NEWS
Chatham Marine Announced as Official Footwear Sponsor of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Chatham Marine is delighted to announce it has signed up to join
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week’s family of event sponsors as Official Footwear Sponsor to the regatta. Award-winning Chatham Marine combines very British styling and traditional craftsmanship with innovative design to create deck shoes that appeal to today’s sailors, and is ideally matched with this iconic British sailing event. Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week will complement Chatham’s
growing support of international sport by adding to the company’s recently announced relationship with the Formula 1 team, Sahara Force India. Commenting on this latest announcement, which will provide support closer
Geox and
W.L. Gore & Associates reach agreement on GORE- F
TEX®
ootwear with SURROUND™ Product T
echnologies The Italian shoe & fashion brand Geox and W.L. Gore & Associates have
reached an agreement and declared an end to their current disputes regarding certain GEOX patents in respect of GORE-TEX® Footwear with Gore’s SURROUND™ Product Technology.
The agreement reached also resolves all legal disputes between Geox and
Gore brand partners and retailers. The disputes had been triggered by the launch of Gore's SURROUND™ Product Technology, which was followed by legal measures in several European countries to secure the intellectual property.
Geox and Gore have agreed that Geox will grant to Gore a long-term
license of certain Geox’s patents from its IP portfolio, concerning “The shoe that breathes”.
Furthermore Gore reaches legal certainty that Geox will not assert certain
patent rights against Gore for shoes with constructions that are out of the license scope and that have been developed by Gore.
"We are pleased to have reached this agreement as it confirms our
philosophy with regard to our patent portfolio and our know-how and, moreover, encourages us to follow our strategy which is ‘to protect at the best our ideas and our creativity’.", said Giorgio Presca, CEO of Geox.
"The agreement reached provides certainty about the respective patent
portfolios and protects the intellectual property of both parties. Our brand partners and retailers can now concentrate on what is
important when it comes to Gore’s SURROUND™ Product Technologies: Developing and marketing new shoe designs providing 360° climate comfort and waterproofness.", said Christian Langer, Global Business Leader of GORE-TEX® Footwear.
to home, Philip Marsh, Managing Director of Chatham Marine, said: “Chatham and Cowes are two great British brands and we are delighted to be associated with the prestigious Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week.” Michelle Warner, Sales & Marketing Director at Cowes Week limited, added: “We’re delighted to have established this new relationship with a brand that celebrates such great British style. Chatham’s deck shoes are a great choice for professional sailors and weekend warriors alike and so we’re delighted to provide the opportunity for Chatham to promote their range with our race participants and also visitors to Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, many of whom are also sailors.”
Hotter opens 50th branded store in Milton Keynes
Hotter opened its 50th branded store in Milton Keynes on March 7th - 36 months ago, the UK’s biggest shoe maker had just five. The multi-channel retailer embarked on its expansion programme after developing a formula of product, service and shopping environment which underlined its mantra that "customers are for life". Retail expansion continues, with Hotter (
http://www.hottershoes.com/) planning 20 more openings by the end of the year, adding a further 200 jobs to the 200 it created in 2012
FDRA Launches New Website
Industry Leaders Hail the New Intel Centre and Daily News Service
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has unveiled
a new website that features a new design and innovative tools and resources to increase the industry’s business intelligence and help improve company performance. “The website is a major part of the new and expanded services FDRA is
now providing the industry,” said FDRA President Matt Priest. “When people visit the site they will be impressed with the style and ease of navigation and valuable new information provided every day. The entire site is focused on and tailored to the footwear industry, making it a daily must-visit site for industry executives and professionals.” The website also features a new high tech industry news service drawing on national sources such as the Associate Press, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, and Chicago Tribune. These articles will post daily covering footwear industry developments, economic news and retail trends impacting the industry, as well as articles from the top political papers in D.C. on trade, taxes, regulations, and legislation impacting the industry. “The industry news component on FDRA’s website is ground breaking,”
said President, CEO & Director of R.G. Barry Corporation, and FDRA Vice Chairman Greg Tunney. “No longer will we have to go looking for footwear related articles across the national newspapers. We can just log onto
FDRA.org and important industry news, including economic data and news out of Washington that impacts us, is right at our fingertips, for free. This new website is a huge benefit for my company and the industry as a whole.”
FDRA.org 8 • FOOTWEAR TODAY • APRIL 2013
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