A load of cobblers brightened up the stage in the Austrian capital of Vienna when the annual Shoemaker Ball saw the best and brightest shoe designers from all over the world attend the industries VIP annual event. The highlight of the Schuhmacher (shoe maker) Ball which first took place in 1938 was this year as […]
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Cheapskate Lauda back in action
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Niki Lauda is starring in another episode of an acclaimed advertisement series.The new advertising spot set to be screened on Austrian television shows the Formula One (F1) legend dragging a suitcase packed with shoes into the lobby of a hotel to clean and cream them on a shoe-polishing machine set up there for […]
BAWAG PSK (BAWAG) boss Byron Haynes has said he will continue the current restructuring process.The former ABN AMRO CFO announced yesterday (Weds) BAWAG had to keep lowering its administration costs in the coming years.The Vienna-based institute achieved a net profit of 125.4 million Euros last year, the businessman added. It is the first time BAWAG […]
Legero to expand Romanian factory
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Rudolf Hampl, head of Austrian shoe producer Legero, announced plans to enlarge the firms production facilities in Romania.The company, whose headquarters are in Graz, started to relocate its production from Austria to Romania, India, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Italy in 1993 due to financial reasons.Now Hampl said the plan was to become even more active […]