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Carlos Wizard Martins acquires Alpargatas Argentina
The Brazilian businessman Carlos Wizard Martins has acquired the entirety of Alpargatas S.A.I.C. of Argentina, and with it the worldwide rights to the Topper brand of athletic footwear. The similarly named Alpargatas S.A. will remain a separate operation in Brazil. In September 2018 Wizard Martins paid $24 million for a ...
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Insolvent, Fritzi aus Preußen presents new investor
After the opening of insolvency proceedings on Dec. 30, Fritzi aus Preußen, the German-based manufacturer of shoes and bags, presented a new investor. EinsPlusVier from Hannover will take over all contracts that are relevant to them with immediate effect. The local court of Hannover opened insolvency proceedings under self-administration. After ...
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Report issued on bankruptcy of SLEM
The final report on the bankruptcy of SLEM, the Shoe Leather Education Museum in Waalwijk, Netherlands, has been issued, over two years after it took place. In July 2017, the curtain fell on the SLEM foundation as its ambitions proved too expensive. The municipality decided to distance itself from the ...
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Comyp files for debt refinancing
On Jan. 10, an Italian shoe manufacturer, Comyp, filed for a debt refinancing arrangement with a Padua-based court. The court granted the company 120 days to present a debt refinancing proposal, according to the site ilnordestquotidiano.it. The company was created in the 90s and has produced shoes under the brand ...
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Genesco to move its headquarters
In about a year, Genesco will be moving its headquarters within the city of Nashville from Murfreesboro Road, where they have been since 1965, to Marriott Drive. There the footwear retailer and wholesaler will occupy about two-thirds of a 310,000-square-foot building. The company estimates that the move will create jobs ...
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La Halle plans to restructure
La Halle, part of the Vivarte group, is planning a new restructuring plan that would cut 101 jobs at its logistics department and headquarters. The plan will affect 63 jobs out of 467 at the Parisian headquarters and 38 jobs out of 300 at the logistical center in Issoudun, in ...
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Vivarte confirms sale of San Marina
Reaching the probable end of its slimming-down process, the French Vivarte group has confirmed the sale of its San Marina chain of shoe shops and of a logistics subsidiary, SMC Services, to two French entrepreneurs, Thierry Le Guénic and Stéphane Collaert, and an investment firm, Société d’Investissement Grimonprez (SIG). They ...
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Obituary for Luciano Mercalli
Luciano Mercalli, head of Cerim, has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus. Cerim, based in the Italian town of Vigevano, specializes in machines for the production of footwear. Mercalli, 78, fell ill after attending Simac Tanning Tech 2020, the trade fair that was held in Milan on Feb ...
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Obituary for Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell, founder and chief executive of BBC International, died on Feb. 17. He was 82. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Campbell spent more than 60 years in footwear, 20 of them at Kinney Shoes and its parent, F.W. Woolworth. He has been praised as a man of vision. In 1975, ...
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Etnies expands tree-planting program
Etnies is expanding its “Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree” project, which calls for the donation of one tree to Trees for the Future for every purchase of a pair of shoes from this year’s collection. The program has already enabled the skate shoe brand to reach its goal of ...
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Bata Italy supports anti-violence campaign
Bata Italy has supported the “Indifesa” campaign, an initiative by Terre des Hommes to protect girls from violence and discrimination. The footwear retailer donated €2 for each pair of shoes sold from Feb. 25 to March 8, International Women’s Day. The donation will be used to set up a new ...
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New anti-waste bill in France
France has announced an anti-waste bill that will forbid companies from destroying unsold fashion items, such as clothes, cosmetics and other items. Under the new law, the unsold or returned items on the list will have to be reused, redistributed or recycled. Previously, another law in the same spirit had ...
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Texon seeking "zerofootprint"
Texon, the producer of materials for the footwear industry, is seeking to achieve what it calls a “zerofootprint” by 2025. It is pledging over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint and use of virgin raw materials – particularly cellulose – by 50 percent, to increase the portion ...
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Bluesign revises criteria
Bluesign has released revised criteria as part of its mission to help the fashion and textile industry reduce its environmental impact. Among its changes, the latest update brings increased consideration of definitions and terminology as well as the implementation of new sections, such as the criteria for fiber manufactures. This ...
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Consumers want sustainability on the cheap
A Business Conditions Survey released by World Footwear indicates that 56 percent of the experts consulted on the topic of sustainability believe that consumers prefer shoes with a less negative environmental impact than other shoes. However, only 29 percent of the 183 respondents felt that consumers are willing to pay ...
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LVMH producing hand gel
LVMH is backing the fight against the novel coronavirus disease in France by using its production facilities for fragrances to make large quantities of hydro-alcoholic gel, which are in scarce supply in the country. They will be donated to French authorities free of charge.
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Keen to donate shoes for coronavirus crisis
Keen Footwear has pledged to donate up to 100,000 pairs of shoes, worth about $10 million, to the workers on the front lines and the families at home fighting through the coronavirus crisis. The program is called “Together We Can Help.” As reported on snewsnet. com, within 24 hours of ...
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Visitor numbers up at Lineapelle
Before the coronavirus brought public life to a virtual standstill in Milan, Italy, Lineapelle registered increasing visitor numbers. The 98th edition of the leather fair, held in the city on Feb. 19-21, registered 20,000 visitors, an increase of 2 percent from the previous year. This year, there were no guests ...
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Panorama files for insolvency
The Panorama trade show, which moved to the old Bread & Butter location at the Tempelhof Airport in January, filed an application to open insolvency proceedings on its own assets at the Berlin district court of Charlottenburg on Feb. 28. The organizers of the Panorama show are planning to launch ...
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Tamaris launches international marketing campaign
Tamaris, the shoe brand owned by the Wortmann group, has launched an international online marketing campaign under the hashtag #weristjulia (#whoisjulia). Julia is one of the most common first names in Europe among people aged 20 to 39. Tamaris estimates that 17 million women in Germany wear Tamaris shoes and ...
