All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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Fretz Men, the Swiss footwear brand, will change its name...
Fretz Men, the Swiss footwear brand, will change its name to just Fretz next spring, sporting a more modern logo
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Stephane Kélian, the French brand of high-end women's shoes, has...
Stephane Kélian, the French brand of high-end women's shoes, has unveiled the collection designed by Rubens Bressanin, its new artistic director. This role had been handled internally since the departure of Olivia Cognet, the former creative director from 2014 to October 2016. Stephane Kélian has been part of the Royer ...
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Frankie Morello, the Milan-based fashion brand founded by Maurizio Modica...
Frankie Morello, the Milan-based fashion brand founded by Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti in 1999, has signed up a global manufacturing and licensing deal with Rodolfo Zengarini for its men's and women's shoes. The five-year deal will come into effect with the autumn-winter 2018/19 collection.
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Russia wants to boost shoe exports
Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade announced plans last month to at least double the exports of its so-called light industry, which includes the footwear sector, by 2025. Deputy Minister Viktor Evtukhov said the industry had already made strong progress in this regard during 2016 and the statistical data will ...
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Global Blue has launched a new and revamped Tax Free...
Global Blue has launched a new and revamped Tax Free shopping app. New features include the live tracking of tax refunds, advanced mapping, and a digital shop tax-free card. The app is designed to help frequent international shoppers plan, buy and easily claim their tax refunds. Geolocation services help users ...
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Birkenstock has opened a subsidiary with an office and showroom...
Birkenstock has opened a subsidiary with an office and showroom in the Aoyama district of Tokyo with the goal to double its business in that country. For the past 30 years, the company has worked in the market with a distribution partner, Benexy, which manages its 60 stores in Japan. ...
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Big Russian shoemaker expands at retail
Russia's AO Shoe Company Unichel, one of the largest footwear manufacturers in the country, said on its website that it will end the year with 60 more stores than in 2016. This is significantly more than in the previous years, when Unichel was opening on average from 20 to 30 ...
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Bianco Footwear, the Danish shoe retail chain, continued to lose...
Bianco Footwear, the Danish shoe retail chain, continued to lose money in the past year, but its management says it has gone through a profound turnaround that should bear fruits this year. The company made a loss of 20 million Danish krona (€2.7m-$3.2m) in the 2016/17 financial year, 3 million Danish ...
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PE fund pays a high multiple for Bexley
Bexley, a French shoe retailer that specializes in the development and sale of dressy and classic goodyear welted men's shoes in the affordable luxury segment of the market, has been bought by a private equity fund, LBO France. The price of the transaction was not announced, but according to the ...
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Frank Boehly has been re-elected for a three-year mandate to...
Frank Boehly has been re-elected for a three-year mandate to lead the French Conseil National du Cuir (CNC). Claude-Eric Paquin, president of Fédération Française de la Chaussure, and Jean Pierre Gualino, chief executive of ATC Tannery Chemical and president of the French Comité Professionnel de Développement Economique Cuir Chaussure Maroquinerie ...
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Bata is investing in Zimbabwe. The global footwear group has...
Bata is investing in Zimbabwe. The global footwear group has announced it is upgrading a plant in Gweru in order to improve its efficiency while diversifying its portfolio of products into more women's and men's styles. Bata has already made significant investments in the Gweru unit, including the replacement of ...
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Vagabond launched a “Bring Back Shoe Initiative” in its own...
Vagabond launched a “Bring Back Shoe Initiative” in its own stores in Sweden, Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Denmark this month. Together with I:Collect, a Swiss company described as a world leader in footwear and clothing recycling, the Swedish shoe brand has invited customers to bring back their old shoes ...
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Tod's has inaugurated a new factory in Arquata del Tronto,...
Tod's has inaugurated a new factory in Arquata del Tronto, one of the towns in central Italy devastated by the earthquake of Aug. 24, 2016. The facility, which represents a €10 million investment, was officially unveiled on Dec. 19, in the presence of Italy's Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, and Tod's ...
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Management changes in the Ara Group
Andreas Wortmann, a highly reputed 52-year-old manager, will be the new chief executive of Ara AG, the holding company of Ara Shoes, Lloyd, Legero and Salamander, from June 1, 2018. He previously worked for Paul Green and as executive vice president for branding & product at Ecco, the Danish shoe ...
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Tapestry, the company previously known as Coach, has appointed two...
Tapestry, the company previously known as Coach, has appointed two women to its board of directors bringing the total membership to 10. Doreen Toben has over 25 years of experience in the communications industry. She served as chief financial officer and executive vice president of Verizon Communications for many years ...
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The Portuguese Footwear Association (Apiccaps) has presented its new communication...
The Portuguese Footwear Association (Apiccaps) has presented its new communication campaign for 2018. The campaign will feature seven young models, and will use a more youthful language, to offer a refreshed look and to reach a new generation of consumers. The campaign also uses cross-references to other sectors of the ...
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Ferragamo issues another profit warning
The recovery of Salvatore Ferragamo will apparently take longer than expected. The company warned that 2018 would be another year of “transition” and that it could no longer confirm the medium-term guidance released in February with its business plan. The board of directors came to this conclusion after examining the management's ...
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Pony has announced a collaboration with Michael Michalsky, a well-known...
Pony has announced a collaboration with Michael Michalsky, a well-known German fashion designers who served many years ago as creative director of Adidas. The fruits of the collaboration will be shown at the Seek trade show during next month's Berlin Fashion Week. The presentation will coincide with the establishment of ...
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A court in Neubrandenburg opened insolvency proceedings for Anika Schuhhandels...
A court in Neubrandenburg opened insolvency proceedings for Anika Schuhhandels GmbH on Dec. 1. Christian Plail, an attorney with SGP Schneider Geiwitz, was named trustee. In a letter to its suppliers, the German shoe retailer confirmed orders for the spring/summer 2018 season and their financing. A decision will be made ...
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Tapestry, the American company formerly called Coach, has placed two...
Tapestry, the American company formerly called Coach, has placed two new executives in charge of its Coach brand for different territories, starting with the new year. Fredrik Malm will serve as president of Coach Europe and Coach International. He previously worked as vice president of global retail for Ecco, and ...
