News Briefs – Page 18
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Sabu Schuh & Marketing recorded a 5 percent increase in...
Sabu Schuh & Marketing recorded a 5 percent increase in centralized settlements to €352 million in 2014. The German buying group's members recorded a plus of 5 percent in their own retail sales, but the gain was eroded in the second half. As compared to the previous year, Sabu's members ...
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The Ara Group raised its total sales slightly by 1.4...
The Ara Group raised its total sales slightly by 1.4 percent to €590.3 million in 2014, compared with €581.9 million in the previous year, according to preliminary figures. Ara Shoes recorded a plus of 1.4 percent in total sales last year, with an expected sales value of €209.8 million, up ...
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Gabor Shoes reports a 4.8 percent increase in revenues to...
Gabor Shoes reports a 4.8 percent increase in revenues to €414 million in 2014, including its licenses, Gabor Shop & Store and Gabor Footwear. The volume grew by 3.2 percent to 9.7 million pairs. The Gabor brand booked 6.9 percent higher sales of €354 million last year. Under the Gabor ...
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Jimmy Choo, which went public last year, reports a 6.2...
Jimmy Choo, which went public last year, reports a 6.2 percent sales increase for the last year to £299.1 million (€498.3m-$447.7m), with growth of 12 percent in local currencies. The highest increase was scored in Asia. Total retail revenues went up by 8.7 percent to £193 million, rising by 15.4 ...
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The German footwear industry recorded an 8.8 percent increase in...
The German footwear industry recorded an 8.8 percent increase in total sales to €2.518 billion in 2014, as compared to the previous year., says HDS/L, the industry's association. While there was a 5.7 percent increase in the first half as compared to the same period the previous year, the rise ...
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Vietnam's shoe exports rose by 23.1 percent to $10.34 billion...
Vietnam's shoe exports rose by 23.1 percent to $10.34 billion in 2014, and the country's General Statistics Office has forecast a 23.2 percent increase for January 2015. The expansion of the footwear, apparel and wood manufacturing sectors led the Bing Dong province in southern Vietnam to stage a job fair ...
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Americans bought on average 7.5 pairs of shoes per year....
Americans bought on average 7.5 pairs of shoes per year. The figure, which refers to 2013, has been unveiled by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) while announcing its reports ApparelStats 2014 and ShoeStats 2014. According to the same source, the rebound in Made in USA clothes and shoes, ...
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The latest statistics from the British Retail Consortium show a...
The latest statistics from the British Retail Consortium show a persistent deflationary trend for clothing and footwear products combined. Their prices in British retail stores fell on average by 10.9 percent in the course of last year. On an annual basis, they were flat in November and off by 9.7 ...
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The Portuguese shoe industry is expected to report its fifth...
The Portuguese shoe industry is expected to report its fifth year of growth in exports, according to its association, Apiccaps, leading to an increase of more than 45 percent since 2010. Exports rose by 8.8 percent in volume to more than 70 million pairs in the first ten months of ...
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The German footwear industry booked a 9 percent sales increase...
The German footwear industry booked a 9 percent sales increase in the first nine months of 2014, according to HDS/L, but while the companies' turnover rose by 13 percent, their sales abroad fell by 2.8 percent. The business improved in the U.K. and the U.S., but remained difficult in Eastern ...
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Shoe production fell by 4.7 percent in Brazil during the...
Shoe production fell by 4.7 percent in Brazil during the first ten months of 2014. While it remained relatively stable during the first half of the year, consumption declined by an estimated 0.9 percent through October, leading to an unusual 3.1 percent drop in imports for the 11 months through ...
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Europe's luxury goods industry, including footwear and leather goods, showed...
Europe's luxury goods industry, including footwear and leather goods, showed continued growth between 2010 and 2013. Turnover increased by 28 percent to reach €547 billion, namely 4 percent of the European Union (EU)'s gross domestic product, and 200,000 new direct and indirect jobs were created. These are among the figures ...
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An estimated 26.31 of Italy's shoe retailers sell footwear online,...
An estimated 26.31 of Italy's shoe retailers sell footwear online, and 12.28 percent sell them through third-party marketplaces, according to a survey conducted by their national association, Federcalzature. Computer software is used by 71.92 percent of Italian shoes retailers to manage inventories. While 63.15 percent have their own website, 80.70 ...
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Zalando reached an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of 0.8 percent...
Zalando reached an adjusted operating margin (Ebit) of 0.8 percent in the third quarter, compared with a negative margin of 12.4 percent a year ago, on 24.2 percent higher overall sales of €501 million. Germany, Austria and Switzerland had the highest profitability with a margin of 3.9 percent, but sales ...
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Superga continued its strong progress in the first nine months...
Superga continued its strong progress in the first nine months of this year, raising by 49 percent the turnover generated through its parent company, Basicnet, and its licensees. Basicnet opened six new stores in Italy during the period, while others were opened by licensees and franchisees in Taipei, São Paulo ...
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Aeffe reports a 0.6 percent sales increase to €25.6 million...
Aeffe reports a 0.6 percent sales increase to €25.6 million for Pollini in the first nine months of this year, up by 3 percent in constant currencies. Including Moschino, Ungaro and other operations, the Aeffe group suffered a 0.2 percent decline in consolidated revenues to €192.9 million, but they would ...
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Confirming a previous profit warning, Steven Madden reported a 10.8...
Confirming a previous profit warning, Steven Madden reported a 10.8 percent drop in net income to $39.2 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The operating margin fell to 15.1 percent of sales from 17.2 percent in the year-ago period. Total sales declined very slightly to $392.0 million from ...
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Phoenix Footwear, which sells shoes under the Trotters and SoftWalk...
Phoenix Footwear, which sells shoes under the Trotters and SoftWalk brand names, reported a 71.6 percent jump in net profit to $548,000 in the third quarter. It was partly due to a non-recurring loss suffered in the year-ago period, but even disregarding the loss, the earnings were 51.6 percent higher ...
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Yoox posted revenues of €128.3 million in the third quarter...
Yoox posted revenues of €128.3 million in the third quarter of 2014, up by 14.7 percent from a year ago or 16.3 percent at constant exchange rates. The Italian e-tailer saw net earnings riseby 52.7 percent to €2 million in the quarter. Consolidated revenues in the nine months to ...
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CCC, the leading Polish-based shoe retailer, recorded a 27 percent...
CCC, the leading Polish-based shoe retailer, recorded a 27 percent increase in its total sales from €251 million in the first nine months of 2013 to the equivalent of €318 million in the first nine months of this yea. CCC is still expanding the network of its stores. On Nov. ...
