All Corporate articles – Page 26

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    Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged to the Deichmann group since 2011, took over Kicks USA, a retail chain specializing in  sneakers, athletic shoes and clothing, with 64 stores in eastern part of the U.S. Now it has acquired Mr. Alan's Men's Bootery, another sneaker chain based in ...

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    Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen and Dupé, is selling its Argentinian subsidiaries for the equivalent of about €3.3 million. The deal follows an agreement that the Brazilian footwear manufacturer reached in September 2018 to sell 22.5 percent of the businesses behind its Topper brand, both ...

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    Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Lectra has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Retviews to acquire the two-year-old Belgian retail data analytics firm in two steps. In a first step, the Paris-based firm buys 70 percent of Retviews for €8 million. The remaining part will be taken over in three phases over the next ...

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    The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    The Boston-based private equity fund Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to buy the foot-care business of Dr. Scholl's in the Americas from the German chemical group Bayer for $585 million. It will set up a stand-alone company for the business that generated sales of $234 million in 2018. Bayer acquired ...

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    Xtep International of China has finalized the acquisition of K-Swiss...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Xtep International of China has finalized the acquisition of K-Swiss and its various footwear labels, including Palladium and Supra, for $260 million from E-Land of South Korea. The entire business had a turnover of $210 million last year, up by 2 percent from 2017, with a reduced net loss of ...

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    Manolo Blahnik has acquired Calzaturificio Re Marcello, an Italian shoe...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Manolo Blahnik has acquired Calzaturificio Re Marcello, an Italian shoe manufacturer with 77 workers that has been making shoes for the Spanish U.K.-based designer since 1990. Bruno Re of the Re family, which founded the company in Vigevano in 1938, will join the Blahnik group. Re Marcello has been making ...

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    On Sept. 1, FLO Magazacilik of Turkey will be acquiring...

    2019-08-21T00:00:00Z

    On Sept. 1, FLO Magazacilik of Turkey will be acquiring the licensing rights to Nine West and begin producing the fashion brand's shoes for the local market. It will entrust the shoes' design to a team in the U.S. and their manufacture to more than 300 Turkish companies. According to ...

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    The Global Fashion Group (GFG), which operates transactional websites in...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    The Global Fashion Group (GFG), which operates transactional websites in emerging countries, has raised less than half of the expected proceeds from a public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offer period was extended due to low demand from potential investors. GFG raised €180 million with the placement of ...

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    Farida has inaugurated a second factory in Scandicci, within a...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Farida has inaugurated a second factory in Scandicci, within a leather district six km southwest of Florence. Its other manufacturing facility in Chiusi, also in Tuscany, will remain operational. The new factory in Scandicci will focus on prototype development, sample items and special productions, such as those required by the ...

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    Tamara Mellon, the New York-based co-founder of Jimmy Choo, is...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Tamara Mellon, the New York-based co-founder of Jimmy Choo, is receiving $50 million in Series C funding, led by the London-based investment firm Centricus, for the development of her own eponymous footwear brand. Previous investors, such as NEA and Quadrille Capital, also took part. The women's luxury footwear brand, which ...

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    London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole,...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    London Sole, the owner of the shoe brand French Sole, has bought the Bennetts department store Bennetts in Derby, which had been declared insolvent in February. French Sole specializes in the retailing of ballet flats and holds trademarks in every country in the world except the U.S. French Sole has stores ...

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    The big Chinese Huajian Group, which has been operating in...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    The big Chinese Huajian Group, which has been operating in Ethiopia since 2011, is reportedly planning to invest $100 million in the construction of new shoe manufacturing and coffee processing factories in the country's Jimma Industrial Park. An agreement signed in May with the Ethiopian government will also see Huajian ...

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    BASF is investing to strengthen its presence in the footwear...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    BASF is investing to strengthen its presence in the footwear industry. The company has recently expanded its Footwear Development Center in Italy, and has opened a new center in Thailand. Both facilities feature new machinery with direct injection molding technology. Most recently, BASF has opened a new 2,000-square-foot Footwear Development ...

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    Zalando has announced the construction of its first Dutch logistics...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has announced the construction of its first Dutch logistics center in the Bleiswijk business park, near Rotterdam. The new 140,000-square-meter facility will cater for customers in Western Europe, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and the U.K. The fulfilment center will have a total storage capacity of 16 ...

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    Alberto Raengo, an Italian manager who was formerly behind the...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Alberto Raengo, an Italian manager who was formerly behind the resurrection of Blauer and RefrigiWear, apparently enjoys reviving brands. Raengo was also behind the recent relaunch of Holubar, an American mountaineering brand that put together a small chain in the 1960s, was sold to Johnson Wax in about 1975 and ...

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    Superfeet of Ferndale, Washington, has acquired RSscan International, a maker...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Superfeet of Ferndale, Washington, has acquired RSscan International, a maker of systems to scan and analyze feet, notably for athletes. The deal's terms remain undisclosed, but it will enable the American insole and footwear brand to expand its research and manufacturing infrastructure. The combined company will have at least seven ...

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    Zalando moved into new headquarters in Berlin on June 26....

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Zalando moved into new headquarters in Berlin on June 26. More than 6,000 employees who were previously scattered throughout the city are now coming together in the online retailer's new premises, encompassing 100,000 square meters. The recently opened “Zalando Campus” offers flexible desks, a fitness studio, open office areas, a ...

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    Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, and Outfits24,...

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, and Outfits24, a similar portal operated by the same company, opened their first logistics center in Wiesbaden last month. Schuhe24 bundles the stocks of 1,000 affiliated retailers. Revenues rose to €25 million in 2017, and Schuhe24 expects them to reach €75 million in 2019 and €100 million ...

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    Kering is planning to relocate the majority of its Swiss...

    2019-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Kering is planning to relocate the majority of its Swiss logistic operations to Italy between 2020 and 2022. The project will be implemented gradually over the next three years. The new Italian hub will be based at Trecate near Novara, in Italy's northwest, and the move will result in an ...

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    Desma has started to build a new factory at its...

    2019-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Desma has started to build a new factory at its production site in Achim, near Bremen. The new factory building will have an area of 12,000 square meters with an additional 4,500 square meters of office space. The company plans to conclude the project by autumn 2020. The so-called “factory ...