MILAN — The debut of Matthieu Blazy at Bottega Veneta and of Trussardi’s new course under the creative direction of Serhat Işık and Benjamin A. Huseby of GmbH are just a few of the events to circle in red on the calendar of Milan Fashion Week, which officially runs Feb. 22 to 28. This season is...Read More
KEY INSIGHTS Hainan has cemented itself as an important domestic shopping hub over the pandemic thanks to duty-free retail and diverse tourist attractions. A change in regulations by 2025 will make it more attractive to some luxury brands as they will be able to directly operate stores. Recent and upcoming investments make Hainan an attractive...Read More
Who’s in, who’s out, who’s been promoted and hired — FN covers all the industry changes in one place. Know of an executive on the move? Tell us at web@footwearnews.com. Jan. 18, 2022: Bally has tapped Rhuigi Villaseñor as its new creative director. Villaseñor will oversee the artistic direction across the brand. His first collection...Read More
Foreign brands operating in China have long enjoyed the freedom of accessing consumer data — without the need of informing internet users — to run personalised marketing campaigns ranging from customised emails to targeted product recommendations. But as the tech-savvy nation joined the growing list of jurisdictions last November to introduce data privacy legislation, namely...Read More
PARIS — SMCP revealed Monday that Christophe Cuvillier has been appointed chairman of the company’s board, following the dismissal of five members representing former majority owner European TopSoho on Friday. Three new independent directors were appointed to the board at last week’s shareholder meeting, which went ahead after the Paris Commercial Court ruled against a...Read More
From grunge to minimalism, fashion in the 1990s marked a huge shift from the over-the-top excess of the decade before it. The effortlessly cool nature of the period has made the unsurprising return to today’s zeitgeist as Gen Z and Millennial consumers recreate the looks from their childhood, designers reinterpret beloved silhouettes, and influencers rock...Read More
VIRTUALLY MOVING IN: Paris and Rome-based creative agency Al Dente has scooped up some of the hottest real estate of 2021 — a plot in the metaverse known as The Sandbox. Heralding the metaverse as “the next promised land for luxury brands after China” in a statement announcing the acquisition, the agency plans on leveraging...Read More
A little-known sunscreen brand with fewer than 25,000 Instagram followers played host to two of the hottest events at this year’s Art Basel Miami. The brand, Vacation, hosted two parties alongside Poolsuite — a sister project that operates as an app and website featuring an always-on “internet radio” — during the four-day fair and was...Read More
MILAN — Preserving and investing in Italy’s manufacturing pipeline continues to be a key M&A element as the year winds down with yet another transaction that sees Holding Industriale (Hind) taking a 50 percent stake in footwear specialist Valmor Srl through its controlled firm Holding Moda. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The agreement allows...Read More
Nike has countless pro athlete ambassadors that sports fans know and love. Now, it has a college soccer star on its roster. Continuing with its commitment of supporting women athletes throughout their journey in sports, Nike announced that it has signed Reilyn Turner, a sophomore on the UCLA women’s soccer team. The signing marks the...Read More
