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Delka and Salamander Austria have joined ANWR Garant Austria, the...
Delka and Salamander Austria have joined ANWR Garant Austria, the local subsidiary of the German buying group by the same name. Delka has 36 stores in Austria. Salamander Austria has 35 stores in Austria plus 15 in Hungary, eight in the Czech Republic and four in Slovakia. Two sister companies ...
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Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled...
Mücke, the big German shoe and sports retail chain controlled by the ANWR Group, has launched a new concept store focusing on sneakers and streetwear in the company's hometown of Kulmbach. Its new KU13 offshoot brand store occupies 350 square meters in a former dental laboratory in the small city, ...
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In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los...
In December Sneakersnstuff is opening a 3,450-square-foot store in Los Angeles, in close proximity to Venice Beach. The store will be designed by Jenny Askenfors of Bofink Design Studio, Sneakersnstuff's official design partner. According to reports by Footwear News, the company's co-founder, Erik Fagerlind, has said the next cities in ...
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Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S....
Birkenstock has opened its first mono-brand store in the U.S. with big buzz in the media. Directly managed by the company and located at 120 Spring Street in the SoHo district of New York, it is the German company's 47th company-owned store. An artist, Amit Greenberg, developed a campaign that ...
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Allbirds, the U.S.-based brand of sustainable footwear, has opened its...
Allbirds, the U.S.-based brand of sustainable footwear, has opened its first store in the U.K. in London's Covent Garden. In the store, Allbirds will sell its signature line for men, women and kids that is made from ecological materials like wool, trees and sugar. The London site is the third ...
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The German-based GMS buying group has launched a new service...
The German-based GMS buying group has launched a new service for affiliated retailers to reduce old stock and to provide them with cash. The retailers decide which merchandise they want to get rid of, and GMS collects the old stock free of charge, but gets a commission on the sale ...
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LuisaViaRoma has announced the opening of a pop-up store in...
LuisaViaRoma has announced the opening of a pop-up store in New York, at Manhattan's Spring Studios, between November and December. The Italian luxury fashion retailer has also announced that its long-established boutique in Florence will be transformed into a full-fledged home, complete with lounge, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom ...
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Dr. Martens is the top British retailer on Instagram, according...
Dr. Martens is the top British retailer on Instagram, according to the latest Social Scorecard by Red Hot Penny. The study evaluates the social media engagement of the best-known store brands in the U.K. Dr. Martens is closely followed by Guess, Urban Otfitters, Timberland, Hollister and Lululemon. The report also ...
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Selfridges, one of the few major department store organizations that...
Selfridges, one of the few major department store organizations that are performing well, has reported a slightly increased net profit of £181 million (€205.6m-$235.0m) on 11.5 percent higher sales of £1.75 billion (€2.0bn-$2.3bn) for the financial year ended Feb. 3. The management told The Times that one of the factors ...
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Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects...
Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects to record sales of more than €55-60 million by the end of this year, up by 113 percent as compared to the previous year, instead of a previously projected level of €40-50 million. More than 900 independent retailers are members ...
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Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase...
Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase to $471.3 million for the third quarter ended on Sept. 30. Total shipments went up by 5.9 percent in volume, driven by fashion athletic styles and casual footwear. Revenues from manufacturing rose by 2.6 percent to $455.2 million. The branding ...
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Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6...
Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6 percent to $175.5 million during the July-September quarter, according to the country's Export Promotion Bureau. The category was the only bright spot in Bangladesh leather sector, whose total exports declined by 17.5 percent to $267.9 million. This will make it ...
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Consumers in Europe predominantly look for comfort in shoes. This...
Consumers in Europe predominantly look for comfort in shoes. This is one of the key findings from the three-year project Fit to Comfort (Fit2Com), funded by the European Commission's Erasmus + program. The results of the project were presented in a workshop on “Skills and Competencies of the future” last ...
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Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current...
Zalando has once again reduced its guidance for the current financial year, indicating that a very hot and long summer affected its sales, resulting in heavy discounting, and delayed the switch to autumn/winter season. The big e-tailer is now expecting its revenues to grow at the low end of its ...
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The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research...
The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research and training institute based in Lyon, is facing another possible cut in its budget of $820,000 next year. This is part of a series of measures proposed by the French government that would result in total savings of around €10 ...
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A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the...
A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the footwear industry reached an agreement on a uniform nationwide collective wage agreement for minimum wages last month. According to the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), the negotiations bundled both commercial and industrial employees together for the first time ...
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The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth...
The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth €94.4 million as part of Portugal 2020, the name of the Partnership Agreement between Portugal and the European Commission to promote the country's competitiveness and internationalization. According to data from Apiccaps, the country's shoe and leathergoods industry association, there were ...
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The Cambodian garment and footwear industries have a new monthly...
The Cambodian garment and footwear industries have a new monthly minimum wage. The country's Labor Minister has announced that the minimum salary will be $182, which represents a 7 percent increase from the current amount of $170. The new monthly minimum wage will be effective Jan. 1, 2019. In 2012, ...
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Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the...
Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the fashion trends platform of the German Shoe Institute (DSI), after 15 years in the post. The German shoe industry veteran ran for many years Sabu, the voluntary group of shoe retailers. He then worked for Gabor Footwear, running its Camel ...
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Ron Fromm is retiring at the end of this year...
Ron Fromm is retiring at the end of this year as president and chief executive of the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (Ffany) after four years in the post. A veteran of the American footwear sector, he worked for many years for Brown Shoe Co., now called Caleres, building ...
