Clarks expands Pokémon cooperation – schuhcourier

Clarks is launching a collection of four Torhill models on December 13th, the color scheme and design of which are based on the four characters Charizard, Turtok, Bulbasaur and Mewtwo from the Pokémon video game series. There was already a cooperation between Pokémon and Clarks last year. According to Clarks, this was extremely successful – … Read more

ANWR postpones Order Summer No. 2

ANWR has announced that the date for the next ANWR Order Summer No. 2 was postponed by one day to September 10th and 11th. This is to avoid overlapping with Micam, which takes place from September 7th to 9th. “We want to offer a trade fair that is as attractive as possible with the largest … Read more

Vista: New field service in Bavaria

Vista, manufacturer of slippers, rubber boots and hiking boots, is changing its sales in Bavaria for the start of pre-sales in autumn/winter 2025. After many years of collaboration with the Lehner agency, Vista is now working with Stephan Simon’s Simon agency. He will soon be selling the shoes in Bavaria from the SOC Munich and … Read more

Dr. Martens with expected loss

Dr. In its report for the first half of the 2024/2025 financial year (ending: September 29), Martens reported a decline in sales of 18% compared to the same period last year. Sales fell from 395.8 million British pounds to 324.6 pounds. Adjusted for currency effects, the decline is 16%. D2C sales fell by 7% (5% … Read more

DMI chooses color of the year

Glamouflage represents a special mixture of bronze shimmer and olive green, DMI explains its choice. The color reconciles between glamor and naturalness, between the utilitarian and the elegant, between the traditionally masculine and the traditionally feminine and between restraint and seduction. Glamouflage can therefore enrich the color spectrum in fashion, interior design and product design. … Read more

New Color Card available – schuhkurier

Modeurop has started selling the Color Card Spring/Summer 2026. It is intended to offer designers, product managers and all creative people in the shoe, fashion and accessories industry valuable support in their daily work. A total of 27 colors were grouped into three trend themes: Holistic Crafts, Vibrant Cuteness and Eclectic Culture. There is also … Read more

Duty – shoe courier

Risk distribution – this topic has been close to the SABU managing director’s heart for years. As before, he says in an interview in this issue, too much responsibility lies with retailers. Too much goods are ordered too early and almost half of them are left at the point of sale at the end of … Read more

“Consolidation is not over yet”

As part of a query about current trend topics and the mood in retail, you said in April: Retailers are increasingly reducing their involvement in the online sector and investing in operational excellence in the stationary sector. Will this trend continue? Absolutely. Simply because of the cost pressure. Operational excellence means automation of standardized processes. … Read more

Trends and vibes at Meetnbuy

The right story and authenticity play a major role for the retailer Sneaxs, for example, with three locations in Kiel and Lübeck. Niels Ewert and Orkan Kur explain that they have not operated an online store with their company for years. “We only sell locally, not online. And the last few years have been really … Read more