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ArticleWolverine lowers outlook as overhaul moves forward
Wolverine World Wide’s third-quarter results weren’t pretty, but they did exceed Street estimates on several fronts as the Merrell, Saucony, and Sweaty Betty parent moved forward with numerous initiatives aimed at reducing annualized costs by $215 million and turning the company’s fortunes in the right direction again. Net income ...
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ArticleWolverine accelerates its transformation plan
Wolverine World Wide, the owner of a large brand portfolio, including Merrell, Saucony, Sperry, Sweaty Betty, Hush Puppies and Wolverine, announced actions to accelerate its ongoing strategic transformation into a “brand-led and consumer-obsessed growth company.” Chris Hufnagel, President and CEO, said: “We are moving with speed and urgency to transform ...
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ArticleAlpargatas reports a Q3 loss despite improving trends
Despite reporting 23 percent less unit volume to 51 million pairs, a 10.4 percent drop in period revenues to $896 million (€171.7m), and a net loss of R$8.5 million (€1.6m), Alpargatas realized improving trends in product sellthrough levels in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The result was a normalization ...
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ArticleAllbirds sees Q4 sales down by 15-22%
Citing a negative impact on revenues due to its transition to a direct selling model in both Canada and South Korea, as well as plans for “heightened” promotional activity during the holiday season, Allbirds expects fourth-quarter revenues to sink by 15 to 22 percent to a range of $66 million ...
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ArticleSteve Madden enjoys strong growth in Europe
In the third quarter of 2023, Steve Madden enjoyed strong growth in Europe, but the performance in the region was not sufficient to enable the U.S. company to increase overall sales during the three-month period. “Our EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region was a standout,” commented Edward Rosenfeld, the ...
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ArticleWeyco expects another sales decline in Q4
Weyco Group said it anticipates another decline in sales in the fourth quarter of 2023 in the face of a drop in consumer demand and an inventory backlog among wholesalers. “Not only are we going up against a strong fourth quarter last year, but retail market conditions remain challenging as ...
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ArticleGerman online footwear sales down 18.6% in Q3
Online sales continued to drop in Germany in the third quarter of 2023 after two weak quarters this year and a decline in 2022, with the footwear sector again plummeting amid heightened uncertainty, a survey from the Federal association of e-commerce and mail order trade, BEVH, showed. In particular, ...
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ArticleBirkenstock pays down its debt
Birkenstock Holding PLC, the Jersey -registered and New York Stock Exchange listed company that controls Birkenstock, made early repayments on loans issued for the acquisition of the German sandal maker by the U.S. private equity L Catterton in April 2021. It used the net proceeds from its initial public offering ...
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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 U.S. 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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ArticlePrimark expected to grow sales and earnings in 2024
Primark, the fast-fashion retailer owned by Associated British Foods (ABF), posted sales of £9.0 billion (€10.4bn) in the full year ended Sept. 16, up by 17 percent at actual exchange rates and 15 percent at constant currency rates. Like-for-like sales growth was 8.5 percent for the year. ”Trading was much ...
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ArticleBoot Barn cuts guidance as sales continue to soften through October
Boot Barn cut its guidance for the full year after its sales performance progressively worsened during the second quarter ended on Sept. 30 and continued to soften at the start of its third quarter, amid signs of slowing consumer demand. Boot Barn now expects to post full-year sales of $1,677 ...
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ArticleCrocs taking steps to reset Heydude business
There will be some immediate pain, largely negative wholesale growth in the fourth quarter, as Crocs takes additional steps to shore up the fortunes of its Heydude business. Those efforts are focused on distribution clean-up, greater segmentation by distribution channel coupled with stronger control of digital pricing, and the establishment ...
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ArticleRocky Brands margins, profits rise in Q3 despite 15% sales decline
Rocky Brands posted higher profits and margins in the third quarter of 2023, benefiting from lower freight costs, improved distribution center efficiencies and an increased share of higher-margin retail sales. Profitability gains came despite a decline in the top line, which decreased by 14.8 percent to $125.6 million in the ...
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ArticleZalando cuts its full-year guidance for GMV, revenues
After third-quarter revenues were affected by a “macroeconomic environment of low consumer sentiment and declining online sales”, Zalando cut its full-year gross merchandise volume (GMV) and revenues expectations due to continued pressure on demand for the rest of the year. “The quarter was also adversely impacted by the warmest September ...
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ArticleNext hikes its FY guidance again
Next reported in the third quarter ended Oct. 28 full-price sales up by 4.0 percent on last year, £23 million (€26.5m) ahead of the British fashion retailer’s guidance which was for a 2.0 percent increase. Full-price sales achieved online were up by 6.5 percent year-over-year in the quarter, and by ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear sales slow down sharply in Q3
In the first nine months of 2023, footwear sales for Prada Group in the retail channel rose by 16 percent year-over-year at constant currency rates to €556 million. Shoes represented 19 percent of the group’s retail sales. In the sole third quarter, footwear sales grew by 10 percent, half the ...
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ArticleVF drops guidance, launches turnaround plan
Admitting its U.S. business “isn’t working well” and its cost structure is too high, VF Corp. reported its second-quarter results with a comprehensive plan to turn around its flagging businesses under CEO Bracken Darrell, who joined the group in late July. Key elements of the strategy focus on fixing its ...
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ArticleHow Serafini is relaunching itself after exiting creditor protection
After seeing €3 million of credits “go up in smoke” for having sold its footwear to financially weak resellers, the Tuscan footwear company Serafini entered a debt restructuring program agreement known in Italy as “concordato preventivo di continuità”, from which it exited early 2022. Serafini was a very successful sneaker ...
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ArticleDeckers raises full-year guidance again, plans to divest Sanuk
Bolstered by sales contribution from its Ugg brand and continued momentum in its Hoka business, Deckers Brands generated a 76 percent increase in second-quarter operating income to $224.6 million on nearly 25 percent total net sales growth to $1.09 billion for the three months ended Sept. 30. Net income was ...
