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Majo-Schuhe takes over three MyShoes stores
The family-run company Majo-Schuhe has acquired three stores from the footwear retailer MyShoes, a spokesman for the latter’s parent company Deichmann said, according to media reports. The takeover of the stores in Bad Vilbel, Friedrichsdorf and Groß-Gerau, in the Rhine-Main area, secures the jobs of 44 of the employees ...
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ArticleAustrian footwear retail under pressure but Deichmann enjoys steady growth
The Austrian footwear retail sector has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, encountering new challenges amid a profound shift in consumer behavior, a survey from the market research company RegioData showed. Since 2014, the number of stores in the country has dropped by a whopping 23 percent as ...
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ArticleDeichmann continues to grow in 2023
Deichmann continued to grow in 2023 despite difficult business conditions, especially in its home market. The German footwear retailer, which is present in 34 countries, generated gross revenues of €8.7 billion, or a net €7.4 billion, in 2023, up by just over 7 percent on a currency-adjusted basis. Like-for-like sales, ...
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ArticleFormer Görtz CEO Frank Revermann takes over Onygo
Görtz’s former CEO Frank Revermann took over Deichmann’s sneaker and streetwear subsidiary Onygo, said the former parent company confirming media reports. At the beginning of October, Deichmann announced that Onygo would cease operations by August 2024 at the latest, citing major structural changes in the fashion retail sector, exacerbated ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: Sioux sees light at the end of the tunnel in the German footwear market
Despite overtaking Japan to become the world’s third largest economy, Germany is a matter of concern for many observers due to its weak economy and depressed consumer confidence. In a comprehensive interview with Shoe Intelligence, Lewin Berner, the CEO of the German footwear company Sioux outlines his view about the ...
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Snipes’ founder steps down as CEO
Sven Voth, the founder of sneaker specialist Snipes SE, is handing over his position as CEO to Dennis Schröder, who has been the company’s general manager since April 2023. Schröder will immediately assume responsibility for the business of the internationally operating sneaker and streetwear retailer. Voth will remain with the ...
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ArticleDeichmann ends MyShoes brand, closes 90 stores
Footwear retailer MyShoes, a subsidiary of the German group Deichmann, will cease business operations in Germany and Austria by the end of 2024. Overall, 90 stores will be affected by the closings, with 29 in Austria and 61 in Germany, impacting 750 employees, including 150 in Austria and 600 ...
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ArticleEuropean footwear brands returning to the Russian market
Nearly 15 percent of European footwear companies that pulled out from the Russian market last year have returned to the country, the Russian footwear union estimated. Germany’s Ara and Italy’s Igi&Co are examples of the Western shoe businesses resuming operations in Russia, the organization reported. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...
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ArticleDeichmann names a new head of brand & licensing and ends the Onygo brand
The German shoe retailer Deichmann has appointed Dražen Pehar as its new head of brand & licensing, succeeding Jürgen Achenbach, who left the company in May to pursue a new role. Pehar, who has been working for the company since September, will be responsible for marketing activities for the ...
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Deichmann releases podcast following the journey of a shoe
The German shoe retailer Deichmann is releasing a podcast following the journey of the shoe, from idea to sale. The podcast title “From Head to Shoe” was chosen by Deichmann employees. In a German-language interview format, host Donya Farahani will take listeners chronologically through the individual areas of the ...
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ArticleDeichmann and DHL launch joint delivery station test project
Deichmann has launched a new pilot project in partnership with the logistics group DHL which will allow customers to collect or deliver a parcel in one of the German shoe retailer’s stores and seize the opportunity for some quick shopping. The new service points, dubbed DHL Packstations, are being ...
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ArticleFootwear ad spend in Germany totalled €185m in 2022
Footwear companies have invested more than €185 million in advertising in 2022 in Germany, with shoe manufacturers accounting for the lion’s share, a survey from market analysis firm Research Tools and data specialist AdVision digital showed. Almost one third of total expenditure was attributable to retailers, according to the ...
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Snipes hires a general manager for Europe
Dennis Schröder, the chief marketing officer who just left 11teamsports, will take over the position of general manager for Europe at the sneaker specialist Snipes from May 1, 2023, supporting its founder and CEO Sven Voth in the day-to-day operations. In addition to Voth, CFO Tim Spickenbom and COO Peter ...
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Snipes appoints a COO
Peter Buse has been appointed chief operating officer of Snipes, a new role at the Cologne-based sneaker and streetwear retailer. Most recently, Buse held the same role at Momox, from July 2019 to July 2022. He previously worked at Netrada, also as COO, and at Arvato as logistics manager. This ...
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Deichmann sells Russian business
The German shoe retailer Deichmann has left the Russian market, selling all 37 stores with remaining inventory to a local partner. No financial details were released. The Russian press reported that Deichmann had stopped supplying its Russian retail network several weeks before. The stores will reopen under a new brand ...
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ArticleGerman shoemakers write off the Russian market
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the businesses of many German shoe and leather goods manufacturers, which had been built up over the past few years. “The consequences of this massive unrest are not foreseeable at this point in time,” said Manfred Junkert, general manager of HDS/L, the federal ...
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Deichmann hires new digital director from About You
The German footwear company Deichmann has hired a new digital director in a bid to further expand its online business. Alexander Bellin, 33, previously chief revenue officer at the online fashion retailer About You, will join the Essen-based shoe chain on February 1. He will take the helm of ...
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ArticleZalando more than triples its fleet of Magazino robots
Zalando has ordered 20 order picking robots specifically designed for the footwear industry from the German start-up Magazino. Zalando, which has invested in Magazino, initially bought two of the robots called Toru in 2018, before increasing the fleet by an additional six in 2019. Once the latest robots are fully ...
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Tamaris tops sustainability ranking
Tamaris, the leading brand of the German footwear company Wortmann Group, topped the ranking as the most sustainable footwear brand carried out by the German magazine Focus Money. In the magazine’s ”Deutschlands Beste – Nachhaltigkeit“ (Germany’s Best - Sustainability), Sioux finished second in the footwear category, followed by Ecco and ...
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Deichmann launches parcel station pilot
The German footwear company Deichmann has launched a parcel station pilot in its home market. The company has installed the parcel station outside the Deichmann store in Mülheim-Dümpten. The clients who use the click and collect service can retrieve the goods from the pick-up station after receiving a message with ...
