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Senior creative appointment at Puma

Sports group Puma has appointed James Carnes as its new senior vice-president for creative direction. He will take up the role with immediate effect.Mr Carnes worked in senior design roles at rival group adidas until 2021. After leaving adidas, he...

Worldly launches AI tool for supply chain compliance
Sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform Worldly has launched a new AI-powered Supplier Compliance...
Adidas transforms Shanghai art gallery into Climacool 'museum'
German sportswear brand Adidas transformed Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong into the ‘Climacool Future Museum’ – a...
Q1 revenues up for Stella International
Footwear group Stella International has reported revenues of $327.4 million for the first quarter of 2026, growth...
Allbirds to shift into AI infrastructure
Allbirds has secured a $50 million (€46 million) convertible financing facility as it prepares to exit the...
Sole companion celebrates the late Jim Whittaker
Soling technology developer Vibram has paid tribute to veteran mountaineer Jim Whittaker, who died at the age of...
PrimeAsia partners Ecco Indonesia as part of expansion plan
Tannery group PrimeAsia has signed a manufacturing partnership with Ecco Indonesia to produce Primeasia leathers...

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UITIC Congress bets on AI

Twelve out of 16 technical presentations at the 2025 UITIC Congress in Shanghai had a focus on artificial intelligence (AI).The International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) holds an international congress every two years. The...

Complex journey to biocircularity
After decades of looking after Asian manufacturing for big brands,...
A decade of discoveries
Lenzing’s innovations in the footwear sector means its wood-based...
From the ground up
Twenty-five years of learning about the footwear industry from the...
Sustainability race
Covestro has been working with Huafeng since 2023 on what the...
Another new start for Stuart Weitzman
For the third time in just over a decade, Stuart Weitzman is under...