All Distribution articles – Page 37
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Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe...
Nicola McLeod is the new general manager of Walter's Shoe Care, a supplier of high-quality shoe care and foot comfort products based in Toronto. She is tasked with expanding the business globally, and will also sit on the board of the parent company, E.F. Walter. McLeod has worked in the ...
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Tss Scandinavia, the Swedish company run by John Kilborn, has...
Tss Scandinavia, the Swedish company run by John Kilborn, has taken on the agency for Airwalk in the Scandinavian countries
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Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has...
Hevea, which owns the Dunlop brand for protective footwear, has a new chief executive, Allard Bijlsma. He is taking over the helm from Peter Traas, who has successfully built up the brand in the last 15 years and is now joining Hevea's board of directors. Bijlsma already joined the company ...
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Shepherd, a Swedish brand of sheepskin footwear, is entering the...
Shepherd, a Swedish brand of sheepskin footwear, is entering the British market via the distribution company of Edward Barnes
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Base London continues to make new inroads into the other...
Base London continues to make new inroads into the other markets. The 17-year-old British footwear brand has announced new agency agreements with Show Too in Italy, Peoples Concept in Belgium, Silverplate in the Netherlands and Five Stars in Spain, adding to those that it signed earlier in Germany and France. ...
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Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of...
Clarks has appointed Helen Thomson to the new role of European Region director, reporting go Ken Dobinson, the company's international director. She previously ran Clark's successful international store franchising program. The Europe Region is one of four operational regions created by Clarks, somewhat on the model of Ecco. The others ...
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Airwalk is entering the Indian market through a local manufacturing...
Airwalk is entering the Indian market through a local manufacturing company, Wiesner Worldwide Creations, which will use the brand name for a line of children's shoes and clothing
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Mephisto has a new agent in Sweden, Gabriëlle Zwart of...
Mephisto has a new agent in Sweden, Gabriëlle Zwart of Maran Shoes
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Italy's Ciao Bimbi has a new agent in France, IFC...
Italy's Ciao Bimbi has a new agent in France, IFC
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Vagabond will be exhibiting in Shanghai at the Novomania trade...
Vagabond will be exhibiting in Shanghai at the Novomania trade show in March in order to search for retailers in the Chinese market. In Europe, the company aims to expand the shop-in-shop concept, which is working very well in Scandinavia and Finland. Many new shop-in-shops were opened in Scandinavia and ...
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Vans has decided to go direct on the Danish market....
Vans has decided to go direct on the Danish market. The brand's distribution contract with Bonvita is coming to an end after many years with the fall/winter 2012-13 season.
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Nobrand has signed several new distribution contracts for the sales...
Nobrand has signed several new distribution contracts for the sales of its products in other markets. Wilson Exports will distribute the brand from this season on in the U.K. and is also presenting Nobrand's product line in a showroom in London. In Canada, a new distribution contract was signed recently ...
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During the last year, Pajar Canada increased the number of...
During the last year, Pajar Canada increased the number of countries where its products are sold to 55 in total. New markets for the company are the U.K., Hungary, Turkey and Spain. In the U.K., the distributor Courtaulds has been handling Pajar Canada's line for two seasons now. Likewise, Overland ...
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The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business...
The Spanish shoe brand Paco Gil recorded a good business year in 2011. Sales grew by 8 percent in volume and by 12 percent in value. Since the middle of the last year, the brand has been sold in the U.K. and France with the help of sales agents. The ...
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Sportbox, the distributor of Wolverine shoes and apparel in Italy,...
Sportbox, the distributor of Wolverine shoes and apparel in Italy, has placed the collections with 150 stores within a year and aims to reach 200 clients this year
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Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and...
Kennel & Schmenger wants to enter the North American and Chinese markets. For this purpose, the German company will be exhibiting at the Fashion Coterie trade show in New York at the end of February and at the CHIC – China International Clothing & Accessories – trade show in Beijing ...
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Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than...
Alberto Guardiani is opening a new showroom of more than 500 square meters on Corso Venezia in Milan. Its parent company, Nuova Centauro, has reported stable sales of €32 million for 2011, with an operating margin (Ebitda) of 19 percent. About 60 percent of the turnover is generated in Italy.
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Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France...
Converse has extended its licensing and distribution agreement in France with Royer Group, with whom it has worked since 2001. The new deal runs through 2015. Financial details were not disclosed. It is reported that Converse is looking to have an office in Paris that would handle marketing, communication and ...
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Melania has hired Andrew Lovelock as its U.K. agent to...
Melania has hired Andrew Lovelock as its U.K. agent to reach out to independent shoe retailers, and the Italian brand of children's shoes will participate for the first time in the Moda Footwear fair in Birmingham on Feb. 19-21
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Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from...
Hunter's distributor for Germany and Switzerland, ACM Boots, will from now on also take care of the Czech Republic. Hunter already has 16 clients in the Czech market, most of them in Prague. The company developed its first outerwear collection last year, with the first products to be sold during ...
