News Briefs – Page 37
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Gioseppo recorded a 12 percent increase in total sales to...
Gioseppo recorded a 12 percent increase in total sales to about €30 million in 2010. Sales outside the domestic Spanish market accounted for 40 percent of total sales, and were mainly made in Mediterranean markets such as Italy, Greece and Portugal. Two percent of all exports go to several North ...
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Richter is now producing 65 percent of its shoes in...
Richter is now producing 65 percent of its shoes in Europe. The company owns a production facility in Slovakia and works with a production partner in Bosnia. Two years ago, the company signed a production partnership in Switzerland and increased its production in Europe continuously over the last year. As ...
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Blundstone increased its total sales by 20 percent and its...
Blundstone increased its total sales by 20 percent and its export sales by 35 percent in 2010. The main export countries are Canada, the U.S., Italy, Israel, Germany, Scandinavia, the U.K. and South Africa. About 1.5 million pairs of shoes in total were sold by Blundstone in 2010, with 300,000 ...
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Emu Australia achieved 50 percent sales growth in 2010, expanding...
Emu Australia achieved 50 percent sales growth in 2010, expanding to 20 new markets, according to company officials. The newest markets for the company are the Czech Republic, Spain, the Scandinavian countries, Portugal, Romania and Turkey. All of these markets are handled through distributors. Emu manages an office in Hamburg ...
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Gabor recorded so many re-orders in the last year's fall/winter...
Gabor recorded so many re-orders in the last year's fall/winter season that it reached the limits of its production capacity. Therefore, capacity has been enlarged and new employees have been hired in the last months. The 15-year-old Slovak factory in Bánovce, which took over the production of samples previously made ...
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Hugo Boss increased 2010 sales by 11 percent to €1.729...
Hugo Boss increased 2010 sales by 11 percent to €1.729 billion and net income by 82 percent to €189.2 million. Adjusted for currency fluctuations, revenues were up by 24 percent, led by a 62 percent increase in the Asia-Pacific region. The German fashion group expects double-digit growth for revenues and ...
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Aeffe will continue to improve its results this year but...
Aeffe will continue to improve its results this year but will only return into the black in 2012, according to the investment bank Mediobanca. The luxury group, which owns the shoemaker Pollini, is expected to book sales of €240 million and an Ebitda of 11.6 million this year, compared with ...
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Pittards increased pre-tax profits on continuing operations to £3.3 million...
Pittards increased pre-tax profits on continuing operations to £3.3 million (€3.8m-$5.3m) in 2010 from £800,000 a year ago on revenues that jumped to £36.1 million (€41.0m-$57.9m) from £24.6 million. The British tanning company said the surge in revenues reflects a major recovery in volumes from key customers, to rebuild inventories ...
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Lanxess boosted 2010 sales by 41 percent to €7.1 billion,...
Lanxess boosted 2010 sales by 41 percent to €7.1 billion, driven by volume growth and price increases. Earnings nearly doubled to €918 million. The company expects growth to continue this year driven by emerging markets and premium products for the mobility, urbanization, agriculture and water industries. Revenues from the performance chemicals ...
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Kesko, the largest retail conglomerate in Finland, estimates that the...
Kesko, the largest retail conglomerate in Finland, estimates that the country's total footwear market rose by 4.5 percent in 2010. However, the group's own footwear retail sales remained flat at €48 million as the number of its shoe shops declined to 82 from 89 at the end of the previous ...
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According to KMU Forschung Austria, a market research company that...
According to KMU Forschung Austria, a market research company that monitors small and medium-sized companies, shoe retailers were the big winners on the Austrian retail scene in 2010. Including inflation, their sales increased by an estimated 10 percent as compared to 2009, with the Christmas season recording a jump of ...
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The new “China Footwear Market Analysis” by the market research...
The new “China Footwear Market Analysis” by the market research company RNCOS estimates that the domestic footwear market in China will grow by 10 percent a year through 2013. The industry will get a boost from better living standards, a growing middle class, and an increase in demand for fashionable ...
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Exports of leather and footwear from Tunisia fell by 4.2...
Exports of leather and footwear from Tunisia fell by 4.2 percent in January, according to the National Leather and Footwear Center. Footwear sales were about $32.3 million, with $10.1 million coming from uppers and $6.1 million from other leather products. The biggest markets for Tunisian exports were Italy (47.3 percent), ...
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Proposing an increase in dividends of 33 percent, Tod's reported...
Proposing an increase in dividends of 33 percent, Tod's reported today a 28.6 percent boost in its net profit last year to €110.8 million; The gross operating margin (Ebitda) climbed by 2.3 percentage points to 24.5 percent of sales, thanks in part to a more favorable product and geographic sales ...
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Aeffe, owner of the shoemaker Pollini, narrowed its full-year net...
Aeffe, owner of the shoemaker Pollini, narrowed its full-year net loss to €12.5 million from €20.1 million a year earlier as gross operating profits, or Ebitda, turned positive to €3.5 million against a €12.9 million loss. As already announced in February, revenues rose by 1.0 percent to €219.2 million. Net ...
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Manas booked a 30 percent increase in its turnover in...
Manas booked a 30 percent increase in its turnover in the first nine weeks of the year and could beat its objective of finishing 2011 with a 15 percent increase in revenues. Before the kickoff of the Micam trade show on March 6, the company had already sold 70 percent ...
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Alberto Guardiani posted a 1 percent increase in sales to...
Alberto Guardiani posted a 1 percent increase in sales to €32 million in 2010, of which 60 percent were obtained in Italy and 40 percent abroad. The brand is sold worldwide through 17 mono-brand stores and 650 wholesale clients. The company is seeking to boost its international presence and is ...
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Manufacturers of footwear, clothing and fabrics for automotive and other...
Manufacturers of footwear, clothing and fabrics for automotive and other applications have started to invest heavily again in Cad/Cam equipment. This stands out from the 2010 results of Lectra, which show a net profit of €15.6 million on 20 percent higher revenues of €190.3 million, compared with a loss of ...
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Exports of leather products from Bangladesh surged by 145 by...
Exports of leather products from Bangladesh surged by 145 by percent to $31.4 million between July 2010 and January 2011, according to the Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh. Exports of footwear were up by 50 percent to $172.6 million and leather exports rose by 29 percent to $149 million. Overall ...
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According to the country's Retail Sales Index, footwear sales in...
According to the country's Retail Sales Index, footwear sales in Sweden increased by a moderate 0.4 percent in January – still a positive development as compared to the decrease of 3.2 percent in January 2010. A possible explanation is that clients finished their purchases early, in November and December 2010.
