All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 15-16 – Page 4
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Ara Shoes is cooperating with Invista, the U.S.-based fiber manufacturer,...
Ara Shoes is cooperating with Invista, the U.S.-based fiber manufacturer, on a forthcoming spring/summer 2020 shoe collection that will feature Invista's breathable “Coolmax” fabric
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Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged...
Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged to the Deichmann group since 2011, took over Kicks USA, a retail chain specializing in sneakers, athletic shoes and clothing, with 64 stores in eastern part of the U.S. Now it has acquired Mr. Alan's Men's Bootery, another sneaker chain based in ...
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Skechers’ “global lens” approach pays off
Skechers posted another strong quarter, thanks to the ongoing impact of rapidly rising sales outside the U.S. After recording more than $1 billion in revenues both in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, the company ended up again with record sales in the second quarter. ...
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Marina Larroude has been appointed as head of U.S. operations...
Marina Larroude has been appointed as head of U.S. operations for Schutz, the Brazilian brand of women's shoes. She had worked for Vogue Brazil and other publications of Condé Nast before she became fashion director of Barneys New York.
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At its annual order show in Heilbronn, Sabu, the German...
At its annual order show in Heilbronn, Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, generated a satisfactory profit despite a slight decrease in revenues due to weak orders of spring/summer 2019 products and reorders. Revenues decreased from €317.8 million in 2017 to €318 million in 2018. For 2019, Sabu ...
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Assocalzaturifici announces new board roles
Assocalzaturifici, Italy's shoe industry association, has announced new roles on its executive board, following the election of Siro Badon as chairman of the organization earlier this year, previously reported in Shoe Intelligence (Vol. 21 n°7,8 of 18/04/2019). Badon's tenure, which will run through 2023, started at the recent annual meeting ...
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VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice...
VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice president and general manager in charge of Vans in the EMEA region, starting in October. He will replace Stefano Saccone, who had taken on the responsibility in April but is instead going to run Woolrich International (see the following article). ...
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Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor...
Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor Day proceeds from its new boot, the Iron Grey Journeyman, to the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in Charleston, South Carolina, to celebrate the launch of the shoe. The footwear and apparel company, based in Rockford, Michigan, will ...
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Rita Ora is the new brand ambassador for Deichmann and...
Rita Ora is the new brand ambassador for Deichmann and the face of its 2019/20 autumn/winter brand campaign. The “Rita Ora for Deichmann” collection has 40 women's shoe models and will be available in select stores as well as via Deichmann's online store from August.
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Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen...
Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen and Dupé, is selling its Argentinian subsidiaries for the equivalent of about €3.3 million. The deal follows an agreement that the Brazilian footwear manufacturer reached in September 2018 to sell 22.5 percent of the businesses behind its Topper brand, both ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has appointed Ivo van Ierland Fred Gregarek to the recently created position of sales manager for Central Europe. For the past five years, the 42-year-old Gregarek has been sales manager for Germany and Austria at Toms. He has also worked in ...
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Alibaba pulls a strong quarter despite the ongoing trade war
Supported by growth in e-commerce and cloud computing, Alibaba Group Holding's revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended on June 30 topped analysts' expectations. This came despite the difficult trade environment caused by the ongoing U.S.-China dispute, as well as an increasingly competitive e-commerce industry.The Chinese e-tailer's sales increased by ...
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Aldo has a new licensing division
The Aldo Group of Montreal has unveiled two licensing deals: one with Rachel Zoe, the Los Angeles-based designer, and the other with Who What Wear, an e-newsletter and blog that has expanded from social media into apparel.Zoe, who boasts about three million followers on Instagram, had a previous licensing deal with ...
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Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase...
Aldo has announced a new environmentally friendly initiative to phase out single-use shopping bags from the group's stores. Customers will be encouraged to opt for an eco-designed shoe box, made from recycled material. The initiative will involve both Aldo and Call It Spring shops. Call It Spring recently became a ...
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Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews...
Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews to acquire the two-year-old Belgian retail data analytics firm in two steps. In a first step, the Paris-based firm buys 70 percent of Retviews for €8 million. The remaining part will be taken over in three phases over the next ...
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Deichmann and Esprit have signed a cooperation agreement. From the...
Deichmann and Esprit have signed a cooperation agreement. From the spring 2020 season, Deichmann will also be offering its own collections of Esprit shoes, which will be sold exclusively at its own shops, including Dosenbach in Switzerland and van Haren in the Netherlands, and through its own online shop. From ...
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The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed...
The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to buy the foot-care business of Dr. Scholl's in the Americas from the German chemical group Bayer for $585 million. It will set up a stand-alone company for the business that generated sales of $234 million in 2018. Bayer acquired ...
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Anders Stål and his wife, Hanna, became agents for Gabor...
Anders Stål and his wife, Hanna, became agents for Gabor in Sweden on July 1
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VF raises its guidance after a good quarter
Thanks to a better-than-expected performance posted by Vans and The North Face, VF saw its reported revenues improve by 6 percent to $2,271 million for the fiscal first quarter ended on June 30. Adjusted to exclude the spin-off of its lower-margin Kontoor jeans business, the acquisition of Altra and Icebreaker, ...
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After not even a year, ANWR Schuh and Jan Brinkmann...
After not even a year, ANWR Schuh and Jan Brinkmann are going their separate ways. ANWR Schuh appointed Brinkmann as head of its wholesale division in October of last year. He was responsible for the buying group's wholesale activities for sport, vertical concepts and private labels. Brinkmann has worked in ...
