All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 22-23 – Page 3
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Vans has opened a new flagship store in Bilbao, raising...
Vans has opened a new flagship store in Bilbao, raising to seven the number of its mono-brand stores in Spain, and another one is opening shortly in Alicante. Only two of the Spanish stores are owned by VF Corp., parent company of Vans, and they are both located in Barcelona. ...
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Big reshuffle at Esprit
Manuel Martinez, the former executive of Zara who recently became chief executive of Esprit, has convinced one of his former collaborators, Rafael Pastor Espuch, to become the new chief product officer of the Hong Kong-based company. The 44-year-old worked at Zara as product manager for footwear and as international clothing ...
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Big increases at Skechers
Skechers reported a 144 percent jump in net income for the third quarter to $28.8 million as revenues increased by 20 percent to $515.7 million and gross margins improved by 0.9 percentage points to 44.6 percent.Strong demand was registered for the company's children's shoes and its Skechers Go and Relaxed ...
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British independent shoe retailers elected Josef Seibel as bestseller in...
British independent shoe retailers elected Josef Seibel as bestseller in the categories of ‘Top Ladies Brand' and ‘Top Men's Brand' for this year's spring/summer season. The brand was ranked first in the overall men's footwear segment and in the women's comfort shoe segment. In the overall women's footwear segment, the ...
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Starting next year, Berlin will have a new trade show...
Starting next year, Berlin will have a new trade show exclusively for footwear, aimed at independent fashion retailers. The show, called “What about Shoes,” will take place at Berlin's Postbahnhof on Feb. 21-23 and is being organized by Ben Hering and Miro Neumann, with the support of an unnamed investor. ...
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Softinos is entering the market in South Korea and Belgium...
Softinos is entering the market in South Korea and Belgium through sales agents, starting with the spring/summer 2014 collection. Meanwhile, the German distributor of the Portuguese brand, Sunny Season, is enlarging its warehouse in response to a 30 percent increase in orders from the German, Austrian and Swiss markets for ...
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Two candidates have been invited to present their offers for...
Two candidates have been invited to present their offers for the acquisition of Jallatte, the French work boot manufacturer owned by the JAL group
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Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been...
Ira Hernowitz, an executive from the toy industry, has been appointed by Wolverine Worldwide as the new president of its Stride Rite Children's Group. He will be in charge of the recently acquired Stride Rite brand as well as the children's shoe offering of other brands within the group such ...
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Zalando should become profitable soon
Zalando has reported another big jump in its revenues to €437 million for the second quarter ended June 30, up from the level of €257 million that it had reached in the corresponding period of 2012. The company's entry into four new markets in the second half of last year ...
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Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh,...
Genesco's board of directors has a new member, Joanna Barsh, who became director emeritus of McKinsey & Company last March, after more than 30 years with the consultancy, where she has served as a senior partner since 1994
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R.G. Barry sees revenues and profit decline
R.G. Barry Corp., the parent of Dearfoams, saw both sales and income decline in its first quarter of its current financial year. The company's executives attributed the disappointing quarter mainly to timing issues with holiday shipments, the challenging retail climate and the continued effects of moving away from lower-margin products. ...
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A bankruptcy trustee has defined the structure of the sale...
A bankruptcy trustee has defined the structure of the sale and the starting price for the auction of some of Lones' the assets of Lones, the Italian company that makes Fly Flot shoes at a factory in the province of Brescia. A single lot will go for sale at a ...
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A Kenneth Cole flagship has just opened in Bangkok in...
A Kenneth Cole flagship has just opened in Bangkok in a redesigned format and the American brand is planning to enter additional markets in Asia, including Malaysia and Vietnam, which will have stores within the next six months. The designer has announced that the brand would be re-introduced in China ...
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David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for...
David Friedrich assumes the position of international sales manager for Napapijri footwear, which is licensed to an offshoot of the Hamm-Reno group in Osnabrück, Germany. He succeeds Marc Plückebaum, who left the company last month. Friedrich previously worked as international sales manager for Crocs Europe and within the Birkenstock group ...
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The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, brought for the first...
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, brought for the first time a group of 19 Italian companies to Aymod, the Turkish shoe fair in Istanbul, on Nov. 6-9. The association also reports on the successful staging of its most recent workshops in the capitals of Kazakhstan and Ukraine. The event ...
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Creditors approve Brandos’ repayment proposals
The embattled Swedish online apparel and footwear retailer's bid for its financial reorganization became final on Nov. 12 as 79.5 percent of its creditors, representing 83.9 percent of the claims, voted in favor of the proposed settlement of their debts.Brandos will now pay SEK23.5 million (€2.52m-$3.55m) in installments to suppliers whose ...
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Spartoo, the online retailer in footwear and fashion apparel, has...
Spartoo, the online retailer in footwear and fashion apparel, has been chosen by Google to evaluate and test its “Trusted Store” program in the U.K., France and Germany. Spartoo is the first online retailer to participate in this certification at the same time across several European countries. Google launched this ...
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The Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has re-elected...
The Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has re-elected Fortunato Federico as its president for another three years. He has been the president of Apiccaps since 1998. Federico said he wants to make the industry “a reference point internationally.” The entrepreneur is who is the founder of Fly London. ...
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Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, has created...
Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, has created a special training workshop for young retail entrepreneurs to promote an exchange of ideas and strategies. The group has already visited a German shoe manufacturer, FinnComfort, and two retailers, Dorsch and Schön & Endres. During the first training session, the ...
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Anteprima Lineapelle and Lineapelle have indicated the intention to move...
Anteprima Lineapelle and Lineapelle have indicated the intention to move to earlier. The main show would take place in Bologna on Sept. 10-12 next year, coming just before the successful Cuir à Paris fair, scheduled for Sept. 16-18. However, it seems that the fairgrounds may not be available for the ...
