News Briefs – Page 35
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Santoni finished 2010 with a 12 percent increase in sales...
Santoni finished 2010 with a 12 percent increase in sales to €44 million. In the first half of 2011, sales were up by a double-digit figure for the Italian shoemaker. After inaugurating its first mono-brand store in China, in Beijing, the company aims to expand its network in the Asian ...
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Pollini, the upmarket shoe brand owned by the Italian fashion...
Pollini, the upmarket shoe brand owned by the Italian fashion group Aeffe, increased its sales in the first half of this year to €14.8 million from €12.9 million in the same period a year earlier. The parent company, Aeffe, reduced its net loss to €5.1 million from €6.3 million during ...
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The global branded athletic shoe market grew by 13.2 percent...
The global branded athletic shoe market grew by 13.2 percent at wholesale in terms of U.S. dollars in 2010, according to an annual study released by a sister publication of ours, Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe. The vendors' sales rose by 11.5 percent in the U.S., by 9.2 percent in ...
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The complete brown shoe chart of Shoe Intelligence is expected...
The complete brown shoe chart of Shoe Intelligence is expected to come out as usual in September to include the figures of companies such as Pikolinos, whose financial year ended in June. However, the branded rugged outdoor section of the chart has already come out in another dedicated publication of ...
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The French shoe market grew by 4 percent in value...
The French shoe market grew by 4 percent in value during the first six months of this year, according to the Institut Français de la Mode. Sales by mail order catalog and over the internet grew by 19.1 percent. Hypermarkets and supermarkets raised their footwear sales by 11.1 percent. The ...
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The Council for Leather Exports of India has announced that...
The Council for Leather Exports of India has announced that leather exports from the country rose by 13 percent to $3.8 billion in the 2010-11 fiscal year, topping the goal of $3.7 billion. India's commerce secretary, Rahul Khullar, said that should triple or maybe even quadruple in the next few ...
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Chinese footwear exports rose by 21.7 percent to more than...
Chinese footwear exports rose by 21.7 percent to more than $19 billion in the first half of 2011, according to figures from the China Leather Industry Association, CLIA. China's total exports of leather, fur and leather products rose by 28.8 percent to US$23.1 billion in the first five months of ...
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Nike has reported a 12 percent sales increase to $518...
Nike has reported a 12 percent sales increase to $518 million for Cole Haan in the financial year ended May 31. The brand's turnover is projected to rise to more than $750 million by the 2014-15 fiscal year. The use of Nike Air has helped sustain Cole Haan's growth lately, ...
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Yue Yuen has reported net income of $272.5 million for...
Yue Yuen has reported net income of $272.5 million for the first half ended last March 31, up from a profit of $222.8 million in the same period a year ago. We already reported on the company's 24.4 percent increase in sales to $3,301.9 million for the same period in ...
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Kennel & Schmenger, the German shoe manufacturer, recorded a sales...
Kennel & Schmenger, the German shoe manufacturer, recorded a sales increase of 20 percent in the first quarter of this year. Last year, the company reached total sales of €45 million. K&S, which is repositioning itself into a higher price range, will be launching a new image campaign this month, ...
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Vietnam's General Statistics Office reports that footwear exports grew by...
Vietnam's General Statistics Office reports that footwear exports grew by 31 percent to $2.99 billion in the first half of 2011, reaching a historical high of $610 million in June alone. Lefaso, the country's leather and shoes association, credited the increase to rises in both volumes shipped (up by 20 ...
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The 13 major publicly listed Italian fashion and luxury goods...
The 13 major publicly listed Italian fashion and luxury goods companies saw their combined sales grow by 13.6 percent to €4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to an analysis conducted by Pambianco, the consultancy in Milan. They had an Ebitda margin of 17.8 percent on this turnover, ...
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Apiccaps, the Portuguese shoe manufacturers' association, reports a 20 percent...
Apiccaps, the Portuguese shoe manufacturers' association, reports a 20 percent increase in Portuguese shoe exports for the first quarter of this year to €408 million. Imports grew by 10 percent to €152 million.
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DBK España, a division of Dun & Bradstreet Group, reports...
DBK España, a division of Dun & Bradstreet Group, reports that last year, the Spanish footwear retail market fell by 3 percent compared with 2009, reaching €2.9 billion. While footwear retail chains and non-specialist stores – such as supermarkets and department stores – gained market share, independent footwear retailers lost ...
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Footwear exports from Jinjiang city in China's Fujian province grew...
Footwear exports from Jinjiang city in China's Fujian province grew by 26.2 percent to $830 million in the first five months of the year. The Jinjiang Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine noted that the exports were the result of orders placed in the second half of 2010, and that the ...
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Zungui Haixi, a Chinese manufacturer of shoes and clothing, is...
Zungui Haixi, a Chinese manufacturer of shoes and clothing, is adding five new production lines and expanding the distribution of its products to Tier 2 and 3 cities in China. In releasing its results for the first quarter ended March 31, it said it was planning to open 30 more ...
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Bakers Footwear reports a decline in its net loss to...
Bakers Footwear reports a decline in its net loss to $2.5 million for the first quarter of this year from $3.5 million in the same period a year ago as the American shoe reta iler's sales went up by 8.0 percent to $47.0 million. Comparable store sales went up by ...
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Sabu recorded a satisfactory 2010 business year, although the net...
Sabu recorded a satisfactory 2010 business year, although the net profit of the German buying group decreased to €1.6 million from €2.1 million. Net assets increased despite a slightly reduced equity ratio of 89.1 percent. Sabu remains optimistic about the results for this year, thanks to higher commission income, lower ...
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Shoe Carnival has reported a 3.4 percent increase in comparable...
Shoe Carnival has reported a 3.4 percent increase in comparable store sales for the first quarter of this year, coming on top of a 13.1 percent increase in the same period a year ago. Athletic shoes and women's sport-inspired sandals led the improvement for the American discount shoe retailer, contributing ...
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Auri, a small yet fast-growing American footwear company that is...
Auri, a small yet fast-growing American footwear company that is going to exhibit at the Ffany show in New York next week, said its revenues more than doubled to $304,000 in the first quarter of this year, thanks mainly to a surge in sales of women's shoes to $173,000. Major ...
