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JULY/AUGUST 2012 | www.footwearbiz.com
Backtrack
World Footwear’s
publishing cycle and limitations on space
make it impossible for us to run more than a carefully
selected sample of news from across the industry.
However, we publish hundreds more stories on
www.footwearbiz.com
. The site is updated every day
with news from every continent and every part of the
industry, making footwearbiz.com one of the most
comprehensive archives of news anywhere on the web for
the global footwear industry.
We list below just a few of the headlines that have
appeared on the site in recent weeks —
www.footwearbiz.com
allows you to read those you
have missed.
17.05.12
Karl Lagerfeld appoints new agent for
bags and shoes
28.0612
Turkey: young women want higher heels
Brazil expects a fall in footwear
export earnings
PPR issues sustainability guidance to
brands over leather
DVS takeover gives Sequential an
action sports foothold
Work starts on new Muchuan
shoemaking unit
27.06.12
New outdoor boots and shoes
from Crispi
Designer takes on new senior role at
The Jones Group
26.06.12
Payless to make extended shoe sizes
for women
Icebug ‘upgrades’ to OutDry
25.06.12
Woodland to expand shoe store count
in China
22.06.12
Export figures down for Pakistan
Expo Riva Schuh India to attract
200 exhibitors
21.06.12
OrthoLite and Jonathon Prince join
forces to encourage healthy lifestyles
Under Armour running shoes feature
new Spine Cage
Three-pronged approach for Sri
Lanka’s footwear sector
20.06.12
Strike action for Clarks workers
19.06.12
Wenzhou shoe exports to US on the rise
18.06.12
Feng Tay releases figures for first
five months
15.06.12
Garmont ski boot is ‘best of the best’
14.06.12
Net loss narrows at Bakers Footwear.
Shoe prices rise in Lithuania
and Slovakia
12.06.12
Chatham Marine to provide shoes to
F1 team
Chinese shoemakers among Zhejiang’s
top earners
07.06.12
Florence-based footwear firm
faces liquidation
New TNF mountaineering boot comes
through tests
Concerns for Guangdong shoemakers
06.06.12
Jones Group acquires Brian Atwood
shoe brand
Investors event for Vans
01.06.12
Gucci launches biodegradable
shoe collection
CNAS certification for Wenzhou
shoe lab
31.05.12
Young Chinese consumers want more
fashion less function in sports shoes.
Nike to sell Cole Haan and Umbro.
29.06.12
Hermès embraces ‘pop-up’
footwear concept
28.05.12
J Nine to increase Kybun sales
Four shoe collections make up new
Merrell series
25.05.12
ASICS records 15% increase in sales
for 2011
24.05.12
US shoe store sales on course for
record year in 2012
Disney and Havaianas launch footwear
collection together
Power Force names shoe design winners
Q1 income up $5.8m at Genesco
23.05.12
DSW earnings top expert forecasts
Tannery of the Year: European
finalists named
22.05.12
Job cuts ahead at Timberland
BASF celebrates certification for
adhesive system
21.05.12
Tunisia: job-seekers halt footwear
production on first day
18.05.12
AVI acquires Green Cross
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