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ArticleGenesco sees back-to-school selling season prolonged, holiday season to start early
Genesco experienced a slowdown in its recovery in July because of an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the U.S. But it expects the back-to-school period to last until late September, or even later, and the holiday season, generally considered to run from late November to early January, to start earlier.
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ArticleMicam to attract over 500 exhibitors, 5,000 buyers
The organizers of Micam Milano said that more than 500 exhibitors will be present at the trade show being held at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition hall from Sept. 20 to 23, and that over 5,000 buyers, primarily from Italy and Europe, have confirmed their participation. The 90th edition of ...
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ArticleShoe Carnival’s sales soar to record highs in Q2
After a difficult first quarter, Shoe Carnival recorded a strong rebound in sales in the second fiscal quarter ended Aug. 1, led by e-commerce. The American footwear retailer reported record revenues that were up by 12.1 percent year-on-year to $300.8 million, exceeding the previous record set in the third quarter ...
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ArticlePayPal to launch buy now, pay later solution in Q4
PayPal, the American online payment provider, announced that it will launch early in the fourth quarter “Pay in 4”, a short-term installment payment scheme for customers in the U.S. The service will permit merchants to be paid upfront while customers can pay for purchases between $30 and $600 over a ...
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Profectus appoints new sales managers for Brax license
In the wake of a management shake-up at the German casual fashion brand Brax, the footwear licensee Profectus Brand Construction has appointed new area sales heads after Ralf Düsterdiek, the brand’s sales manager, stepped down in July this year, after just seven months in the job to join Ara Shoes. ...
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ArticleMK Gruppe and Merkur Shoe Group join forces
The German purchasing groups MK Gruppe and Merkur Shoe Group have struck a deal to work together in a bid to tackle and respond to the changes in the footwear market through a shared strategy. The collaboration is set to start with the orders for the autumn/winter 2021 season ...
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ArticleANWR expands sales channels by partnering with Gaxsys
ANWR, the German purchasing association, has created an interface to Gaxsys’ order fulfilment system, providing its affililiates with another important sales channel. ANWR’s members can sell via the association’s own platforms shoes.de, Sport2000 and Bagmondo. But, ANWR’s software solution Qualibet also enables them to offer their products to online marketplaces ...
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ArticleWalmart eyes TikTok’s U.S. business as it reviews it e-commerce business
The U.S. retailer Walmart is interested in bidding jointly with the software group Microsoft for the U.S. business of the Chinese videosharing app TikTok as it continues to review its e-commerce activity. In a statement, Walmart noted that that the way TikTok has integrated e-commerce and advertising capabilities has been ...
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ArticleDeichmann unit vanHaren to buy 43 Brantano stores in Belgium
The Dutch footwear retailer vanHaren, a unit of the German retailer Deichmann, will take over 43 Brantano stores located in Belgium on Oct. 1. This represents less than half of Brantano’s more than 100 stores in the country. The details of the agreement still have to be defined, including the ...
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ArticleObuv Rossii parent launches capital hike to finance its development
OR PJSC, the parent company of the Russian footwear group Obuv Rossii, is planning to place additional shares worth 2.8 billion rubles (€31.7m-$37.4m) to finance the group’s development. The company is offering 28,264,000 new ordinary shares, which corresponds to 24 percent of the previously placed ordinary shares. In 2017, OR ...
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ArticleSelfridges launches Project Earth
Selfridges has launched Project Earth, an initiative which explores “more sustainable ways to shop” by setting new sourcing standards and creating repair, resale and rental businesses. Under the scheme, the British department store pledges that by 2025 it will only stock products that respect its new sourcing standards on cotton, ...
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ArticleStella posts $9 million loss in H1
Stella International posted a net loss of $9.3 million for the first half, against net income of $39.2 million last year, on revenues that dropped by 32 percent to $511.5 million. The gross margin fell by 1.4 percentage points to 16.6 percent, due to cancelled or delayed orders, as well ...
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ArticleAlibaba’s core domestic business returns to pre-Covid levels
The giant Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba said that its domestic core commerce business has ”fully recovered” to pre-Covid-19 levels during the first quarter ended on June 30. Revenues rose by 34 percent year-over-year to 153.8 billion yuan renmimbi (€18.8bn-$22.2bn) during the quarter, beating market expectations of RMB 148 billion. Annual ...
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ArticleYokono expects to slightly increase in full-year sales
Yokono, a Spanish footwear specializing in sandals, hopes to finish 2020 with a slight increase in sales despite a fall in revenues in the first half due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, the company, which is based in the footwear cluster of Elche, posted sales of ...
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ArticleACBC raises €2.3 million in capital hike
ACBC, a Milan-based start-up company that is offering a modular footwear technology, completed a €2.3 million capital increase in which a pool of investors took part. The online investing platform Doorway put nearly €1 million into the company through the capital injection. ACBC said that it has raised all the ...
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ArticleYue Yuen posts a $136.7 million loss in H1
Yue Yen Industrial Holdings was hard hit by China’s measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. The world’s largest shoe manufacturer posted a net loss of $136.7 million for the first half of 2020, against net income of $165.9 million for the year-ago period. The company managed to reduce operating ...
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ArticleDr. Martens full-year sales up 48%
Dr. Martens posted revenues of £672.2 million (€741.7m-$880.2m) in the full year ended on March 31, up by 48 percent from a year earlier. Direct-to-consumer sales through its e-commerce platform and stores grew by 51 percent to £301.6 million (€332.8m-$394.9m) while wholesale sales increased by 45 percent to £370.6 million ...
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ArticleFarfetch’s Q2 GMV surges and beats the company guidance
The British fashion e-tailer Farfetch saw gross merchandise value (GMV) increase by 47.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter to $721.3 million. GMV of its digital platform business rose by 34.4 percent to $651.0 million. Excluding the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates, the increase reached 39.2 percent. The ...
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ArticleGrendene’s sales tumble by 86% in Q2
The downward spiral continued in the second quarter for Grendene, whose sales tumbled by 85.8 percent to 82.1 million reais (€13.0m-$15.3m), following several quarters of declining sales. The Brazilian group, which owns brands such as Ipanema and Melissa, sold 4.3 million pairs during the period, or 25.8 million fewer than ...
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ArticleOmni-channel retail specialist to become new president of Wolverine Worldwide
Brendan Hoffman will take office on Sept. 8 as the new president of Wolverine Worldwide, the company announced earlier this week. Hoffman will then also join the company’s board of directors. Source: Wolverine Worldwide Brendan Hoffman The omni-channel retail specialist brings 30 years of experience in merchandising, ...
