Italian footwear production slumps in the first quarter | Portugal’s footwear industry plans to invest €600m by 2030 as it rivals with Italy | Intersport, Decathlon are the main resellers of clothing in France | Expo Riva Schuh attracts over 9,000 visitors | Clarks swings to annual loss as ‘discount-hungry’ consumers spurn full prices | Rohde starts building up its US sales team | Kienast rebrands all ABC and K+K stores as Reno | Leder & Schuh’s sales continued to grow in 2023 | ANWR Group is confident about the future | German court rejects Birkenstock appeal against Rafting Goldstar | Golden Goose postpones its IPO | Velasca plans new store openings but pushes back its €100m sales target | Pittarosso’s debt restructuring plan cleared by Italian court | How Belledonne is achieving sneaker success by revisiting retro styles | Sales of cheap fashion items reach record levels in Russia | Designer Brands expands in Canada as Q1 sales inch up | Shoes For Crews emerges from Chapter 11 process after asset sale | C-Suite interview: Rocas surfs the waves to the shores of Europe | Compostable sneakers are inching closer to the mass market