All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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A new conference on the leather value chain for brands,...
A new conference on the leather value chain for brands, retailers and manufacturers is making its debut in New York, with a featured event on deforestation. The Leather, Compliance & Sustainability Conference will take place on Nov. 13 and focus on the latest developments in chemistry, compliance and sustainability. One ...
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Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has opened a...
Caprice, the shoe brand owned by Wortmann, has opened a new factory together with Mountain Top Global, its Taiwanese partner. The project cost about $6 million and took two years. Before the construction of this factory in Yangon, in northwestern Myanmar, Caprice had produced about one million pairs of shoes ...
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Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its...
Veja, the French-based brand of sustainable sneakers, has opened its first mono-brand store. Located in the Marais district of Paris, the store covers 80 square meters and was developed by Ciguë, a local architectural firm. Veja sells its shoes through about 1,200 points of sale worldwide, its own online store ...
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Bonvita restructures
In an effort to reduce complexity and increase its focus, Bonvita has undergone some organizational changes in the past year. The Danish company is the distributor of Merrell shoes in Denmark and Wolverine boots in the Nordic countries. It also own two local brands of men's comfort shoes, Ambré and ...
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For strategic reasons, Birkenstock has decided to handle its own...
For strategic reasons, Birkenstock has decided to handle its own distribution in Switzerland from December. Until now, the German shoe manufacturer's sales in the country have been handled by a local distributor, Frey Orthopädie-Bedarf. In keeping with the change, Birkenstock has appointed Raphael Grimm to the new position of country ...
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Big French luxury groups are still going strong
Like LVMH, whose strong results were published in our last issue, Kering and Hermès performed well in the third quarter of this year. Kering's total revenues jumped by 14.2 percent to €3,885 million during the period, with growth of 11.6 percent on a comparable basis.Sales grew by 17 percent in ...
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The Panorama fair in Berlin, which has been held at...
The Panorama fair in Berlin, which has been held at Berlin's exhibition center, is moving next January to Tempelhof, the site of Berlin's former airport and the popular venue of the now defunct Bread & Butter fair. However, Tempelhof will not be the show's permanent home. Panorama was originally launched ...
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Basicnet posts double-digit revenue growth
Basicnet, the owner of Kappa, Superga, Sebago, K-Way and other brands, posted aggregate sales of €777.6 million in the first nine months of 2019, representing a strong 22.8 percent increase at current exchange rates as compared to the same period of 2018, and an increase of 18.7 percent at constant ...
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Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured...
Dielmann, the German shoe retailer based in Darmstadt, has restructured its purchasing and the positioning of its private brands. Daniela Ritter, responsible for purchasing in women's shoes since 2016, left the company in October. She previously worked at SPM Shoetrade and Modepark Röther. Sonja Bolten, who has been managing Dielmann's ...
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Bangladesh's exports of leather footwear and leathergoods have risen by...
Bangladesh's exports of leather footwear and leathergoods have risen by 761 percent since the 2011/12 fiscal year to reach $855 million six years later, according to a report by the Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh cited by local media
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The Authentic Brands Group has won the battle for the...
The Authentic Brands Group has won the battle for the intellectual property of Barneys New York in a reported cash deal of $271.4 million. ABG, which wants to develop the famous American retail brand internationally, especially in Asia, has appointed Saks Fifth Avenue as its retail licensee for the U.S. ...
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Gerd Koschik – member of Ara Shoes' executive board and...
Gerd Koschik – member of Ara Shoes' executive board and its chief operating officer, responsible for production/technology, human resources and logistics – is retiring at the end of this year. He has also been president of the German shoe and leather goods industry association, HDS/L, since 2009. Jens Christian Meier, ...
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Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the...
Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the new chair of Assocalzaturifici Gruppo Giovani, the young entrepreneurs' section of the Italian trade organization. Lanciotti, who is taking over the role from Carlotta Bachini, has been elected for the 2019-2023 period. Lanciotti, 32, is in charge of international sales ...
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Strong gains at Alpargatas
The new owners of Alpargatas moved its head office to less expensive premises in São Paulo with a more collaborative layout during the month of August. Alpargatas also opened a new distribution center in the state of Minas Gerais that is supposed to improve the integration of the online and ...
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German newspaper, has looked into the reputations of 25,000 companies to find out which are regarded as sustainable businesses. After surveying some 350 million German online sources, FAZ has conferred the label of “excellent sustainability” in women's shoes on Gabor.
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Pittarosso is shutting down all its French stores. The Italian...
Pittarosso is shutting down all its French stores. The Italian shoe retailer opened its first shops in France in 2014, with a focus on shopping centers, and had 15 stores in the country. Meanwhile, the chain keeps expanding in Italy with the opening of new stores. Pittarosso has more than ...
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New records for Alibaba’s Singles Day
The gross merchandise value (GMV) generated by Alibaba's 11th Singles Day hit a record of 268.4 billion yuan renmimbi (€34.7bn-$38.3bn), eclipsing last year's score by 26 percent, thanks in part to a longer pre-sales period, a larger assortment of discounted products, the extension of the festival to new markets outside ...
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Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash...
Collaborating with three emerging designers – Helen Kirkum, Alex Nash and Shun Hirose – to reimagine its Campus 80 sneaker as part of its MakerLab program, Adidas launched a limited edition of the products through an interesting and engaging auction, where the consumer rather than the brand set the price. ...
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Prada has agreed to buy Fratelli Prada, a company that...
Prada has agreed to buy Fratelli Prada, a company that manages four Prada stores in Milan under a franchise agreement, for €66 million. The stores include the one located in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, where Prada was founded in 1931, two shops in Via Montenapoleone and one in Via della Spiga. ...
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Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of...
Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of sneakers and sports shoes, Munich, regarding the use of a cross on its footwear. In a ruling issued in June, but only made public recently, the General Court of the European Union rejected an appeal made by the German company ...
