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ArticleGerman shoemakers expect a challenging 2024
The German footwear and leather goods industry is facing “a challenging 2024” but a turnaround is possible towards the end of the year, according to Manfred Junkert, the general manager of the German footwear and leather goods trade association, HDS/L. “In spite of manufacturers having considerable resilience and creativity, a ...
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ArticleConsumer sentiment worsens in Germany
Consumer sentiment has taken a nose dive in Germany at the start of 2024, according to a survey published jointly by the research institute GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM). “The year 2024 starts off very disappointingly for consumer sentiment in Germany: both economic and income expectations ...
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Ownership and management change at ECC
European-Clearing-Center (ECC), which acts as a platform for electronic data exchange between producers and retailers in the footwear and fashion sector, underwent a change of ownership and management. Effective from Jan. 1, the footwear buying groups ANWR and Sabu and the shoe and leather goods industry association HDS/L purchased the ...
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ArticleGerman 2022 footwear exports up 19.4%
In 2022, German footwear exports in 2022 grew by 19.4 percent year-over-year in value to €9.6 billion, according to data released by the German footwear and leather goods trade association, HDS/L. Exports were skewed towards the second half of the year. They totalled €4.2 billion, or 175.2 million pairs of ...
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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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ArticleThe war in Ukraine hits the German shoe industry after a strong 2021
HDS/L, the federal association of the German footwear and leather goods industry, brushed a cautious picture of the situation in the sector, with new global challenges looming just as the coronavirus pandemic loosened its grip on Europe. In 2021, sales in the German shoe industry increased by a double-digit ...
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ArticleMicam attracts over 22,000 visitors
Micam, the footwear trade show which was held from Sept. 19 to 21 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center at the outskirts of Milan, attracted 22,274 visitors. The event was shortened to three days from four days traditionally. The show was jointly held with Mipel, a trade show dedicated to ...
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German shoe makers H1 sales up by 12.5%
German shoe manufacturers with 50 or more employees enjoyed a 12.5 percent increase in revenues in the first half to €1.44 billion from €1.28 billion a year earlier but have not yet returned to pre-Covid-19 levels. Domestic revenues rose by 12.7 percent to €1.2 billion and foreign sales increased ...
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German shoe industry joins forces to launch data sharing platform
Germany’s shoe industry has joined a wide-ranging alliance to set up a data exchange and clearing platform for the sector. The footwear buying groups ANWR and Sabu , the shoe and leather goods industry association HDS/L and the merchandise management providers ETOS and Brandt Retail ...
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Lower foreign and domestic sales by German shoe companies
The growth of the German footwear industry weakened in 2019, weighed down once again by lower sales abroad, according to an annual report by the Federal Association of the German Footwear and Leathergoods Industry (HDS/L) and presented at the Gallery Shoes fair in Düsseldorf earlier this month. In 2019, ...
