NEWS
BFA appoints new Sales and Marketing Director
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the appointment of
John Saunders in the new role of Sales and Marketing Director. John, 55, has over 30 years experience in the footwear industry, having worked internationally and in export with SSL/ Scholl at director level and in senior roles with US company Brown Shoe Corporation, Florida Group and Start-rite. The new Sales and Marketing Director role has been created by the BFA in line with its development programme aimed at providing increasing support for its members and the UK footwear industry. A key part of the role is to take over management of all exhibitions and international shows that BFA members attend. He succeeds Nicholas Parry-Billings who is retiring. Richard Kottler, CEO of the BFA commented: "We are delighted John is joining us in this exciting period of development in the BFA. The new role is a critical development in our strategy of providing major support for British footwear companies. John will be the primary link with our increasing membership, and his particular skills and export experience will be invaluable". "I would also like to pay tribute to Nicholas Parry-Billings who is retiring
after 19 years with the BFA. He has stamped his unique style on the job of building up and supporting the export efforts of British footwear companies. Under his guidance these efforts are being translated into great success and the industry owes him a huge debt of gratitude for these achievements." The new Sales and Marketing Director role has been created by the BFA in line with its development programme aimed at providing increasing support for its members and the UK footwear industry. A key part of the role is to take over management of all exhibitions and international shows that BFA members attend. He succeeds Nicholas Parry-Billings who is retiring.
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nine days later, but both of them were subsequently cancelled. The relative success of Micam Shanghai is encouraging its organisers to study a similar project on another continent, most likely the US, but they stress that nothing will happen for at least a year. A total of 250 companies participated in the Micam Shanghai, the first
Micam fair held outside Italy. Of those 60% were Italian with an overwhelming presence from the Marche region. The delegations organised by national shoe industry associations sent over 22 Spaniards, 12 Portuguese, 10 Brazlians and eight Turks. Six French companies, one from Austria, one from Morocco and six from China also took part.
Multi-media action around Expo Riva Schuh June 15th
Expo Riva Schuh will
celebrate its 80th edition - the anniversary of its 40th year - on Saturday June 15th, the first day of the fair, with a big afternoon dinner show under the title “The Shoe Must Go On”. It will be a mix of video and photo images, ballet and songs and it will be open to all exhibitors and visitors. The images will retrace the history of the fair and the music programme will be international, in tune with the nature of the show, even featuring songs from distant places such as Brazil and China. On the Sunday, the city of Riva del Garda is planning to celebrate the the
anniversary with music and signage in collaboration with local retailers for the duration of the fair, which will last through June. An exhibition about “The Fair and its Territory” will feature photos and articles about the history and evolution of the fair, which has been very important for the region. All these events are being organized by “Friends of Expo Riva Schuh”,
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A good start for Micam Shanghai April 9-11 The first edition of Micam Shanghai was hailed as a success by executives
of Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, which is changing its name of Assocalzaturifici Italiani. Held from April 9 to 11, it attracted a total of 4,504 visitors for a total of 5,880 visits to the centrally located Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Noting that the show has been preceded by an intensive campaign, the
organisers said they had ensured that only qualified buyers would have access to the fair. While some of the visitors just came to look around, partly because they were already there for the simultaneous Shanghai Fashion Week, the turnout appears impressive, considering the fact that the multi-brand shoe market is still in its infancy in mainland China. The show was organised in partnership by Anci, Fiera Milano and Hanover Milano Fairs Shanghai (HMFS), a Chinese joint venture of the Milan fair that owns other fairs in China. As previously reported, Messe Dusseldorf has tried to put together a similar event with another local shoe fair in Shanghai
a new association formed last January to create a community around the fair, which remains the first international meeting point to discuss samples and place orders for the next season. Anybody can sign up as a member for a low fee on the fair’s website. The association will be opening its own page on Facebook.
Wolverine’s sales double Wolverine Worldwide reported last month a doubling in its quarterly
revenues to $645.9 million for the period ended March 23rd, thanks to its acquisition last October of Sperry Top-Sider Saucony, Stride Rite and Keds. On a pro-forma basis, assuming that it already those owned brands at the beginning of 2012, its revenues would have increased by 8.2%. The group’s gross margin declined by about 0.4 percentage points to
40.6%. The newly acquired brands contributed to boost the group’s operating income, but overall the operating margin declined to 7.9% from 11.4% a year ago. Net profits were down slightly to $29.8 million from $31.2, but excluding the expenses related to acquisitions, they grew by 26.6%.
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