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ArticleTamaris plans to expand its Russian store network
By the end of 2024, Wortmann plans to add 15 doors to its existing network of 60 Tamaris stores in Russia and take several other steps to gain a better foothold in the country. Friedrich Naumann, CEO of Wortmann Vostok, said that the brand intends to open new stores ...
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New head at Marco Tozzi
Christian Böhm is the new managing partner at the Wortmann Group’s subsidiary Marco Tozzi Shoes GmbH & Co. KG starting from June 1. Böhm, 42, will take the helm from Carsten Humke, who has been working for the Wortmann Group for 39 years and has been managing partner at Marco ...
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Düsseldorf shoe retailer Koch files for bankruptcy
The German shoe retailer Schuhparadies Michael Koch GmbH has shut down after 37 years of activity as it slips into bankruptcy on rising energy, insurance, staff and rent costs. The traditional footwear business, established by Michael Koch in 1987, runs a Tamaris store on Flinger Strasse in the old ...
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News briefsWortmann obtains a court victory against Birkenstock
The Wortmann Group says that its subsidiary shoe.com GmbH & Co. KG has obtained a victory in the Higher Regional Court of Cologne against Birkenstock in a case alleging copyright infringement. In a ruling issued on Jan. 26, the court overturned a decision made on May 11, 2023, by the ...
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News briefsTamaris opens a flagship in Paris
Tamaris has opened a 130 square meter flagship in Paris, near the Garnier opera house. The store is managed by Stéphane Mordowicz of Groupe SMC. Mordowicz already runs several Tamaris stores in France. Tamaris is a brand of the German footwear manufacturer and distributor Wortmann Group. “At this prestigious ...
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ArticleCaprice takes over Peter Kaiser
Caprice, which is owned by the German group Wortmann Schuh-Holding KG, has acquired the women’s footwear brand Peter Kaiser. The Pirmasens-based shoe manufacturer said that it plans to retain ”the brand core, which is based on an excellent fit and high-quality materials” but intends to update the collections and to ...
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ArticleEuropean footwear brands returning to the Russian market
Nearly 15 percent of European footwear companies that pulled out from the Russian market last year have returned to the country, the Russian footwear union estimated. Germany’s Ara and Italy’s Igi&Co are examples of the Western shoe businesses resuming operations in Russia, the organization reported. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...
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ArticleTamaris launches a new concept store
Tamaris has launched a new store concept that features apparel for the first time. The new ”lifestyle” store opened as a pilot in central Dortmund, Germany. Tamaris is a brand of the German footwear manufacturer and distributor Wortmann Group, which also has the Tozzi, Caprice, Jana and s.Oliver brands. Wortmann ...
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ArticleWortmann suspends sales to Russia
Russia is the most important export market for the Wortmann Group through its Tamaris and Caprice brands. But following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the women’s shoe specialist has decided to stop servicing the market. The company based in Detmold, has also offered its employees in Ukraine the opportunity to ...
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ArticleGerman shoemakers write off the Russian market
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the businesses of many German shoe and leather goods manufacturers, which had been built up over the past few years. “The consequences of this massive unrest are not foreseeable at this point in time,” said Manfred Junkert, general manager of HDS/L, the federal ...
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Caprice to source shoes from Sri Lanka
Caprice, a brand of the German footwear group Wortmann, will start sourcing shoes in Sri Lanka in order to diversify its production in South Asia. The company already imports shoes from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. From April 2022, a factory in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo will start manufacturing leather shoes ...
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Tamaris and Jana Shoes to collaborate on new collection
From the autumn/winter 2022/23 season, Tamaris, the main brand of the German footwear company Wortmann Group, will collaborate with its sister company Jana Shoes, which specializes in comfort shoes, to develop Tamaris’ new comfort collection. Jens Beining, CEO of the Wortmann Group, explained “we want to occupy this growing market ...
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Tamaris tops sustainability ranking
Tamaris, the leading brand of the German footwear company Wortmann Group, topped the ranking as the most sustainable footwear brand carried out by the German magazine Focus Money. In the magazine’s ”Deutschlands Beste – Nachhaltigkeit“ (Germany’s Best - Sustainability), Sioux finished second in the footwear category, followed by Ecco and ...
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NEWD.Tamaris launches online store
The German brand Tamaris has launched an international online store for its NEWD.Tamaris sub-brand in a move to increase its presence in the premium segment. The store, which is available in 25 countries, will not focus on “fast-moving trends, but on pure value,” it pointed out. The launch is supported ...
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Tamaris wins a brand management award
Tamaris , the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann Group , obtained the gold German Brand Award in the “Excellent Brands: Fashion” category. The award was granted by the German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) and the German Brand Institute. It honors companies which stand out for their brand management, ...
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Tamaris launches new campaign focusing on women’s diversity and solidarity
Eight women and their stories in a target-group specific campaign mark a new step in Tamaris ’ multi-platform communication strategy. On International Women’s Day, Tamaris, the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann Group , launched a new spring/summer campaign on its steadily growing YouTube channel. The focus ...
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Wortmann installs PV panels at its HQ
The Wortmann Group has installed nearly 7,000 square meters of photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of its headquarters in Detmold, Germany. The panels cover an area the size of a football pitch and are expected to produce 1.18 million kilowatt hours annually, which corresponds to the consumption of ...
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News briefsTamaris launches an online store in Russia
Tamaris , the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann Group , has launched an online store in Russia to support growing sales in the country. The opening of a digital store comes after a successful marketing campaign for the spring-summer season and a rapid development of offline sales, the ...
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Tamaris wins German Brand Award
Tamaris has won the German Design Council ’s annual German Brand Award in the “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation” category for its Fashletics collection. The brand has credited the ad agency Men at Work for its “conceptual support.” Marlena Hanke , head of creation at ...
