ECCO opens first store in India

ECCO is expanding its retail presence in India in partnership with Jaipuria Brandz. The Danish footwear and accessories brand’s first store has opened in Mumbai at Phoenix…
February 10 2025 145

Clarks releases documentary for 200th anniversary

Clarks celebrated its 200th anniversary with a documentary, From Somerset to the World, which tells the story of its history. The film traces the origins of the British brand, founded in 1825 on Street, Somerset, and highlights…
February 10 2025 213

Difficult period for the German shoe industry

Germany sees footwear imports fall in 2024, with Vietnam overtaking China as top supplier. Higher wages, inflation and political uncertainty are compounding the challenges shaping the outlook for the footwear industry.
February 10 2025 178

Lamoda has released a collaboration with the jeans brand BLCV

Lamoda has released a collaboration with the Russian jeans brand BLCV, which is dedicated to Valentine's Day and is called "You and Yang". The capsule collection will appear on February 10 exclusively on…
February 10 2025 149

India liberalises international leather trade

The 3th edition of the India International Leather Show 39 concluded in Chennai on February 2025. The show was one of the most dynamic and well-attended in recent years, with 450 companies from India and around 130 exhibitors from abroad participating. The surge in participation,…
February 7 2025 296

PETER KAISER launched its own online store

The German brand PETER KAISER, rich in traditions, has reached another strategic milestone in its biography. The official online store www.peter-kaiser.com has been launched for the opening of the season. Buyers all over the world can get acquainted with the latest…
February 7 2025 305

Berluti - in debt

Italian luxury brand Berluti, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, is burdened with huge debts. Bernard Arnault, the head of the brand's parent company LVMH, spoke about Berluti's dire situation during the presentation of the French…
February 6 2025 315

Euro Shoes Exhibition Held Press Breakfast in Moscow

On February 5, the international exhibition of footwear and accessories Euro Shoes Premiere Collection held a press breakfast, which was attended by its main exhibitors, footwear brands Rieker, Caprice, Peter Kaiser, Tamaris, Marco…
February 6 2025 855

Golden Goose Announces Sale of 12% Stake to Blue Pool Capital

Golden Goose announces sale of 12% stake to Hong Kong-based Blue Pool Capital The brand's new investor, Hong Kong-based Blue Pool Capital, was founded by Alibaba Group co-founder and chairman Joe…
February 6 2025 598

We look forward to seeing you at the AXA stand at the Euro Shoes exhibition

The Italian home footwear brand AXA - a regular participant of Euro Shoes will present its new collection at the main shoe exhibition in Moscow!
February 6 2025 588

Spain sees footwear exports rise in 2024

From January to November 2024, Spain exported more than 160,4 million pairs worth 3,2 billion euros. Compared to the same period in 2023, there is an increase of 9,7% in volume and 7% in value. The growth of Spanish exports…
February 4 2025 641

Donald Trump Implements Tariff Strategy

US President Donald Trump has finally made good on his promise to impose steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico, prompting an almost immediate backlash from the United States' two largest trading partners,…
February 3 2025 729

TJ COLLECTION became a partner of the Garage Screen program of the Garage Museum in Moscow

The shoe and bag brand TJ COLLECTION has become a partner of the Garage Screen program of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. A series of film screenings under the general title "The Color of World Cinema" will be held in the Garage Museum's lecture hall. The project will start in February 2025.…
February 3 2025 753

Kim Jones Leaves Dior Men

Kim Jones's final catwalk show for Dior, presenting the fall-winter 2025/26 collection, took place on January 24 with incredible pathos. A week later, Christian Dior Couture announced that its paths with Kim Jones…
February 3 2025 633

Premiata returns to Italy

Italian footwear brand Premiata, which has gained popularity worldwide thanks to its stylish sneakers, will open a new headquarters in 2025 in Italy's Marche region, in Montecosaro, where its new production facility is being built…
January 31 2025 904

Online registration is open for the international footwear exhibition Euro Shoes in Moscow

The international exhibition of footwear and accessories Euro Shoes Premiere Collection will be held in Moscow at the Expocentre from 18 to 21 February 2025.
January 31 2025 1702

Birkenstock is fighting off numerous imitators and losing

Birkenstock is in a copyright war that resembles a quixotic battle with windmills: it is losing at every turn, writes…
January 31 2025 489

Mark Levillen x Playstar collaboration released for Valentine's Day

Designer shoemaker Mark Levillen has released a collaboration with a small local brand of corsets and lingerie for Valentine's Day...
January 30 2025 739

STREETBEAT takes inspiration from constructivist architecture and updates the design of the Solid sneakers

The Street Beat chain continues to develop its own brand and at the beginning of the year updated the design of its best-selling sneakers, the Solid. A pair of mid-silhouette sneakers with a velour leather upper comes in two new…
January 30 2025 507

PETER KAISER presents shoes made of genuine stretch leather

The German brand PETER KAISER, in cooperation with leading equipment manufacturers from the shoe capital of Germany, Pirmasens, has developed a stretch line that allows ordinary non-stretchable natural leather to be transformed into an elastic material. This…
January 29 2025 768

Dries Van Noten opens boutique in London's Mayfair

The UK is finally getting its own Dries Van Noten store. The luxury brand is set to open a flagship store in London's…
January 29 2025 624

Türkiye Raises Import Duty on Shoes by 10%

Turkey has reported an 2024% decline in footwear exports in 18 in value terms, to $1,52 billion. According to Guven Karaca, President of the Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (IDMIB), high inflation in…
January 28 2025 1708

Berluti's 130th Anniversary Celebrated in Paris

The Berluti fashion house gathered its friends and fans for a presentation in honor of the brand's 130th anniversary in Paris at the Simone and Sino Del Duca Foundation mansion. The presentation was attended by…
January 28 2025 1578

Street Beat to issue digital financial assets worth 500 million rubles

On January 28, the Street Beat shoe retail chain, part of Inventive Retail Group, will place an issue of digital financial assets for the first time on Alfa-Bank’s A-Token digital financial assets platform…
January 28 2025 1644

Italy to allocate €250 million to support fashion sector

The Italian government will allocate 250 million euros to support the fashion sector in 2025. This was announced at the last plenary session on the development of the fashion sector Tavolo della Moda by the head of the Italian Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Production Adolfo…
January 27 2025 1722

Christian Louboutin Unveils New 'More Comfortable' 'Miss Z' Pumps

French luxury brand Christian Louboutin has heeded the requests of its discerning customers who dream of Louboutin's spectacular high-heeled pumps being a little more comfortable. The new "Miss Z" model features a number of new…
January 24 2025 1925

St. Petersburg gathered entrepreneurs from all over the country to criticize the labeling system

On January 23, a conference was held at the Nevskaya Ratusha in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the analysis of the impact of the mandatory product labeling system on small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian light industry.…
January 24 2025 1691

Timberland Inspired by Bottega Veneta Style

Timberland has made a bold move and released its six-inch boot using Bottega Veneta's signature "Intrecciato" weave in the design.
January 22 2025 1113

Italian Expo Riva Sсhuh & Gardabags Attracted 9 Visitors

In Italy in Riva del Garda From January 11 to 14, the international exhibition of shoes and bags Expo Riva Sсhuh & Gardabags was held. The exhibition attracted 9000 visitors from 100 countries, the same number as in January of the previous year. The organizers also note that…
January 22 2025 864

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has revealed a number of initiatives to implement measures to combat illegal trade

On January 21, a round table discussion entitled “Fight against counterfeiting. Results of 2024. The role of the state labeling system” was held in Moscow at the site of the International Media Group “Russia Today”. The event was organized by the international…
January 22 2025 948

Semler files for bankruptcy

Due to financial difficulties, the oldest German shoe factory Carl Semler, manufacturer of shoes under the Semler brand, filed an application for restructuring within the framework of the local government with the Pirmasens District Court on 16 January 2025. The reason for…
January 20 2025 1006

Dr. Martens Releases Lunar 2025 Capsule Collection to Mark the Year of the Snake

With the 2025 Lunar New Year officially starting on January 29, British footwear brand Dr. Martens has launched a capsule collection of footwear to mark the start of the Year of the Snake, featuring snakeleather-embossed details on the uppers of the models.
January 20 2025 1234

Tamaris continues to develop branded retail in France

Last year, Tamaris opened a flagship store in Paris on Avenue de l'Opéra. This year, two more will open - in Passage du Havre and in the Quatre Temps shopping center in Défense, writes…
January 17 2025 955

US expects possible sharp increase in tariff rates on imports from China

The FDRA is worried about what the plan will be to increase tariffs on Chinese imports once President Donald Trump takes office, writes…
January 17 2025 697

Roger Vivier Releases Glamorous Viv' on the Run Sneakers

The design of the new sneakers from the French luxury brand Roger Vivier is reminiscent of the glamour era of the early 2000s. The upper is made of smooth nappa leather and mesh, the lightweight EVA sole has an original shape with protrusions, and the pair of shoes comes with…
January 16 2025 918

Proenza Schouler Design Duo Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez Leave

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, founders and creative directors of the American avant-garde fashion brand Proenza Schouler, are leaving their brainchild. The fashion world is wondering where the designer duo, who brought Proenza, founded in 2002, will go next…
January 16 2025 868

Australian brand Ugg Since 1974 changes name

Amid an ongoing legal battle with California-based Deckers, the owner of the UGG brand, the Australian manufacturer of sheepleather boots with the common name "ugg boots" Ugg Since 1974 is forced to change the name of its own brand. Now…
January 15 2025 1678

Juicy Couture expands range with leather accessories and footwear

Known for its iconic chenille tracksuit, introduced in 2001 and quickly adopted by celebrities, American brand Juicy Couture is set to present at the upcoming Florence fashion fair Pitti Uomo total…
January 15 2025 901

Ecco strengthens its presence in Italy

The Danish footwear and leather goods brand Ecco, part of the group of the same name with a turnover of over 1,5 billion euros and operating worldwide, has set its sights on conquering the Italian market, writes…
January 15 2025 907

Gucci changes the concept of window dressing

The Italian luxury brand Gucci wants to be associated with the intellectual, the cultural and the eternal once again. The windows of the Gucci flagship boutiques in Milan, London, Paris, Seoul, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo display the brand’s products on…
January 14 2025 933

Loewe presents new advertising campaign for spring-summer'25

Loewe's new Spring/Summer 25 campaign celebrates the Spanish origins of the luxury clothing, footwear and accessories brand. Photographer David Sims shot the campaign in northern Catalonia, in the village of Taverteta, the mountains…
January 13 2025 934

LLOYD has rebranded

German premium footwear brand LLOYD, which changed hands in May 2024, presents a refreshed logo and corporate identity. Under the management of The Athlete's Foot Arklyz Group, the brand has a new vision, which is reflected in the slogan "Fuel a…
January 13 2025 991

Parisian brand Y/Project announces closure

Parisian women's and men's clothing and footwear brand Y/Project, known for its innovative designs and a huge following, has finally announced the end of its…
January 10 2025 1020

Vietnam to increase leather and footwear exports by 2024% in 11

According to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Bags Association Lefaso, Vietnam's footwear and leather exports will reach $27,04 billion in 2024, an increase of 11,45% year-on-year. The association forecasts that in 2025,…
January 9 2025 1120

Alliance France Cuir: "Nothing imitates leather as well as leather"

In December, the French leather industry federation Alliance France Cuir launched a digital campaign to promote the use of genuine leather, titled “Nothing imitates leather as well as…
January 9 2025 1023

Dr. Martens to Leave Its Creative Director Darren McCoy

The creative director of British shoe brand Dr. Martens, Darren McCoy, is leaving his post after ten years at the shoe company. Who will replace him has not yet been announced, writes…
January 8 2025 1009

Geox Renews Investments in Development

Italian shoemaker Geox is launching a five-year development plan aimed at achieving revenues of over 850 million euros, writes…
January 8 2025 1057

New Year 2025 is rushing towards us!

Dear readers and colleagues!
December 26 2024 1613

The property of the S-TEP factory is put up for auction

The S-TEP factory, once part of the Obuv Rossii Group of Companies and located in the city of Berdsk in the Novosibirsk Region, is selling its property at auction due to insolvency…
December 25 2024 1739

Turkish Footwear Manufacturers Association (TASD) sums up the year

2024 will be a much tougher year for the Turkish footwear industry than 2023, said Berke, President of the Turkish Footwear Manufacturers Association (TASD).
December 24 2024 1607

Birkenstock Ends Fiscal Year 2024 With Revenue and Profit Growth

For the twelve months to September 30, Birkenstock reported revenue of €1,8 billion, up 22%. The company sees strong consumer demand for its products across all regions…
December 24 2024 1492

Make the Holidays Special: A Selection of New Year Gifts from Tamaris

If you are looking for New Year's gifts, the German brand of shoes and accessories Tamaris has prepared a selection of options for different budgets - get inspired and choose what to give to your family or yourself...
December 23 2024 1537

Jimmy Choo and Versace are up for sale

After the merger between Tapestry and Capri Holdings fell through, Capri Holdings decided to put Versace and Jimmy Choo up for sale to focus on Michael Kors. To boost Jimmy Choo's appeal, the British luxury brand has decided to strengthen its relationship with…
December 23 2024 1296

Bottega Veneta Names Louise Trotter Creative Director

Bottega Veneta has found a replacement for Matthieu Blasi, who left the brand to work at Chanel. British designer Louise… has been appointed as the new creative director of Bottega Veneta.
December 20 2024 1498

Street Beat returned to Khabarovsk and expanded its network to 77 stores

The new Street Beat chain store in Khabarovsk has become the largest in the Amur Region, its area is 435 m2. The store is located in the Brosko Mall shopping center.
December 20 2024 1551

NF Group notes growth in the share of vacant space in the capital's shopping centers

According to NF Group, the share of vacant space in Moscow shopping centers in 2025 may grow to 8% compared to 7% in 2024. This growth is due to plans to open new facilities and a change in the demand structure against the backdrop of…
December 20 2024 1058

Lamoda discloses statistics on sales of premium goods

A bag is a woman's first premium purchase, according to Lamoda analysts. The Russian online retailer specializing in fashion and beauty products analyzed premium product sales in 2024…
December 19 2024 1342

Ekonika Store Design Recognized as Best in Interior Design 2024 Best of Year Competition

The Ekonika shoe store design project won the prestigious international Interior Design 2024 Best of Year competition in the Retail Accessories category.
December 19 2024 1430

Marketplaces will be required to control the labeling and quality of goods

The government is drafting a law that will oblige marketplaces to more carefully monitor the goods presented on their online platforms – to monitor the presence of mandatory labeling and required quality certificates. Participants…
December 18 2024 1321

Puma opens creative center in Germany

Puma has opened Studio48, a new creative hub at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. The new 500-square-metre space will provide a working environment for designers and creatives to develop…
December 18 2024 2011
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