All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 5+6 – Page 2
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Blockchain to trace Italian projects
A project launched by the Italian industry ministry to set up a national scheme using blockchain technology to guarantee the traceability of Italian products, in order to protect brands and fight counterfeiting, has been dropped due to a lack of funds, according to Pambianconews . The ministry indicated that it ...
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Industry criticism of EC's removal of Cambodia's customs advantages
Matthias Händle , president of the foreign trade association of German retailers ( AVE ) and former president of the Hamm-Reno Group , has criticized the decision of the European Commission to remove Cambodia’s customs advantages. According to the AVE, the measure affects the country’s population primarily. Reacting to allegations ...
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World's first Industry 4.0 smart footwear demonstrator
Thanks to an investment of €400,000 from the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (Ivace) , Spain’s Center for Technology and Innovation (Inescop) has developed what it calls the world’s first Industry 4.0 smart demonstrator for the footwear industry. According to Inescop, the demonstrator showcases “enabling technologies” to “reduce time, costs, ...
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BasicNet profits
BasicNet has reported a net profit of €21.05 million for 2019 as compared to €21.01 in the previous year. It actually recorded an increase of 11 percent excluding a tax benefit received in 2018. As previously reported, the aggregated wholesale-equivalent sales generated by its brands, including Kappa and Superga , ...
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YouGov survey
YouGov , a market research institute, recently published an online survey of 900,000 Germans aged 18 and over. According to that survey, Deichmann offers the best price/performance ratio in the German fashion retail sector. A German chain of drugstores, dm , ranked first overall, followed by Lidl and Deichmann. C ...
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Bangladeshi leather exports fall
Exports of Bangladesh’s leather sector fell by 9 percent to $631.9 million in the first eight months of the country’s financial year, ended in February 2020, as leather footwear exports decreased by 11.2 percent to $376.6 million. Exports of finished leather fell by 27.9 percent to $84.2 million, while leathergoods ...
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Brazilian footwear exports fall
In January, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 16.1 percent in volume to 12.5 million pairs and by 7.3 percent in value to $91.5 million, largely due to political instability in Latin America. Haroldo Ferreira , president of the Brazil’s footwear industry, Abicalçados , said that Brazilian manufacturers may have also ...
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Vietnam will likely meet its export target
The Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) announced in early February that the domestic footwear industry was likely to reach its export target of $24 billion this year, as a result of the U.S.-China trade war and the related shift in sourcing. According to reports in Vietnam Plus , Lefaso ...
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German shoe machinery suppliers have tough 2019
For German suppliers of shoe and leather machines, 2019 was a troubled business year. According to the German industry association VDMA TFL (Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies) , German manufacturers of shoe and leather machines managed to export €39.77 million in machines during the first 11 months of 2019, ...
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Veja opens first U.S. store
Veja has just opened its first store in the U.S. Located in the Nolita neighborhood of New York City, the store reflects the French brand’s unfinished look and its commitment to sustainability, using wood and other simple materials and decoration. The store plans to host monthly panel discussions on sustainable ...
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Gabor expands shop concept
Gabor has expanded its current shop concept with a rear wall module designed to display Gabor ‘s sneaker collection. It has already been implemented at a retailer in Celle , which has been operating a Gabor shop-in-shop since 2006. The new, flexible module displays 15 sneakers in a typical side ...
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Deichmann to sell Adidas, Nike
Europe’s largest shoe retailer, Deichmann , will be selling shoes, accessories and sports apparel from Adidas and Nike . The items will be available from Deichmann’s online store and from certain of the German shoe retailer’s brick-and-mortar stores. Deichmann is launching sports apparel in its stores with an influencer campaign ...
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Covid-19 case at Zalando
An employee at Zalando has tested positive for coronavirus and is staying home under self-imposed quarantine. The European e-tailer has since sought to determine who at its headquarters in Berlin, Germany, came into contact with the infected employee over the previous 14 days. It has asked those staff members to ...
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Grangers has a new distributor
Grangers , a British company founded in 1937 and specializing in aftercare products for technical clothing and footwear, has made Sea to Summit its exclusive American distributor. The partnership comes as Grangers is experiencing significant growth thanks to previous work with some of the largest retailers in the U.S., such ...
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Legero United starts online platform
Legero United, the Austrian-based footwear group, started an online platform for retailers of its Superfit, Legero and Vios shoe brands this month. The platform features a B2B online store and provides marketing support, information on current shoe collections (with images available for download) and online training services. The B2B online ...
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Vagabond parts ways with Tygesen Company A/S
At the end of May, Vagabond will be parting ways with Tygesen Company A/S , a distributor from Denmark that has served as its sales partner for many years. Vagabond International will take over Vagabond Schuhvertrieb , the sales company that handles the distribution of Vagabond’s products in Germany and ...
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Ecco restructuring its European sales
In an effort to get closer to consumers, Ecco has decided to restructure its European sales organization, decentralizing the management of its wholesale operations. They will be led by a dedicated general manager in each of the three European regions. In the framework of this reorganization, Erik Heldoorn, sales director ...
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GM at Sanuk steps down
Magnus Wedhammar has left Sanuk . He had been the surf-inspired footwear brand’s general manager since July 2016, when it moved within California from Irvine to Goleta, the location of Deckers ’ headquarters. Deckers purchased Sanuk – founded by Jeff Kelley in 1997 – for $120 million in cash in ...
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Zalando creates three executive posts
Strengthening the management level below the executive board, Zalando created three new positions to join its seven senior vice presidents. Anne Pascual was promoted to senior vice president of product design, and Astrid Arndt was appointed SVP for people and organization. Both have been with the company for several years. ...
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ArticleEurope has become the “epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe has now become the “epicenter” of the novel coronavirus pandemic as the virus spreads dramatically, prompting nations to totally or partially shut down their economies. On March 22, the Italian government issued a decree imposing the closure of all manufacturing ...
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