All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 21-22 – Page 4
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NeroGiardini crosses the Atlantic again
NeroGiardini, the Italian footwear brand owned by B.A.G., is entering the North American market under the supervision of Alessandro Bracalente, the 31-year-old son of the company's founder, Enrico Brancalente.The company has created a subsidiary in Canada, opening a showroom in Toronto. Meanwhile, NeroGiardini has hired two agents to cover the ...
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After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up...
After a successful pilot project last year with three pop-up stores in major Canadian shopping malls, Manitobah Mukluks, the indigenous shoe brand from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is launching an aggressive retail expansion in Canada, raising the number of stores to 18. Manitobah Mukluks was founded in 2008 by Sean McCormick, an ...
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The inaugural edition of the Pan African Leather Fair (PALF)...
The inaugural edition of the Pan African Leather Fair (PALF) will take place at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre on June 21-23, 2020 – just after the inauguration of El-Roubiki Leather City, the tanning district that the government has been establishing on the outskirts of Cairo. The PALF aims to ...
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Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of...
Adidas and Prada are partnering on a collaborative line of sneakers. The announcement has been made on Instagram with the three accounts – Prada, Adidas and Adidas Originals – posting the same photo at the same time, all using the hashtag #Pradaforadidas, followed by the comment “Coming Soon.” The collection ...
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Crocs has made the Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas one...
Crocs has made the Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas one of the global brand ambassadors for its four-year-old “Come as You Are” campaign, which urges people to be comfortable in their shoes. Other actresses on that list include Zooey Deschanel of the U.S., Suzu Hirose of Japan, Kim Sejeong of ...
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Zutano has acquired Morgan & Milo, an American producer of...
Zutano has acquired Morgan & Milo, an American producer of toddler footwear. The acquisition enables Zutano to expand its children's footwear offering, from the newborn stage up to around six and seven years of age. Zutano, headquartered in New Bedford, Massachusetts, has been creating clothing, footwear and accessories for babies ...
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Reportedly, attendees of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), held...
Reportedly, attendees of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), held in Shanghai on Sept. 1-3, were mostly concerned with issues such as the tariff war between China and the U.S., the low cost and low demand of materials, and the general economic climate. This year, the number of exhibitors was ...
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Achim Tischer will be leaving as one of the managing...
Achim Tischer will be leaving as one of the managing directors of the Wortmann Group at the end of April. The 48-year-old, who started his career at Wortmann in 1990, is resigning by mutual agreement and for personal reasons. Tischer was most recently responsible for international sales of Wortmann's Tamaris ...
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According to the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Twinkle Toes,...
According to the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Twinkle Toes, Bobs, Daddy'$ Money and Hydee Hy-top collections produced by Skechers do not infringe Nike's trademark on the Converse Chuck Taylor midsole. The judge in the case, Charles E. Bullock, has further found that the midsole trademark had not acquired its ...
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Marita Moreno, the Portuguese brand of footwear and fashion accessories,...
Marita Moreno, the Portuguese brand of footwear and fashion accessories, emerged victorious at the second edition of the “Brand, Sustainability and Business” awards at the Momad Madrid show. The jury recognized Marita Moreno's image, design, raw materials and social responsibility. The brand is now guaranteed a stand at the next ...
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Italian shoe exports rise by 7%
Italian shoe exports rose by 7.1 percent in value to €5.081 billion in the first six months of 2019, while falling by 0.9 percent in terms of volume to 106.9 million pairs, according to the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici. The average price increased by 8.2 percent to €47.55 a ...
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The Blackstone Group has sold its remaining 6,864,545 shares in...
The Blackstone Group has sold its remaining 6,864,545 shares in Crocs to Morgan Stanley in a secondary offering worth $244 million
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Camper, a Spanish brand that develops about 500 different models...
Camper, a Spanish brand that develops about 500 different models of shoes each year, is harnessing 3D printing to create prototypes of increasing geometric complexity in as little as 24 hours. According to the Spanish daily Cinco Días, the company is using two such printers made by a Catalonian company, ...
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Prada has signed a five-year “sustainability term loan” worth €50...
Prada has signed a five-year “sustainability term loan” worth €50 million with Crédit Agricole Group, reportedly the first deal of its kind in the luxury industry. Upon the terms of the agreement, the Italian fashion house will see its interest rates decrease on an annual basis if it achieves certain ...
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Alibaba’s revenues jump by 40%
The giant Chinese e-tailer seems to be immune to the difficult economic environment caused by the ongoing U.S.-China dispute, the demonstrations in Hong Kong and an increasingly competitive e-commerce industry. Supported by growth in e-commerce and cloud computing, Alibaba Group Holding’s revenues for its second fiscal quarter ended on Sept. ...
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Sales decline by 4.9% at Geox
Geox faced a complex environment in the first nine months of the year. While the retail sector has undergone digitalization in response to changing consumer behavior, geopolitical tensions like Brexit have taken a toll on the company's business performance. For these reasons, and in view of the implementation of various ...
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To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Thierry Rabotin – Parabiago Collezioni...
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Thierry Rabotin – Parabiago Collezioni has invited their customers to enter a contest to “Design your Thierry Rabotin” shoes. The company says that the product must guarantee a “Thierry Rabotin experience,” under which women of all ages refuse to sacrifice comfort in the name of ...
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Spanish shoe exports drop by 2%
Without putting out a press release, the Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, has informed us that the country's total exports of footwear declined by 2 percent to €1,364.3 million in the first six months of this year.Imanol Martinez, Fice's director of marketing and international business development, blamed Brexit, the trade ...
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Louis Vuitton's store at 17-20 New Bond Street in London...
Louis Vuitton's store at 17-20 New Bond Street in London has reopened after 14 months of renovations
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After a 10-year stint, Günter Althaus, 51, will be stepping...
After a 10-year stint, Günter Althaus, 51, will be stepping down as chief executive of the ANWR Group, earlier than planned on Nov. 30 for personal reasons. He had informed the German buying group's board of directors in August that he would not renew his contract after it expires at ...
