All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 5-6 – Page 2
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Driven by Merrell and Sperry, Wolverine raises sales and margins
Thanks to efforts to reduce operating expenses, which declined by 40 percent year-on-year, Wolverine Worldwide's margins improved before exceptional items and profits soared in the fourth quarter ended on Dec. 29. The quarterly net income reached $39.3 million, compared with a loss of $60.3 million for the fourth quarter of ...
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Continuing its reorganization, the French Eram group has decided to...
Continuing its reorganization, the French Eram group has decided to gradually phase-out Staggy, a chain of 24 multi-brand sports and lifestyle stores that it operates in the country
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Grendene’s exports continue to decline
The past year was a difficult one for Grendene's large export business, and the fourth quarter was no exception. In line with the rest of the year, its overall shipments out of Brazil declined by 12.0 percent in volume to 14.1 million pairs during the quarter, although they rose in ...
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Grouped under the same national umbrella organization, Confindustria Moda, Italian...
Grouped under the same national umbrella organization, Confindustria Moda, Italian fashion and footwear companies showed their latest products to buyers simultaneously in Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan, on March 5-7. They are staging a similar joint event in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on March 11-12. The Italian government is ...
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YouGov, a market research institute, recently published a survey conducted online...
YouGov, a market research institute, recently published a survey conducted online among 900,000 Germans aged 18 and over. According to that survey, Deichmann offers the best price-performance ratio in the German fashion retail sector. Overall, Lidl ranked first, followed by DM, a German chain of drugstores, and Deichmann. YouGov evaluated more ...
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Satra, the U.K.-based “knowledge, research and testing” company that is...
Satra, the U.K.-based “knowledge, research and testing” company that is celebrating its 100th anniversary, has developed a technique for 3D scans which, it claims, is accurate to three-hundredths of a millimeter and takes only minutes to complete. As the company explains, the technique makes it possible to compare new samples ...
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Sperry is launching a collection of sustainable shoes for spring...
Sperry is launching a collection of sustainable shoes for spring 2019, made from plastic taken out of the ocean. The Sperry x Bionic collection was made possible by a partnership with Bionic and Waterkeeper Alliance. The collection uses “Bionic” yarn, which is spun from plastic recovered from marine and coastal ...
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Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the...
Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the Marche region have launched a “Shoes Valley” project, which aims to entice local entrepreneurs to join forces and to promote their region. The project, which has the support of local authorities, replicates similar initiatives already undertaken in the neighboring region ...
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Christian Louboutin is reportedly planning to open a hotel in...
Christian Louboutin is reportedly planning to open a hotel in Portugal, in the Alentejo region, in summer 2020. The French shoe designer personally knows the region, where he owns a holiday home. Construction work is expected to begin in April. The Alentejo, located in south-central Portugal, is known for its ...
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Wolverine partners with Xtep for China
Wolverine Worldwide and Xtep International, one of the major Chinese sporting goods companies, have announced agreements to set up a joint venture that will develop, market and distribute Merrell and Saucony footwear, apparel and accessories in China, Hong Kong and Macau. Some of the items will be exclusively designed and ...
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Luís Onofre is CEC’s new president
Luís Onofre, the fashion designer who heads up the Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has been elected as the new president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), which represents more than 21,000 companies employing over 278,000 people all over Europe.He will take over the reins ...
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CEC kicks off with a new Erasmus program
The European Confederation of Footwear Industry (CEC) has announced the start-up of a new research project under the European Erasmus+SciELD program entitled “Footwear in the 21st century: New skills for the design of drastically improved comfort, sustainable, fashion-oriented and scientifically-led footwear products,” which aims to find new methods of assessing ...
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CCC, the fast-growing Polish-based shoe retail chain, continues its shopping...
CCC, the fast-growing Polish-based shoe retail chain, continues its shopping spree. The chain made a tender offer for the shares of Gino Rossi, the struggling Polish shoe retailer, back in December, and the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection has now approved the deal. The offer was for 0.55 zlotys ...
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Vans has partnered with Led Zeppelin for a capsule collection...
Vans has partnered with Led Zeppelin for a capsule collection commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rock band's eponymous first album. Like the original band, the Vans x Led Zeppelin collection is a four piece, comprising a long-sleeve T-shirt, a baseball cap, high-top sneakers and low-top sneakers. The low-tops, called Era, ...
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While looking for a strategic partner, the Dutch-based Bretoniere Group...
While looking for a strategic partner, the Dutch-based Bretoniere Group has filed for insolvency on its wholesale and retail operations, blaming a drop in sales due to difficult market conditions. The group employs 115 people and sells shoes and handbags under two brand names, Fred de la Bretoniere and Shabbies ...
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Gola, the British brand of sneakers, will be sponsoring Roy...
Gola, the British brand of sneakers, will be sponsoring Roy Race, of the Melchester Rovers, in the Roy of the Rovers comic for the rest of the 2018-2019 season. Race appears in custom, red-and-yellow Gola boots on the cover of the latest issue, “Teamwork,” published on Feb. 7. Gola first ...
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Chiemsee, the German brand of boardsports clothing, has granted a license for...
Chiemsee, the German brand of boardsports clothing, has granted a license for footwear to another German company, MCB. Directed by Markus Bennemann, MCB has already made the second shoe collection for Chiemsee. The first collection for spring/summer 2019 is currently being delivered to the trade. For winter 2019/20, MCB recently presented the new ...
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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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The big German Otto Group, which deals in retailing, shopping...
The big German Otto Group, which deals in retailing, shopping centers and other activities, reports that its Otto.de web shop increased total sales by 8 percent to over €3 billion in its financial year to Feb. 28. Otto claims to be the world's largest distance retailer overall and the biggest ...
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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 ...
