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ArticleRussia’s Zenden plans to push on sports footwear
Russian casual footwear retailer Zenden has set its sights on sports footwear, a niche the company sees as lucrative after the departure of the leading Western brands. Alexander Sarychev, Zenden’s chief executive, revealed that the company, in the coming years, plans to accelerate the development of its sports brand Pulse, ...
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Smuggling from Kazakhstan is affecting the Russia footwear industry
Counterfeit footwear smuggled from Kazakhstan is inflicting a lot of pain on the Russian footwear industry, according to Vladimir Denisenko, head of Russia’s major footwear manufacturer Unichel. Law enforcement agencies are trying to stem contraband, but as Russia and Kazakhstan are both members of the Eurasia Economic Union and share ...
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ArticleStuart Weitzman’s Q3 sales up a currency-neutral 10%
Stuart Weitzman, the premium footwear brand of the U.S. fashion group Tapestry, posted sales of $68 million in the fiscal third quarter ended on April 1, up by 7 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and by 10 percent at constant currency rates. “In the third quarter, we delivered 10 ...
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ArticleRelaxo’s FY revenues rise but earnings slip on higher costs
Relaxo Footwears, an Indian group that sells shoes under various brands including Sparx, Flite and Bahamas, posted revenues from operations of 2,783 crore rupee (€312.0m) in the full year ended March 31, up by 4.88 percent year-on-year. Total income grew by 4.65 percent to INR 2,801 crore (€314m). In the ...
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Online footwear sales in Germany continue to plummet in Q1
Online sales continued to drop in Germany in the first quarter of 2023 after a weak 2022, with the footwear sector again plummeting amid heightened uncertainty, a survey from the Federal association of e-commerce and mail order trade, BEVH, showed. E-commerce sales in Europe’s biggest economy dipped by 15.0 ...
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European consumer confidence picked up in April
Consumer confidence in Europe gained momentum in April, buoyed by cooling inflation, Dow Jones Newswires reported citing Morning Consult data. Confidence improved month-on-month in 13 of the 16 European economies tracked in data-intelligence company Morning Consult’s Index of Consumer Sentiment, ahead of 12 that improved in April. “The ...
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Richemont FY sales up 19%
Richemont said that in the year ended March 31, sales reached a record high of €19.953 billion, up by a reported 19 percent and 14 percent higher at constant currencies driven by the retail business, up by 22 percent and 17 percent, respectively. The retail division represented 68 percent of ...
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ArticleGeox trims 2023 sales target after 21% increase in Q1
Geox cut its 2023 target for sales growth to 4-6 percent from 6-8 previously, as weaker reorders in the multi-brand channel in April and the first week of May compared to the previous year have led it to have a more cautious view on its top line expectations. Sales in ...
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Allbirds’ co-CEO Tim Brown demoted to chief innovation officer
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Allbirds indicated that its co-founder Tim Brown was stripped of his role of co-CEO and transitioned on May 4 to the non-executive position of chief innovation officer. With the decision, Joey Zwillinger, who was already co-CEO, becomes the sole ...
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Austria’s cities are losing retail space
Last year, the equivalent of 80 soccer fields of retail space, representing a total of 500,000 square meters, was lost nationwide in Austria, the annual S+M City Retail Health Check showed. Retail areas in the country’s city centers fell by 5 percent in 2022, while the vacancy rate increased to ...
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U.S. luxury spend continued to fall in April
Luxury spending in the U.S. continued to decline in April, with the lower end particularly hit, Citi said, citing its credit-card data. Spending on luxury goods in the country dropped by 18 percent year-over-year in April, the same pace as in March. ”Whether European local demand will follow the same ...
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JD Sports appoints a new CFO
JD Sports Fashion has announced the appointment of Dominic Platt as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and as a member of the board. Platt is expected to join the British retailer later this year. Platt is currently CFO of BGL Group, one of the U.K.’s leading digital distributors of ...
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ArticleYue Yuen Q1 results impacted by soft global footwear demand
High inventory levels across the industry coupled with softer global footwear demand negatively impacted first-quarter results at Yue Yuen. For the period ended March 31, Ebit fell by 32.2 percent to $65.9 million from $97.1 million a year earlier. Net profit attributed to the company declined by 42.6 percent to ...
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THG ends talks to be bought by Apollo
THG has terminated talks to be taken over by the private equity Apollo Global Management. On April 17, THG announced that it had received “a highly preliminary and non-binding indicative proposal” from Apollo to acquire its entire share capital. Following the proposal, THG entered into a short period of discussion ...
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Sneaker re-selling platform WeTheNew launches a €20m funding round
French-based limited-edition sneaker re-selling platform WeTheNew has announced a €20 million capital funding round. The Series B funding round was led by C4 Ventures, along with Singular, the company’s historical investor and the investment arm of Chalhoub Group, Chalhoub Ventures & Acquisitions. Also supporting the venture is French national team ...
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ArticleTod’s’ Q1 sales beat expectations
With first-quarter sales coming in at €270.5 million, up by 23.2 perent year-on-year on a reported basis and by 23.3 percent at constant currency rates, Tod’s beat market expectations by about €20 million. Citi noted that the news was not a huge surprise considering the good performance posted over ...
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ArticleJD Sports’ unit Spodis to take over Gap France
Spodis, a unit of JD Sports Fashion, has been chosen by a Grenoble-based commercial court to buy for €300,000 part of the assets of Wilsam, which manages franchised Gap stores in France. “With realistic operating and financial forecasts, a capacity to support working capital and investments with its own resources, ...
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ArticleHotter Shoes’ parent in trouble as Marwyn drops £10m investment plan
Hotter Shoes’ owner Unbound Group has called in a turnaround specialist after a £10 million (€15m) funding deal collapsed amid a continuing deterioration in trading conditions. Last month, Marwyn Investment Management said it would provide the funding via an equity placing at 10.5 pence (12 euro cents) per share. However, ...
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ArticleAsos’ losses widen as shoppers cut back on spending
Asos reported wider interim losses as shoppers cut back on spending amid the cost of living crisis in the U.K. Financial analysts are divided on the company’s future prospects with one broker warning that the troubled company may have to raise more cash. In the first half ended Feb. 28, ...
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ArticleWolverine explores options for Sperry
Wolverine Worldwide reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and said it was exploring options for its Sperry footwear and apparel brand as it works to reshape its business amid a deterioration in market trends since the start of the year, macroeconomic concerns and a cold spring selling season that has hit consumer ...
