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ArticleTamaris launches a new concept store
Tamaris has launched a new store concept that features apparel for the first time. The new ”lifestyle” store opened as a pilot in central Dortmund, Germany. Tamaris is a brand of the German footwear manufacturer and distributor Wortmann Group, which also has the Tozzi, Caprice, Jana and s.Oliver brands. Wortmann ...
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ArticlePrada’s footwear business outperformed in 2022
In 2022, the Prada group’s footwear business outperformed the other main product categories by increasing retail sales by 29 percent at constant currency rates to €691 million, driven by both formal and lifestyle products. Meanwhile, ready-to-wear jumped by 27 percent to €1,086 million and leather goods grew by 18 percent ...
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ArticleArezzo starts 2023 with 23% growth in DTC sellout after record 2022
Arezzo & Co began 2023 with continued momentum after a record sales performance in 2022, wrapping up two acquisitions and registering a 22.8 percent increase in direct-to-consumer (DTC) sellout to 611 million reais (€110.2m) in the first two months of the year. Management said that the performance in January and ...
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ArticleGeox confirms sales growth targets, to continue with DOS closures
Geox confirmed its 2023 targets for 6-8 percent sales growth and a further improvement in profitability, as it revealed a €4.3 million operating profit in 2022 after three years of losses. The result compared to an operating loss of €44.9 million in 2021 and was achieved as a restructuring aimed ...
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ArticleGenesco to focus on cost-cutting this year
Citing a rapidly changing consumer environment, Genesco is making numerous changes to its business as it braces for a challenging first half ahead of an anticipated better second half of the year. The current full-year outlook calls for total sales of flat to up 2 percent and earnings per share ...
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Footwear ad spend in Germany totalled €185m in 2022
Footwear companies have invested more than €185 million in advertising in 2022 in Germany, with shoe manufacturers accounting for the lion’s share, a survey from market analysis firm Research Tools and data specialist AdVision digital showed. Almost one third of total expenditure was attributable to retailers, according to the ...
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ArticleWeyco sales inch down in Q4 due to North American wholesale
Weyco Group posted sales of $99.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decline of 2 percent compared to the year earlier that had been expected due to the fact some wholesale orders in the third quarter of 2021 had been shifted to the fourth quarter amid supply chain ...
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ArticleAllbirds’ Q4 loss widens; company sets transformation plan
Allbirds completed its first full year as a public company by reporting a $25.5 million operating loss versus an operating loss of $6.4 million in the period ended Dec. 31. The net loss was $24,866,000 against a net loss of $10,444,000. Promotion and the discontinuation of first-generation apparel contributed to ...
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ArticleZalando sees operating profits improving in 2023
Zalando expects its operating profits to improve this year, after declining in 2022, and sees its Ebit margin reaching the upper end of its guidance by 2025. The German online fashion retailer reported that in 2022 its gross merchandise value (GMV) rose by 3.2 percent to €14.798 billion from €14.333 ...
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ArticleInsolvent Surf4shoes is taken over
The German online shoe retailer Surf4shoes has found a new owner. The company, a subsidiary of the Osnabrück-based Hamm Reno Group, filed for preliminary insolvency in September 2022 and bankruptcy proceedings were opened on Dec. 1. Commertunity, which specializes in the acquisition, development and management of brands and business ...
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ArticleRussia’s retailer Paolo Conte goes bankrupt
A Russian court has declared St. Petersburg-based footwear retailer Paolo Conte bankrupt, sparking concern over the future of small-scale players in the country. Paolo Conte operated 81 stores and was ranked sixth in the list of the largest mid-priced footwear retailers in Russia. The company started facing financial difficulties in ...
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ArticleArezzo buys the Italian brand Paris Texas
Arezzo & Co is buying a 65 percent stake in Paris Texas, an Italian brand specializing in the creation, production and sale of luxury women’s shoes. Founded in 2015 by Massimo Baltimora and Annamaria Brivio, Paris Texas is based in Monza, 20 kilometres north of Milan, and is controlled through ...
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ArticleGrendene sales suffer, outlook uncertain as consumers’ disposable income shrinks
Grendene generated fourth quarter revenues of 938.0 million reais (€169.6m), down by 0.9 percent on the year earlier as high inflation, interest rates and unemployment put a dent into the disposable income of consumers and below-average temperatures and political uncertainty in its home market of Brazil further hurt demand. Domestic ...
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ArticleFerragamo warns that inflation may further erode margins in 2023
Salvatore Ferragamo warned that its 2023 operating margins could be slightly lower than last year due to higher costs, which could put pressure on the stock price of the Italian fashion house which is already trading at lofty multiples. The average target price for financial analysts is around €16.14 compared ...
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ArticleHow a group of Polish shoemakers is seeking to relaunch their industry
Created in 2019, Polska Grupa Producentów Obuwia (PGPO) is a proactive grouping of more than 50 Polish shoemakers largely based in the southern province of Malopolskie, the country’s main footwear cluster, aiming to promote their industry which has been badly hit by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. ...
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ArticleGarmont's sales rise 60%, Germany remains the main market
Garmont, the Italian outdoor footwear company founded in 1964, reported sales of €40.5 million in 2022, up by 60 percent from the previous year, and an Ebitda margin of more than 16 percent. ”In 2022 we defined a strategy that allowed us to maintain our market positions while taking into ...
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ArticleNordstrom exits Canada
Nordstrom is exiting Canada, a market it entered in 2014 with “a plan to build and sustain a long-term business there,” announced Erik Nordstrom, the chief executive officer of the U.S. retailer. The Canadian business operates six Nordstrom stores and seven Nordstrom Rack units, as well as the Nordstrom.ca website, ...
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ArticleCoats’ Apparel & Footwear sales up organic 9% in 2022
In 2022, Coats’ revenues rose by a reported 9 percent to $1.548 billion. On a constant currency basis, the top line was 16 percent higher and organic growth reached 10 percent, ahead of a targeted medium-term growth of about 6 percent. The Apparel & Footwear (A&F) dvisision saw full-year organic ...
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ArticleGörtz brings in new investor to exit insolvency procedure
The insolvent German footwear chain Görtz has found a new investor. Currently undergoing a restructuring under a self-administration procedure, the ailing Hamburg-based company said that, after an “intensive process and extensive discussions with many interested parties,” the provisional creditors’ committee has picked a long-term oriented private investor. Görtz did ...
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ArticlePrimark lifts guidance as consumers start shopping early for summer
Primark’s parent company, Associated British Foods (ABF), has lifted full-year guidance as consumer spending proved to be more resilient in the first half, with Britons buying early for the summer holidays and inflation easing. The group now expects adjusted operating profit in the 24 weeks to March 4 to ...
