All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 19-20 – Page 3
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Xero Shoes, a fast-growing company in Boulder, Colorado that produces...
Xero Shoes, a fast-growing company in Boulder, Colorado that produces minimalist sneakers and sandals, has raised $2.3 million in debt capital in a deal with JP Morgan Chase. The proceeds will help the company to support its growth and to expand the product range. Xero's sales have enjoyed a sixfold ...
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Is the sneaker boom going to last?
More than 80 percent of the German people aged 25 to 44 stated that they are wearing sneakers, according to the German arm of YouGov, a market research institute, which conducted a survey on this popular product among 3,873 people aged 18 and over in the country.Interestingly, however, the ratio ...
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Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S....
Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S. with big buzz in the media. Directly managed by the company and located at 120 Spring Street in the SoHo district of New York, it is the German company's 47th company-owned store. An artist, Amit Greenberg, developed a campaign that ...
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Russia’s biggest shoe producer boosts output
Unichel, which ranks as the biggest shoe manufacturing company in Russia, is targeting the production of 2,150,000 pairs of shoes this year, 9 percent up as compared to last year, thanks to contracts signed with new wholesale buyers from Russia and Kazakhstan.In response to a growing demand for injection-molded footwear, ...
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Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched...
Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear that launched its own line of shoes in the autumn of last year, has appointed Markus Dietrich to the newly created position of head of international sales for footwear. The 42-year-old will be responsible for the development of an international distribution network ...
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Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled...
Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled by the ANWR Group, has launched a new concept store focusing on sneakers and streetwear in the company's hometown of Kulmbach. Its new KU13 offshoot brand store occupies 350 square meters in a former dental laboratory in the small city, ...
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The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research...
The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research and training institute based in Lyon, is facing another possible cut in its budget of $820,000 next year. This is part of a series of measures proposed by the French government that would result in total savings of around €10 ...
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Cesare Paciotti, one of the best known brands of women's...
Cesare Paciotti, one of the best known brands of women's shoes operating in the Marche region of Italy, has changed its brand name to Paciotti, addressing a younger customer target. The company went through a rough patch three years ago because of a major decline in its turnover and a ...
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The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth...
The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth €94.4 million as part of Portugal 2020, the name of the Partnership Agreement between Portugal and the European Commission to promote the country's competitiveness and internationalization. According to data from Apiccaps, the country's shoe and leathergoods industry association, there were ...
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The Belgian FNG Group has taken over the Henkelman Group,...
The Belgian FNG Group has taken over the Henkelman Group, a big international Dutch-based trading company specializing in footwear, from its founder and managing director, Theo Henkelman. The fashion company, which is run by Dieter Penninckx, already has the Claudia Sträter and Miss Etam brands as part of its footwear ...
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Like other Portuguese shoemakers that have been working only on...
Like other Portuguese shoemakers that have been working only on an OEM basis until now, Fernanda e Oliveira has come out with its own brand of shoes. Called Gladz, the new brand of women's shoes tells a story connected with former influent women like Marie Curie and Simone de Beauvoir. ...
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Momad Shoes becomes ShoesRoom by Momad
Spain's national shoe show, Momad Shoes, will be changing its format and venue. Somewhat like Gallery Shoes, the new German shoe show that has replaced the big GDS, the future Spanish shoe show will feature smaller, simpler and less expensive modular stands. Like the new show in Düsseldorf, it will ...
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A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the...
A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the footwear industry reached an agreement on a uniform nationwide collective wage agreement for minimum wages last month. According to the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), the negotiations bundled both commercial and industrial employees together for the first time ...
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Bata is planning a massive retail expansion in India with...
Bata is planning a massive retail expansion in India with the opening of around 100 new stores and 50 new franchise stores across the country during the current financial year. The company has recently announced Sushant Singh Rajput as a new brand ambassador, to promote its men's casual range of ...
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Birkenstock was awarded with a Silver Dolphin in the category...
Birkenstock was awarded with a Silver Dolphin in the category of corporate online media and “webisodes” at this year's Cannes Corporate TV & Media Awards. It came in second position in this category out of six winners from five countries. Birkenstock portrayed customers in several episodes for its magazine, which ...
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VF Corp. is making available to consumers the « sourcing maps »...
VF Corp. is making available to consumers the « sourcing maps » for ten of its brands' most iconic products. The sourcing maps, which can be viewed on VF's sustainability website, are meant to ensure transparency about every step in the production of VF's apparel and footwear. The interactive maps show the ...
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Asos progresses strongly
Asos saw its quotation on the stock exchange rise by 15 percent after the U.K.-based online retailer of clothing and footwear reported higher sales and profits for the financial year ended on Aug. 31, in spite of continued high investments in software and operations that represented about 10 percent of ...
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Argentina’s shoe industry is in trouble
Faced with a disastrous situation in the country's shoe industry, the Argentinian government has decided to lower import duties on certain raw materials need to make shoes from 35 percent to 15 percent.According to Cueroamerica, the production of the sector has declined by more than 20 percent over the past ...
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Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the...
Patricia Sancho has been appointed deputy director of Tempe, the Spanish shoe manufacturing and sourcing company in which the Inditex group owns half of the shares, according to Moda.es. Sancho, who has been running a British fashion company, Temperley London, will report to Tempe's general manager, Antonio Garcia. With operations ...
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Steve Madden has appointed Liz Rodbell as group president of...
Steve Madden has appointed Liz Rodbell as group president of retail, accessories and licensing, a newly created role. Rodbell has more than 30 years of experience in the retail industry. She joins from Hudson's Bay Company, where she served most recently as president of the group's Lord & Taylor brand. ...
