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Okabashi lays off 142 people as Yeezy Foam Runner terminated
After Adidas severed ties with the rapper and fashion designer Kanye West and put an end to the production of Yeezy-branded products, Okabashi announced the layoff of 142 employees. The Atlanta area footwear manufacturer had been producing Yeezy Foam Runner style since 2020. Okabashi said that it is coordinating with ...
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German energy price cap effective from early 2023
German energy price caps announced by the Chancellor Olaf Scholz to mitigate the impact of inflation will go into effect in early 2023, according to a government timetable. The gas price effect is set to go into effect on Jan. 1 for large companies and on March 1 for households ...
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Baffin launches a new women’s boot
Baffin, a Canadian producer of outdoor performance footwear and apparel, has launched Jasper, a new women’s boot available online on Baffin.com and in select outdoor retailers in North America. The model is an expansion of the Canadian Collection which launched in the fall of 2021. Baffin is committed to manufacturing ...
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ArticleMilspeed recycles fishing nets for shoe components
Milspeed, a U.K.-based manufacturer and supplier of footwear components, has revealed that since March 2020, it has been working on a program to reprocess discarded nylon fishing nets and recycle them into plastic shoe parts, such as toe puffs and counter material. The initiative, called Ocean Recovery Project, is carried ...
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Skechers escorts Kanye West out of L.A. corporate building
Slowly but surely, Kanye West should realize that he is no longer welcome due to the antisemitic, racist and hateful remarks he made recently across multiple forums. After the recent contract cancellations with Adidas, Balenciaga, CAA, MRC and Gap, Skechers USA now released a statement in which it reports that ...
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ArticleRussian shoe factories ramp up military production
Several Russian shoe factories have ramped up the production of military boots and other military items, such as berets, in the wake of mass mobilization in the country. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 but military setbacks prompted the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, to order a partial mobilization on Sept. ...
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Ugg launches classic boot made with regeneratively sourced materials
The Californian lifestyle brand Ugg, which is a division of Deckers Brands, has launched a new Classic Mini Regenerate. The boot, available for adults and children, is made with materials from Atkins Ranch, a ranch cared for with regenerative traditions to help restore soil, encourage wildlife diversity, capture carbon in ...
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King Steel, BASF, Otrajet join forces to produce recyclable products
King Steel Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering group producing shoemaking machinery, the German chemical company BASF and the elastomer manufacturer Otrajet have signed a joint development agreement to develop energy-saving processes that allow for manufacturing of 100-percent recyclable products, according to a joint statement. ”Combining expertise in plastic injection machine design, ...
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Asics releases trainer with the world’s smallest carbon footprint
With the launch of its Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 trainer, Asics has unveiled a sneaker with the world’s lowest carbon footprint. As the name suggests, the shoe emits 1.95kg CO2e across its lifecycle. This is significantly less than the lowest CO2e sneakers currently available on the market, based on available ...
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Puma introduces sneaker infused with nitrogen foam
Puma has launched the Extent, a sneaker whose midsole features an innovative Nitro (nitrogen-infused) foam that is said to make it extremely lightweight, springy and soft. The Extent’s layered upper is inspired by Puma’s archive of 2000s long-distance running shoes. The material mixtures differ from one color to another, including ...
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Kodiak introduces new workwear boots using algae-based materials
Kodiak, the 112-year-old Canadian footwear brand, is marching forward while paying tribute to its past with new men’s and women’s workwear boots in its fall 2022 collection. The new collection features Bloom technology, which converts biomaterials like algae into renewable, high-performance replacements for traditional petroleum-based EVA components, continuing Kodiak’s Built ...
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Timberland and Ræburn launch new circular boot
The result of the latest collaboration between Timberland and Ræburn for fall/winter 2022 are the new Earthkeepers by Ræburn Timberloop Utility Boots, “an innovative circular design that allows them to be fully disassembled and recycled at the end of their useful life.” Timberland and Ræburn have been working together since ...
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ArticleZalando increases its fleet of Magazino robots
Zalando has purchased 29 additional order picking robots from the German start-up Magazino, increasing its fleet to 57 units. The German online fashion retailer, which has invested in Magazino, initially bought two of the robots called Toru in 2018, before increasing the fleet by six units in 2019 and a ...
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Vapesol launches soles made from factory waste of nitril gloves
The Portuguese company Vapesol, which manufactures more than five million pairs of soles yearly (according to its website), has teamed with the nitril glove company Raclac to produce of footwear soles from industrial waste. Raclac claims to be the only manufacturer of nitril examination gloves in Europe. Waste from its ...
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FedEx to hike rates from Jan. 2
FedEx said its FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery will increase rates by an average of 6.9 percent effective January 2, 2023 as the the U.S. courier service tries to align costs with demand. Meanwhile, FedEx Freight rates will increase by an average of 6.9 percent to 7.9 ...
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On unveils first shoe made from carbon emissions
In partnership with LanzaTech, Borealis and Technip Energies, Swiss sports brand On is launching a shoe called Cloudprime. Described by the company as “the first-ever shoe made from carbon emissions,” the Cloudprime is made of CleanCloud ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, which uses industrially emitted carbon as a raw material. ...
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ArticleHow Italian manufacturers are crossing the Rubicon to preserve their industry
A group of Italian shoemakers and components manufacturers located in San Mauro Pascoli have decided to join forces and create a consortium called Rerum, which starts for Rete Rubicone Moda, to preserve the cluster’s supply chain. Rubicone, or Rubicon in English, is the name of a nearby river famously crossed ...
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Volumental sales up 86%
Volumental, a Sweden-based global platform offering 3D foot scanners, announced that it has seen an 85 percent increase in revenue this year and that it scans half a million feet per month. With poor fit being the most common reason for shoe returns, stores that have implemented Volumental’s foot scanning ...
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Superga in co-branding venture with Alaïa
The Belgian fashion designer Pieter Mulier, Alaïa’s creative director since 2021, has reinterpreted two of Superga’s sneakers as part of a co-branding initiative between the fashion house established by the Franco-Tunisian stylist Azzedine Alaïaz and the Italian shoe brand owned by BasicNet. The 2750 and 2790 sneakers were chosen as ...
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News briefsToray announces renewable nylon 66 breakthrough
Tokyo-based Toray Industries announced that it has developed what it claims is “the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid,” a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66). The company achieved this breakthrough using a proprietary synthesis technique that combines its microbial fermentation technology and chemical purification technologies. Nylon 66 has ...
