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ArticleFootwear sales rose by 4% in 2023 in Germany while 15% of stores closed
Footwear retail sales in Germany increased in 2023 by approximately 4 percent, or €480 million, to €11.6 billion (including VAT), despite a few spectacular bankruptcies, estimates from the country’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE, showed. The figure includes brick-and-mortar shoe stores (€6.8 billion), online sales (€2.7 ...
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Red tape, higher costs and shopper reluctance weigh on German fashion retailers
Increasing bureaucracy, soaring costs and consumers’ reluctance to buy are putting a strain on German fashion retailers, a survey from the country’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE, showed. Bureaucracy is currently seen as the greatest concern as it is rated by the retailers participating in the ...
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ArticleDestruction of new shoes is an absolute exception in Germany
The destruction of new apparel and footwear is the absolute exception and new items only make up a small fraction of the goods sent to the landfill, according to Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE. The remarks followed the European Union’s steps in early December of ...
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ArticleGerman industry association fears new wave of insolvencies due to Covid aid repayments
Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association BTE warned of a new wave of insolvencies and closures, as fashion and footwear retailers continue to struggle with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic while possible repayments of pandemic state aid loom, adding to the already challenging conditions. According to ...
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BTE elects Mark Rauschen as its president
Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association BTE has a new president. Mark Rauschen, 49, managing partner of the Osnabrück-based fashion house L&T Lengermann & Trieschmann, was unanimously elected by BTE’s delegate assembly, the trade association announced. The outgoing president, Steffen Jost of the Jost fashion house, ...
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Higher costs and bureaucracy weigh on German fashion retailers
Burdened by soaring costs and entangled in red tape, fashion retailers are “currently struggling with considerable problems” despite sales returning to pre-pandemic levels, a survey from Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE, showed. Retailers participating in the survey rated the surge in costs with an average ...
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ArticleThree German retail associations merge to have more clout
Three German retail associations BTE (representing apparel), BDSE (footwear) and BLE (leathergoods) have decided to merge this year to form the BTE Handelsverband Textil, Schuh, Lederwaren . The combination will give the new assocation more clout in defending the interests of their members “alongside and in line ...
