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A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms...
A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms Superfit at the top with a market share of 33.8 percent of the German market for the spring/summer 2018 season in the “little children” category, up from 32.4 percent a year earlier. The Austrian brand was followed in this category ...
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Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which...
Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which raised its sales by 41 percent for the six months. Asics organized a partnership with Foot Patrol and an event at the Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the popular Gel Saga shoe, along with projects with Kiko Kostadinov, the fashion ...
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Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...
Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...
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E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes &...
E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes Bags during the first half of this year. According to preliminary figures, the Polish-based retailer's consolidated sales across Central Europe were up by 9.6 percent to 2,024.2 million zlotys (€469.5m-$545.5m) during the six-month period. Revenues from e-commerce showed a ...
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Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the...
Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the first half of this year. While the Gabor brand's revenues went up by 3 percent to €184 million, the licensed Camel Active line grew slightly to €18.5 million and the licensing business declined to €5.5 million. The group sold a ...
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Santoni registered a 12 percent sales increase to a total...
Santoni registered a 12 percent sales increase to a total of €81 million in 2017. This was followed by a 10 percent sales increase in the first half of 2017, driven by positive performance in its key markets in Europe and the U.S. Sneakers have come to account for almost ...
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Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its...
Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its turnover fell by 8 percent to $1,886 million during Nike's financial year, which ended on May 31. At constant exchange rates, it declined by 11 percent, with a drop of 14 percent in the fourth quarter. The brand's operating profit ...
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Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all...
Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all the retail chains controlled by the Inditex group last year, representing 12 percent of its total turnover of €25.34 billion, compared with a 7.4 percent increase for brick-and-mortar sales. All the banners, including Zara, benefited from a strong integration between ...
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German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in...
German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in their sales during the first half of 2018, according to the European Clearing Center. The reasons were mainly a nearly non-existent spring season, an early Easter holiday and the distraction caused by the Fifa World Cup. The only exception was ...
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Sneakers are increasingly popular in the U.S. as compared to...
Sneakers are increasingly popular in the U.S. as compared to high heels. The online resale platform ThredUp analyzed data from December 2017 to May 2018, and found that there was a 38 percent increase in the number of high heel shoes being sent in by customers who no longer wanted ...
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The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...
The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...
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Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, reports...
Sabu, the German voluntary group of independent shoe retailers, reports a satisfactory profit in spite of a 0.6 percent decrease in revenues to €317.8 million for the past year, due to weak orders of spring/summer 2018 products and reorders. On the other hand, operating and other costs grew significantly in ...
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Michael Kors Holdings is projecting a 10 percent increase to...
Michael Kors Holdings is projecting a 10 percent increase to between $570 and $580 million this year in the revenues of Jimmy Choo, which it bought in 2017, helping the group to reach total sales of $5.1 billion. However, the brand will deliver lower operating margins than before because of ...
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According to BrandZ's top 100 most valuable global brands rankings...
According to BrandZ's top 100 most valuable global brands rankings of 2018, the retail, luxury and apparel combined account for 16 of the list's names. The ranking was released on May 29 by WPP, the London-based multinational advertising firm, and market researcher Kantar Millward Brown. Amazon was the leading retail ...
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In contrast with the brand's previous strong performance, sales grew...
In contrast with the brand's previous strong performance, sales grew by only 5 percent for Stuart Weitzman in the third quarter of Tapestry's financial year, ended on March 31, driving the brand into a loss of $12 million for the period. The group, which was previously called Coach, saw its ...
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Aeffe, the Italian fashion group behind Pollini and a host...
Aeffe, the Italian fashion group behind Pollini and a host of other brands, reported a 20.3 percent increase in its total sales for the first quarter of this year, generating increases of 32 percent in Ebitda to €95.2 million and 39 percent in net income to €11.3 million. While apparel ...
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Hermès International reported a growth of 3 percent in euros...
Hermès International reported a growth of 3 percent in euros and 11 percent in constant currencies for its sales in the first quarter of 2018. They reached a level of €1,394 million. On a currency-neutral basis, sales of leathergoods and saddlery went up by 8 percent. A strong currency-neutral increase ...
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Superga's growth recovered in the first quarter of this year...
Superga's growth recovered in the first quarter of this year with increases of 7.2 percent in euros and 12.9 percent in local currencies on its aggregated sales, combining direct revenues and sales through licensees. The recovery came after declines that were mainly due to the clean-up of its distribution in ...
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The Portuguese association of shoes, components and leathergoods, Appiccaps, reports...
The Portuguese association of shoes, components and leathergoods, Appiccaps, reports that the number of employees in the industry rose to 45,159 at the end of 2016, or 8,100 more than in 2010. The number of people employed in the shoe manufacturing industry went up by 6,529 to 38,661. It rose ...
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Brazil's shoes exports recorded another drop of 3.4 percent to...
Brazil's shoes exports recorded another drop of 3.4 percent to $250.0 million in the first quarter of 2016, with a drop in volume of 2.7 percent. Higher orders from Argentina, France and other countries could not compensate a big drop in exports to the U.S., which fell for the first ...
