All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 9-10 – Page 4
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LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed...
LuisaViaRoma, the big omni-channel retailer based in Florence, has formed a partnership with Secoo, the Chinese internet platform for luxury goods. Chinese customers will be able to order the products of about 500 brands hosted on LuisaViaRoma's website via Secoo's web store. The deal follows the establishment by Secoo of ...
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Eram and one of its retail banners, Texto, are testing...
Eram and one of its retail banners, Texto, are testing a “bi-store” format selling items of both brands, according to reports in fashionnetwork.com. A pilot dual-branded store, located in Avranches, was inaugurated in April. Starting in the autumn/winter 2019/20 season, the 230 stores of the Eram retail network will be ...
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Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief...
Bally has promoted Nicolas Girotto to the role of chief executive. He takes over from Frédéric de Narp, who has served as Bally's chief executive since 2013. Narp will remain on the board as vice-chairman. Prior to his recent appointment, Girotto served as Bally's chief operations officer. Girotto, was born ...
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Ecco has been nominated for a Danish Design Award, in...
Ecco has been nominated for a Danish Design Award, in the category Visionary Concepts, for its Sealo, an experimental shoe that combines leather and seaweed. The shoe was designed in collaboration with Design School Kolding, a design school based in the Danish city of Kolding. The Sealo features a classic ...
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Britain's competition authority said it is planning to review the...
Britain's competition authority said it is planning to review the recent takeover of Footasylum by JD Sports Fashion
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Kering reached a settlement with the Italian tax authorities totaling...
Kering reached a settlement with the Italian tax authorities totaling €1.25 billion, the highest ever agreed by a corporation in Italy and a little lower than what had been expected. The dispute concerned profits and transfer prices applied between 2011 and 2017 by the group's Swiss subsidiary, Luxury Goods International, ...
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R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put...
R.M. Williams, the Iconic Australian bootmaker, has reportedly been put up for sale. R.M. Williams is majority-owned by L Catterton Asia, a private equity firm based in Singapore and backed by LVMH. Hugh Jackman, the Australian-born Hollywood actor who most recently starred in The Greatest Showman, has a 5 percent ...
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Italy's powerful shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, designated Siro Badon as...
Italy's powerful shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, designated Siro Badon as its new president for the next four years at a meeting after last month's World Footwear Congress in Naples. He was the only candidate for the job, replacing Annarita Pilotti of Loriblu from the Marche region. Badon is the president ...
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BASF has opened three new “creation centers” in the Asia-Pacific...
BASF has opened three new “creation centers” in the Asia-Pacific region to help clients find creative solutions in collaboration with its own experts. The centers are located in Shanghai, Tokyo and Mumbai.
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Darren Topp, who arranged the sale of LK Bennett to...
Darren Topp, who arranged the sale of LK Bennett to Rebecca Feng a few weeks ago, is going back to his role as chief executive of the British upmarket shoe and apparel retailer
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Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position...
Thomas Nassua has been appointed to the newly created position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), based in Waalwijk, Netherlands, starting on June 1. The Dutch firm sells shoes under the Bullboxer, Rehab Footwear, Gaastra and Supertrash brands and has licenses for ...
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Genesco has appointed Mimi Eckel Vaughn as chief operating officer,...
Genesco has appointed Mimi Eckel Vaughn as chief operating officer, effective May 1. In addition to her new role, she will continue as chief financial officer until a new chief financial officer is named. Vaughn is a 15-year veteran of the company, which she joined in 2003 as vice-president of ...
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Liu Jo, the women's apparel brand headquartered in Carpi, Italy,...
Liu Jo, the women's apparel brand headquartered in Carpi, Italy, expects its shoe division to generate revenues €34 million in 2019, up from €24 million in 2018, with sales of one million pairs of shoes. Liu Jo's shoe line was launched in 2016 through Eli, a new joint venture created ...
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Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both...
Zalando has announced that Christian Baier and Jan Wilmking, both managing directors of zLabels, will be leaving the company. zLabels, the e-tailer's nine-year-old private label division, was closed on April 1, although the company has indicated that it will continue to offer “everyday essential” clothing and footwear products under 11 ...
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Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for...
Wortmann has announced the opening of a web shop for its Tamaris brand for the brick-and-mortar retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group, who will offer the products on a dedicated online marketplace due to be launched in July. ANWR will provide a cloud-based technology, Qualibet, as a solution for the ...
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Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the...
Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the Brazilian company sell shoes to help street dogs. The Brazilian athletic shoe brand said that it intends to donate the money from the sale of 160 pairs of its recycled cotton, recycled PET and recovered rubber tennis shoes to Patas ...
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Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar...
Lloyd Shoes has promoted Andreas Schaller to a position similar to that of a chief executive as “speaker” of the executive board. He will focus on global brand management and product development, while driving the expansion of the German men's footwear manufacturer into women's shoes and accessories. Schaller has been ...
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Kurt Geiger has announced Gemma Chan as an ambassador for...
Kurt Geiger has announced Gemma Chan as an ambassador for its Characterful Style spring/summer 2019 marketing campaign. The British actress and former fashion model, 36, is best known for her roles in movies such as Crazy Rich Asians, Mary Queen of Scots and Captain Marvel. Maya Jama, Susie Lau, Not3s ...
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Alpargatas performs better
Alpargatas reported a 9 percent increase in sales to 940 million reals (€205.9m-$229.9m) for the first quarter of 2019, with gains in all its divisions in Brazil and abroad. In particular, the management pointed to an increase of 16.1 percent in the sales of its major brand, Havaianas, which were particularly ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has made Scott Ziegler its new retail director for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), with responsibility for the region's 170 Havaianas points of sale, from mono-brand stores to franchisees and concessions. Ziegler is no stranger to the region, having ...
