All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 3-4 – Page 3

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    Eram will leave Belgium

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Eram has announced that it will divest entirely in Belgium. The French shoe retailer will eventually shut down all its stores in the country, which have a total staff of around 130. Eram had announced a restructuring plan, in October 2016, which would have entailed the loss of 70 jobs ...

  • News briefs

    Carlos Becil is the new chief marketing officer of Coach....

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Carlos Becil is the new chief marketing officer of Coach. Reporting to Andre Cohen, president of North America and global marketing, he will work together with Stuart Vevers, executive creative director of the New York-based accessories company. He comes from Equinox, where he held a similar position. He previously worked ...

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    Bally establishes a new creative team

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Bally has announced the departure of Pablo Coppola, its creative director. Coppola had joined Bally as design director in February 2014. Prior to that, he had worked for Dior, Tom Ford, and Céline. From now on, design at Bally will be entrusted to a “creative collective” including three design heads, ...

  • News briefs

    Pretty Ballerinas, which belongs to the Mascaró Group, is expanding...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Pretty Ballerinas, which belongs to the Mascaró Group, is expanding its international network of franchised stores. In the course of last year, the Spanish brand opened its first franchised mono-brand stores in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in Taipei, Taiwan, and its second one in Tokyo. It already has four franchised stores ...

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    Austria’s Vögele Shoes files for insolvency

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Schuh & Schuh PKTS, the Austrian shoe retail chain that was formerly known as Vögele Shoes, filed for insolvency proceedings at the local court of Feldkirch at the end of January. The move affects 49 stores in Austria and 241 employees. The list of creditors includes 330 entities.The company said ...

  • Article

    Flat market conditions in Germany, aside from sneakers

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe industry recorded a 6.7 percent increase in revenues to €2.8 billion in 2016, according to its trade association, HDS/L. The increase was driven by the domestic market, where the industry's sales rose by 8.3 percent to €2.2 billion, but HDS/L's officials said that this was mainly due ...

  • News briefs

    Javier Goñi, is resigning has chief executive of the Argentinian...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Javier Goñi, is resigning has chief executive of the Argentinian subsidiary of Alpargatas, citing personal reasons. His departure may be related to the Brazilian company's decision to shut down two factories in Argentina, resulting in the elimination of 170 jobs.

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    LVMH has announced the creation of LVMH Luxury Ventures, a...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    LVMH has announced the creation of LVMH Luxury Ventures, a vehicle for the French conglomerate to invest in emerging companies in the fashion, cosmetics or accessories businesses. LVMH Luxury Ventures will be headed by Julie Bercovy, the group's deputy-head of mergers and acquisitions. The new venture will have a starting ...

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    Ecco has announced the appointment of Frank Dissman as general...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Ecco has announced the appointment of Frank Dissman as general manager for Central Europe, effective Jan. 19. He replaces Matthias Reichwald, who will be pursuing his career outside the company. Dissman joins Ecco from Novi Footwear, where he spent the past 11 years as director of sales and product for ...

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    Vivarte plans to sell André and Merkal

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Confirming previous reports, the new management of Vivarte, the largest French group of shoe and apparel retail chains, announced a few days ago that it intends to sell two of its chains of shoe shops, André in France and Merkal in Spain, in addition to the Pataugas brand of footwear ...

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    Zalando is organizing the second edition of Bread & Butter...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is organizing the second edition of Bread & Butter by Zalando, the new fashion festival in the Berlin Arena, on Sept. 1-3. The new slogan, “Bold,” stands for courage, character and individuality. Adidas, Alpha Industries, Converse, Lee, Reebok and Vans have already signed up for their participation. At the ...

  • Short stops

    Nerogiardini, Candice Cooper, Hotter Shoes and Desigual are among the...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Nerogiardini, Candice Cooper, Hotter Shoes and Desigual are among the new exhibitors at Moda, the fashion and footwear trade show scheduled for Feb. 19-21 in Birmingham

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    A North American e-tailer shuts down

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Shoeme Technologies shut down all its web stores in the U.S. and Canada – Shoes.com, OnlineShoes.com and ShoeME.ca - on Jan. 27 and filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The Canadian-based shoe e-tailer has also closed down the two physical Shoes.com stores that it had recently opened in Vancouver ...

  • Short stops

    Amazon Fashion Europe will be using Liya Kebede, the Ethiopian...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Amazon Fashion Europe will be using Liya Kebede, the Ethiopian supermodel, as its new face for a spring/summer 2017 campaign

  • News briefs

    Gabor has been testing an “extended aisle” project at three...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Gabor has been testing an “extended aisle” project at three participating retailers since the summer of 2016. They are a franchisee of its licensed Camel Active footwear line, which doesn't have its own online shop, plus a brick-and-mortar retailer and a retailer with an omni-channel retailing strategy. An online program developed ...

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    After opening a new directly managed single-brand store in Frankfurt...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    After opening a new directly managed single-brand store in Frankfurt a few months ago, Peter Kaiser aims to open two franchised stores with its distribution partners in the Dutch city of Utrecht and in Moscow in the course of this year. The brand opened its very first company-owned store in ...

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    After rising in Russia, the consumption of luxury goods is...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    After rising in Russia, the consumption of luxury goods is now taking off again in China and Hong Kong, after a difficult phase. This is what emerges from a recent report by Exane BNP Paribas, based on the figures of the fourth quarter of 2016. Analysts expect China to significantly ...

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    The German shoe retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group saw...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group saw their sales decline by 1.8 percent in 2016. The cooperative's centralized settlements in this sector declined by 2.2 percent to €1.6 billion. However, increases of 11.2 percent in sporting goods and 12 percent in leathergoods allowed the group's total centralized ...

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    Rising Asian paper prices affect packaging

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Paper is the major component in the packaging of products made in Asia, accounting for an estimated five percent of the ex-factory price. During the last few years, Asian recycled containerboard prices have been enjoying modest price fluctuations. Suddenly, last November, there was a significant spike in prices all across ...

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    Advanced discussions have been taking place lately with potential investors...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Advanced discussions have been taking place lately with potential investors in Erich Rohde, the insolvent German shoe company, according to its receiver, Frank Schmitt. The discussions have concerned a possible takeover of the whole company or just its brand name, according to Schuhkurier. A solution should be found by the ...