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It was worrying news that hit the shoe industry in February of this year: Arche, a shoe manufacturer from the Loire Valley and a specialist in buttery-soft shoes with a special attitude, had to enter protective shield proceedings. Arche will remain in the process until at least February 2025; possibly, as General Director Frédéric Jacob … Read more

The Kienast group opened a new Reno branch in the Kaufring shopping center in Weil am Rhein, Baden, on October 22nd. The store is 400 square meters in size and is moving to a space that was recently vacant. There was already a Reno branch at the location until bankruptcy was filed in June 2023 … Read more

The British company Coach Armour has now developed a repair kit for exactly this: The Big Toe Hole Preventer. The Big Toe Hole Preventer is a reinforced self-adhesive patch and applicator system that prevents the toe from making a hole in the expensive shoe. Holes that have already appeared can be repaired with this product, … Read more

Now the deal has been successful: As the Funke media group reports, the Essen-based shoe retailer can also use the newly acquired trademark rights for fashion. The company also receives the rights to patterns for the collection, but apparently does not want to use them itself, but instead wants to outsource them to third parties. … Read more

The bidding process was about the complete license package including fashion brand rights. The trademark rights for the textile sector go to the Theia Group of Companies via Deichmann. “We believe in the versatile brand. The trendy, comfortable shoes from Esprit fit perfectly into our portfolio,” explains Deichmann. It was agreed not to disclose the … Read more

The BDA organized the Employers’ Day on October 22nd. Employer President Dr. Rainer Dulger presented figures from surveys among entrepreneurs commissioned by the BDA. Accordingly, 52% of those surveyed would describe the conditions in Germany as a business location as not good and 26% as bad. The federal government in particular received poor marks. 90% … Read more

In September, owner Barbara Artmann announced that she would be shutting down her company Künzli in an orderly manner by the first quarter of 2025. Despite careful and professionally supported succession planning, no adequate succession solution was found for the Swiss shoe manufacturer that specializes in health shoes and sneakers. However, after the announcement, new … Read more

The “Circular economy in the shoe industry” project has been running since October 1st. Creating cycles. Securing the future.” With funds from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), the Federal Association of the Shoe and Leather Goods Industry (HDSL) is looking for ways to make shoe production more circular and the products more durable over … Read more