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ArticleThe Footwear Collective seeks to drive industry’s transformation towards circularity
Athletic and outdoor footwear brands Brooks Running, New Balance, On, Vibram, Crocs and Ecco, along with US lifestyle brand Reformation and US retailer Target, have partnered with EarthDNA to launch The Footwear Collective (TFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to uniting the global footwear industry to accelerate the ...
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News briefsEcco opens design studio in Shanghai
The newly opened Ecco Design Studio in Shanghai is said to be characterized by collaboration and creativity with bright, open and interconnected spaces and is Ecco’s second studio after opening a studio in Brooklyn, New York, in 2021. Both studios not only focus on shoe and bag design but also ...
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New president and CEO for Ecco USA
Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the Danish footwear brand, the former president, Dave Quel, had announced his retirement last summer, and Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of the subsidiary, serving as interim president since ...
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News briefsNew CEO and board members for Ecco
Ecco’s CEO, Steen Borgholm, stepped down from his post on Aug. 20 “by mutual agreement” after four years and more than two decades with the Danish footwear company. He will be replaced by Panos Mytaros, who has been with the company for 27 years, taking care mainly of the production ...
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Ecco USA's president retires
Dave Quel will retire at the end of the month as president of Ecco USA. Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of Ecco USA, will take over the job on an interim basis on Aug. 1 until a permanent replacement is appointed. Quel joined the company in 1999 as territory ...
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News briefsSpinnova and KT Trading develop a fiber made from leather waste
Spinnova, a Finnish manufacturer of textile fibers derived from wood or waste, and KT Trading, a Swiss firm specialized in the sourcing and trading of materials for the leather industry, have managed to generate a fiber from leather waste without using harmful chemicals. The two companies have created a joint ...
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News briefsEcco had a challenging 2020, but continued to invest in the future
Ecco has remained financially strong despite last year’s Covid-related challenges. The company reported sales of in 2020, down 19.7 percent from €1.36 billion a year ago. It made a pre-tax profit of €44.7 million in 2020, down from €195.8 million in 2019, on 19.7 percent lower revenues of €1.09 ...
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Ecco unveils the new BIOM H4 golf shoe
Ecco has launched the BIOM H4, the latest development in its BIOM series of hybrid golf shoes. The BIOM H4 features a new outsole design – the innovative ECCO MTN GRIP outsole – with three sections, to offer a combination of grip, stability and rotational support throughout the swing. A ...
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ArticleEcco and others donate bicycles in developing countries
As part of the company’s corporate responsibility program, the Danish shoe brand is donating bicycles to children in Vietnam. While this is just one of Ecco's aid projects - others include donating school supplies to schools in Thailand or funding mobile libraries in Indonesia - it is a great example ...
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Ecco wins long-standing tax dispute
A long-standing dispute between the Danish footwear company Ecco and the Danish Tax Agency has finally been settled. The transfer pricing case was related to the company’s taxable income for 2005. The Danish Western High Court has ruled that Ecco did not break the rules for so-called transfer pricing. In ...
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Ecco joins Facebook boycott
Ecco said it is continuously reviewing advertising efforts on social media platforms “to be in alignment with company values” after its U.S. arm earlier this month joined a growing list of firms boycotting Facebook and Instagram to protest policies for handling online hate speech and misinformation. Ecco USA is pausing ...
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Ecco enjoys another strong year
Ecco’s line of outdoor shoes proved very popular in 2019, driven by the Danish group’s focus on developing its retail portfolio to secure the right locations as consumer and traffic patterns change. During 2019, the store portfolio growth slowed to only six extra shops, with 200 openings and 194 closings. ...
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Ecco restructuring its European sales
In an effort to get closer to consumers, Ecco has decided to restructure its European sales organization, decentralizing the management of its wholesale operations. They will be led by a dedicated general manager in each of the three European regions. In the framework of this reorganization, Erik Heldoorn , sales ...
