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June Ambrose joining Puma as Creative Director
The global sports company announced a new partnership with Creative Director and Iconic Image Maker, June Ambrose. June will help Puma redefine what it means to be stylish in sport making use of her 25+ years of experience creating culture defining moments
New Executive Board Member for adidas Global Human Resources area
Amanda Rajkumar (48) has been appointed to the adidas Executive Board. Beginning of 2021 she will join the then six-member Executive Board of the sporting goods company as Executive Board Member responsible for Global Human Resources
Former André stores to be auctioned
Shoe Intelligence is reporting that 25 former André stores to be auctioned
Nike's first quarter digital sales up by 82%
Nike’s revenue in the first quarter decreased by 1% totalling 10.6 billion US dollars and was flat to prior year on a currency-neutral basis. The sportswear giant reported first quarter digital sales growing by 82%
Puma appoints Johan Kuhlo as General Manager EEMEA Distribution
Johan Kuhlo is currently Head of Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations and will become General Manager EEMEA Distribution with immediate effect. Kuhlo will be based in PUMA’s regional hub in Salzburg and report directly to Arne Freundt, General Manager EMEA
Find out about where footwear exports are concentrated
Footwear exports are heavily concentrated in Asia and Europe, and this concentration grew slightly over the last decade. Read these and many other relevant facts on the World Footwear 2020 Yearbook
APLF fairs rescheduled to July 2021
The Organisers of APLF, announced that the 2021 edition of APLF-Leather, Materials+ and Fashion Access will be rescheduled from the 30th of March to the 1st of April 2021 to the 5th to the 7th of July 2021 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Kerby Jean-Raymond is Reebok’s new VP Creative Direction
Reebok announced the appointment of Kerby Jean-Raymond to Vice President, Creative Direction. In this role, Jean-Raymond will provide creative leadership across all design disciplines for Reebok
New Generation: meet Mónica Amaral
Augustha, a new footwear brand, was born by the hands of Mónica Amaral. Exclusively produced in Portugal, the brand has two goals: maintaining the untouchable quality of the products and preserving the handicraft work
Strongertogether initiative gathered Micam and 4 other fairs
According to the organisers, over 16 000 buyers showed up at Fieramilano Rho during the 5 days of the initiative #Strongertogether. On this occasion Micam, Mipel, A New Point of View, TheOneMilano and Homi got together to show the new collections
Amazon is hiring 100 000 across the US and Canada
The online giant is expecting to open 100 new Operations sites in September across fulfilment centres, delivery stations, sortation centres and other sites. Amazon announced it will hire 100 000 people in the US and Canada
Zalando ads pre-owned trade to its platform
Customers can now shop and trade in pre-owned, or second-hand, fashion directly on the Zalando platform. The new service is being launched in a reduced number of markets for now. If successful it can be expanded to other countries
Pakistan's footwear starts financial year with declining exports
Exports of footwear by Bangladeshi companies declined by 20.68% in volume and by 16.05% in value in the first two months of the current fiscal year. Value of exports of tanned leather also decreased in the period, while leather manufactures exports increased
CHIC Shanghai: a post-COVID edition
The trade fair welcomed a total number of 43 986 visitors from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2020 at the National Exhibition & Convention Center in Shanghai
Charisse Ford Hughes joins the Board of Directors of Crocs
The US-based company famous for its clogs announced that Charisse Ford Hughes has been appointed to Crocs' Board of Directors. This nomination will be effective from the 1st of October onwards
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