The agreement plans the partnership renewal for five years, with the possibility of extending it for other five years. The two parties decided to increase the ad investments with the aim of improving sales and product visibility on the market. In 2011 Marcolin, which produces and distributes glasses for very important international fashion brands, sold about six million glasses for a total of more than 800 models.

The presentation yesterday in Rome of its fourth Shoe Report 2012 to a group of high level members of the Italian parliament was the occasion for ANCI (the Italian association of footwear manufacturers) for a new round of constructive confrontations between the industrial and the political world. The italian footwear sector, according to the words of its president Cleto Sagripanti (photo), is sound and vital; the global figures, as outlined in th ...

Roberta Furlanetto communicated the brand’s commercial expansion towards the Far East with the aim of strengthening its presence in the Asian markets thanks to the agreement with 21 Club Group. The Group has stores in countries as Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Concerning the distribution in Asia an agreement with ELLIT Group, which represents different European brands, was already signed and it’s still current.

St. Petersburg will host at the beginning of March the ninth edition of Fashion Kids Days. It is organized by Società Italia, an important company which distributes Italian and European brands in the former USSR market, and it presents to top local buyers the kids’ collections of Miss Blumarine, Ice Iceberg, Parrot and Les Parrotines, Ki6?, Philipp Plein Petite, Paul Smith Junior, Manudieci and Regina. According to Roberto Chinello, ceo of Soc ...

Thanks to 156 million shoes sold worldwide in 2011, the Deichmann group exceeded all expectations of business. 2010 was an exceptional year with the most highest growth rate of the last 20 years, therefore it was very difficult to excel it. In spite of the difficult economic situation and the raw material, salary and energy price increases, the German group still managed to rise the turnover from 3.93 billion euros in 2010 to 4.31 billion in 20 ...

Assomoda promotes the new initiative dedicated to the young designers through a temporary space where the collections of apparel and accessories thirty emergent talents will be presented to international buyers. The designers have been selected by Assomoda thanks to their entrepreneurial skills and the interest shown by agents and distributors. The project will take place in via Marsala 4, Milan, from February 22nd to March 2nd.

During the Milan fashion week Eduardo Wongvalle will debut with his line of handbags. In the past this designer collaborated with several maison like Bottega Veneta, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Emanuel Ungaro, Bulgari and Loro Piana, trying to redefine the “iconic bag” concept. The new collection combines the Wongvalle’s strong passion for Wright’s architecture and Giacometti’s sculptures through simple and perfect lines. His purpose is to wi ...

The French group Ppr posted a growth of +11% in revenues as to 12,23 billions euros in 2011. The forecast for 2012 will be a strong growth of the turnover. A significant support was made by the luxury pole, in particular Gucci sales contributed to an increas of 18,7% at current exchange rates, while the operating margin reached the record of 30,2%. François-Henri Pinault (in the photo), CEO of the group, announced a change inside the Executive ...

The importance for the womenswear fairs in Milan- Touch!, Neozone and Cloudnine – is stated by the Pitti Immagine’s investments of 7 million and 800,000 euros in this ten year period with the intention to consolidate an itinerary which begins in Florence with W and ends in Milan during the fashion week. Fil rouge is the research of capsule and small collections helping buyers to complete the offer of big and very expensive brands. With the sa ...

White Milano fair, taking place in Milan from February 25th to 27th and dedicated to women’s collections, will host 360 exhibitors, 65% Italians and 35% foreign coming from 20 countries. The debuts are 116, one third of the total: this reveals a continuous regeneration of White’s brands. The protagonist of the event, in the Cariatidi room of the Palazzo Reale, will be a Chinese designer, Uma Wang. This is a sign of the exchange between art ...