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Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with...
Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with One Step Up for Pony, one of 30 brands in Iconix' portfolio of consumer brands. Under the three-year agreement, One Step Up and its subsidiaries – Fashion Footwear, Aggressive Apparel and Kidz Concepts – will design and manufacture Pony footwear ...
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Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...
Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...
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Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in...
Skechers has opened its largest store in the world in the Chinese city of Shenyang, building up to a global network of 3,000 mono-brand stores, of which 690 are directly operated by the company. The store measures more than 32,000 square feet, joining a few other superstores set up by ...
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Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new...
Golden Goose has introduced the Golden Goose Lab, a new retail concept, at its new flagship store in Milan, located at Via Cusani, 2. The Lab enables customers to experience first-hand various aspects of craftsmanship and artistry. For an additional fee of €200, the customer can also have his or ...
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Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October...
Buffalo Boots, the German footwear brand acquired by Deichmann in October 2016, has decided to close down its mono-brand stores in Düsseldorf and Cologne. The company will now be focusing on its wholesale business. Over the past 18 months, Buffalo had been striving to reposition its business and strengthen its brand. ...
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Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...
Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...
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Office Shoes has reported that its sales for the 52...
Office Shoes has reported that its sales for the 52 weeks to July 2018 totaled £285.5 million (€332.4m-$374.8m), down from £298.7 million in the previous fiscal year, which had 53 weeks. The British shoe retailer's gross margin slipped to 44.4 percent from 46.0 percent due increased markdowns. The pre-tax profit ...
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Tod's has cut its dividend for its 2018 results to...
Tod's has cut its dividend for its 2018 results to €1.00 per share from €1.40 as it suffered a decline in profitability. The company posted a gross operating profit, or Ebitda, of €118.3 million for last year, down from €160.5 million in the previous one, due to higher communication and ...
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Golden Goose Deluxe, the fast-growing Italian brand of sneakers, aims...
Golden Goose Deluxe, the fast-growing Italian brand of sneakers, aims to achieve annual sales of €500 million in the next three years compared with €186 million in 2018. More than 80 percent of the turnover comes from outside Italy. The company, which has been controlled since 2017 by a U.S. ...
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Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in...
Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in Wiesbaden, ranked 38th in the latest list by the Financial Times of the thousand fastest-growing companies in Europe. Listed as Shoe Benner, and founded by Dominik Benner in 2013, the company posted a compound annual growth rate of 183 percent ...
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YouGov, a market research institute, recently published a survey conducted online...
YouGov, a market research institute, recently published a survey conducted online among 900,000 Germans aged 18 and over. According to that survey, Deichmann offers the best price-performance ratio in the German fashion retail sector. Overall, Lidl ranked first, followed by DM, a German chain of drugstores, and Deichmann. YouGov evaluated more ...
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The big German Otto Group, which deals in retailing, shopping...
The big German Otto Group, which deals in retailing, shopping centers and other activities, reports that its Otto.de web shop increased total sales by 8 percent to over €3 billion in its financial year to Feb. 28. Otto claims to be the world's largest distance retailer overall and the biggest ...
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Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, recorded a...
Rexor, the German buying group controlled by ANWR, recorded a 3.8 percent increase in centralized settlements to €220.3 million in 2018. In Germany, Rexor managed to increase its sales by more than 10 percent last year. Follow-up orders from affiliated retailers decreased significantly in 2018, mainly because of difficulties in ...
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Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the...
Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the Marche region have launched a “Shoes Valley” project, which aims to entice local entrepreneurs to join forces and to promote their region. The project, which has the support of local authorities, replicates similar initiatives already undertaken in the neighboring region ...
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The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president,...
The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president, Sandrine Lacotte Garcin. She replaces Philippe Daquai, who served as FDCF's president for six years. Daquai will become honorary president of the association. Lacotte Garcin is the owner of three shoe shops in Marseille, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, in southern France. ...
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At its own stores and online, Deichmann is beginning to...
At its own stores and online, Deichmann is beginning to sell 23 spring styles of affordable shoes named after the famous sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Priced at between €12.90 and €39.99 per pair, they have been developed by Pajar Canada, which took over the related license from Marc Fisher ...
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Furla, the Italian fashion house known for its handbags and...
Furla, the Italian fashion house known for its handbags and leathergoods, launched a Furla Sneakers collection during the Milan Fashion Week, which ran from Feb. 19 to 25. In the second part of February, the company had a couple of pop-up stores in Milan for the launch. A similar program ...
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Satra, the U.K.-based “knowledge, research and testing” company that is...
Satra, the U.K.-based “knowledge, research and testing” company that is celebrating its 100th anniversary, has developed a technique for 3D scans which, it claims, is accurate to three-hundredths of a millimeter and takes only minutes to complete. As the company explains, the technique makes it possible to compare new samples ...
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For spring/summer 2019, Kavat is launching a new collection of children's...
For spring/summer 2019, Kavat is launching a new collection of children's rubber boots, in four colors. One-third of the materials used to make the “Skur” collection are drawn from Brazilian sugar cane. In March 2018, Kavat received its second EU Ecolabel for continued commitment to high quality and sustainable production, despite tougher requirements. In ...
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Birkenstock is expanding its beauty business. This month, the German company...
Birkenstock is expanding its beauty business. This month, the German company will launch its first comprehensive facial care collection. It will be part of the Birkenstock Natural Skin Care category, a line of natural cosmetics that, according to Birkenstock's chief executive, Oliver Reichert, may represent half of the company's total turnover in ten ...
