Italy shoe making is attracting investments but faces labor constraints | First Italian companies ready for ESG certification under trade association’s aegis | How Serafini is relaunching itself after exiting creditor protection | Hermès could consider investments in Italian shoe, fashion suppliers | Prada’s footwear sales slow down sharply in Q3 | Ferragamo misses sales expecations in Q3 | Nice Footwear FY sales up 43.1% | Salamander and Klauser find a new owner | Deichmann names a new head of brand & licensing and ends the Onygo brand | ANWR and Sabu maintain their trade fair pattern “for the time being” | Shoe Zone’s FY revenues rise 6.1% | FitFlop picks Bleckmann as its logistics partner | Frasers to acquire SportScheck in Germany | CCC Group posts softer sales in Q3 led by the CCC and eobuwie banners | Russia mulls creating footwear clusters to boost local production | Skechers raises full-year earnings guidance as DTC continues to bolster Q3 sales gains | Skechers wins EU-wide injuction against Dockers by Gerli | Deckers raises full-year guidance again, plans to divest Sanuk | Caleres to leverage lead brands to resume growth in 2024 after September sales disappoint | VF drops guidance, launches turnaround plan | Crocs taking steps to reset Heydude business | Rocky Brands margins, profits rise in Q3 despite 15% sales decline | Boot Barn cuts guidance as sales continue to soften through October | Aldo in licensing agreement with ABG’s Roxy brand | World Shoe opens a shoe factory in Ghana | Brazilian shoemakers are relying on domestic demand to grow | Stella benefits from demand for premium categories | The Chinese brand Zuliz opens its first store abroad | Zalando cuts its full-year guidance for GMV, revenues | Spartoo’s H1 sales decline but earnings improve | Primark expected to grow sales and earnings in 2024