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Backed by Berkshire Partners, Implus has taken over Spenco Medical...
Backed by Berkshire Partners, Implus has taken over Spenco Medical Corp.'s insole business and its 2nd Skin medical adhesive line. It will integrate them into its insole business, which comprises the Sof Sole and Sof Comfort brands among others. Implus will also acquire Spenco's Canadian operations. The remaining operations of ...
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Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns a raft of...
Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns a raft of sports, outdoor and footwear accessories brands, has snapped up the assets of MCN Solutions in Cape Town, a South African distribution partner for Implus and other sporting goods companies. The move will enable Implus to have its own organization in ...
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Hermès International has acquired a minority stake in the shoe...
Hermès International has acquired a minority stake in the shoe brand Pierre Hardy. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Pierre Hardy fully owns three stores, the last of which was opened in Tokyo's Aoyama area in April, and is sold in 200 shops worldwide. Hardy has designed ...
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Yves Saint Laurent is reportedly investing €5 million in a...
Yves Saint Laurent is reportedly investing €5 million in a new shoe factory in the Brenta footwear district, between Venice and Padua. According to Mff, the French fashion house started the construction work for the new factory in Vigonza, near Padua, in May. The facility will occupy a surface of ...
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Philippe Model Paris has been acquired by 21 Investimenti, the...
Philippe Model Paris has been acquired by 21 Investimenti, the investment fund owned by Alessandro Benetton. Paolo Gambato and Roberto Doro, the former owners, will both keep their roles as designer and managing director, respectively, and will stay on as shareholders. The investment fund has reportedly acquired 70 percent of ...
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During ANWR's general meeting, held in Rotterdam on June 20,...
During ANWR's general meeting, held in Rotterdam on June 20, the affiliated retail members of the group decided that Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2015, will be kept as a private company under ANWR's ownership. ...
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In Cuba, a new investment of up to $10 million...
In Cuba, a new investment of up to $10 million by a Chinese industrial partner will lead to the opening of a new factory in Havana for the production of dress shoes and footwear for men, women and children. According to reports in Footwearbiz, the new facility will have eight ...
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The Benetton family has acquired a stake of 0.21 percent...
The Benetton family has acquired a stake of 0.21 percent in Hermès for €72 million through its holding company, Edizione Holding
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Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic...
Mephisto is expanding its distribution center and modernizing its logistic systems, putting in place a new B2B operation and introducing more automated technologies to improve services for its clients. By the month of November, the size of its warehouse in the eastern part of France, which currently measures about 12,000 ...
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Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where...
Charles Vögele is pulling out of the Belgian market, where it has 41 stores
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Shoes For Crews (SFC) has announced it has filed a...
Shoes For Crews (SFC) has announced it has filed a letter of intent to acquire Mozo Shoes from Chinook Asia. Mozo, which specializes in slip-resistant culinary footwear, will remain as a separate brand, and will maintain its design ethos and product line. The transaction is expected to close sometime this ...
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Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting...
Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2014, will not be converted to a public limited company. ANWR is now proposing to its general assembly, due to be held in Rotterdam on June 20, to keep it ...
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Zalando has acquired a minority stake in Le New Black,...
Zalando has acquired a minority stake in Le New Black, a Paris-based B2B fashion platform provider. Le New Black's founders, Vidya Narine and Bernard Coulombel, still own a majority stake in the company. Le New Black, founded in 2010, hosts digital showrooms from 250 contemporary and high fashion brands, which ...
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Remember Feetz, the U.S.-based developer and manufacturer of 3D-printed customized...
Remember Feetz, the U.S.-based developer and manufacturer of 3D-printed customized shoes that we spoke about at length early last year (Shoe Intelligence no. 17-2+3 of Feb. 3)? DSW, the big American shoe retail chain, has taken part in a new round of funding for the start-up while forming a strategic ...
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Earth Shoes has adopted iVendix, the B2B wholesale e-commerce platform...
Earth Shoes has adopted iVendix, the B2B wholesale e-commerce platform of CenterStone Technologies
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Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting...
Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2014, will not be converted to a public limited company, reports Schuhkurier. Affiliated members of the ANWR Group had until April 22 the chance to send non-binding declarations of intent ...
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De Tommaso is about to be sold to an American...
De Tommaso is about to be sold to an American buyer whose identity is yet to be revealed. According to reports by Quotidiano della Calabria, an Italian newspaper, the negotiations for the sale of the brand are in the final stages. The financial details have not been disclosed either, but ...
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Prada and Tod's have decided to present their financial results...
Prada and Tod's have decided to present their financial results on a semi-annual basis rather than on quarterly basis. Prada explained that under Hong Kong market rules, listed companies only need to present half-year results, which it has chosen to do because of the volatility of its business.
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Giuseppe Zanotti has formed a joint venture in China with...
Giuseppe Zanotti has formed a joint venture in China with Life Luxury Group, its long-term Hong Kong-based franchisee, to open stores in Greater China. The new company, of which the Italian brand holds a 51 percent stake, is called Giuseppe Zanotti Design Holding Hong Kong. Zanotti entered the Chinese market ...
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The Dutch Ziengs Schoenen chain plans to shut down only...
The Dutch Ziengs Schoenen chain plans to shut down only 32 of the 197 Scapino stores that it has taken over from the bankrupt Macintosh Retail Group
