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Ecco.kollektive launches its fifth season with Craig Green, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, and Ottolinger

Danish footwear and leather giant Ecco have returned with Ecco.kollektive, a pioneering platform for leather innovation for its fifth season. The latest lineup of guest designers include Craig Green, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, and Ottolinger. Formerly known as At.kollektive, the project maintains its core mission of fostering excitement, surprise,...

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Ecco opens its first New York flagship store

Danish-born, global footwear and lifestyle brand Ecco, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has opened its first New York City store in SoHo. The 3,250 square foot store, located at 110 Grand Street, at the corner of Broadway and Grand, features the brand’s full range of footwear and accessories, alongside some exclusive...

Fashion

Ecco up its cred with Natacha Ramsay-Levi partnership

Danish footwear brand Ecco is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a renewed creative vision. While it's not a relaunch, Ecco said it is refreshing its core values, centered on innovation, responsibility, a people-first approach, and democratic Danish design. The brand aims to resonate with the modern world, underpinning its identity. As part...

Fashion

Ecco Leather launches new technical performance leather

Ecco Leather, a division of Danish shoe company Ecco, has unveiled a new innovative material via its platform EL3 that redefines leather “as a material able to breathe, respond and perform”. Entitled ‘Motion 2.0,’ the collection brings together the finest lightweight leathers with innovative technical performance to offer a material that is...

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ECCO AW21 Collection: #MOVESLIKEYOU

UNLOCK YOUR SNEAKER STYLE Sneakers are taking over the world. That global trend will continue – and might even accelerate - as the planet opens up again in 2021. With its fit, feel and attitude, the new women’s ECCO ELO sneaker is ideal for an unlocked world. You can enjoy your new freedoms to the full in a sneaker with advanced, all-day...

Business

Ecco posts increase in 2018 net sales and profit

Danish shoe brand Ecco reported net sales of 1.31 billion euros (1.49 billion dollars) and profit before tax of 201 million euros (228 million dollars) in 2018 compared to 1.28 billion euros and 184 million euros respectively, in 2017. "It is very satisfactory for the employees to see all their hard work and enthusiasm rewarded with such a good...

Retail

Ecco relocates to larger space at St David's

Danish footwear brand Ecco has relocated to a larger store at St David’s in Cardiff. The new store, located on Upper Grand Arcade near John Lewis, has been fitted with a modern industrial feel as a nod to the brand’s Scandinavian heritage, and features its full collection of footwear. “Footwear brands are an important part of our fashion line-up...

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Ecco FY16 pre-tax profit reduces to 170 million euros

Ecco turnover reached 1,251million euros (1,343 million dollars), on par with the company’s turnover in 2015. The profit before tax was reduced from 183 million euros (196 million dollars) to 170 million euros (182 million dollars), which the company said was primarily because of currency fluctuations. “Despite generally slow growth in the...

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360° video - A look inside of Ecco's W-21 new store concept

Amsterdam - Ecco has unveiled a new store concept which aims to take its store innovation, as well as its footwear innovation, to the next level. Named the W-21, the concept store made its debut in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Friday. The store, whose name based on the street its located at: Wolvenstraat 21, features Ecco's experimental...

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Ecco reports profit in 2015, revenues up 7.4 percent

For the sixth consecutive year, Ecco managed to increase profits and increase sales. Net sales reached 1.3 billion euros (1.4 billion dollars), and profit before tax was 183 million euros (204 million dollars). “2015 was characterised by Ecco successfully launching innovative collections and investing in the future. These results were achieved...

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Ecco planning UK store expansion

Danish footwear brand Ecco, known for its comfortable, practical shoes, is looking to expand in the UK with a series of store openings. In the last three years the footwear retailer has doubled the number of its shops to more than 40, and it is hoping to add another 25 in the UK over the next two years, according to reports in The Telegraph....

Business

High street footwear label Shoon up for sale once more

Footwear label Shoon is reportedly up for sale again, less than one year after the business was sold off to the former directors of Jones Bootmaker. Last January saw industry veterans Ken Bartle and Peter Philipps agree to takeover Shoon from turnaround firm GA Europe. Now news has emerged that the duo, who previously backed shoe retailers Stead...