All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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A permanent CEO for Viking?
The board of directors of Viking Outdoor Footwear appointed René Høgsted as the company's new chief executive. He is expected to take up his position at the Norwegian company on Jan. 1, 2020. The 46-year-old Danish executive brings a lot of experience in sales, marketing, e-commerce, branding, product and management ...
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In Cambodia, exports of footwear and travel goods rose by...
In Cambodia, exports of footwear and travel goods rose by 88 percent to $385 million in the first nine months, thanks to preferential duty-free entry obtained under the U.S.'s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), according to a local newspaper, the Phom Phen Post.
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Caleres posts strong sales but reduces profit guidance
Caleres' sales for its third quarter, ended on Nov. 2, reached $794.4 million, up by 2.1 percent from the year ago period. The group delivered its eighth consecutive year of same-store sales growth for the back-to-school period at its Famous Footwear chain, while its top brands – including Allen Edmonds, ...
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Capri buys an Italian shoemaker
Capri Holdings, the expanding U.S. fashion group previously known as Michal Kors, said that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy an Itailan shoe manufacturer, Alberto Gozzi. Capri said that, in the immediate future, Gozzi will develop and manufacture shoes for its Jimmy Choo and Versace brands, starting immediately. ...
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Genesco buys the U.S. licensee of Levi’s footwear
Genesco has announced a deal for the purchase of the assets of Togast, a company in New York that specializes in the design, sourcing and sale of licensed footwear for companies such as Levi's in the U.S.Following the takeover, Genesco will enter a new deal with Levi's footwear for men, ...
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Shoe-D-Vision has hired Christian Hartmann as buying director for the...
Shoe-D-Vision has hired Christian Hartmann as buying director for the Danish retail organization, effective on Dec. 16. Hartmann, 53, was most recently buying manager at the Salling Group, which has more than 1,500 shops across four countries with over 53,000 employees. They include Bilka hypermarkets, Føtex and Netto supermarkets as ...
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Positive vibes from Brazil
Positive signals on the domestic and international fronts have been coming from the Brazilian shoe industry as it gears up for the Couromoda fair taking place in São Paulo on Jan. 13-15, which will also integrate a women's ready-to-wear section.In the first 11 months of this year, Brazilian shoe exports ...
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Joya and Kybun, the Swiss brands of comfort shoes, have...
Joya and Kybun, the Swiss brands of comfort shoes, have developed a common retail concept. Matthias Müller – son of Karl Müller, the founder of the MBT brand of comfort shoes – will be managing the recently introduced retail concept as well as directing the new joint venture Kybun Joya ...
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Trussardi has chosen United Brands Company (UBC) for its new...
Trussardi has chosen United Brands Company (UBC) for its new sneaker collection. UBC will produce men's and women's sneakers for the Italian fashion brand's spring/summer 2020 collection. The shoes will be available in Trussardi stores, as well as in multibrand and specialized shops. Based in the Italian city of Vicenza, ...
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Pentland Brands, which is Groupe Royer's licensee for Kickers in...
Pentland Brands, which is Groupe Royer's licensee for Kickers in the U.K. and Ireland, is relaunching its apparel line after a pause of several years
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Famous Footwear, the brand owned by Caleres, opened a flagship...
Famous Footwear, the brand owned by Caleres, opened a flagship store in Herald Square in New York City on Nov. 15. It is the largest of the chain's 32 stores in greater New York, with its 8,400 square feet divided over two floors, one of which is devoted entirely to ...
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Roger Vivier, the brand owned by Tod's, has launched its...
Roger Vivier, the brand owned by Tod's, has launched its first line of jewelry. The label picked the unibrowed Anglo-Cypriot model Sophia Hadjipanteli as its ambassador for the line. The collection is produced at Italian workshops and retails at prices between €230 and €680 apiece. The spring/summer 2020 collection will ...
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Brandpool will be marketing the Kangaroos Blue, Rooskickx and Flip...
Brandpool will be marketing the Kangaroos Blue, Rooskickx and Flip Flop brands in Switzerland as of January 2020. Bernd Hummel, the German company that holds the license to sell the brands. The new partnership started with the pre-order season for the autumn/winter 2020 collection. Every year, Brandpool sells more than ...
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The Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik has closed his only...
The Spanish shoe designer Manolo Blahnik has closed his only standalone store in New York, situated on West 54th Street, but it will have a new one at 717 Madison Avenue soon, according to Footwear News. The original store was opened in 1982 and Carrie Bradshaw, the main character of ...
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Record Russian online sales on Black Friday
Catching up with customers in other countries, Russian customers spent a record-breaking 22.3bn rubles (€321m-$357m) during last month's Black Friday promotion, 28 percent more than in the previous year, according to the Russian Association of Internet Trade Companies, but this estimate seems to have been far below the reality. Shoes, ...
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On the occasion of Black Friday last month, Masaltos.com launched...
On the occasion of Black Friday last month, Masaltos.com launched a new women's brand, Olivia Nature, with shoes designed for comfort and environmental friendliness. Their “leather” is plant-based, their soles are made of biodegradable polyurethane, they contain no metals, and they are recyclable. The new line developed by the Spanish ...
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Moda, the leading English fashion fair in Birmingham, will open...
Moda, the leading English fashion fair in Birmingham, will open a section for children's footwear at its next session on Feb. 23-25
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Kavat, the Swedish brand best known for its kids' leather...
Kavat, the Swedish brand best known for its kids' leather shoes made in Europe, will launch its men's shoe collection at Pitti Uomo in Florence next month. Starting with the spring/summer 2020 season, the Swedish family company is placing more focus on the development of its men's and women's lines ...
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Europe's largest shoe retailer, Deichmann, and Wortmann have been judged...
Europe's largest shoe retailer, Deichmann, and Wortmann have been judged to be among the 445 best companies in Germany for employee training. Deichmann has a corporate policy that treats its 16,000 employees as the most important partners in the company. It offers opportunities for personal development to its staff: employees ...
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Thomas Gammelgaard Frederiksen, chief executive of Shoe the Bear, and...
Thomas Gammelgaard Frederiksen, chief executive of Shoe the Bear, and Jakob Fuglsang, who founded the Danish company, have both resigned. Thomas Skare Viller, chairman, has become the CEO. Shoe the Bear is part of the Danish Soya Concept Group. The company has recently been advertising for staff, including a new ...
