All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 22-23 – Page 4
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Anpic, the Mexican leather and footwear exhibition in Léon, attracted...
Anpic, the Mexican leather and footwear exhibition in Léon, attracted more visitors than expected. There were a total of 14,503 buyers, and 93 percent came from the country. Out of the foreign visitors, more than 30 percent of them came from the U.S., 14 percent from Guatemala, 13 percent from ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Frank Annunziata as the new vice president and general manager of its Sebago brand. The 30-year footwear veteran has been most recently a senior vice president of sales at Clarks' North American subsidiary. He previously worked for Bostonian, Rockport and G.H. Bass.
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Skechers has announced that it is giving away more than...
Skechers has announced that it is giving away more than 200,000 pairs of Bobs shoes to children affected by the typhoon that struck the Philippines a few days ago, working through Soles4Souls to make the distribution. Separately, the Skechers Foundation has reported that its fifth annual Skechers Pier to Pier ...
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PETA Germany, the animal rights organization whose headquarters are in...
PETA Germany, the animal rights organization whose headquarters are in Norfolk, U.S., for the first time awarded a “vegan fashion award” to companies offering apparel, shoes and accessories consistent with vegan principles. Three shoe models were among the winners. The objective of the award is to demonstrate that fashion without ...
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Tod’s disappoints analysts
Tod's announced disappointing third-quarter results and warned that it is unlikely to meet the financial analysts' expectations for the full year. The comments prompted many analysts to cut their estimates. Their current consensus calls for the company to post full-year sales of about €1,010 million, down from a forecast of ...
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The Bread & Butter show in Berlin has launched a...
The Bread & Butter show in Berlin has launched a new communication campaign under the title “Ich bin ein Berliner,” the famous words of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy during a speech given in the city while it was still divided between East and West. B&B has also launched ...
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Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas...
Crocs has appointed a new general manager for the Americas region, Greg Sullivan, who has spent 20 years with Wal-Mart. The region comprises North, Central and South America.
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Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retail chain owned by...
Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retail chain owned by Deichmann, has raised $555,000 for Shoes That Fit, a nonprofit organization for children in need. It did so by donating $5 from the promotion of a customizable lunch box during the back-to-school season.
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The Altagamma Foundation will launch a branding project for the...
The Altagamma Foundation will launch a branding project for the city of Milan as the ambassador of Italy's creative heritage. It will be carried out by Altagamma itself; the local Camera della Moda (Fashion Chamber); Cosmit, which organizes the Milan Design Week; and local governmental, higher education and research institutions. ...
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Alpargatas sells more sports shoes
Alpargatas' total revenues grew by 8.9 percent in the third quarter to R$865.0 million (€277.1m-$372.8m), delivering a reduced Ebitda margin of 12.1 percent, down from 13.0 percent in the year-ago period. The quarterly net earnings inched up by 0.5 percent to R$74.5 million (€23.9m-$32.1m). Alpargatas says the results were in ...
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Louis Vuitton, which tends to sell all of its products...
Louis Vuitton, which tends to sell all of its products through its own stores, has signed an interesting agreement with Taobao, the largest transactional website in China, where consumers buy twice as many goods online as their counterparts in Europe. They have established a set of guidelines to prevent the ...
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Skechers has sealed a far-reaching distribution agreement with CRC Sports,...
Skechers has sealed a far-reaching distribution agreement with CRC Sports, the new exclusive partner of the Californian shoe brand for the Thai market. As part of the agreement with CRC Sports, Thailand will see the opening of two Skechers stores by the end of this year, followed by eight more ...
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Gucci has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against Guess? in...
Gucci has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against Guess? in China, filed in a court in Nanjing. The Italian brand already had won a suit against Guess? over its Double G logo in the U.S. last year, but another court reverse the decision in May. Similar cases are in litigation ...
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Louboutin has won a court case against “Women against Islamisation,”...
Louboutin has won a court case against “Women against Islamisation,” a Belgian anti-Islam campaign group. Activists must remove all posters featuring the stilettos of the luxury footwear designer after a court in Antwerp ruled in the company's favor on Oct. 14. The poster showed the legs of Anke Van Dermeersch, ...
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Barratts is in receivership again
The British shoe retail chain has fallen into judicial administration for the third time. The receiver, Duff & Phelps, has been reported to be seeking the sale of Barratts Shoes, which currently operates 75 stores and 23 concessions employing more than 1,000 people in the U.K. and Ireland.Apparently, Barratts had ...
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For the third time, German teenagers and young adults voted...
For the third time, German teenagers and young adults voted online for the most popular brands in a contest for the Young Brands Awards. Choosing among 161 brands, 20,798 people took part in the voting. The Young Brand Award in the sneakers category went to Nike, while Deichmann was voted ...
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Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion...
Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion brand of clothing and footwear, after the current autumn/winter collection. It had been showing the line, introduced at the beginning of 2009, at Micam and other fairs. Starting in spring 2014, Adidas will come up with a new approach for ...
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Italia Holding acquires Alberto Fermani
As indicated in our last issue, Italia Holding Moda (IHM) is the new company set up by Cleto Sagripanti together with a local investor from the airport business to take over and develop promising small and medium-sized Italian brands of shoes and other accessories. It has started operating by acquiring ...
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Allen Edmonds will be acquired by Brentwood Associates
Allen Edmonds, the U.S. maker of high-end men's shoes, has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with a track record of successful investments in growth-oriented consumer companies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Another fund based in Minneapolis, ...
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Permira is set to acquire Dr. Martens
An investment vehicle supported by Permira, the investment fund that already controls Hugo Boss, New Look and Cortefiel Group, has agreed to buy Dr. Martens and its parent company, R. Griggs Group, for £300 million (€358.1m-$484.3m). The transaction is expected to be completed in January, and according to reports that ...
