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ArticleNext lifts guidance again on strong rise in Q2 full-price sales
Next has raised its annual profit forecasts again after strong second-quarter full-price sales and better-than-expected clearances of summer stock. The British fashion retailer raised guidance by £10 million (€11.6m) to £845 million (€980m), just six weeks after its last upgrade. Next also forecast that annual full-price sales will be 1.8 ...
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ArticleBoot Barn’s Q1 sales rise, beating the company’s forecast
Boot Barn’s net sales rose by 4.9 percent to $383.7 million in the first fiscal quarter ended on July 1, from $365.86 million the previous year. Net income fell from $39.3 million to $34.3 million, with net income per diluted share coming in at $1.11, compared to $1.26 the previous ...
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ArticleWeyco posts higher profit, margin despite lower Q2 sales
Weyco Group suffered a 9.9 percent decline in second-quarter sales to $67.0 million as the group’s portfolio of footwear brands faced difficult year-over-year comparisons and a wholesale market flush with inventory. Nonetheless, the group improved several operating metrics in the period ended June 30. Operating income rose by 18 percent ...
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ArticleAra to sell Lloyd and Salamander
The German footwear group Ara is parting ways with its subsidiaries Lloyd Shoes and Salamander. The group announced plans to reorganize and focus exclusively on the Ara Shoes brand, which was founded more than 70 years ago and which in the past three years, similarly to many other brands ...
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ArticleCoats forecasts gradual demand improvement in H2
Coats, the U.K.-based maker of industrial yarns and structural components for footwear, suffered headwinds during the first half of 2023 due to difficult year-over-year comparisons and widespread industry destocking. Adjusted operating profit slipped by 14 percent to $107 million the six months ended June 30 from $125 million a year ...
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ArticleVF cuts its FY revenue guidance
VF Corp., the parent of brands such as Vans, Timberland and The North Face, reporting a loss of $57.4 million in the first quarter ended July 1 against a loss of $55.96 million in the year-ago period on an 8 percent revenue decline to $2.09 billion from $2.26 billion. Adjusted ...
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ArticleSkechers raises earnings guidance for the year as DTC, international operations shine in Q2
Skechers raised its guidance for earnings in the full year, after its direct-to-consumer (DTC) and international operations performed strongly in the second quarter ended June 30. While its domestic wholesale business underperformed as expected, overall revenues rose by a reported 7.7 percent to $2,012.5 million and were 9.1 percent higher ...
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ArticleGlobal footwear production up 7.6% in 2022
In 2022, global footwear production increased by 7.6 percent to 23.9 billion pairs, returning to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to the World Footwear Yearbook 2023 released by the Portuguese footwear association Apiccaps. Footwear manufacturing continues to be strongly concentrated in Asia where almost nine out of every 10 pairs of ...
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ArticleShein calls for review of U.S. “de minimis” trade rule in a move to stem criticism
Shein, the Singapore-based online fashion retailer, has proposed to work with the U.S. retail industry in order to jointly propose a new framework for Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, known as the “de minimis” exemption. The company said that in a letter sent to the American Apparel ...
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ArticleFootway applies for voluntary company reorganization due to ‘acute’ liquidity situation
Footway Group, a Swedish operator of specialized online stores, has applied for voluntary company reorganization. According to the company, the decision is based on “the very challenging conditions that the sports retail industry in Sweden and Norway has faced in recent months,” which have led to an “acute” liquidity situation. ...
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ArticleAuthentic Brands Group takes over Rockport
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) is taking over the troubled U.S. footwear firm The Rockport Company, following a decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and will rely on Marc Fisher Footwear to develop the brand in the United States. Further partnerships for Rockport are expected ...
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ArticleConcern about a slowdown at Heydude weighs on Crocs
Crocs Inc. generated more than $1 billion in second-quarter revenues on 12 percent constant-currency growth. The company increased its annual revenue guidance on to surpass the $4 billion mark, but the company’s share price plummeted 14 percent on the day on worries that the group’s pace of revenue growth, particularly ...
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ArticleRichemont buys controlling stake in Gianvito Rossi
Richemont has acquired a controlling stake in Gianvito Rossi, an Italian luxury shoemaker. No financial details were released. Gianvito Rossi, the founder, CEO and creative director of the eponymous brand, will retain a stake in the company and continue to “nurture and develop” the brand in partnership with Richemont, the ...
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ArticleHoka paces Deckers in Q1, company lifts FY guidance
Deckers Brands, intent on growing both its direct-to-consumer and international businesses in the months ahead, generated a 42 percent increase in net income to $63.6 million in the first quarter ended June 30 versus $44.8 million a year earlier. Operating income was 26 percent higher year-over-year at $70.7 million. ...
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ArticleTod’s’ H1 sales rise 21.7%, Ebit expected to double
Tod’s released preliminary sales data for the first half of 2023 that come in at €569.1 million, up by 21.7 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and by 22.8 percent at constant currency rates. The figure was in line with market expectations. Financial analysts expect that the Italian fashion house ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear sales rise 20% in H1
In the first half of 2023, footwear sales for the Prada group in the retail channel rose by 20 percent at constant currency rates to €374 million. Shoes represented 19 percent of the group’s quarterly retail sales. The group posted growth in all footwear collections: lifestyle, sneakers and formal. Growth ...
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ArticleGörtz’s insolvency proceedings are over, CK Technology is the new owner
A long period of uncertainty may have come to an end for the Hamburg-based shoe retailer Görtz with the completion of insolvency proceedings and a new owner. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, the district court of Hamburg has declared that all proceedings were over, with all debts registered ...
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ArticleGlobal footwear market seen growing nearly 6% annually to 2027
The size of the global footwear market is set to grow by $133.09 billion from 2022 to 2027 and register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.69 percent, according the estimates in Technavio’s latest market research report. The market is forecast to grow by 4.73 percent in 2023 and ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: Pablosky ready to leave the beaten track to explore new markets
Even though Spain remains its main market, Pablosky, a Spanish company specialized in children’s shoes, has been very active over the past decades at developing its international reach. And in doing so, it often abandoned the beaten track to explore new geographies. The company, which was founded in 1969, first ...
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ArticleFrench footwear manufacturing revenues rise 10% in 2022
Revenues for French footwear manufacturers rose by 10 percent to €651 million in 2022 from €590 million in 2021, according to the trade association Conseil National du Cuir. In volume, footwear production rose by 0.4 million pairs to 15.2 million last year from 14.8 million in 2021. The manufacturing industry ...
