All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 13-14 – Page 2
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Sergio Rossi, a former property of Kering that is currently...
Sergio Rossi, a former property of Kering that is currently owned by Investindustrial, is targeting sales of at least €70 million for this year, up by about 9 percent compared with 2018. The target was unveiled by the Italian shoe company's chief executive, Riccardo Sciutto, in an interview with MFFashion. ...
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Legero creates new functions for future growth
With its appointment of Alenka Klarica to the position of chief commercial officer, Legero United – the Austrian-based group that markets various shoe brands, including Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think – has basically completed a reorganization of its management around the group's chief executive, Stefan Stolitzka, creating various new positions.Klarica, ...
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Le Coq Sportif has signed a six-year partnership deal with...
Le Coq Sportif has signed a six-year partnership deal with the Paris Opera Ballet that will see the French brand become the official technical supplier of the Opera's Ballet and dance school. Le Coq Sportif will supply the outfits for their sporting activities, which will be designed in collaboration with ...
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A group of Italian fashion-related companies held a special exhibition...
A group of Italian fashion-related companies held a special exhibition in a hotel in Seoul, called “La Moda Italiana,” for the 14th season. Carmens, Daniele Lepori and Thierry Rabotin were among the footwear companies set to participate in the show. Italy is the second-largest supplier of leather shoes in South ...
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Kangaroos is launching a limited collection of sneakers together with...
Kangaroos is launching a limited collection of sneakers together with Sneakerholics, a German-speaking Facebook group with almost 30,000 members. The “Sneakerholics x KangaROOS Coil R1 Bubblegum” shoe model is limited to 360 pairs globally, to be sold from June 8. Kangaroos has also launched a new shoe collection made in ...
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Malone Souliers has launched its first menswear collection for spring...
Malone Souliers has launched its first menswear collection for spring 2020. The collection comprises two styles, a loafer and ankle boot, each of which is available in various colorways and fabrics. The shoes combine classic materials, such as nappa leather and suede, with more unusual materials such as ponyskin, velvet, ...
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Tamara Mellon, the New York-based co-founder of Jimmy Choo, is...
Tamara Mellon, the New York-based co-founder of Jimmy Choo, is receiving $50 million in Series C funding, led by the London-based investment firm Centricus, for the development of her own eponymous footwear brand. Previous investors, such as NEA and Quadrille Capital, also took part. The women's luxury footwear brand, which ...
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Chinese manufacturers are looking at other sources
Wandering in the aisles of Expo Riva Schuh, the mass-market trade show held on June 15-18 in northern Italy, before the announcement at the end of the month that the U.S. and China are resuming trade negotiations, was a great way to gather facts and anecdotes not only about the ...
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Change in U.S. distribution plunges Sanita into a loss
Sanita Footwear, the Danish producer of clogs had a negative result of 6.5 million Danish kroner (€0.87m-$0.98m) in 2018, compared with net income of DKK 36.2 million in the previous year. While sales and results were relatively positive in Europe, Sanita took a hit in the U.S. due to the winding ...
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Deliveries of online parcels are a challenge
Working in cooperation with PostNord – the combined postal services of Denmark and Sweden – Zalando is testing the use of private residences as pick-up and drop-off locations for its parcels. The program allows people who, for whatever reason – self-employment, retirement, etc. – are often at home during the ...
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L Catterton is looking to sell R.M. Williams
R.M. Williams is likely to be on the auction block in September. The Australian Financial Review reported back in May that the Australian boot and apparel brand's owner, L Catterton Asia, had engaged Goldman Sachs to seek out potential bidders. According to the newspaper, a public offering is out of ...
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Caleres has entered into a strategic partnership with a multi-brand...
Caleres has entered into a strategic partnership with a multi-brand retail management and distribution company, Brand Investment Holding, to market its Naturalizer and Sam Edelman brands in China across multiple channels, including branded retail stores and e-commerce sites. Naturalizer and Sam Edelman will be available online in China this summer. ...
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Dune, the British shoe retailer, says it has generated incremental...
Dune, the British shoe retailer, says it has generated incremental revenues of £4.4 million (€4.9m-$5.5m) in the past three and a half years by delivering “the right message, for the right person, at the right time” through personalized ads. Working with a personalized digital marketing provider, Conversant, the retailer has ...
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Brexit holds up Kidderminster’s foreign orders
Kidderminster Footwear still views Europe as its main export market despite the ongoing uncertainty regarding the future relationship between the U.K. and the European Union (EU). In the meantime, the British sourcing specialist has brought the printing of package labels in-house in order to cut lead times and better cope ...
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Cravatex Brands (CBL) will be taking charge of operations in...
Cravatex Brands (CBL) will be taking charge of operations in India for Vans, the skate-shoe brand owned by VF Corp. The plan is to expand Vans' distribution in the region by expanding its retail network there to 50 stores over the next five years. That period should also see brand-building ...
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Lemon Jelly, a green brand by a Portuguese sole producer
Sustainability is a strong trend in the Portuguese shoe industry, and it is being forcefully pursued by Procalcado, one of the biggest manufacturers of soles and injected plastic footwear in the country. The new generation at the head of the company, led by José Azevedo Pinto, decided six years ago ...
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London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole,...
London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole, has bought the Bennetts department store Bennetts in Derby, which had been declared insolvent in February. French Sole specializes in the retailing of ballet flats and holds trademarks in every country in the world except the U.S. French Sole has stores ...
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Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will be launching a small...
Camper, the Spanish shoe brand, will be launching a small shoe collection together with Ecoalf, the Spanish fashion label, this month. Camper wants to reduce the usage of new plastic fibers to almost zero by 2022. The brand also aims to become climate-neutral. Ecoalf is using recycled plastic bottles, used tires, fishing ...
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Crocs has teamed up with Vera Bradley, the luggage and...
Crocs has teamed up with Vera Bradley, the luggage and handbag brand, on a colorful collaborative shoe collection. The limited-edition collection features four Crocs models – the Classic Clog, Sloane Slide, Freesail Clog and Kadee Flat – available in three patterns channeling Vera Bradley aesthetics - Mint Flowers, Fireworks Paisley ...
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Sales of illegal shoes are booming in Russia
A few months before the long-awaited introduction of the compulsory tagging of all shoes in with RFID chips in Russia, the flow of counterfeit footwear is skyrocketing in the country. Natalia Demidova, director of the Russian National Shoe Union, told the Russian Retail Week conference in Moscow that their market ...
