All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 9-10 – Page 3
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E-commerce attracts big investors
The fast-moving digital retailing sector, which needs cash to grow, has attracted two very big players at the high and low end of the market.Richemont, which owns brands like Cartier and Chloé, succeeded a few days ago in its bid to take over control of Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) in a ...
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Atlas boosts production with Desma
Continuing its long-standing partnership with Desma, Atlas Schuhfabrik has invested in a new fully automated system from the German direct injection specialist to meet increasing demand. Atlas, a supplier of safety footwear based in Dortmund, Germany, overhauled its production capacity in January by installing the biggest rotary table ever delivered ...
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Guillaume de Feydeau, who had been appointed president of J.B....
Guillaume de Feydeau, who had been appointed president of J.B. Martin last October, has resigned from his post. He has been replaced by a Portuguese manager, Avelino Machado. De Feydeau had presented a reorganization for the loss-making French shoe company that have been endorsed by the Paris bankruptcy cout last ...
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Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of...
Gianni Georgiades has been appointed as the new head of the joint venture recently formed by Pentland Brands and Lacoste for the management of Pentland's long-standing Lacoste footwear license. He has been working most recently for Coach. He was previously in charge of European operations for Deckers' Ugg brand.
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The Portuguese association of shoes, components and leathergoods, Appiccaps, reports...
The Portuguese association of shoes, components and leathergoods, Appiccaps, reports that the number of employees in the industry rose to 45,159 at the end of 2016, or 8,100 more than in 2010. The number of people employed in the shoe manufacturing industry went up by 6,529 to 38,661. It rose ...
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The Swiss office of ANWR Garant has signed a cooperation...
The Swiss office of ANWR Garant has signed a cooperation agreement with Alois Beck, a German shoe producer, for the exclusive distribution of its collection in Switzerland. At the end of 2016, Alois Beck established a joint venture for the development, production and sale of a collection of women's and ...
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have announced the development...
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have announced the development of a new modeling approach that is said to predict the traction performance of shoe treads. The model was developed by Kurt Beschorner, associate professor of bioengineering, and Seyed Moghaddam, a student researcher, at the university's human movement and balance ...
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Deckers Brands has sued Marks & Spencer in the District...
Deckers Brands has sued Marks & Spencer in the District Court of California for the Central District, accusing the British retailer of copying the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress of its Ugg boots in its M&S Kids line, sold through its website. In Ugg's proprietary design, which was registered in ...
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Hamm Market Solutions has terminated its licensing agreement with Napapijri,...
Hamm Market Solutions has terminated its licensing agreement with Napapijri, starting with deliveries of the autumn/winter 2018/19 shoe collection. Hamm has been the licensee for this brand of VF Corporation for ten years, responsible for product development, production and distribution in Europe. As previously reported, Hamm, which is still the ...
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Clarks re-engineers after lower sales and profits
The new management of C&J Clark (Clarks), led by Mike Shearwood, is not standing still. It is deploying new initiatives to improve sales and profits after a difficult financial year in which the company incurred a net loss on lower sales for several reasons, including a general uncertainty in the ...
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Aeffe, the Italian fashion group behind Pollini and a host...
Aeffe, the Italian fashion group behind Pollini and a host of other brands, reported a 20.3 percent increase in its total sales for the first quarter of this year, generating increases of 32 percent in Ebitda to €95.2 million and 39 percent in net income to €11.3 million. While apparel ...
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Zalando adds a line of beauty products
Zalando added a line of beauty products from 130 cosmetic and skin care brands to its offer toward the end of the first quarter of this year, accompanied by online tutorials and plans for the establishment of a Beauty Concept Store in Berlin next month. More than 70 percent of ...
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Molly Adams has been appointed as the new president of...
Molly Adams has been appointed as the new president of the Famous Footwear chain by Caleres, the U.S. company led by Diane Sullivan. Adams, who has served as executive vice president of global merchandising and product development at The Walt Disney Company since 2008, will assume her new role on ...
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BasicNet, which acquired Sebago from Wolverine Worldwide last year, has...
BasicNet, which acquired Sebago from Wolverine Worldwide last year, has signed new licensing contracts for the brand for the U.S., Canada, Norway and the Balkan countries. The brand's new collection will be unveiled on May 24.
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Italy’s shoe exports accelerate
After rising by 2.6 percent in 2016, Italy's exports of shoes and components went up by 3.4 percent in value to more than €9.5 billion in 2017. The good performance followed a relatively strong increase of 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of the year, which came after increases of ...
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Alpargatas performs better at home than abroad
The volume of sandals sold by Alpargatas in Brazil under its Havaianas and Dupé brands rose by 33.1 percent to 47.4 million pairs in the first quarter of 2018, helping the company to improve the gross margin generated in its home market by 4.5 percentage points to 46.1 percent and ...
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Vögele Shoes, which belongs to Karl Vögele and operates about...
Vögele Shoes, which belongs to Karl Vögele and operates about 260 shoe shops in Switzerland, is organizing a special pop-up event in a design and lifestyle hotel in Zurich on Saturday, May 26. Renaming the Hotel Greulich as the Shoehotel for the occasion, the retailer is inviting female and male ...
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Yves Morin, 65, is retiring as president of CTC, the...
Yves Morin, 65, is retiring as president of CTC, the French Leather Center, after 20 years of involvement. Under his leadership, the public-private institution has developed its operations globally in the areas of leather, leathergoods and footwear, notably in Asia. His position at CTC has been taken over by Frédéric ...
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Alibaba’s sales up 61%
Alibaba posted revenues of 61.9 billion yuan renmimbi (€8.2bn-$9.8bn) in the fourth quarter ended March 31, up by 61 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. Meanwhile, its net profit for the quarter fell by 33 percent to RMB 6.6 billion (€871.5m-$1,042.3m). The decrease was primarily due to non-recurring disposal ...
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Zalando is running a €50 million share buyback from May...
Zalando is running a €50 million share buyback from May 11 through June 4 to cover its management stock option program
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