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Wildberries and Amazon enter new countries in Europe
Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, has started to operate in France, Italy and Spain, with dedicated sites and mobile apps tailored to the local markets, the company has said in a statement. It has been operating in Germany since January. The company currently offers about four million items from nearly ...
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ArticleThe Peter Kaiser brand is saved, but the German factory will be closed
The insolvent women’s shoe manufacturer Peter Kaiser is being partially taken over. The managing director, Stefan Frank, and the investors Hans-Joachim and Gisela Sander, from the founding family of the Darmstadt-based hair care giant Wella Group, have agreed to buy the brand and other assets of Peter Kaiser Schuhfabrik GmbH ...
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ArticleFarfetch achieves its first quarterly adjusted operating profit
Farfetch posted its first quarterly positive adjusted operating profit, but its net losses increased dramatically due to some $2.1 billion in non-cash adjustments. The company expects to finish 2021 with an adjusted operating profit. In the fourth quarter, the British fashion e-tailer saw gross merchandise value (GMV) increase by 42.8 ...
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ArticleSpain launches 2nd edition of footwear digitalization program
The Spanish footwear association Fice and the local trade agency, Icex, have launched the second edition of the program Global Through Innovation, aimed at promoting innovation and the digitalization of the footwear industry. The initiative is scheduled to start in April and candidates must send their applications by March 12. ...
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ArticleBoohoo reportedly faces U.S. ban over supplier practices
The British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo has been again forced to defend supplier practices after a report said it faces a potential U.S. import ban due to slave labor allegations. The U.S.’ Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen enough evidence to start a probe after petitions from lawyer Duncan Jepson, ...
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ArticleSteve Madden returns to a quarterly profit
Steve Madden returned to a profit in the fourth quarter as its results improve after the slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The American designer of footwear, accessories and apparel posted a 15.9 percent year-on-year decline in revenues to $353.0 million but the gross margin increased to 38.3 percent from ...
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ArticleANWR and Sabu offer liquidity support to retailers
The German retail cooperatives ANWR and Sabu are continuing to support their members by engaging in initiatives to underpin their liquidity as the coronavirus crisis drags on. ANWR Group is offering its affiliated national and international footwear, sporting goods and leathergoods retailers a €150 million financing program through its ...
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ArticlePayless returns to brick-and-mortar retailing in the U.S.
The American footwear retailer Payless is returning to brick-and-mortar retailing in its home market with the opening of a concept store on March 1 in Miami. But, the grand opening and ribbon-cutting event will be held a week later on March 8. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in ...
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ArticleBirkenstock is taken over by companies linked to LVMH
Birkenstock is being taken over by investment companies linked to the French businessman Bernard Arnault, the controlling shareholder and head of the French luxury goods group LVMH. The transaction will enable the German family-owned sandal maker to expand in Asia. Under the deal, the private equity firm L Catterton and ...
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ArticleWolverine posts weak results but is hopeful for 2021
The year 2020 was a difficult one for Wolverine Worldwide. Looking on the bright side, the management said it delivered better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter and is poised to drive an accelerated recovery over the next 12 to 16 months. The group posted a double-digit sales decline in the ...
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ArticleOnline sales in Russia skyrocket
In 2020, the Russian online market totaled 3.2 trillion rubles (€35.4bn-$43bn), which was 58.5 percent higher compared to the previous year, Russia’s Association of Internet Trade Companies (AKIT) estimated. The turnover for domestic platforms doubled, reaching 2.8 trillion rubles (€31bn-$36.7bn). The remainder of the spending went to foreign online marketplaces, ...
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ArticleThree German retail associations merge to have more clout
Three German retail associations BTE (representing apparel), BDSE (footwear) and BLE (leathergoods) have decided to merge this year to form the BTE Handelsverband Textil, Schuh, Lederwaren. The combination will give the new assocation more clout in defending the interests of their members “alongside and in line with the HDE,” according ...
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ArticleRocky Brands ends 2020 with strong profits
Rocky Brands’ net income surged by 91.1 percent in the fourth quarter to $9.7 million, which includes $0.7 million related to the pending acquisition of the performance and lifestyle footwear business of the U.S. conglomerate Honeywell International for $230 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of ...
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ArticleSweden successfully holds a physical trade event
Sweden, which has not introduced a lockdown or imposed wearing facemasks to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, held a physical order days for the footwear industry despite the challenges caused by the virus. Trade Partners Sweden organized ”Order days in Varberg for the shoe industry” from Feb. 21 to 25. The ...
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Scholl and Dr. Scholl’s are reunited under a single ownership
Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a British producer of consumer goods, is selling the footcare brand Scholl to Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm which already owns Dr. Scholl’s. The sale includes RB’s Amopé, Krack and Eulactol footcare brands and is expected to be completed by the third quarter of ...
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ArticleCrocs’ profits soar on record sales
Crocs is still enjoying a strong momentum as its fourth-quarter revenues jumped by 56.5 percent from the year-ago quarter to a record level of $411.5 million. In constant currencies, they gained 56.1 percent.The number of pairs sold during the quarter grew by 38 percent to 18.9 million, and their average ...
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ArticleItalian fashion industry still expects sharp declines in H1
The Italian fashion industry still expects sharp declines in sales during the first two quarters of 2021, after falling by 26 percent in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey released by Confindustria Moda, the umbrella association which comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups the textile ...
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ArticleEngland plans to reopen non-essential stores April 12
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retailing may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. England introduced a third national lockdown on Jan. 4. Johnson said that the vaccination campaign underway in the U.K. has “dramatically ...
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ArticleNew Zealand Merino launches 100% regenerative wool platform with Allbirds, Icebreaker, Smartwool
The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) and global Merino wool apparel and footwear brands Icebreaker, Smartwool and Allbirds will work collectively with 167 sheep growers in New Zealand to create ZQRX, the world’s first regenerative wool platform. “ZQRX is an important and necessary evolution of our ethical wool program, ZQ,” ...
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ArticleECC appoints second managing director
The European-Clearing-Center (ECC), which acts as a platform for electronic data exchange between producers and retailers in the footwear and fashion sector, is strengthening its management team. As of April 1, Stefan Nicolai, an expert in inventory and data management, will become managing director for marketing and sales as a ...
