All Corporate articles – Page 53
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Hardy Capital Partners and some prominent Canadian investors have acquired...
Hardy Capital Partners and some prominent Canadian investors have acquired a couple of online stores for footwear. They have bought OnlineShoes.com, a relatively old and profitable virtual shoe shop based in Seattle, and ShoeMe.ca, a virtual shoe retailer across the U.S.-Canadian border in Vancouver. Together, the two online retailers are ...
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LaCrosse Footwear has acquired White's Boots, another American company that...
LaCrosse Footwear has acquired White's Boots, another American company that makes custom-made boots for logging and other commercial applications at its own factory in Spokane, Washington. The new owner will keep the factory and the store of the brand, where consumers can watch the manufacturing process. It will also retain ...
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Eurazeo, the biggest institutional shareholder in Moncler, has reported acquired...
Eurazeo, the biggest institutional shareholder in Moncler, has reported acquired a 10% stake in Desigual for €285 million
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Twin-Set, an up and coming Italian fashion group targeting women...
Twin-Set, an up and coming Italian fashion group targeting women between the ages of 35 and 45, has bought an 80 percent stake in Jumping, a shoemaker located at Porto Sant'Elpidio in the Marche region, for about €2 million. Twin-Set acquired the stake from Massimo Stortini, who retains a 20 ...
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Ecco's chief executive, Dieter Kasprzak, may consider setting up a...
Ecco's chief executive, Dieter Kasprzak, may consider setting up a factory in Turkey in the future, according to local reports. The executive was recently on a visit to the country to talk about the Danish company's expansion at the retail level in Turkey, a market that has a potential for ...
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Gerli, which holds the rights to the Dockers brand for...
Gerli, which holds the rights to the Dockers brand for footwear in Europe, opened its first office in Dongguan in China this month. The office will be used for the development of new collections, sourcing of material and processing of orders. Clients will be able to visit a showroom of ...
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Vivarte, the big French retail group involved in shoes and...
Vivarte, the big French retail group involved in shoes and apparel, has persuaded 12 of its creditors to turn their debts into shares. The group hopes to extend the agreement to all its creditors before the end of this month. The program proposed by the management would reduce Vivarte's long-term ...
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ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent...
ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has taken over Tom Holding, the holding company of Schuh and Sport Mücke Group, a Bavarian discount shoe and sporting goods retail chain, and its eleven stores in Bavaria. Schuh and Sport Mücke recorded sales of about €100 ...
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R.G. Barry, the company behind Dearfoams slippers, has announced that...
R.G. Barry, the company behind Dearfoams slippers, has announced that it is evaluating an alternative to its planned merger with affiliates of Mill Road Capital, a private equity firm. The Ohio-based footwear and accessories company said a party it did not identify has made an offer to acquire all of ...
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We have already reported that Zalando may go public on...
We have already reported that Zalando may go public on the stock exchange. Rocket Internet, one of the major shareholders of Zalando and other fashion websites around the world, has now mandated three investment consultants - Berenberg, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley - to study the possibility of launching ...
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Confirming the expansion plans already mentioned by the management of...
Confirming the expansion plans already mentioned by the management of its parent company, Prada, Church & Co. has bought two pieces of land near its factory in Northampton to raise its manufacturing capacity from 250,000 to 300,000 pairs this year, creating 150 new jobs. The construction work is set to ...
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Huntsman Polyurethanes is involved in Ara's already reported establishment of...
Huntsman Polyurethanes is involved in Ara's already reported establishment of a production line of directly injected polyurethane shoes at its Portuguese factory
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Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking...
Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking for investors to take over his company, which may be worth as much as $600 million in spite of its generous “one for one” donations of shoes and eyewear, according to the Financial Times. The goal is to make the ...
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LVMH might increase its stakes in R.M. Williams, the maker...
LVMH might increase its stakes in R.M. Williams, the maker of the jackaroo boots. The French luxury conglomerate acquired a 49.9 percent stake in the Australian brand last year and might be exploring the possibility of taking over the remaining 51.1 percent by the end of the year, according to ...
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Fratelli Rossetti has halted the search for a financial partner...
Fratelli Rossetti has halted the search for a financial partner after a series of discussions. The Italian family-owned company was looking for a partner to help it to expand more quickly in foreign markets such as China. Its exports grew by 10 percent last year, representing about half of the ...
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MyShoes changed its status to a Societas Europea (SE), or...
MyShoes changed its status to a Societas Europea (SE), or European corporation, in April 2014. The change is expected to facilitate cooperation across national borders for the subsidiary of Deichmann, which became an independent brand in the German market. MyShoes manages 30 stores, of between 400 and 600 sqm, in ...
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Louis Vuitton is considering expanding its shoe production capacity with...
Louis Vuitton is considering expanding its shoe production capacity with the opening of a plant in Italy, in 2015. As reported by Moda24, the new facility could be located in Tuscany.
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Totes Isotoner Corporation have been sold to Freeman Spogli &...
Totes Isotoner Corporation have been sold to Freeman Spogli & Co. and Investcorp for an undisclosed amount. The company was purchased from MidOcean Partners and Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill & Co. Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Totes Isotoner is the world's largest marketer of umbrellas, gloves, slippers and ...
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Aeffe - Alberta Ferretti shines on the stock market thanks...
Aeffe - Alberta Ferretti shines on the stock market thanks to the interest of private equity investors. The stock recorded a first boom last Apr. 30, with a 16.47 percent increase to reach €1.01, followed by another rise on May 2 to €1.15. The Italian fashion house is reportedly meeting ...
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According to German media reports, two foreign investors have shown...
According to German media reports, two foreign investors have shown interest in a possible takeover of Leder & Schuh, the Austrian parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other shoe retail chains, which is said to be facing a cash squeeze The reports indicate that its Austrian bankers have extended its ...
