All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 13+14
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PDF NewsletterShoe Intelligence Newsletter: Vol 22 - 13+14
European manufacturers seek tariff review, re-shoring | Decline forecast in Brazilian production | Italian exports down by 9.2% in Q1 | Micam’s year-round digital fair, Americas edition | Change of ownership for Clergerie | JB Martin closes its doors | Floris van Bommel enhances delivery | Marc Fisher takes Calvin Klein license | Wortmann plans another digital event | CCC’s e-tail nearly matches store sales | Ecco joins Facebook boycott | Beaumanoir to buy chunk of La Halle | Desma’s “factory of the future”
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Desma’s “factory of the future” is completed
Desma Schuhmaschinen GmbH, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of machines and systems for industrial shoe manufacturing, has completed its new production and office building in just one year. The manufacturing and commercial divisions are expected to move into the new premises, which are located in Achim near Bremen, by ...
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Bangladesh’s leather footwear exports fall by 21.2% in 2019/2020
Bangladesh’s exports of leather footwear declined by 21.2 percent in the fiscal year ended in June 2020 to $478.75 million. While, exports of other footwear rose by 2.1 percent to $277.13 million. Total exports of Bangladesh’s leather industry declined by 21.8 percent to $797.6 million during the period. Footwear represented ...
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Vietnam footwear exports down by 6.7 percent in H1
Vietnam’s footwear exports fell by 6.7 percent to $8.1 billion in the first half of 2020, according to the ministry of industry and trade. The decline was due to a fall in exports in May and June in the wake of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first ...
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Obuv Rossii enter logistics partnership with the Russian state mail operator
Obuv Rossii, a leading Russian footwear retailer, has appointed the country’s state-owned mail operator Russian Post its main logistics partner. The postal operator will be handling the delivery of orders from Obuv Rossii’s central warehouse to customers in Siberia. Russian Post has the largest network in Russia, with more than ...
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Cole Haan collaborates again with Jeff Staple
Cole Haan, the American footwear and accessories brand and retailer, is releasing the fruit of a second collaboration with Jeff Staple, the streetwear designer who founded both Staple and Staple Design in New York City. The limited-edition Cole Haan x Staple ØriginalGrand Ultra Collection is a streetwear take on the ...
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ArticleCirillo Marcolin takes over presidency of Confindustria Moda
As planned, Cirillo Marcolin has taken over the rotating presidency of Confindustria Moda, the umbrella organization of the Italian fashion industry, replacing Claudio Marenzi. Confindustria Moda comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups the textile and apparel firms operating in the country; Assocalzaturifici, the shoemakers’ association; Assopellettieri, formerly called Aimpes, ...
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Tapestry’s CEO resigns less than a year in the job
Jide Zeitlin, the chairman and chief executive of Tapestry, has resigned with immediate effect for personal reasons, less than one year after becoming CEO. Tapestry, a New York-based luxury goods house, owns the brands Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. In September 2019, Zeitlin replaced Victor Luis as CEO while ...
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Dr. Martens opens a store In Nuremberg
Dr. Martens has opened a store in Nuremberg, with a sales area of 72 square meters. It is the brand’s first store in Bavaria and the seventh in Germany. The store is located in the historical center of the town, between the White Tower and Pfannenschmiedgasse.
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Global bankruptcies may rise by 35% over 2 yrs
Global corporate bankruptcies are expected to rise by 35 percent in 2021 compared with 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, representing an average annual compound growth of 16 percent in 2020 and 2021, an annual average similar to the one seen during the 2007-2009 crisis, according to a study from ...
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Italian footwear, clothing consumption decline eases
Italian footwear and clothing continued to suffer from falling consumption in June although the rate of decline eased compared to the previous two months, according to the monthly consumption indicator from Confcommercio, the Italian retail trade association. The indicator for footwear and clothing fell by 14.4 percent in June compared ...
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ArticleEcco joins expanding list of footwear firms boycotting Facebook
Denmark-based shoe manufacturer Ecco is continuously reviewing advertising efforts on social media platforms “to be in alignment with company values” after its U.S. arm earlier this month joined the growing list of footwear and other firms boycotting Facebook and Instagram to protest policies for handling online hate speech and misinformation. ...
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News briefsSperry names Sean McDowell VP in charge of design and product development
Sperry, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has appointed Sean McDowell as vice president of design and product development. He will report to Joelle Grunberg, global brand president of Sperry and a member of Wolverine Worldwide’s executive leadership team . McDowell has worked for three decades in the footwear industry, of ...
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UK e-tailer Shoeaholics opens six stores
Shoeaholics, the discount footwear and accessories e-commerce site owned by the British upmarket footwear retailer Kurt Geiger, is opening its first six pop-up stores in the U.K, including one on London’s Oxford Street. The site enjoyed a surge in revenues during the coronavirus-related lockdown and wants to build on the ...
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News briefsPrada appoints Christopher Bugg group communications director
Prada has appointed Christopher Bugg as communications director for the group and will report to Lorenzo Bertelli, the Italian fashion group’s head of marketing. Bugg joined the group in January 2020 as Prada’s marketing and communication director for Asia. Previously, he was the global digital communications director at Louis Vuitton ...
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Oliver Sweeney closes its stores
The British footwear company Oliver Sweeney has permanently closed its five stores as its retail business, Oliver Sweeney Trading, went into administration, a local procedure for creditor protection. Three stores were located in London, one in Leeds and one in Manchester. The company’s online and wholesale businesses are not involed ...
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Daniel Footwear buys Johnsons Shoe Company
Newjohn Limited, a unit of the retailer Daniel Footwear, has bought Johnsons Shoe Company, a British family-run retailer, which fell victim to the Covid-19 pandemic and was placed into administration, a procedure which gives it protection from creditors, on April 23. Johnsons Shoe Company has been trading since 1952. Johnsons ...
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Falc buys Candice Cooper
The Italian footwear group Falc has bought Candice Cooper, a brand of luxury sneakers manufactured in Italy, from Swiss-based Candice Cooper AG. Despite the takeover, the autumn/winter collection will continue to be distributed by the former owner. Falc will manage the spring/summer 2021 collection, which will offer a larger women’s ...
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Marc Fisher takes over Calvin Klein footwear license in North America
Marc Fisher Footwear has entered a multi-year license agreement with Calvin Klein for the design, production and distribution of both Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans women’s and men’s footwear collections in the U.S. and Canada. The move comes as the footwear license held by Jimlar, a unit of Global ...
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ArticleEuropean footwear and apparel manufacturers call for re-shoring, tariff review
The European Footwear Confederation (CEC) is calling along with three other employers and labor representatives of the textile, clothing and leather industries, for a re-shoring of production and a review of preferential trade tariffs under the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). The Covid-19 crisis has shown that transferring ...
