All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 17+18 – Page 2
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ArticleLGBTQ collections become mainstream for the fashion, sportswear industry
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual and queer) fashion market has been growing over the last decade. In recent years, an unprecedented number of mainstream brands have begun to release LGBTQ collections.
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ArticleTod’s posts operating loss in H1, low visibility on future trend
The Italian shoe maker Tod’s posted operating losses in the first half of 2020 due to the impact of lockdown and travel restrictions adopted to tackle the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. It signaled that the start of the third quarter was better than the trend seen in the previous ...
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Li & Fung appoints chief customer officer
Li & Fung of Hong Kong has appointed Deepika Rana to the new post of chief customer officer. A 17-year veteran of at the international sourcing group, Rana will retain the titles of president of supply chain solutions, president of the executive office, and executive vice president and country director ...
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Ecco wins German Design Award for two models
Ecco has won the German Design Council’s annual German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its Biom 2.0 trail shoe and its Exowrap all-terrain sandal. The competition for the awards came from more than 5,400 projects from 63 countries. The Biom 2.0 is a hybrid urban and ...
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News briefsAllbirds enters South Korea
Allbirds, the Californian brand of sustainable footwear, has entered the South Korea market. The brand was created in 2016 by Joey Zwillinger and Tim Brown with one model, the Wool Runner, which uses superfine merino wool from New Zealand. Allbirds said that it had planned to enter the Korean market ...
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ArticleAmazon: The Janus-faced company
The current Covid-19 crisis has accelerated Amazon’s consumer goods business exponentially. The Silicon Valley giant doubled its profits in the second quarter of this year and increased its turnover to nearly $89 billion. The share value has also nearly doubled since the middle of March. On Sept. 1, Amazon announced ...
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Amazon’s head of European retail is stepping down
Xavier Garambois, who has been running Amazon’s European retail operations for the past eight years, is leaving the company. According to The Telegraph, he will be replaced by Jorrit Van der Meulen, Amazon’s vice president for Europe, who has also been in charge of Amazon Devices (Alexa, Vesta, etc.) outside ...
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CIC vice-president Sergio Panossian passes away
Sergio Panossian, the vice-president of the Argentinean footwear association Cámara de la Industria del Calzado (CIC), has passed away. Panossian was a popular and influential representative of the country’s footwear industry. His family indicated that he was victim of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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ArticleSalomon introduces a recyclable sneaker and sets up a recycling network
After three years of research and development, the French outdoor brand Salomon has presented the recyclable Index.01 running shoe, which will be on the market from February 2021. “To create the Index.01, we had to construct a shoe using only two materials that could later be separated and recycled,” explained ...
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ArticleTimberland announces ambitious sustainability goals
Timberland has not only announced that it wants to plant 50 million trees around the world over the next 5 years, but also to create a net positive impact on the environment by 2030. The latter, most ambitious goal includes that the VF Corp.-owned brand wants all of its products ...
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ArticleGallery Fashion & Shoes attracts more visitors than expected
Gallery Fashion & Shoes had an attendance at a ”much higher frequency than expected,” according to Ulrike Kähler, project director and managing director of the organiser, the Igedo Company. No figures were disclosed. The show ran from August 30 to Sept.1 but also included Showroom Concept, that was held ...
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L.K. Bennett introduces cluster managers
The British premium womenswear retailer L.K. Bennett has introduced cluster managers who will be responsible for more than one location. The move will result in 19 redundancies. The company said that the reorganization stems from a decline in trade in stores, while the retailer has seen a significant increase in ...
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ArticleDesigner Brands sees challenging H2 as Q2 sales fall by 42.8%
The American shoe retailer Designer Brands, formerly known as DSW, expects the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to have a significant impact on its business in the second half of 2020, with a double-digit decline in sales likely and a return to profitability seen as “challenging.” As consumer preference shifts from ...
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ILM canceled due to Covid-19 situation in Offenbach
ILM, the German international leather goods fair, was canceled in Offenbach, where the event was to be held from Sept. 5 to 7. The city of Offenbach withdrew the authorization to hold the show and the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in the town “was decisive” in the local authority’s ...
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News briefsClarks celebrates its Somerset roots in new campaign
Clarks is celebrating its origins in the campaign of its autumn/winter 2020 collection called “Then. Now. Always.” The company was founded in 1825 in Street, in the English county of Somerset, where it is still based. The campaign was shot in Somerset with the contribution of 12 artists and ...
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ArticleOffice obtains rescue package ahead of store closures
The South African retailer Truworths will provide a £6.5 million (€7.3m-$8.6m) secured revolving credit facility to its British footwear unit Office as part of a rescue package. It noted that the funds will come from existing group cash reserves and will be distributed in a phased manner over the next ...
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ArticleGenesco sees back-to-school selling season prolonged, holiday season to start early
Genesco experienced a slowdown in its recovery in July because of an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the U.S. But it expects the back-to-school period to last until late September, or even later, and the holiday season, generally considered to run from late November to early January, to start earlier.
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Converse in partnership with Moncler and Hiroshi Fujiwara
Converse has entered a collaboration with 7 Moncler Fragment, a partnership between Moncler, the Italian producer of luxury down jackets, and the Japanese streetwear designer Hiroshi Fujiwara. Under the collaboration, known as 7 Moncler Fragment + Converse Chuck 70, Fujiwara has designed two Chuck 70 low sneakers as part of ...
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Polygiene and Dr. Scholl’s to team up for antibacterial and odor-free insoles
Polygiene has announced that, moving forward, Dr. Scholl’s insoles will combine two Polygiene technologies, including the antibacterial Stays Fresh Technology and the Odor Crunch treatment. The Dr. Scholl’s Massaging Gel Work Insole, designed for people who stay on their feet all day long, will be the first product to incorporate ...
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ArticleMicam to attract over 500 exhibitors, 5,000 buyers
The organizers of Micam Milano said that more than 500 exhibitors will be present at the trade show being held at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition hall from Sept. 20 to 23, and that over 5,000 buyers, primarily from Italy and Europe, have confirmed their participation. The 90th edition of ...
