All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 19-20 – Page 5
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Berlin fairs reposition themselves, look abroad
Premium, the trade show for fashion, footwear and accessories that is an important component of the Berlin Fashion Week, is restructuring its layout and developing its first initiatives abroad under its new ownership.Among other initiatives, the Premium Exhibition Group has acquired a minority share in the New York-based Liberty Fairs ...
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Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the...
Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the fashion trends platform of the German Shoe Institute (DSI), after 15 years in the post. The German shoe industry veteran ran for many years Sabu, the voluntary group of shoe retailers. He then worked for Gabor Footwear, running its Camel ...
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Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6...
Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6 percent to $175.5 million during the July-September quarter, according to the country's Export Promotion Bureau. The category was the only bright spot in Bangladesh leather sector, whose total exports declined by 17.5 percent to $267.9 million. This will make it ...
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Timberland's Yellow Boot model has turned 45. In order to...
Timberland's Yellow Boot model has turned 45. In order to celebrate the anniversary, the U.S. brand, which is part of the VF Corp. group, is staging numerous events all over the world. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, it is offering customers to tattoo their new boots by local tattoo artists. ...
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Mifitto, a German start-up specializing in 3D measurement of feet...
Mifitto, a German start-up specializing in 3D measurement of feet that filed for bankruptcy on July 5 at the local court of Duisburg, will be taken over by a consortium from Cologne and Franconia. No further details on the takeover have been revealed. Mifitto has developed a system that claims ...
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In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los...
In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los Angeles, in close proximity to Venice Beach. The store will be designed by Jenny Askenfors of Bofink Design Studio, Sneakersnstuff's official design partner. According to reports by Footwear News, the company's co-founder, Erik Fagerlind, has said the next cities in ...
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Timberland is opening a sumptuous pop-up store of 3,500 square...
Timberland is opening a sumptuous pop-up store of 3,500 square feet, inspired by nature, at 511 Fifth Avenue in New York
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Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent...
Vivarte has recruited a 25-year expert in fashion retailing, Laurent Portella, to run San Marina, one of its remaining footwear chains, charging him with repositioning the banner, renovating its stores and developing it internationally. On Oct. 1, he took the place of Axelle Mathery, who founded another shoe retail chain ...
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Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects...
Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects to record sales of more than €55-60 million by the end of this year, up by 113 percent as compared to the previous year, instead of a previously projected level of €40-50 million. More than 900 independent retailers are members ...
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Allbirds, the American brand of sustainable footwear launched in 2016,...
Allbirds, the American brand of sustainable footwear launched in 2016, has raised $50 million more in Series C funding from institutional investors including T. Rowe Price and Fidelity. It has collected a total of $75 million to conduct further research into sustainable materials and to expand internationally. It has just ...
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Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase...
Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase to $471.3 million for the third quarter ended on Sept. 30. Total shipments went up by 5.9 percent in volume, driven by fashion athletic styles and casual footwear. Revenues from manufacturing rose by 2.6 percent to $455.2 million. The branding ...
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Cityschuh, a German shoe retailer founded in 1978 with seven...
Cityschuh, a German shoe retailer founded in 1978 with seven points of sale in Bavaria, won the Micam Award for best foreign buyer. Three stores specialize in high-end shoes and three others offer mid-range footwear. The seventh store handles entry-level footwear and has a bigger floor space of about 700 ...
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Nike came in 17th position in the annual ranking of...
Nike came in 17th position in the annual ranking of the 100 strongest global brands compiled by Interbrand. Its brand strength increased by 11 percent this year to $30.1 billion. The only other sports brand in the chart was Adidas, whose brand value rose by 17 percent to $10.8 billion, ...
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P.W. Minor has shut down operations completely after 151 years...
P.W. Minor has shut down operations completely after 151 years in business. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the reasons for its closure were “economic.” Oct. 5 was listed as the closing date. Based in Batavia, NY, P.W. Minor was the second-oldest footwear manufacturer in the ...
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Vietnam's shoe exports increased by10.5 percent to almost $11.8 billion...
Vietnam's shoe exports increased by10.5 percent to almost $11.8 billion in the first nine months of this year
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Roland, a subsidiary of Deichmann, is closing its nine-year-old, 1,200-square-meter...
Roland, a subsidiary of Deichmann, is closing its nine-year-old, 1,200-square-meter store on Cologne's central Schildergasse at the end of this year
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DIS – an Italian €400,000 crowdfunding project
An Italian startup, Design Italian Shoes (DIS), has launched a €400,000 capital increase through a crowdfunding campaign using the Mamacrowd platform to finance various projects including the launch of a women's collection and of a mobile phone application to scan one's feet.The capital increase may be extended to up to ...
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Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children...
Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico as part of the company's Bobs from Skechers philanthropic shoe program. Hurricane Maria hit the island in the second half of September and early October 2017, but many people in Puerto Rico are ...
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