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PDF NewsletterShoe Intelligence Newsletter: Vol 22 - 05+06
Europe is confined by Covid-19 | Italy’s production drops | German retailers fare better | Footway bids for Sportamore | Baldinini changes control | Quiet Micam and Gallery Shoes | Italian fashion groups cutting costs | Russia postpones tagging | U.S. shuts down at retail
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Obituary for Luciano Mercalli
Luciano Mercalli , head of Cerim , has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus. Cerim, based in the Italian town of Vigevano, specializes in machines for the production of footwear. Mercalli, 78, fell ill after attending Simac Tanning Tech 2020 , the trade fair that was held in ...
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Obituary for Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell , founder and chief executive of BBC International , died on Feb. 17. He was 82. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Campbell spent more than 60 years in footwear, 20 of them at Kinney Shoes and its parent, F.W. Woolworth . He has been praised as a man of ...
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Etnies expands tree-planting program
Etnies is expanding its “ Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree ” project, which calls for the donation of one tree to Trees for the Future for every purchase of a pair of shoes from this year’s collection. The program has already enabled the skate shoe brand to reach its ...
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Bata Italy supports anti-violence campaign
Bata Italy has supported the “ Indifesa ” campaign, an initiative by Terre des Hommes to protect girls from violence and discrimination. The footwear retailer donated €2 for each pair of shoes sold from Feb. 25 to March 8, International Women’s Day . The donation will be used to set ...
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New anti-waste bill in France
France has announced an anti-waste bill that will forbid companies from destroying unsold fashion items, such as clothes, cosmetics and other items. Under the new law, the unsold or returned items on the list will have to be reused, redistributed or recycled. Previously, another law in the same spirit had ...
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Texon seeking "zerofootprint"
Texon , the producer of materials for the footwear industry, is seeking to achieve what it calls a “zerofootprint” by 2025. It is pledging over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint and use of virgin raw materials – particularly cellulose – by 50 percent, to increase the ...
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Bluesign revises criteria
Bluesign has released revised criteria as part of its mission to help the fashion and textile industry reduce its environmental impact. Among its changes, the latest update brings increased consideration of definitions and terminology as well as the implementation of new sections, such as the criteria for fiber manufactures. This ...
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Consumers want sustainability on the cheap
A Business Conditions Survey released by World Footwear indicates that 56 percent of the experts consulted on the topic of sustainability believe that consumers prefer shoes with a less negative environmental impact than other shoes. However, only 29 percent of the 183 respondents felt that consumers are willing to pay ...
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LVMH producing hand gel
LVMH is backing the fight against the novel coronavirus disease in France by using its production facilities for fragrances to make large quantities of hydro-alcoholic gel, which are in scarce supply in the country. They will be donated to French authorities free of charge.
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Keen to donate shoes for coronavirus crisis
Keen Footwear has pledged to donate up to 100,000 pairs of shoes, worth about $10 million, to the workers on the front lines and the families at home fighting through the coronavirus crisis. The program is called “ Together We Can Help .” As reported on snewsnet . com, within ...
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Visitor numbers up at Lineapelle
Before the coronavirus brought public life to a virtual standstill in Milan, Italy, Lineapelle registered increasing visitor numbers. The 98th edition of the leather fair, held in the city on Feb. 19-21, registered 20,000 visitors, an increase of 2 percent from the previous year. This year, there were no guests ...
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Panorama files for insolvency
The Panorama trade show, which moved to the old Bread Butter location at the Tempelhof Airport in January, filed an application to open insolvency proceedings on its own assets at the Berlin district court of Charlottenburg on Feb. 28. The organizers of the Panorama show are planning to ...
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Tamaris launches international marketing campaign
Tamaris , the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann group, has launched an international online marketing campaign under the hashtag #weristjulia (#whoisjulia). Julia is one of the most common first names in Europe among people aged 20 to 39. Tamaris estimates that 17 million women in Germany wear Tamaris shoes ...
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Ugg's new campaign
Ugg has introduced its “Ugg Collective” campaign for spring/summer 2020, with photographs by Frederic Auerbach shot at the Eric Lloyd Wright House in the Californian resort of Malibu. Featured in the campaign are Dominique Crenn, who runs the restaurant Atelier Crenn in San Francisco and is the first female American ...
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Piferi takes to Instagram
Alfredo Piferi has taken to Instagram to launch his eponymous brand of vegan women’s shoes. The shoes’ materials include recycled nylon, lurex, vegan suede made of recycled plastic fibers, and “ Bio Veg nappa ,” 68 percent of which is “bio components.” Piferi is an Italian designer who began as ...
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Hotter presents foot scanner
Hotter has invested £500,000 (€535,000-$578,000) in its FootprintTM , which provides both foot measurements and fitting recommendations. The big British brand of comfort shoes, which is developing its digital direct-to-consumer business, is installing this 3D foot scanner in 32 of its stores and this April will be taking it, as ...
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Dr. Martens collaborates with Hello Kitty
Dr. Martens is collaborating with Hello Kitty for the launch of a limited edition. Both brands are celebrating their 60th anniversary in 2020. They cooperated for the first time in 2010. This year, Dr. Martens will launch a limited edition of its Jadon Boot with two Hello Kitty images on ...
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Wolverine fined in Michigan
Wolverine Worldwide has agreed to pay $69.5 million to local authorities and the state of Michigan over several years to remedy water contamination from chemicals used in a now-closed tannery and other company-owned facilities in the state. On the other hand, WWW will get $55 million in a lump sum ...
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AAFA releases new Restricted Substance List
The American Apparel Footwear Association (AAFA) has released an updated version of its Restricted Substance List (RSL) , the open-industry document that provides apparel and footwear companies with information related to regulations and laws that restrict or ban chemicals and substances in finished home textile, apparel and footwear ...
