry, the American fashion group previously called Coach, has applied...
Tapestry, the American fashion group previously called Coach, has applied to withdraw its shares from the Hong Kong stock exchange
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The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City...
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City hosted its annual fundraising party on Nov. 14, inviting many celebrities from the international music and art scene. For the event, Trisha Baga, an artist living and working in New York, designed an art piece together with Birkenstock. A sculpture, ...
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Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America....
Hunter has opened its first stand-alone store in North America. The 2,800-square-foot store is located at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, Canada. The store marks Hunter's third stand-alone store globally. To celebrate the opening, Hunter has released a limited-edition backpack in Canada's red and white national colors, called the ...
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Mixed results for Alpargatas
Alpargatas, the Brazilian company that owns Havaianas and licenses Mizuno, reports that its performance has started recovering compared with the first half of the year, but the Brazilian group's turnover and net profit in the third quarter remained below the year-ago period.The group's sales tumbled by 3.2 percent to 951.1 ...
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Russia is not ready to allow exports of rawhides
Russia will keep export of rawhides from the country banned for as long as is needed to support the domestic shoes industry, so it is unlikely that the restrictions will be lifted in April 2018, Alexey Medvedev, the spokesperson of the country's Economy Development Ministry told Shoe Intelligence.In October 2014, ...
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Alibaba breaks new records
Alibaba hit a new record with its Singles Day shopping festival on Nov. 11, generating sales of $25.3 billion, 40 percent above the score reached a year ago. The event is a much bigger replica of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions that are becoming common in the Western ...
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Vans strides ahead
There were no signs of a slowdown in the third quarter for the Vans brand, which delivered a 26 percent sales increase in constant currencies and led the growth of the outdoor and action sports division at VF Corp.The performance encouraged VF to raise its forecast again for this full ...
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Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against...
Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against Ivanka Trump one year ago, alleging that the brand's licensee, Marc Fisher, had copied the design of one of its sandals. It could not be determined whether the two parties have reached an out-of-court settlement
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Supreme has again partnered with Timberland for the release of...
Supreme has again partnered with Timberland for the release of new exclusive styles of its iconic 6 Inch Premium Waterproof Boot
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Wolverine raises guidance after better-than-expected results
Wolverine Worldwide reported a drop in revenues of 3.7 percent to $581.3 million for the 13 weeks to Sept. 30. Adjusted revenues, which take into account an extra week added through a change in the financial calendar, were down by 8.0 percent. The year-ago quarter had 12 weeks and ended ...
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After opening a subsidiary in the Netherlands at the beginning...
After opening a subsidiary in the Netherlands at the beginning of this year, Sabu is scheduling its first order tour in the Benelux countries for Jan. 22, 2018
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Yoox launches self-destructing ads
There are new ways to attract customers and trigger the purchasing act besides temporary stores, limited editions, Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions or the system developed by Vente Privé.The Italian-based fashion and luxury e-tailer has launched a series of shoppable ads which self-destruct in 15 seconds. Each of the ads ...
