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In Italy, a new sanctioning regime is now in place...
In Italy, a new sanctioning regime is now in place against the violations concerning the labeling of the materials used in footwear and in the fibers for textile products. The law (published in Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 296 of Dec. 20, 2017), which is in effect from Jan 4, 2018, makes ...
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Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an...
Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an organization that belongs to the German shoe industry association, HDS/L, through its Deutsche Schuhinstitut. She has decided to continue to predict fashion trends and to provide advice to shoe designers and buyers through her own new company, the Fashion Trend ...
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Helly Hansen is helping to support a scholarship that will...
Helly Hansen is helping to support a scholarship that will allow outdoor enthusiasts to participate in a polar training course run by a polar explorer, Eric Larsen, on Lake Winnipeg in Canada in January
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Good growth for Steve Madden
In a preliminary statement, Steve Madden announced a sales increase of 8.3 percent to $364.4 million for its net sales during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. The turnover was boosted by the company's recent acquisition of Schwartz & Benjamin, which helped lift Madden's wholesale revenues by 10.6 percent to ...
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Michael Kleine, who left Gabor Shoes last spring, has joined...
Michael Kleine, who left Gabor Shoes last spring, has joined the Portuguese brands Kyaya, Fly London and Softinos, as sales manager for the German-speaking countries. The brand portfolio represented by Kleine will also include Asportuguesas, a line of sandals and slippers. Kleine had been with Gabor for 17 years, including ...
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Pentland forms a joint venture with Lacoste
With annual sales estimated of around €200 million at the wholesale level, representing about 10 percent of Lacoste's total wholesale-equivalent turnover, Pentland Brands and Lacoste have decided to transform their 26-year-old licensing agreement for Lacoste footwear into a capital and profit-sharing joint venture.As part of the new agreement between the ...
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Footwear production is getting smarter
That was the general message of an interesting two-day conference held in April in Waalwijk, Netherlands. It was the last conference on footwear technology organized by SLEM, the Dutch educational institution, before the recent departure of its founder and head, Nicoline van Enter. She is now pursuing her visionary mission ...
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Görtz is planning to open a flagship store in the...
Görtz is planning to open a flagship store in the center of Munich in May. Spanning over more than 2,500 square meters, it will take the place of the present Zara store on the Kaufinger Strasse, near Marienplatz. The Hamburg-based retailer reinforced its focus on the northern part of Germany ...
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Ortovox has released a new film that illustrates the...
Ortovox has released a new film that illustrates the origin and the values of the brand
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Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a...
Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Myanmar, one of the lowest-cost sourcing alternatives to China. Employers object that the proposed increase to $3.53 (€2.95) a day from March onwards is far too high, imposing a heavy burden that will ...
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Global fashion sales are expected to continue to grow in...
Global fashion sales are expected to continue to grow in 2018. According to the report The State of Fashion 2018, released by McKinsey & Company, fashion sales will increase by between 3.5 and 4.5 percent in 2018, and by 4-5 percent in the luxury segment, to reach around €2.1 billion. ...
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Mammut has launched a new transactional website for consumers in...
Mammut has launched a new transactional website for consumers in the U.K.
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Crocs told investors at a recent conference that it performed...
Crocs told investors at a recent conference that it performed better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2017, thanks to a strong holiday season in the U.S. Sales reached a level of between $180 million and $190 million, with a gross margin of around 45 percent. However, the company ...
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Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft...
Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft of luxury goods brands, has appointed a new “chief client and digital officer,” Grégory Boutté, who has had an interesting career. After working in brand management at Procter & Gamble, Boutté joined a French online auction start-up that was acquired ...
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Move On, the Portuguese shoe company controlled by the Indian...
Move On, the Portuguese shoe company controlled by the Indian Tata group, is coming out with a new brand of comfortable men's and women's shoes, called Saydo, which stands for extreme light weight. Made in Portugal with the company's typical stitch & turn technology, it will be shown for the ...
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With the financial of the Italian Trade Commission (Ice), Expo...
With the financial of the Italian Trade Commission (Ice), Expo Riva Schuh has invited 26 buyers to attend the 89th edition of the international trade show, taking place at Riva del Garda near Verona from Jan. 13 to 16. The buyers are coming from 11 European countries: Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, ...
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The weak pound and store closures hit Shoe Zone
Shoe Zone, the U.K.'s largest discount shoe retailer, made massive investments in its store portfolio in the last financial year. It closed 35 loss-making units, opened 21 stores and refitted 29, bringing its portfolio to 496 in the U.K. and Ireland. The management said that the remaining loss-making stores now make ...
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A Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi, is the leading contender for...
A Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi, is the leading contender for the acquisition of Bally International, according to Bloomberg. The other three candidates are two other Chinese firms and the Itochu group from Japan. JAB Holding, which already sold Jimmy Choo to Michael Kors last summer, has put a price tag ...
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Santander U.K. is partnering with JD.com, one of China's largest...
Santander U.K. is partnering with JD.com, one of China's largest B2C e-tailers, to help British brands expand into China's retail and consumer market. The announcement comes after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2016. The agreement will allow small and medium-sized business customers at Santander with turnover ...
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Duca del Cosma builds up internationally
After his takeover of Duca del Cosma in 2016, Frank van Wezel has rapidly built up offices and an international distribution network for the golf footwear brand, to start selling two distinct ranges for the golf course and the street.Van Wezel is the founder of the Hi-Tec and Magnum brands, ...
