All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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Birkenstock is building a central chemical laboratory at its production...
Birkenstock is building a central chemical laboratory at its production plant in Bernstadt. The laboratory is scheduled to start operating at the end of the next year. The German shoe manufacturer has invested around €4 million in the construction, which signals a clear commitment to the company's location in Bernstadt, ...
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Bianco Footwear has reported a sales decline for the eighth...
Bianco Footwear has reported a sales decline for the eighth year in a row. The Danish footwear retailer's sales fell by a further 25 million Danish kroner (€3.3m-$3.8m) in 2017, leading to a total decline of almost DKK 200 million over the eight-year period (€26.8m-$30.5m). In 2016, Anders Holch ...
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Bernd Hummel, the longtime licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos...
Bernd Hummel, the longtime licensee of Pentland Group for the Kangaroos brand, based in Germany, appointed Adrian Bejan for the newly created position of senior global sales manager at the beginning of December. Bernd Hummel created the position in order to develop international sales for its sneaker brand. The company has ...
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Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...
Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief executive of Stella International on Jan. 1, taking the place of Lawrence Chen who will continue as an executive director and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese shoe company. Chi has 23 years of experience in the ...
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A new European project has been launched to establish a...
A new European project has been launched to establish a reliable method for setting up product environmental footprint category rules (PEFCR) for footwear. The LifeGreenShoes4All project is led by the Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre (CTCP), the European Footwear Confederation (CEC) and other project partners. The project, which has reportedly secured ...
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Vivarte is becoming a smaller, more viable retail group
While publishing the results for Vivarte's financial year ended in August, which showed major reductions in losses and indebtedness, its chief executive, Patrick Puy, said that a general manager will take over its operational management from spring 2019, while he will retains his position as president of the French group. ...
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G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become...
G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become the new president and chief executive of Converse from Jan. 22, replacing the retiring David Grasso. The Nike group, which owns Converse, said that his nomination is expected to help the brand to move into new spaces by reconnecting to ...
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Moody's lowered its rating for Caleres' liquidity because of the...
Moody's lowered its rating for Caleres' liquidity because of the American shoe retailer's acquisition of Vionic for $360 million (see our previous issue) reduced the availability of cash under its $600 million asset-backed revolving credit. On the other hand, the rating agency felt that Caleres should be able to meet ...
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Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...
Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona, has made Xavier Artigas its new export sales manager. Artigas has previously worked, in both retail and wholesale, for the jewelers Majorica and Carrera y Carrera, the shoemaker Castañer and the watchmaker Grupo Cadarso/Ice-Watch, mostly as a director of national ...
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Salar Milano, the Italian bags brand, is expanding its product...
Salar Milano, the Italian bags brand, is expanding its product offerings with its first shoe collection for spring/summer 2019. According to reports in Pambianconews, the company expects to see its turnover increase by 15-20 percent in the first two seasons following the launch of its first shoe line. The shoes ...
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Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, was awarded with the national...
Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, was awarded with the national fashion industry award of Spain. Camper received the award at a ceremony in Madrid on Dec. 19. The National Fashion Awards were presented for the fifth time this year by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism. Camper was ...
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Assomac says the Simac machinery show scheduled to take place...
Assomac says the Simac machinery show scheduled to take place in Milan together with Lineapelle on Feb. 20-22 is fully booked. The available space may be expanded in the future. Nicoline van Enter will organize one of her conferences on Footwearism on Feb. 21 in the afternoon at the fairgrounds ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoemakers, expressed satisfaction with the...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoemakers, expressed satisfaction with the European Parliament's approval on Dec. 12 of the European Union's free trade agreement with Japan. It will reduce Japanese import duties on footwear from 30 percent to 21 percent when it is implemented, most likely by Feb. 1. They will ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian footwear manufacturers, is supporting a...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian footwear manufacturers, is supporting a project called “Chi semina raccoglie,” the Italian for “You reap what you sow.” The project is organized by Ca'leido, an Italian non-profit association that helps autistic children. Assocalzaturifici will help build a new facility for autistic children in Altivole, a ...
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Asos reduces its guidance
In reviewing its performance in the three months through Nov. 30, the leading British online retailer reported on Dec. 17 that it was lowering its expectations for its financial year after a significant deterioration in its sales during the important month of November, adding that conditions had remained challenging, against ...
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Mark Holland, former supply chain director of Asos, has been...
Mark Holland, former supply chain director of Asos, has been appointed chief operating officer of the U.K.-based online retailer
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Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to...
Görtz, the big German shoe retailer, is asking suppliers to grant it a 2.5% discount on its purchases, according to Schuhkurier, to make up for a sales decline this year due to a difficult market situation
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The European Commission has approved a set of free trade...
The European Commission has approved a set of free trade and investment agreements with Vietnam, submitting them to the member states and the European Parliament for final endorsement. Under the free trade agreement, both Vietnam and the European Union will eliminate 99 percent of their import duties on each other ...
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The second edition of the ANWR Zukunftforum, a convention exploring...
The second edition of the ANWR Zukunftforum, a convention exploring future trends, attracted a total of 910 people at the ANWR Group's campus in Mainhausen on Nov. 20, including officials of 160 companies exhibiting innovative technical solutions. Günther Althaus, president of the buying group, insisted among other things on the ...
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Anthony Chaloub, who had been running the Chaloub Group together...
Anthony Chaloub, who had been running the Chaloub Group together with his younger brother Patrick since 2011, died in Paris at the age of 63 after a long fight against cancer. He was praised for his honesty, his humility, his kindness and his humanitarian spirit. Founded in 1955 by his ...
