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Vivobarefoot tests digital platform for personalized footwear
Footwear and lifestyle brand Vivobarefoot is introducing VivoBiome, an experiential platform for personalized, circular, locally assembled footwear. Each VivoBiome product can be tailored to the customer’s needs and preferences. The VivoBiome footwear uses SLS 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI) data. Vivobarefoot is looking for 200 Brits to try the ...
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Canada Goose to launch its first sneaker collection
Canada Goose is introducing its first-ever sneaker line on July 18. Called The Glacier Trail, the sneakers, which will debut in both a low-cut version as well as a high, for men and women, have been described by the brand as intersecting style and performance for versatile, multi-seasonal wear. The ...
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La Sportiva buys its supplier Meet Italia
La Sportiva, an Italian provider of technical footwear and apparel for outdoor enthusiasts, bought an 80 percent stake in Meet Italia, an Italian manufacturing of mountain footwear. For over 20 years, Meet Italia, which employs 150 people, has been producing footwear and providing semi-finished goods to La Sportiva. In an ...
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ArticleCoats launches a new footwear division
Coats, the U.K.-based manufacturer of industrial yarns and structural components for apparel and footwear, has launched a new footwear division following its acquisition of Texon and Rhenoflex in 2022. Following a period of integration, Coats Footwear was launched, offering an expanded range of components and material solutions to footwear and ...
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ArticleAllbirds is giving away the secrets of its net-zero shoe
Allbirds has released the details of its net zero carbon shoe, M0.0NSHOT, and, in a bid to encourage competitors to create their own version, is giving away its entire methodology. M0.0NSHOT, set to launch commercially in spring 2024, is a high-top shoe wrapped in carbon-negative regenerative wool. The midsole features ...
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ArticleVans replaces The Vault with OTW by Vans as its new top product category
Vans has unveiled its new top category called OTW by Vans. The VF Corp. brand explains that it is a “new platform where the brand’s most elevated product expressions and brand experiences come together with the innovators of art, design, style, skate culture and entertainment.” As a result, the previous ...
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Safilo, Jimmy Choo end eyewear agreement
Safilo, the Italian eyewear manufacturer, said that its license agreement to design, produce and distribute eyewear under the Jimmy Choo brand will expire on Dec. 31, 2023 and will not be renewed. Safilo and the footwear company, which is owned by the the luxury goods group Capri Holdings, will continue ...
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Vuori launches footwear in collaboration with Clae
California-based activewear brand Vuori, founded in 2015, is launching a sustainable sneaker line in collaboration with Clae, a footwear brand also from California. The collection’s first silhouette – the Vuori x Clae’s Malone Lite – is based on Clae’s Malone sneaker and features a variety of eco-friendly materials, including a ...
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KKR to purchase €40bn of buy now, pay later European loans from PayPal
Private credit funds and accounts managed by the American investment firm KKR will purchase up to €40 billion of buy now, pay later (BNPL) loan receivables originated by PayPal in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.. KKR will acquire substantially all the European BNPL loan portfolio held on PayPal’s ...
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Vibram and NNormal launch “Repairability Program”
Vibram and NNormal are launching a new partnership in the form of a joint repairability program. NNormal shoes will now be able to be repaired by Vibram cobblers around the world. Vibram has had a long-standing repair program, which it recently promoted via its “repair if you care” campaign. The ...
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SAS renews its sneaker contract with U.S. military
San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS) has been awarded a three-year renewal contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to produce specialized footwear for the basic training of U.S. military. The contract has a maximum value of $90,590,940. Under this contract, SAS will provide the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps ...
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Bottega Veneta opens a footwear factory
Bottega Veneta, the Italian luxury goods brand owned by the French conglomerate Kering, has launched a 5,450 square-meter facility specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of footwear. The site is located in the Italian town of Vigonza in the footwear cluster of Riviera del Brenta, in the Veneto region. ...
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ArticleWhite Mountain expands into footwear for girls
The U.S. footwear brand White Mountain is expanding into footwear for girls. The brand noted that following its acquisition by American Exchange Group in January 2023, it “has quickly ventured into several exciting and diverse product categories, marking a significant departure from their exclusive focus on women’s footwear for the ...
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News briefsAldo in partnership with Brooks Brothers
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Aldo Group entered into a partnership to launch an expanded assortment of men’s footwear and small leather goods for Brooks Brothers, which is part of ABG’s portfolio. Brooks Brothers’ new men’s collections will launch in stores in February 2024 and will be distributed ...
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ArticleDesigner Brands to resume selling Nike in Q4
Designer Brands unexpectedly announced that it will resume selling Nike shoes from the fourth quarter of this year, as the U.S. sportwear brand reverses its policy of dropping wholesale clients to focus on direct-to-consumer channels. Earlier, on June 1, Macy’s announced that it would be selling Nike apparel from October, ...
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Vibram launches eco-friendly FiveFingers models
Vibram, the Italian manufacturer of high-performance soles, continues to reduce its environmental footprint by “sustainably making over” two of its Vibram FiveFingers barefoot shoe models, the FiveFingers KSO Eco and the Vibram FiveFingers Vi-B Eco. To do so, the R&D department has developed eco-friendly rubber compounds and is using new, ...
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Asos reportedly received a more than £1bn takeover approach in December
The Sunday Times reported that Asos had last December received a more than £1 billion (€1.5bn) approach from Trendyol, a Turkish company backed by the Chinese online giant Alibaba. A deal would have valued the British retailer at between £10 (£11.6) and £12 (13.9) per share, valuing the company at ...
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Clarks appoints Martine Rose as guest creative director
Clarks has appointed Martine Rose as its first-ever guest creative director. She has designed three pairs of shoes for the British brand that will be available from March 2024. Rose, 42, is a British-Jamaican menswear designer and founder of the Martine Rose label. In 2018, she released a collaboration with ...
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Kanye West files trademark for “YZY sock shoes”
Kanye West has filed an application for “YZY sock shoes” via its holding company, Mascott Holdings, TMZ has first reported. Mascotte Holdings, Inc. was formed in June 2004 by West and agent Andre Bodiford. The new trademark application, filed on May 4 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...
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ArticleRussia’s Zenden plans to push on sports footwear
Russian casual footwear retailer Zenden has set its sights on sports footwear, a niche the company sees as lucrative after the departure of the leading Western brands. Alexander Sarychev, Zenden’s chief executive, revealed that the company, in the coming years, plans to accelerate the development of its sports brand Pulse, ...
