All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 11+12 – Page 3
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News briefsMerrell names new chief marketing officer
Merrell has announced the appointment of Janice Tennant as chief marketing officer. She will be reporting directly to the brand’s global brand president, Chris Hufnagel, and joining its senior leadership team. Tennant has more than 18 years of global brand-building experience, most recently serving as chief marketing officer for Cat ...
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Cotance calls on EU to regulate the use of the term leather
Cotance , the assocation representing the European leather industry, is urging the European Commission to regulate the use of the term “leather.” The call comes after the Italian cabinet approved on May 28 a decree protecting it by banning the use of the word leather (pelle or cuoio in Italian) ...
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Two large Italian retailers obtain government-guaranteed loans
The Italian retailers OVS and Rinascente have obtained government-guaranteed loans as part of the so-called liquidity decree to support large companies affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The measure applies to firms with more than 5,000 employees in Italy and annual revenues above €1.5 billion. Economy Minister Roberto ...
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ArticleLa Halle receives 25 bids for its assets
After having been placed into receivership, La Halle received 25 bids for its assets, which represent a significant part of its activity and would allow it to save more stores than in a previous bidding round.
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ArticleEnglish retailers reopen in a climate of caution
Non-essential stores reopened in England on June 15 amid concern that consumers will be absent, as a majority of people, 54 percent, remain opposed to the reopening. They are particularly reluctant to returning to shopping centers.
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ArticleZara’s parent wants 25% of sales online within 2 years
Inditex , the Spanish group that owns the brands Zara , Pull Bear , Massimo Dutti , Bershka , Stradivarius , Oysho , Zara Home and Uterqüe , wants online sales to represent over 25 percent of the total by 2022, compared with 14 percent in 2019, ...
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Galeria's CEO Stephan Fanderl is expected to leave
Stephan Fanderl is said to be leaving the position of chief executive of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof ( Galeria ), the holding company formed in 2018 from the merger of the Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt department stores. He has suggested a consensual separation to the Austrian-based Signa ...
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Hunter goes under review as CEO quits
Vincent Wauters , the former president of Arc’teryx who became the chief executive of Hunter Boot Ltd in 2016, will be stepping down “by mutual agreement” at the end of July to pursue new opportunities, said the Edinburgh-based company, adding that it is launching a “strategic review” of ...
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ArticleFootway wants to buy a streetwear specialist
The Footway Group , the increasingly international Swedish online shoe retailer that recently agreed to merge with Sportamore , wants to create a leading platform for e-commerce in sports and fashion by also acquiring an online retailer of streetwear and sneakers, Californian Roots , or Caliroots for short. Caliroots ...
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Mandatory tagging of shoes will start in Russia on July 1st
There will be no further delays in the introduction of mandatory tagging of footwear products sold on the Russian market, said Victor Evtukhov , Deputy Industry and Trade Minister. All untagged shoes will be banned for sale in the country from July 1, he added. The tags consist of ...
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ANWR Group grants KfW loans
The ANWR Group ’s credit institutions, the DZB Bank and the Aktivbank , have received accreditation for the granting loans in behalf of KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau or Credit Institute for Reconstruction) a bank of the German government that provides low-interest loans to support German companies, generally ...
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Aldi launches climate-neutral sneaker
The German food discounter Aldi Süd has developed a climate-neutral sneaker under its own brand, Crane Pure , which will be on sale from June 10. The sneaker is made partly from recycled PET bottles, and the CO² emissions caused by production, transport and distribution are offset by a ...
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Benetton inks sneaker deal with UBC
Benetton Group has signed a “multi-year” licensing deal with and Italian sneaker producer, United Brands Company (UBC), for the design, production and distribution of new sneaker collections for men, women and children under its United Colors of Benetton brand. UBC will also handle the distribution in countries ...
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Premium Group moves to Frankfurt in summer 2021
The organizers of the Premium trade show for fashion, footwear and accessories – an important component of the Berlin Fashion Week – have decided to leave Berlin after 18 years and move the show to Frankfurt. Anita Tillmann and Jörg Arntz , who are respectively the founder ...
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Dielmann files for insolvency proceedings under self-administration
Dielmann , a German retailer with 48 footwear and sporting goods stores operating under such banners as Schuhhaus Dielmann and Sporthaus Robert Hübner , filed for insolvency proceedings on June 4. The local court of Darmstadt opened the proceedings under self-administration on June 8. The coronavirus is seen as ...
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ANWR and Sabu to introduce a new digital ordering platform
ANWR and Sabu , two of the major German shoe retailing cooperatives, want to introduce a new digital ordering platform for the shoe industry together with a partner, Mobimedia . The German software company’s Quintet24 platform enables companies to trade online and carry out all pre-orders and re-orders ...
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Cambodian manufacturers plead for postponement of EU sanctions
Sales of Cambodian apparel, footwear and travel goods are estimated to fall by 50 to 60 percent in the second quarter year-on-year, according to the Cambodia Footwear Association , the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia and the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia . In a co-signed letter sent ...
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Japanese department stores hit by coronavirus and tourism slump
Japan was already in recession before the coronavirus crisis, with GDP down by an annualized 7.1 percent in the last quarter of 2019, and by 2.2 percent from January to March 2020. The country stayed under a state of emergency between April 6 and May 25, however with lighter restrictions ...
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Legero United opens biggest store at its new headquarters in Austria
Legero United , the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero , Superfit , Vios and Think , has opened its biggest store at its headquarters in Feldkirchen, Graz. The company opened the Legero United Campus at the beginning of this year, investing about €30 million. About ...
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ArticleCaleres to accelerate store closures as e-commerce surges
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic surge in the importance of e-commerce in Caleres ’ sales, representing about a third of the company’s revenues in its fiscal first quarter, and prompting it to accelerate the closure of some 160 stores by the end of 2021.
