All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 5-6
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Zalando regains momentum
Heavy investments in software, new systems and new distribution centers contributed to a decline in the operating margin to 3.2 percent last year from 4.8 percent, but the management expressed confidence that the margin will reach 13 percent sooner or later. It has set out an ambitious goal for the ...
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Who is Luís Onofre?
Luís Onofre, 43, launched his own brand of handcrafted designer women's shoes in 1999. He started to participate in the Micam show in Milan in 2003. Six years later he started collaborating with H&M as well as high-end brands like Jimmy Choo and Marni, but continued to develop his own ...
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Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in...
Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in the Chinese city of Shenyang, building up to a global network of 3,000 mono-brand stores, of which 690 are directly operated by the company. The store measures more than 32,000 square feet, joining a few other superstores set up by ...
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Skechers India is transitioning to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skechers...
Skechers India is transitioning to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skechers USA following the purchase by Skechers USA of a 49 percent stake in its Indian joint venture from Future Group. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. This development is meant to accelerate expansion and to build ...
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Ian Watson, who has run Start-Rite Shoes for the past...
Ian Watson, who has run Start-Rite Shoes for the past three years, has become the new chief executive of Hotter, the biggest British producer of comfort shoes. He has taken the place of Sara Prowse, who is stepping down from the role after three years in which she is credited ...
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Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new...
Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new retail concept, at its new flagship store in Milan, located at Via Cusani, 2. The Lab enables customers to experience first-hand various aspects of craftsmanship and artistry. For an additional fee of €200, the customer can also have his or ...
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Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, is reducing...
Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, is reducing staff at its headquarters in Pirmasens. According to a report in a local newspaper, the headquarters has shed about 40 employees, bringing the total down to 200. According to Stefan Frank, chief executive, Peter Kaiser could no longer avoid reducing ...
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Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...
Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...
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Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent retailers, welcomed a...
Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent retailers, welcomed a total of 500 retailers to its trade show, held on Feb. 23-24 in Heilbronn. About 150 exhibitors with 170 brands presented their new collections for the 2019/20 autumn/winter season. According to Sabu, trends at the show included animal prints, fancier ...
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Tim Keding, one of the founders of Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe...
Tim Keding, one of the founders of Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin, resigned at the beginning of this year for personal reasons. The former chief operating officer, Björn Henning, 36, will be the company's sole chief executive from now on. Keding remains the group's biggest shareholder, working as ...
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Footasylum returns to its roots
JD Sports Fashion has acquired a stake of 18 percent in 8,676,878 shares of Footasylum, the U.K.-based retailer of sneakers and sports apparel. JD announced first that it had bought 8.3 percent of the shares, but then Footasylum said that JD's stake had risen to more than 18 perent. ...
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The international trade picture is getting foggier
The next hours will be decisive for the future relations between the U.K. and the European Union. Meanwhile, many foreign companies in the footwear sector and others have been gearing themselves up for the worst scenario of a possible immediate exit of the U.K. by the previously set deadline of ...
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Vivarte hires a general manager for focused growth
Stéphane Roche, 57, was appointed Vivarte's general manager on March 4. He will be working with Vivarte's current president, Patrick Puy, who had been looking for a retail expert to initiate a new phase after three years of restructuring at the French group, which still owns La Halle and Caroll, ...
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Furla, the Italian fashion house known for its handbags and...
Furla, the Italian fashion house known for its handbags and leathergoods, launched a Furla Sneakers collection during the Milan Fashion Week, which ran from Feb. 19 to 25. In the second part of February, the company had a couple of pop-up stores in Milan for the launch. A similar program ...
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Lyst, a global metasearch platform for fashion, has launched what...
Lyst, a global metasearch platform for fashion, has launched what it calls the Sneaker Intelligence Unit. The company has recruited a network of “sneaker experts” by administering an online test and, for those who score at least 80 percent, a “'mastery' stage challenge.” Lyst then solicits opinions from these experts ...
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Farfetch links up with Harrods and JD.com
While reporting an encouraging reduction in losses for the fourth quarter of 2018, Farfetch announced last month major partnerships with the exclusive Harrods department store in London and JD.com, the second-largest e-tailer in China. The bigger Alibaba Group had previously struck a similar deal with Yoox-Net-a-Porter.Consolidating its position as a ...
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Schuhplus, the German mail-order retail specialist for extra-large men's and...
Schuhplus, the German mail-order retail specialist for extra-large men's and women's shoes, has acquired an Austrian-based competitor, SchuhXL Feldmann, from its former owner, Peter Feldmann, at undisclosed conditions. The group is now planning to enter Eastern European markets and to launch its website in new languages in the course of ...
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Hermès has launched its first podcast series, entitled “Le Faubourg...
Hermès has launched its first podcast series, entitled “Le Faubourg des rêves” (the district of dreams). The series is named after the Parisian address of the brand's long-established flagship store – 24, rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Each of the nine 12-minute episodes focuses on some of the key figures at ...
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Puma has launched a special edition of its RS-X sneaker...
Puma has launched a special edition of its RS-X sneaker in partnership with MTV
