All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 37 – Page 2
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ArticleKantar Media Reactions study 2021 sees local advertising strong besides digital channels
Research and consulting agency Kantar has just released its Media Reactions 2021 study, informed by the opinions of over 14,500 consumers covering over 290 brands in 23 markets and 900 senior marketers worldwide. The report gives some interesting insight into the changes in the media landscape reflected by the popularity ...
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Lenzing CEO steps down
The supervisory board of Austrian specialty fiber producer Lenzing has reached an agreement with long-time CEO Stefan Doboczky to terminate his contract by mutual consent. Doboczky has informed the board that he is not available for a further extension of his contract and that he will resign as of Sept. ...
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René Caovilla opens a store in Faubourg-St-Honoré
The Italian producer of luxury goods René Caovilla inaugurated a store in Paris’ rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré. The store has a VIP lounge that displays the brand’s most exclusive models.
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FitFlop appoints a COO
The brand of fashion comfort shoes, FitFlop, has hired Gordon Knox as chief operating officer, effective Sept. 13. He will “manage all operational activities for the business and drive excellence,” the company said. Knox was previously at Superdry, where he served as logistics director until August 2018. Prior to that ...
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Rizzo starts trading second-hand bags
Rizzo Group, a footwear, bags and accessories retailer, has launched a service under which people can trade in second-hand bags and suitcases at its Rizzo stores in Sweden and Morris shops in Norway. The item is valued in store and the customer receives a voucher, based on the assessed value ...
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Texon to focus on ProWeave at Lineapelle
Texon will focus on its recently launched ProWeave jacquard weaving technology at the forthcoming Lineapelle and A+A trade shows. At Lineapelle, being held from Sept. 22 to 24, just after the Micam trade show, in Milan, the company will also display Ecoline insoles; BioForm heel counters, and Sportflex Eco ...
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Deichmann launches parcel station pilot
The German footwear company Deichmann has launched a parcel station pilot in its home market. The company has installed the parcel station outside the Deichmann store in Mülheim-Dümpten. The clients who use the click and collect service can retrieve the goods from the pick-up station after receiving a message with ...
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ArticleFor the first time an official Chinese delegation is present at Micam
For the first time an official Chinese delegation will be present at Micam, which is being held from Sept. 19 to 21 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center at the outskirts of Milan. The German footwear and leather association HDS/L will also be debuting at the show. Despite China being ...
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Hermès opens 19th leather goods workshop in France
The French luxury goods firm Hermès has inaugurated its latest leather goods production site in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, near Bordeaux. It is the company’s 19th leather goods workshop in France. Hermès said that it has been expanding its manufacturing capacity to respond to a strong rise demand. The 5,800-square-meter facility was designed ...
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ArticleTod’s sees full-year sales reaching €800m
Tod’s believes that its sales could rebound to about €800 million this year, compared with €637.1 million in 2020 when business was severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The top line would still be significantly below the €916.0 million posted in 2019. In a conference call, Emilio Macellari, the chief ...
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PayPal acquires Japanese buy-now-pay-later venture
U.S.-based payment platform PayPal Holdings has announced the acquisition of Paidy, a digital payment platform based in Japan. Paidy develops a two-sided payment platform and is also a provider of buy-now-pay-later solutions in Japan, a strategically important market for PayPal. According to the American company, almost three-quarters of all purchases ...
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VF board member steps down, reportedly over her views on Black Lives Matter
VF Corp. announced that Veronica Wuu has decided to step down as one of the 12 members of the group’s board of directors, pointing out that this was not the result of any disagreement on any matter relating to VF’s operations, policies or practices. Wuu had joined the board in ...
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ArticleItalian footwear output rises 12.9% in H1
Italian footwear production rose by 12.9 percent in the first half of 2021 against the same period in 2020, when the industry was affected by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. But, output remained 26.3 percent below the level seen in the first half of 2019, according to data from ...
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Ara Shoes launches premium partnership program
The German shoe company Ara Shoes has rolled out a premium partnership program in a bid to strengthen its relationship with brick-and-mortar retailers. It is offering select retailers additional perks and special services, including discounts, POS and VM support, access to exclusive product releases and participation in events. Ara ...
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Golden Goose celebrates 20 years with a skate bowl in Venice
According to FashionNetwork.com, Golden Goose recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Venice. For the occasion the Italian brand of distressed sneakers and streetwear brand took a 13-year-old wooden skate bowl – kept until then inside a former cinema in Milan – and had it floated to the Venetian lagoon, where ...
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ArticleFerragamo’s strong retail showing continues after profitable H1
Salvatore Ferragamo continued to enjoy strong revenue growth in directly-operated stores (DOS) in the U.S., China, South Korea and Latin America in August compared both with the year earlier and 2019, as it unveiled a better-than-expected Ebit target for the full year on the back of a sharp improvement in ...
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