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PDF NewsletterShoe Intelligence Newsletter: Vol 22 - 24+25
Luxury footwear seen up by 14% in 2021 | Micam to be held March 21-23 | European firms to face cash shortage in 2021 | Clarks’ CVA gets green light | Debenhams collapses | Legero obtains top certification | Von Wellx steps up production in India | Treksta expands in Europe | Lower sales for Caleres | Vulcabras’ women’s shoe sales drop | Former Zappos head dies
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Record Cyber Monday in the U.S.
Online shopping in the U.S. reached $10.8 billion on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe Analytics. It was a 15.1 percent increase on the previous year and a daily record for online shopping in the country. Online shopping reached $5.1 billion on Thanksgiving and $9.0 billion on Black Friday, setting new ...
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News briefsYoox Net-a-Porter names Geoffroy Lefebvre CEO
Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP), the fashion online retailer owned by the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont, has appointed Geoffroy Lefebvre as chief executive, effective on Jan. 4. He replaces Federico Marchetti who remains as chairman. In March, Marchetti announced his intention to relinquish the job as CEO but to stay as ...
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News briefsWho’s Next postponed to March 5-7
WSN Développement, the organizer of Who’s Next, has decided to postpone the January edition of the Paris-based trade show to March 5-7, when it will be held with Premiere Classe during the Paris Fashion Week. WSN already had to cancel the September edition of Who’s Next because of the Covid-19 ...
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LVMH head sees company exiting the Covid-19 crisis stronger
The French luxury goods group LVMH is coming out of the Covid-19 crisis “rather stronger” thanks to its worldwide presence, according to its chairman and chief executive Bernard Arnault. “We have for a long time had the strategy of covering most of the planet with our sites, stores, subsidiaries,” he ...
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ArticleDebenhams collapses as JD Sports terminates rescue talks
The British department store chain Debenhams is winding down operations and closing all 124 shops with 12,000 potential job losses after JD Sports Fashion ended talks about a rescue deal. Administrators have been trying to sell the troubled 232-year-old group since April, but have admitted that the sale process has ...
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News briefsNSRA appoints Mark Denkler president
Mark Denkler will become president of the National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) on Jan. 1, replacing Chuck Schuyler who, in mid-November, announced his retirement after 15 years. The NSRA was formed in New York in 1912 and is North America’s largest footwear organization supporting independent footwear retailers in the U.S. ...
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Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO
The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. Schmidt-Eisenhart has held various management ...
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News briefsTwo former Balmain executives launch La Ligne Numérotée
Françoise Misiraca and Charlotte Sauvat, two former executives of the French fashion house Balmain, have launched the upscale women’s footwear brand, La Ligne Numérotée. Misiraca spent 18 years at Balmain, where she held various roles, including head of its men’s department. Sauvat has been a shoe and accessories designer for ...
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News briefsDr. Martens opens a store in Dortmund
Dr. Martens has opened a store in Dortmund, increasing its network in the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia to four units. The other stores are located Cologne, Düsseldorf and Bonn. The latest store is on 60 square meters and situated in Dortmund’s main shopping street, Westenhellweg.
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News briefsAGL expands in Asia
The Italian shoe maker Attilio Giusti Leombruni (AGL) has opened a corner in the department store SKP Beijing as part of its expansion in Asia. AGL also intends to enter a partnership with a specialty retailer in Shanghai and is due to launch an store online for the region in ...
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Assomac elects a new president, postpones Simac Tanning Tech
The Italian association of tanning and footwear machinery manufacturers, Assomac, has elected Maria Vittoria Brustia as its new president until 2024, replacing Gabriella Marchioni Bocca. Brustia is president of Brustia-Alfameccanica. The company was founded in 1958 in Vigevano and specializes in the production of heel nailing and fixing machines, and ...
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ArticleFormer Zappos head Tony Hsieh dies
Tony Hsieh, who ran the footwear and clothing online retailer Zappos.com for about two decades, died at the age of 46 due to complications from injuries sustained in a house fire. The fire broke out on Nov. 18 in New London, Connecticut, and Hsieh died on Nov. 27 from the ...
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News briefsIgedo confirms the winter editions of the Gallery events
The German trade fair organizer, Igedo, indicated that Gallery Fashion & Shoes will be held from Jan. 30 to Feb.1 and Gallery Shoes & Fashion will run from March 7 to 9 in Düsseldorf. The company confirmed the format introduced last year resulting from the merger of footwear, apparel and ...
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Schuhe24 group offers retailers free access to its platform
The Schuhe24 group is offering retailers access to its platforms Schuhe24, Outfits24,Taschen24, Dein Juwelier and Sportmarken24 free of charge. Dominik Benner, the founder and managing director, said that the €450 subscription fee was suspended for the rest of the year and for 2021 to support resellers. The company added that ...
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Louis Vuitton sneaker helps combat AIDS
From Dec.1, the Louis Vuitton I (RED) Trainer will be available in selected Vuitton stores worldwide. The company pledged that for every pair sold, $200 will be donated to RED, the organization founded in 2006 by the singer Bono and the activist Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS. The original trainer ...
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News briefsHunter names Claudia Plant CMO
Hunter Boots has appointed Claudia Plant as chief marketing officer (CMO). She joins the company from the British cosmetics firm Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, where she was interim CMO for five months. Between January 2017 and December 2019, Plant was senior vice president of brand experience at Burberry. Prior to the ...
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ArticleILM parent presents new trade fair concept to include footwear industry
While the coronavirus pandemic has brought the trade fair industry to a standstill, with several hundreds of events in Europe hit by restrictions, postponements and cancellations, the organizers of the international leather goods fair ILM, held in Offenbach am Main, near Frankfurt, is making plans for a post-pandemic future. ...
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News briefsBoohoo appoints independent supervisor to monitor supply chain changes
Boohoo has appointed Brian Leveson, a retired senior judge, to provide independent oversight of its Agenda for Change program, launched to deliver “long-lasting and meaningful change” to its supply chain and its business practices. The e-commerce and fashion fashion company came under fire after allegations that it used suppliers in ...
