All Products & Services articles – Page 44
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Lloyd Shoes has received a prize as one of the...
Lloyd Shoes has received a prize as one of the three best companies in Germany for its human resources strategy
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Footwear News has elected Skechers USA “Company of the Year.”...
Footwear News has elected Skechers USA “Company of the Year.” Giuseppe Zanotti is “Designer of the Year,” Vans is “Brand of the Year” and Stuart Weitzman is “Marketer of the Year.” The magazine quotes Wayne Kulkin, the new chief executive of Stuart Weitzman, as saying that spending on all kinds ...
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Ferragamo is launching its first collection of shoes for...
Ferragamo is launching its first collection of shoes for girls in some of its stores in major cities around the world
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In a significant change from previous practice, Kurt Geiger has...
In a significant change from previous practice, Kurt Geiger has decided to donate money to a charity that would normally be spent on window displays for the holiday season. The British shoe retailer will give the money to Hope and Homes for Children, which works to end the institutional care ...
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Footwear Friends, the London-based benevolent society, raised over £8,700 at...
Footwear Friends, the London-based benevolent society, raised over £8,700 at its annual Footwear Friends Awards
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Sarenza, the French e-tailer specializing in high-margin shoes, has launched...
Sarenza, the French e-tailer specializing in high-margin shoes, has launched its own private brand. The Sarenza collection comprises 80 models designed by internal teams, which are sold for between €109 and €189. The company reported a turnover of €150 million in 2013, although it did not reveal details on its ...
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Faguo has announced a partnership with Klingande, the young French...
Faguo has announced a partnership with Klingande, the young French artist and producer of electronic music. The French shoe company has decided to create a capsule collection with him, which is debuting in autumn 2014 with two models of sneakers called Wattle Punga and Wattle Jubel. The shoes have been ...
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Cole Haan has announced a multi-year partnership with three ballet...
Cole Haan has announced a multi-year partnership with three ballet dancers of the New York City Ballet. The partnership features products inspired and co-created by principal dancers, Sara Mearns and Megan Fairchild, as well as Gretchen Smith of the corps de ballet. The new Cole Haan Avery Ballet Studio collection ...
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Callaghan has developed and patented a new U-shaped amortization system,...
Callaghan has developed and patented a new U-shaped amortization system, called UP, that allows the heel of the foot to adapt automatically to the nature of the terrain. Callaghan's parent company, Calzados Hergar, says it took two years to develop the technology and the rather unique design of the UP ...
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Sperry Top-Sider, the American manufacturer of boots, is cooperating with...
Sperry Top-Sider, the American manufacturer of boots, is cooperating with the Swedish “Velour by Nostalgie” label for a collection of waterproof sneakers, to be manufactured at the start of the autumn/winter season 2014/15 and available at Velour stores and selected Sperry Top-Sider stores at the end of October.
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Lotus has put out an XL Extralight line of shoes...
Lotus has put out an XL Extralight line of shoes that combine comfort, flexibility and shock absorption
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Desma is showing some very sophisticated new polyurethane injection molding...
Desma is showing some very sophisticated new polyurethane injection molding machinery at its House Fair in Germany. The company says that its new Amir version, which has been developed with the collaboration of Bayer, can dramatically reduce the need of manpower to only three minutes per pair, a drop of ...
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Huntsman Polyurethanes has developed a set of best practice guidelines...
Huntsman Polyurethanes has developed a set of best practice guidelines for the design and development of safety footwear soles to meet international standards and deliver higher levels of performance through a project conducted in collaboration with a German supplier of safety shoes, Heinrich Klumpen Sohne. The study shows, among other ...
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Barker Shoes enjoyed a positive response to its presentation at...
Barker Shoes enjoyed a positive response to its presentation at the Moda fair in Birmingham and theMicam in Milan of a small new range of shoes whose sole is made of recycled chewing gum and recycled plastic. The original sole is pink for women and blue for men, and it ...
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In a new brand extension, Baldinini has launched its first...
In a new brand extension, Baldinini has launched its first line of watches for men and women, targeting a volume of 3,000 units for the first season. They are made at a Swiss factory in Neuchâtel. They were presented for the first time at a fashion show in Moscow at ...
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Analpa, the big Russian/American shoe company behind brands such as...
Analpa, the big Russian/American shoe company behind brands such as Kéddo, Bétsy and Elisabeth, has signed a footwear licensing contract for the characters from “Masha and the Bear,” one of the most famous animated series broadcast in Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe. The contract covers initially Russia, Belarus ...
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Bonis has extended its European licensing agreement with U.S. Polo...
Bonis has extended its European licensing agreement with U.S. Polo Association from shoes to handbags and small leathergoods
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Roberto Botticelli introduced a new and more affordable brand of...
Roberto Botticelli introduced a new and more affordable brand of women's shoes, Roberta B, at theMicam in Milan. Made in Portugal, it uses interesting varieties of leather, but it is offered at about half the price than the regular collection.
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Iggy Azalea, a 24-year-old Australian hip-hop singer, will co-brand a...
Iggy Azalea, a 24-year-old Australian hip-hop singer, will co-brand a footwear collection with Steve Madden that will come out in the U.S. next February
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Keen Footwear describes its new Uneek lifestyle sandal as a...
Keen Footwear describes its new Uneek lifestyle sandal as a revolution that questions conventional shoemaking. It uses two cords to adjust the upper to the foot. First presented at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month, where it got an award, the new product has been under development for two ...
