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Fila North America with key leadership promotions

Sep 9, 2019 / United States
The North America business of the Fila brand appointed Danny Lieberman as Executive Vice President for Apparel and Gary Wakley as Executive Vice President for Footwear

NEW CEO for Tapestry

Sep 6, 2019 / United States
The New York-based luxury house has appointed Jide Zeitlin the new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Zeitlin succeeds Victor Luis, who is leaving the company and its Board of Directors

Vans launches shoe customization contest

Sep 6, 2019 / United States
The company's first global shoe customization competition aims to enable creative expression worldwide. Grand prize totals 25 000 US dollars with the shoe design being produced and sold by Vans

Skechers: best brand of the year in Germany

Sep 5, 2019 / Germany
The California-based footwear giant received the award for Best Brand of the Year at the Schuhkurier Awards 2019

New head for the AAFA

Sep 4, 2019 / United States
AAFA President and CEO Rick Helfenbein is stepping down by the end of the year. AAFA veteran Stephen Lamar will take over from him and lead the organization

Nordstrom with new Chief Merchandising Officer

Sep 4, 2019 / United States
The Seattle-based fashion retailer named Teri Bariquit as the company's new Chief Merchandising Officer

China to take the US tariffs case to WTO

Sep 3, 2019 / China
The new tariffs imposed by Washington came into effect Sunday. Now, Reuters reported China officially complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Record sales for Caleres

Sep 3, 2019 / United States
The St. Louis-based footwear group has announced second quarter and first half results. Caleres registered record second quarter sales of 752.5 million US dollars, up by 6.5% year-over-year

Maria Eugenia Errobidarte (WGSN): Sustainability is a mindset impacting business and consumers

Premium ContentSep 2, 2019 / United States
WGSN is one of the key players in terms of trends forecasting. Maria Eugenia Errobidarte, Senior Consultant at the agency, gave us some hints on some of tomorrow's trends

Footwear companies write to President Trump

Aug 30, 2019 / United States
Over 200 American footwear companies came together and sent a letter to President Trump asking that he cancels his proposed higher taxes on footwear coming from China

Shoe Carnival with stable sales

Aug 30, 2019 / United States
The Indiana-based footwear company reported second quarter and first half results. Stable net sales were registered in both periods

Good momentum for DSW's revenue

Aug 29, 2019 / United States
The Ohio-based footwear group has reported strong revenue in the second quarter and first half, with rates of 8.2% and 15.3% growth respectively reported

Tapestry closes the year reviewing forecasts

Aug 28, 2019 / United States
The New York-based luxury house announced fourth quarter and yearly results. The company reviewed its forecast for fiscal 2020, reflecting more modest topline growth at Kate Spade

Cole Haan prepares for IPO

Aug 28, 2019 / United States
The company was acquired in 2013 by private equity firm Apax Partners from Nike. Now comes the confirmation that Cole Haan it’s preparing for an initial public offering

Trump announces new tariffs

Aug 23, 2019 / United States
President Trump announced increased tariffs on another set of goods from China. This is the US response to China’s promise to tariff 75 billion US dollars worth of American goods if Trump pressed forward with his planned tariffs
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