All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 19-20 – Page 4
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Paco Herrero has filed for bankruptcy protection with a court...
Paco Herrero has filed for bankruptcy protection with a court in Alicante. The court has appointed an administrator to run the Spanish shoe company, which has apparently never fully recovered from the economic crisis of 2008. The firm was aiming to export two-thirds of its production overseas, without success. The ...
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Skechers has received the Best Brand of the Year award...
Skechers has received the Best Brand of the Year award from the German Schuhkurier magazine
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The Authentic Brands Group is said to be in line...
The Authentic Brands Group is said to be in line to acquire Barneys New York for about $270 million
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Rudy Haslbeck has left Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group...
Rudy Haslbeck has left Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero, Superfit, Vios and Think. Until the end of September, Haslbeck was managing the Legero business unit within the company. Stefan Stolitzka, chief executive of the group, will assume his responsibilities until a successor has ...
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Högl, the Austrian shoe brand, recently invited seven fashion bloggers...
Högl, the Austrian shoe brand, recently invited seven fashion bloggers to Vienna. Each chose a model from the new autumn/winter shoe collection at Högl's flagship store in the Austrian capital, and Högl representatives then accompanied them on a trip through the city, showing them various settings for photo shoots with ...
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Obuv Rossii attracts customers with payment wristbands
For its innovative loyalty program, the big Russian footwear retailer is set to test the use of a single-touch wristband, called Arifmetika, for payment at its stores. Obuv Rossii is the first shoe retail company in the country to introduce such a system.A first test batch of 5,000 wristbands will ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, has reported...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, has reported on the Fashion World Tokyo Autumn show of Oct. 2-4, where it was exhibiting for the fourth time. A total of 1,052 organizations from 35 countries exhibited at the show. According to its organizers, 20,239 people visited the show, not ...
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The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has...
The United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) has launched the U.S.' first traceability initiative for hides and skins, a voluntary certification program that will provide independently certified traceability back to an identifiable point of origin. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Market Service (USDA AMS) will conduct independent ...
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Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with...
Artioli is planning to expand its retail brick-and-mortar presence with 12 new franchises in the Middle East and the U.S. Meanwhile, the high-end Italian shoemaker is also planning to expand its retail presence online. The company launched its e-commerce presence in Europe last year, and according to reports in fashionmagazine.it, ...
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Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH, has signed an...
Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of LVMH, has signed an agreement with the Fondation Notre Dame that finalizes the donation of €200 million for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, which he had announced in the immediate aftermath of the fire in April of this year
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Wolverine Worldwide's board has approved a share repurchase program which...
Wolverine Worldwide's board has approved a share repurchase program which will return $400 million to shareholders over the next four years. The footwear group said it will repurchase shares as appropriate and in compliance with any restrictions contained in the company's credit agreements.
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In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their...
In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their respective memberships, the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) merged at a joint annual meeting in Chicago. As of Jan. 1, 2020, they will be known as the Leather and Hide Council of ...
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Heike Discher was appointed to the management board of the...
Heike Discher was appointed to the management board of the ANWR Group on Oct. 1. She will be managing the company together with Michael Decker and Fritz Terbuyken, both managing directors. Discher has been managing director of ANWR Garant International since 2013, responsible for the international subsidiaries of the ANWR ...
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Kering has appointed Kalpana Bagamane Denzel as chief diversity, inclusion...
Kering has appointed Kalpana Bagamane Denzel as chief diversity, inclusion and talent officer. She brings 25 years of international managerial experience, with prior positions at Andersen Consulting and Procter & Gamble. Most recently, she was in charge of diversity and inclusion at Russel Reynolds Associates, a recruitment agency, where she ...
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Schuh has appointed Nicola Monachello as its new buying director....
Schuh has appointed Nicola Monachello as its new buying director. She will be replacing David Spencer, who left his role in March after 21 years. In her new role at Schuh, she will report directly to Colin Temple, Schuh's managing director. Monachello spent the past 10 years at New Look, ...
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The minimum monthly wage in Cambodia's footwear and apparel industry...
The minimum monthly wage in Cambodia's footwear and apparel industry will be raised by 4.4% to US$190 next January, and the raise will be accompanied by new fringe benefits for transportation and regular attendance
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VF’s investments and growth in Europe will vary from one country to another
VF is forecasting higher sales growth in the GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) area over the next five years than in the other major markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. At the global Investor Day held on Sept. 25 in Beaver Creek, Colorado, VF projected a compound ...
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BASF has announced the opening of a new footwear innovation...
BASF has announced the opening of a new footwear innovation center in Taiwan in 2020. The facility is meant to further strengthen the capabilities of the performance materials company in the Asia-Pacific region. The center will give footwear professionals access to BASF materials that can help develop future footwear, with ...
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Walmart has announced the opening of its first supply-chain training...
Walmart has announced the opening of its first supply-chain training academy, which will be located at its distribution center in Sanger, Texas
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Moda Made in Italy, the Italian shoe show, has announced...
Moda Made in Italy, the Italian shoe show, has announced the show's dates for 2020. The shoe show organized in Munich twice a year by Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, is now scheduled for March 15-16 and Oct. 4-6, 2020. In 2019, the show took place from Sept. 29 ...
