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WORLD FOOTWEAR | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
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.
18.10.12
Russell & Bromley defies gloom with
rise in profit
17.10.12
Currency exchange rates and Europe
hurt Wolverine
16.10.12
Wujiang shoe exports grow 12.8%
11.10.12
Havaianas looks to Asia
Jimmy Choo to expand in China
09.10.12
EU demands action on shoes
Protective footwear market boosted by
Asia’s manufacturing hubs
08.10.12
New website for international buyers of
US shoes
05.10.12
Private equity firms buys Le Chameau
Adidas calls for action on “unethical”
factory closures
03.10.12
Hunters sales soar 38%
02.10.12
GDS shoe exhibition heads for
Shanghai
Quarterly revenues up for Nike, but
earnings fall
01.10.12
Garmont adds new North American
distribution partner
28.09.12
Hi-Tec appeals for fundraisers
Shoe industry lifts gloom in Spain
27.09.12
Hotter plans rapid expansion on UK
high street
Turkish slipper brand to increase
production
New Birmingham store for UGG
Australia
Bangladesh leather sector exports grow
26.09.12
Running shoe brand chooses Pittards
US footwear manufacturing grew 7.9%
in 2011
25.09.12
JJB calls in administrators
24.09.12
Hunter launches glow-in-the-dark
children’s boots
20.09.12
Ireland’s biggest shoe department
opens in Dublin
Military boot contract win took Turkish
firm two years
New products from Rocky Brands
High-end Spanish shoe brand to open
own stores in China
18.09.12
Chinese shoemakers hope to tap Italian
and Spanish know-how
17.09.12
Asics merges lifestyle brands to engage
with youth
14.09.12
New Balance pushes US to keep
footwear tariffs
Haglöfs urges customers to swap
clothing, backpacks, shoes and stories
13.09.12
Manufacturers and retailers to strike in
the Punjab
12.09.12
Finnish shoemaker gets top marks
from WL Gore
Reports of fatal footwear factory fire in
Lahore
11.09.12
GoBe Golf debuts performance shoes
Major restructuring at Danish footwear
brand
10.09.12
India: Metro plans 30 new stores
07.09.12
Gander Mountain to hire 400 as it
extends footwear departments
Leather shoe exports down in China
06.09.12
Croatian company Borovo chief
executive still believes in its viability
New Camper store hides shoes from
shoppers
Irish firm awaits
€
100,000 of stock tied-
up in depots
Louboutin wins case to protect red sole
Bread & Butter to cull exhibitors
05.09.12
Coach and McQ make debut at GDS