Advance Capital Partners and Mass to acquire Leder & Schuh | Arklyz continues to expand in footwear with the acquisition of Gabor | Royer goes into receivership | Birkenstock buys its Australian distributor | Marc O’Polo opens new shoe showrooms in Stephanskirchen, Hamburg | Snipes scraps planned logistics hub in Bedburg | German independent shoe stores close as retail crisis deepens | Austrian shoe retailers post a strong sales increase in H1 | Görtz is also insolvent in Austria, investor plans comeback in Hamburg | BioShoes4All project nears finish line with campaign to promote conscious consumption | Shoe Zone trims its profit guidance again, retains cautious outlook | Ferragamo posts encouraging Q3 sales | Prada posts 19 quarters of consecutive sales growth | Armani appoints a CEO | Italian prosecutor seeks to put Tod’s under court administration | How an Italian startup is proving to be the perfect fit for leading fashion brands | C-Suite interview: Allsides set to open NY flagship as it expands capacity, fine-tunes scanner technology | Deckers Brands rolls out cautious guidance after better-than-expected Q2 | Crocs’ sales fall 6% as the company takes steps to enable future growth | Boot Barn raises guidance after strong Q2, increases store opening ambitions | Rocky Brands’ Q3 sales rise 7% as Xtratuf’s momentum continues | Oofos names Deckers Brands’ former head as co-CEO | Toms hires a new CEO | Stella plans to boost annual production by 20m pairs | India fails to increase its share in global footwear exports