All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 9-10 – Page 2
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New cooperations over the web in Germany
Schuhe.de, the fast-growing German internet platform for shoe retailers run by the ANWR Group, has signed a cooperation agreement with Amazon. Retailers affiliated with schuhe.de will be able to offer their product lines through Amazon. ANWR recently signed similar agreements with Zalando, eBay and Spartoo, the French online shoe retailer ...
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Strong interest for this week’s UITIC Congress in Porto
About 500 delegates from more than 30 countries around the world - about 240 of them from Portugal - have registered to attend the 20th edition of the UITIC Congress in the Portuguese city of Porto on May 16-18 to learn more about the development of the shoe sector, particularly ...
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News briefs
Keen has partnered with Nossa Familia Coffee, a coffee roaster...
Keen has partnered with Nossa Familia Coffee, a coffee roaster based in Portland, Oregon, to create a new range of sustainable handbags that help keep fabric waste out of landfill. The material used in the handbags of the new Keen Harvest Collection comes from twice-upcycled Nossa Familia coffee sacks. The ...
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The European Union (EU) has voted to clarify regulations on...
The European Union (EU) has voted to clarify regulations on nanomaterials, a move that is expected to reinforce the action against the presence of hazardous chemicals in clothing, textiles and footwear. At the Reach (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Committee meeting in Helsinki on April 26, ...
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Micam Milano has published the dates and the themes chosen...
Micam Milano has published the dates and the themes chosen for its next editions. After exploring the theme of “envy” on Sept. 16-19, its journey will continue next year under in the themes of “art “ on Feb. 10-13 and “beauty” on Sept. 15-18.
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Snipes, the chain of sneakers and streetwear products owned by...
Snipes, the chain of sneakers and streetwear products owned by Deichmann, will open its first store in France in July. It will be located in the suburban Créteil Soleil shopping center near Paris and will be followed by another store in the Carré Sénart mall of Lieusaint at a later ...
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CCC expands in Romania and Ukraine
CCC Shoes & Bags announced late last month its acquisition of a shoe retailer in Romania, Shoe Express, for €33 million. The company was previously owned by Peeraj Brands, the exclusive franchisee of CCC in the country, with a network of 54 stores generating annual revenues of €33 million.CCC sees ...
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Kawasaki’s canvas shoes plan a comeback
Sports Group Denmark has obtained a four-year license for the development and global distribution of an expanded line of Kawasaki footwear, with a new and updated concept. It is talking to new and old distributors of the line with a goal of firming up the range and the international sales ...
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New call for transnational collaboration in Europe
The European Union launched last month a second call for proposals for participation in its Worth Partnership Project, offering funding of up to €10,000 for any project involving at least two designers, manufacturers or technology firms in certain sectors, including footwear, from at least two different countries.The project is funded ...
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News briefs
The Bright show, regarded as the leading European trade show...
The Bright show, regarded as the leading European trade show for streetwear, sneakers and skateboarding, which was acquired by the Premium Group in July 2015 and is held at the Arena Berlin fairgrounds, has restructured its management team. Katharina Schreiber and Dennis Scholz, both active skateboarders who are said to ...
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In contrast with the brand's previous strong performance, sales grew...
In contrast with the brand's previous strong performance, sales grew by only 5 percent for Stuart Weitzman in the third quarter of Tapestry's financial year, ended on March 31, driving the brand into a loss of $12 million for the period. The group, which was previously called Coach, saw its ...
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Künzli, the Swiss brand of sneakers, has created a subsidiary...
Künzli, the Swiss brand of sneakers, has created a subsidiary with a factory in Albania, for the production of its shoe collections. Künzli's shoes have been made in Switzerland since 1927, outsourcing the stitching in the country and assembling the products in-house. Stitching and assembly are now combined in a ...
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Short stops
Manolo Blahnik is going to open a new store in...
Manolo Blahnik is going to open a new store in the Marina Bay Sands shopping mall in Singapore
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Short stops
Birkenstock is holding its first fashion show at the Pitti...
Birkenstock is holding its first fashion show at the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence on June 13, as it did last June at the fashion shows in Paris' Tuileries Gardens
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News briefs
The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised...
The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised by 33 percent to the equivalent of US$3.53, following a government decree issued in March that struck a compromise between the positions of employers and labor groups. The last increase in the country's minimum wage took place two and half ...
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Moon Boot is becoming a lifestyle product
The Tecnica Group is taking its iconic after-ski boot down from the mountains to the city, expanding the range of its styles and positioning the Moon Boot as a premium-priced, contemporary brand of warm and comfortable footwear with an Italian design for young and adult women, a little like Moncler ...
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News briefs
C. Banner International Holdings, a major Chinese footwear manufacturer, retailer...
C. Banner International Holdings, a major Chinese footwear manufacturer, retailer and distributor, has acquired a 51 percent controlling stake in House of Fraser, the British department store chain, from another Chinese company, Nanjing Cenbest. House of Fraser generated sales of £1.3 billion (€1.5bn-$1.8bn) last year through its 59 stores in ...
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Rockport files for bankruptcy
The Rockport Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court yesterday, citing numerous issues including a promotional environment, weak sales at the company's current 22 full-price Rockport stores in North America in recent years and a difficult and expensive separation process from the Adidas Group.A private equity ...
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News briefs
Sophie Bambuck, who has served as senior brand director for...
Sophie Bambuck, who has served as senior brand director for Nike Sportswear for Western Europe for the past two years, has become chief marketing officer of Converse. She takes the place of Julien Cahn, who had moved to Converse from Nike in 2016. According to Bloomberg, he is going to ...
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The reorganization of Legero United, the Austrian company behind the...
The reorganization of Legero United, the Austrian company behind the Legero, Superfit, Think§ and Vios brands, is still going on. An experienced manager, Rudy Haslbeck has been assigned to the newly created position of director for the Legero business unit, starting in September, while Angelika Lübben will fill the newly ...
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