All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 19-20
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Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the...
Prada partnered with Selfridges in September and took over the department store's Corner Shop in London. The space, called Prada Escape, reflected the autumn 2019 men's and women's collection of the fashion designer, with pieces featuring a mix of prints and military references. The initiative ran from Sept. 2 to ...
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Some interesting styles at Micam
At the Micam show in Milan last month, Galibelle, a Lisbon-based company, showed a patented system of interchangeable heel covers that clip onto and off of a plastic heel base. For a couple of years, the Portuguese company has been successfully selling sandals with interchangeable uppers that clip onto studs. ...
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Goldman Sachs has kicked off the sale of R.M. Williams,...
Goldman Sachs has kicked off the sale of R.M. Williams, sending information on the company's growth plans to interested parties. The new figures and the asking price published in the press are confusing and could not be verified by press time. We have already reported on its latest financial results ...
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GMI, a new Italian shoe manufacturing platform
Consolidation and financing may be a good way for the smaller players in Italy's fragmented shoe industry to find new avenues for growth.An Italian private equity company, Consilium, has announced the acquisition of Calzaturificio Claudia, a producer of sneakers and women's shoes for luxury brands, for an undisclosed amount. Merging ...
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Peter Kachler has left Sabu, the German voluntary group of...
Peter Kachler has left Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent retailers, after 40 years. Most recently, he was responsible for all purchasing from international suppliers. In 1991, he developed Andiamo, Sabu's private label, earning himself the nickname “Mister Andiamo.” He is now retiring. Sabu has not yet appointed a ...
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Tradebyte, the German internet marketplace specialist owned by Zalando since...
Tradebyte, the German internet marketplace specialist owned by Zalando since 2016, has elevated Kathrin Hösl to the position of chief operating officer. She will be a member of the management board along with the chief executive, Matthias Schulte, and the chief financial officer, Thorsten Barth. Hösl, who previously worked for ...
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Wortmann, the German shoe producer that owns the Tamaris, Jana,...
Wortmann, the German shoe producer that owns the Tamaris, Jana, Caprice, S.Oliver, Be Natural and Marco Tozzi brands of footwear, will no longer exhibit at the Galley Shoes fair, the three-day trade show held at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. The company has decided to focus on the Micam show ...
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Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable...
Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable packaging for its customer deliveries. The Berlin-based online retailer will ship deliveries to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in envelopes that can be used for shipments as well as returns in a bid to reduce packaging waste ...
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Texon, the global supplier of materials for footwear and other...
Texon, the global supplier of materials for footwear and other industries, has hired Simon Browne as director of key accounts for Europe. Browne had been working in key accounts since 1993 for another major materials company, Freudenberg, most recently as global head of SBU shoe components. He has been based ...
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Sneakertopia, the first pop-up museum to honor the pioneers and...
Sneakertopia, the first pop-up museum to honor the pioneers and patrons of sneakers, will open to the public for a limited event on Oct. 25 in Los Angeles. The museum invites visitors to step into sneaker culture in a pop-art environment of sports, music, film, fashion, humor and parody. Various ...
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VF unveils new strategic plan and financial outlook
VF Corporation held a meeting on Sept. 25 with investors and analysts in Beaver Creek, Colorado, to provide an update to the company's strategic growth plan. It used the opportunity to introduce a new corporate logo for the first time in 21 years, accompanied by a telling new tagline: “Purpose ...
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The Sachdeva family, which owns one of the largest shoe-production...
The Sachdeva family, which owns one of the largest shoe-production companies in India, is launching Vazco Salbatore, a new brand for the international market. The uppers are made in India and the shoes are assembled in Portugal. The Sachdevas oversee the collection's design and product development, providing technical assistance to ...
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Humanic’s parent hires a sports expert
Leder & Schuh is strengthening its executive board by bringing in a sports-retail specialist. The big Austrian shoe retailing group is looking to expand its banners while digitalizing and focusing more on the sports-lifestyle consumer segment.The company has hired Michael Rumerstorfer, who has a long history of leadership in sporting ...
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A group of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of...
A group of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) supporters poured buckets of black “toxic slime” over their heads at London Fashion Week, to call attention to the harmful waste generated by the leather industry – represented by that “toxic slime.” Text on the buckets read “Dump Leather” ...
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The Vivarte group says it has entered exclusive negotiations to...
The Vivarte group says it has entered exclusive negotiations to sell San Marina, one of the last footwear retail chains in its possession, to Thierry Le Guénic and Stéphane Collaert, the French entrepreneurs who have already bought another shoe retail chain, Cosmoparis, and the Chevignon brand of sportswear. San Marina ...
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Russian online retailer plans to enter the EU
Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, has decided to build a central logistics hub in Slovakia to service the Western European market. The investment cost of the project is estimated at €200 million. Wildberries originally was planning to launch its European expansion from Poland, but then it received an interesting proposal ...
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Ecco has opened a high-tech leather-cutting plant next to its...
Ecco has opened a high-tech leather-cutting plant next to its tannery in Xiamen, China. The company says it wants to establish the facility as a center of excellence for leather cutting. To minimize the environmental footprint, it is equipped with photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftop. The renewable energy makes ...
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Dr. Martens is going to go public on the London...
Dr. Martens is going to go public on the London Stock Exchange at the end of this year or early in 2020, according to a report in Il Sole 24 Ore, the Italian business daily. Permira, the investment fund that bought the brand for £300 million (€347.0m-$385.8m) in 2013, is ...
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Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with...
Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with Converse. An International Trade Commission judge found that Skechers' Twinkle Toes and its BOBS designs did not violate the trademark rights of Converse's Chuck Taylor midsole. According to Skechers, the judge also ruled that Converse's trademark had not acquired any ...
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Lidl, the German food discounter, has launched its first sneaker...
Lidl, the German food discounter, has launched its first sneaker model, limited to 400 pairs. The sneaker – designed in blue, yellow and red, the corporate colors of Lidl – was not available for purchase at Lidl's stores. Instead, Lidl launched a marketing stunt to boost awareness of the sneaker. ...
