All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 11-12 – Page 3
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Footasylum has appointed Barry Bown as its new chairman. He...
Footasylum has appointed Barry Bown as its new chairman. He replaces John Wardle, who will retire. Wardle joined the footwear and streetwear fashion retailer in 2008 as its chief executive, moving to executive chairman in 2015. Bown has been working with Footasylum in a consulting role since March. Prior to ...
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Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager...
Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager for Central Europe at Ecco. From July, the 41-year-old replaces Annette Wächtler, who will continue to work as senior category manager for Ecco's shoe collection for women at the company's headquarters in Denmark. Before joining Ecco, Fischer worked for the ...
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Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music...
Schuh has appointed Startle to implement a tailored background music and digital signage in its 136 stores in the U.K., Ireland and Germany for the next five years. Startle has created two distinct personalities for the in-store areas – Schuh and Schuh Kids. The digital signage will tailor promotions based ...
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Antoine Arnault has been named head of communication and image...
Antoine Arnault has been named head of communication and image at LVMH. Antoine is the son of Bernard Arnault, LVMH's owner and chief executive. Antoine Arnault, 41, currently leads Berluti and is also president of Loro Piana, the group's high-end knitwear brand. Alongside his new functions, he will also continue ...
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Russia plans anti-fraud measures for the national shoe market
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill introducing compulsory labeling with an RFID chip of all shoes on the domestic market starting from July 1, 2019. The decision is intended to wipe counterfeit products from the store shelves.With a special application on their mobile devices, customers will be ...
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Pentland Brands has announced the launch of an in-house brand...
Pentland Brands has announced the launch of an in-house brand building academy for its new marketing and creative staff. Pentland, a British family-owned business, is the parent company of well-known sporting brands like Speedo, Berghaus and Kangaroos. It is also the licensee of Ted Baker footwear and has a joint ...
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Two German companies, Soex and I:Collect, have announced the development...
Two German companies, Soex and I:Collect, have announced the development of a breakthrough recycling system for all types of footwear. Soex, which specializes in used textile trading and recycling, receives tens of thousands of used shoes every day. Around 83 percent of these shoes are still be in good condition ...
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Americans buy more sneakers, and more online
According to a report issued by Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the leading footwear trade association in the U.S., 35 percent of Americans planned to buy shoes online this spring, up from 31 percent in 2017. The latest nationwide survey on the purchasing habits of U.S. footwear consumers ...
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The Aldo Group is aiming to more intelligently fulfill online...
The Aldo Group is aiming to more intelligently fulfill online ship-from-store orders through a new partnership with Celect Fulfillment Optimization. The Canadian-based footwear and accessory retailer will use artificial intelligence to leverage store inventories in fulfilling online orders from the most profitable location across its global network. By adding an ...
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Ecco filed a patent infringement complaint against Skechers in a...
Ecco filed a patent infringement complaint against Skechers in a U.S. court in Delaware on May 16, claiming infringement of four U.S. patents through its Go Golf Drive – Classic and Go Golf Drive – men's golf shoes. The Danish company is seeking an injunction, damages and fees.
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Clarks starts manufacturing again in England
Clarks is inaugurating a modern, new shoe factory this month near his global headquarters in the Somerset region of England. Taking some inspiration from the systems used in the autommotive and aerospace industries, it will use robots to assist its initial staff of 80 workers.The plant will have a capacity ...
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After lengthy negotiations, the ANWR Group has signed contracts with...
After lengthy negotiations, the ANWR Group has signed contracts with Nike, Adidas and Reebok that will allow the 1,300-plus shoe retailers affiliated with its ANWR Schuh voluntary group in Germany to order more than 600 selected items for delivery in the first quarter of 2019 at favorable conditions. These items, ...
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The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) will feature a new...
The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) will feature a new luxury area for leather and components at its next edition, scheduled to take place in Shanghai on Aug. 29-31, to mark the 30th anniversary of the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) and the progress made by the leather industry in ...
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According to this year's Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, which was...
According to this year's Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, which was published in May, online sales of fake luxury goods accounted for 31 percent of total counterfeiting-related losses in 2017, which were estimated at $98 billion in the high-end consumer goods sector around the world. In its examination of the luxury ...
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According to Modaes, the Spanish fashion news service, Camper is...
According to Modaes, the Spanish fashion news service, Camper is taking out two sub-labels, Medwinds and Cartujano from its product range. The company plans to focus on its core brand in the future. Medwinds was created in 2011 and acquired by Camper in 2014. The product range includes shoes for ...
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The Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados), the Brazilian Trade and...
The Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados), the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) and the members of the Brazilian Footwear program, maintained by those entities, have recently organized a meeting in which to select target markets for the next two years. The following markets have been chosen as priorities ...
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ABG buys Nine West, outbidding DSW
The Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has won the auction for the takeover of the Nine West brand of footwear and the Bandolino brand of handbags from Nine West Holdings. ABG had filed an initial “stalking horse” bid of $200 million for the two businesses, but raised it in the end ...
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Suspected of having committed suicide, Kate Spade, 55, was found...
Suspected of having committed suicide, Kate Spade, 55, was found dead on June 5 in her apartment in New York. Her husband and partner, Andy Spade, told The New York Times that she suffered of depression. Together, they launched two years ago a new brand of shoes and accessories, Frances ...
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A revolutionary new process: 3D bonding
A new manufacturing process for shoes that requires no stitching, no lasting and no assembly, called 3D bonding, is going to be adopted by a Portuguese manufacturer of safety shoes, AMF, and by Keen Footwear in the U.S. for its outdoor shoes. The process takes only a few seconds and ...
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The luxury market will prosper in 2018, driven by China
The global personal luxury goods market is expected to grow by between 6 and 8 percent this year, driven by a strong rebound in China. That would mean sales reaching between €276 billion and €281 billion, according to a spring 2018 update of Bain & Company's ongoing study of the ...
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