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World Footwear Congress postponed due to earthquakes
The European Footwear Confederation (CEC) postponed the 7th edition of the World Footwear Congress, that was scheduled to be held on May 9-11 in Istanbul, due to the ”devastating earthquakes” that occurred in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6. CEC said that the congress is postponed until later in the ...
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Italian large fashion firms combined sales rise 20% in 2022
The combined turnover of large Italian fashion firms rose by 20 percent in 2022 compared to the year earlier to reach €82 billion, according to a report from the research arm of the Italian bank Mediobanca. The report covered fashion companies headquartered in Italy and with revenues above €100 million. ...
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Consumer confidence improves in Germany, U.K.
Consumer confidence improved in Germany and the U.K. but slipped slightly in France. Confidence levels remain low in all three countries. Consumer confidence in Germany is expected to rise to -30.5 points in March, up 3.3 points from a revised -33.8 points in February, according a preliminary reading by the ...
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Skechers enters a new fashion collaboration
Skechers has teamed up with style icon Diane von Furstenberg of luxury fashion brand DVF for Skechers first-ever footwear and apparel collab. Skechers x DVF features Furstenberg’s signature prints and bold colors and launches with the Endless Kisses capsule featuring the DVF “Lips” print. The collection aims to reflect ...
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News briefsAlibaba reports improved results despite challenges
Despite softer demand and supply chain and logistics disruptions, Alibaba reported revenues and profits for Q3 that exceeded Wall Street estimates. Revenues increased by 2 percent to 247.8 billion yuan renminbi (€34.1bn) from RMB 242.6 billion for the period ending Dec. 31. The Chinese e-commerce behemoth said in a statement, ...
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ArticleWolverine Worldwide forecasts meaningful profit progress in H2
Wolverine Worldwide, having already taken numerous actions in Q4 that included staff cuts and the divestiture of its Keds business, is targeting flat to 2 percent sales growth in FY23 and a 210-basis point improvement in adjusted gross margin to approximately 42.0 percent as it continues to transform its business, ...
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ArticleAbout 400 Turkish footwear factories were destroyed in February’s earthquakes
Some 400 footwear factories were destroyed in the cluster of Antakya during the two earthquakes, with respective magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.7, that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6. 2023, according to Berke Içten, the chairman of the association of Turkish footwear manufacturers, TASD. The plants represent ...
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ArticleZalando to axe several hundred jobs
Zalando plans to cut several hundred jobs due to a more “challenging” business environment. The Berlin-based online fashion retailer employs 17,000 people. “We have decided to start a program that will remove several hundred overhead roles across many of our teams,” the company said in a message to staff. “Over ...
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ArticleSan Marina goes into liquidation
The French footwear retailer San Marina has been put into compulsory liquidation by a Marseille-based commercial court, leading to some 650 job losses in 163 stores. On Feb. 20, the court stated that no serious relaunch project had been put forward and that it had ordered the company to immediately ...
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ArticlePouyuen Vietnam to axe 6,000 jobs
Pouyuen Vietnam, one of Vietnam’s largest shoemakers, will cut 6,000 jobs due to a decline in orders, the news agency AFP reported citing a document of the labor department of Ho Chi Minh City’s local government. Pouyuen Vietnam, which is owned by the Taiwanese group Pou Chen, produces for Nike ...
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Salomon launches first shoe featuring SCF-made Elastollan
Salomon is releasing the Index.02 running shoe with a midsole featuring Elastollan made with Supercritical Fluid (SCF) direct injection foaming technology. Elastollan is the brand name for BASF’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).The Salomon Index.02 marks the first-ever footwear application of SCF-made Elastollan. The SCF technology enables an even gas dispersion, which ...
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Coats refinances debt from the Texon acquisition
Coats, the British industrial thread and footwear components manufacturer, said that it successfully completed a competitively priced $250 million issue of U.S. private placement (USPP) notes. The issuance, on investment grade terms and heavily oversubscribed, refinances the $240 million facility which funded the acquisition of Texon in July 2022, Coats ...
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Valleverde's sales reach €25m in 2022
Valleverde, the Italian footwear company owned by Silver1, posted sales of over €25 million in 2022, rising sharply from €14 million in 2021. The top line is also above the pre-Covid-19 level of €17 million reached in 2019. The brand achieves 65 percent of its revenues with women’s shoes. The ...
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Pinko launches the joint venture Pinko Shoes with Eli Group
Cris Conf, the parent company of the Italian fashion brand Pinko, has created the joint venture Pinko Shoes with the objective of achieving €40 million in annual revenues within six years. Cris Conf has a 51 percent stake in the joint venture, while the remaining 49 percent is owned by ...
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News briefsSaye grows strongly in 2022 but misses its sales target
Saye, a fast-growing Barcelona-based company specialized in sustainable footwear, posted sales of €6.7 million in 2022, up by 20 percent year-over-year but below its target of €8 million. The company is estimated to have sold more than 70,000 pairs in 2022 as its retail network increased by 80 percent to ...
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Brazilian footwear production seen up 1.6% this year
Brazilian footwear production is expected to grow by 1.6 percent this year to more than 860 million pairs, according to Abicalçados, the Brazilan footwear association. In January, Brazilian footwear manufacturers exported 14.63 million pairs, up by 4.5 percent year-on-year, generating $117.9 million in revenues, up by 16.6 percent. Abicalçados noted ...
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ArticleSergio Rossi more than doubles 2022 sales
Sergio Rossi, the Italian shoemaker owned by the Chinese luxury goods Lanvin Group, posted sales of €61.9 million, up by 116 percent from a year earlier, outperforming the rest of the group. Lanvin Group increased overall revenues by 38 percent to €424.5 million. Sales for the Lanvin brand grew by ...
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ArticleGörtz closes more stores amid heightened uncertainty
Görtz is closing more stores across Germany in a sweeping reorganization effort, after suffering a hefty sales drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ailing Hamburg-based footwear retailer declined to comment on the total number of stores to be closed or the number of employees affected, but according to the ...
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ArticleCrocs brand gains traction in EU; Heydude prepares for expanded distribution
Coming off a year when global revenues rose by nearly 54 percent to more than $3.5 billion and adjusted operating margin hit 28 percent, Crocs continues to see markets outside the U.S., including Europe, as important growth vehicles for both of its brands. In Q4, Crocs brand sales rose 75.6 ...
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Tod’s and Lamborghini enter a partnership
Lamborghini, an Italian maker of sports cars owned by the German group Volkswagen, and Tod’s, an Italian fashion house, announced a partnership in luxury leather goods, shoes, apparel and accessories. “The two Italian brands’ exclusive collaboration celebrates Italian craftmanship and tradition as well as technological research and innovation: qualities that ...
