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ArticleGMS affiliates suffer sales decline but outperform other German retailers
In this year’s pandemic-riddled market, affiliates of the Cologne-based shoe retailing association GMS managed to limit losses, achieving significantly better results than the national average. A survey on sales between January and September showed an average drop of 6.4 percent for GMS’s affiliates, compared with a decline of around ...
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ArticleClarks’ CVA gets green light amid landlord fury over rent write-offs
Creditors of the British shoemaker and retailer Clarks have approved a deal that will see control of the company pass to a private equity firm amid criticism from landlords over the scale of rent write-offs. Under the proposal, known as a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), rent arrears on 320 outlets ...
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ArticleGlobal luxury footwear sales seen up by 14% in 2021
Worldwide sales of luxury footwear could surge by 14 percent next year after an estimated 12 percent drop this year, according to two surveys. The sector continues to find support from demand for sneakers.
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ArticleShoepassion launches special 10-year anniversary collection on Kickstarter
To mark its tenth anniversary, the Berlin-based footwear company Shoepassion released a special edition collection that is only available on the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter. A revised edition of the first collection released in 2010, the limited anniversary collection features seven models that will be on sale until Dec. 6, ...
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ArticleLower sales for Caleres, but results top expectations
Caleres recovered in the third fiscal quarter compared with the previous quarter but sales continued to decline sharply year-on-year. The company warned that fourth-quarter sales could be some 20 percent lower than the previous year. In the three months ended on Oct. 31, revenues were $647.5 million, down by 18.3 ...
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ArticleVulcabras’ women’s shoe sales drop as the company focuses on sports
After production restrictions in the spring and early summer due to the pandemic, Vulcabras resumed full operations at its factories in July, capitalizing on a robust order backlog. It managed to lift overall sales in the third quarter, but sales of women’s shoes were lower as the company prepares to ...
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ArticleShoe Carnival delivers its most profitable quarter
Shoe Carnival improved its gross margin by 1.1 percentage points to 32.0 percent in the third fiscal quarter, delivering the company’s most profitable quarter ever, thanks to lower promotional activity. Net income advanced by 1 percent to $14.7 million. After rebounding in the second quarter, Shoe Carnival’s sales slowed down ...
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ArticleWellness, sustainability, localism, online interaction are growing trends with Covid
For months, fashion-industry entrepreneurs and retailers have been struggling with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic while at the same time trying to map out future strategies in a rapidly-evolving commercial environment. In a webinar titled “2022 Fashion Market, Shifts & Strategies”, hosted online by Expo Riva Schuh on Nov. ...
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ArticleVon Wellx steps up production in India
Von Wellx, the German orthopedic shoe brand owned by Casa Everz, has inaugurated a new production site in Agra, in the Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, as it ceases the production of footwear in China. The new factory in the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) in Agra features two ...
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ArticleTreksta expands in Europe, especially in the casual footwear trade
With Improve Business Scandinavia being the Scandinavian representative for Treksta since 2014, the South Korean footwear company earlier this year committed Improve Business Europe AB as European distributor for all countries except Portugal, France and Spain. The company has already signed agents for its hunting category and is now looking ...
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ArticleFarfetch benefits from shift to buying luxury goods online
Luxury e-tailer Farfetch reported a sharp rise in third-quarter sales as it benefits from the growing trend of buying high-end products online. Revenues for the three months to Sept. 30 soared by 71 percent to $438 million, while gross merchandise value (GMV) increased 62 percent to $798 million. Online GMV ...
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ArticleTod’s enjoys recovery in Asia
Tod’s is seeing signs of recovery in Japan and South Korea on top of the strong growth already enjoyed in China. But the company warned that to meet market expectations, it would need some “respite” in store closures in the fourth quarter. Financial analysts anticipate full-year sales of €647 million. ...
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ArticleLosses continue for Yue Yuen
Despite China’s resilience against the pandemic in the third quarter, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings remained in the red, following two quarters of losses. The company was strongly impacted by government measures to contain the spread of the disease at the start of the year, and although the Pou Sheng Chinese ...
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ArticleGeox suffers accelerated sales decline amid new lockdowns
Geox has suffered a 30.0 percent decline in like-for-like sales in the fourth quarter to date - bringing the like-for-like sales decline in the year so far to 32.0 percent - amid new temporary store closures due to a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in its main markets. Comparable ...
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ArticleL.K. Bennett plans to close stores, axe jobs
Upmarket British retailer L.K. Bennett plans to close up to five stores and move its remaining shops to turnover-based rents under a proposed company voluntary arrangement (CVA). The plan will lead to a small number of job losses as the company tries to mitigate the financial impact of the Covid-19 ...
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ArticleFerragamo books strong sales growth in China
Salvatore Ferragamo enjoyed very strong growth in China during the third quarter and in October. At constant-currency rates, retail sales in the Asian country surged by 38.3 percent year-on-year during the quarter and further accelerated in October. The Italian fashion company also posted “solid” retail sales growth in South Korea ...
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ArticleGörtz makes its CEO a shareholder, hires a new CFO
The German footwear chain Görtz is opening its capital to its top manager as it undergoes a management shake-up and further advances its multichannel strategy by pushing its online presence. The chief executive, Frank Revermann, who has served in this position since the end of 2015, will acquire shares ...
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ArticleClarks’ landlords criticize the rescue plan’s terms
The British shoe maker Clarks has been accused of freezing landlords out of discussions over its £100 million (€110.9m-$130.0m) bailout by Hong Kong-based private equity firm LionRock Capital. Landlords are furious that despite facing large losses on rent write-offs, they will only represent 25 percent of a vote to approve ...
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ArticleEU estimates Amazon broke competition rules
The European Commission believes Amazon violated competition rules by unfairly benefiting from non-public data on independent sellers who use its marketplace, it said in its preliminary findings from an antitrust investigation underway against the American e-commerce giant since last year. The European Union’s executive body added it was also launching ...
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ArticleGlobal footwear demand seen down by 22.2% in 2020
Global demand for footwear is expected to fall by 22.2 percent this year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an updated forecast made by a panel of experts for the latest Business Condition Survey of World Footwear. In its April edition, panelists had estimated the decline ...
