All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 3-4 – Page 2
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Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for...
Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for a project called Quant-U. With Dow supplying elastomer and Dassault supplying software, the three companies have come up with a midsole that is made of liquid silicone rubber. It can be produced with a 3D printer, fitting the shape and ...
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Ermenegildo Zegna has launched My Cesare, its first entirely customizable...
Ermenegildo Zegna has launched My Cesare, its first entirely customizable sneaker. The shoe is part of the Ermenegildo Zegna XXX collection presented by the Italian high-end menswear specialist during Milan's Men's Fashion Week. It is composed of various materials and can be personalized by using a series of Pantone colors ...
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The Center for Footwear Technology Research (CTCR) in La Rioja,...
The Center for Footwear Technology Research (CTCR) in La Rioja, Spain, has tested the effectiveness of used coffee grounds as an antibacterial agent in shoes. CTCR tested five different types of coffee, recycled from restaurants across the region of La Rioja. Spain is a country of coffee drinkers, with adults ...
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Carlo Ferro, president since January of the Italian trade promotion...
Carlo Ferro, president since January of the Italian trade promotion agency, Ice, indicated that the Italian industry ministry is setting up a national scheme based on blockchain technology to ensure the traceability of Italian products in order to protect brands and fight counterfeiting. Blockchain is a shared database fueled by ...
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Capital, the monthly business magazine published in Hamburg, has declared...
Capital, the monthly business magazine published in Hamburg, has declared that the Deichmann Group has one of best employee-training programs in Germany. Deichmann's program was rated “very good” among some 700 other candidates. The magazine signaled out the program's specialist content, overseas opportunities for new recruits, regular feedback, workshops, mentoring, ...
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British women prefer trainers and flat shoes
A recent survey has suggested that stiletto heels may become a thing of the past as British women increasingly opt for trainers, not just in their everyday speedy life but also for evenings out. The survey, which was conducted by Deichmann on nearly 2,000 British adults, showed that 36 percent ...
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Caprice, the German shoe brand and subsidiary of the Wortmann Group,...
Caprice, the German shoe brand and subsidiary of the Wortmann Group, which also owns the bigger and better-known Tamaris label, is expanding its presence in Eastern Europe. At the end of January, Caprice created a Ukrainian subsidiary, called Caprice Schuhproduktion, in the capital city of Kiev. A distribution company called Egle has ...
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Boozt, the Swedish-based online shoe retailer with an online store...
Boozt, the Swedish-based online shoe retailer with an online store in Germany, recorded sales of €269 million in 2018, an increase of 38 percent from the previous year. After a loss in 2017, Boozt generated positive Ebit of €6.6 million last year. Sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 were a ...
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Manolo Blahnik will open his first store in Paris in...
Manolo Blahnik will open his first store in Paris in September on rue Malpensier, on the west side of the Palais Royal
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GBG takes the Bikkembergs license from Zeis
Zeis Excelsa, the once-flourishing and now troubled Italian shoemaker from the Marche region, has lost the Dirk Bikkembergs footwear license to the big Hong Kong-based Global Brands Group (GBG). The license agreement starts with the 2019-2020 autumn/winter collection. GBG has already worked with other fashion brands including Calvin Klein, Juicy ...
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Moldova’s biggest shoe producer is expanding
Floare plans to double its production capacity, taking advantage of relatively bright export opportunities, the company said in a statement last month. The largest shoe manufacturer in Moldova recently applied for soft loans from the national State Reserve Fund to help finance an investment of €800,000 in 27 new machines ...
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Ricosta, the big German brand of children's footwear, recently launched...
Ricosta, the big German brand of children's footwear, recently launched a new shoe model made of leather offcuts. The model, called “Patch,” was developed by Momdou Jallow, a Gambian apprentice in leather processing who came up with the idea to create a shoe out of scrap leather from Ricosta's regular ...
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Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that changed ownership and management...
Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that changed ownership and management last year, will be pursuing its recently launched #stylecommunity advertising campaign through the spring/summer season. Selected influencers from the fashion and lifestyle sector will be serving as brand ambassadors to develop and photograph motifs for the new marketing campaign. This year, the team ...
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Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to...
Timberland continues to hire new people in a bid to regain some momentum. As of Feb. 1, Chris McGrath is Timberland's new vice president of global footwear design, for men's, women's and children's footwear. He reports directly to Jim Pisani, the company's global brand president, and will be relocating from ...
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A lively discussion on the future of Berlin's trade shows...
A lively discussion on the future of Berlin's trade shows has begun in the wake of Panorama, Premium, Seek and other shows that took place during the city's Fashion Week this year. Jörg Wichmann, chief executive of the Panorama show, set the ball rolling. Directly after the end of this year's Panorama, ...
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Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the...
Mirapodo, a German online store for footwear that belongs to the Otto Group, will launch two new private brands of shoes for the spring/summer 2019 season. Mirapodo's first private brand, called Jolana & Fenena, launched in spring 2017 with 55 models. It has since been expanded to more than 250 models. ...
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N.d.c. made by hand has been sold to Maxim Telitsyn...
N.d.c. made by hand has been sold to Maxim Telitsyn and his wife Els, a couple of Belgian independent investors. The high-end shoe brand was founded in 2002 by Arnaud Zannier and Enrique Corbi. Corbi left the company in 2014. Arnaud Zannier is also the founder of Zannier Hôtel, a ...
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Christian Louboutin has won a long-running legal battle over its...
Christian Louboutin has won a long-running legal battle over its famous red soles with Van Haren, a Dutch footwear brand. In 2012, Louboutin initiated a trademark infringement lawsuit against Van Haren after it launched a collection of high-heeled shoes featuring red soles. The French shoe designer argued in their complaint ...
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The number of bankruptcies in the shoe retail trade doubled...
The number of bankruptcies in the shoe retail trade doubled in Norway to 14 in 2018, as compared to the previous year. The highest concentration was in the center of Oslo, which saw six stores file for bankruptcy proceedings. The increase is quite high when compared to the retail industry ...
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Payless ShoeSource has hired the investment bank PJ Solomon to...
Payless ShoeSource has hired the investment bank PJ Solomon to evaluate strategic options, including a sale or a restructuring program, said Reuters, citing sources close to the matter. The move comes less than 18 months after the American discount retail chain emerged from bankruptcy proceedings. As part of the debt ...
