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Saucony to boost its retail presence in Spain
Saucony, a brand of Wolverine Worldwide, is planning to open around 20 shop-in-shops at El Corte Inglés’ department stores across Spain between 2022 and 2023, Modaes has reported. Specifically, between ten and twelve units will open in the fourth quarter of 2022, devoted to its Originals product line. Six or ...
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ArticleThe Italian retailers Scarpe&Scarpe and Pittarosso are due to merge
The financial group Pillarstone has taken over Scarpe & Scarpe and is expected to create in the near future a large footwear retailing group in Italy by merging it with Pittarosso. Responsible & Sustainable Corporate Turnaround Fund (RSCT), a turnaround fund managed by Pillarstone Italy, obtained 70 percent of Scarpe ...
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ArticleAsos cuts FY guidance on weak August sales
Asos has cut its guidance for the full year ended on Aug. 31 as sales slowed down in August. However, it noted that sales, adjusted pre-tax profit and net debt are anticipated to be within the range of financial analysts’ expectations. According to a consensus compiled by the British fashion ...
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ArticleTod’s’ sales return to pre-Covid levels
With a 17 percent increase in first-half sales to €467.5 million, Tod’s is back to pre-pandemic levels and beat market expectations by nearly €4 million. At constant currency rates, the top line grew by 14.3 percent. The Italian fashion group grew by double-digit rates in all markets, except in ...
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ArticlePrimark’s earnings are being squeezed by inflation
In the 2022/2023 fiscal year, Primark’s operating margin will be squeezed by rising inflation which is pushing up its costs and eroding the disposable income of it clients, said Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of the clothing retailer. The profit warning was released with the group’s preliminary results ...
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News briefsGerman footwear manufacturers plan to increase prices
German companies intend to increase their prices ”on a large scale”, including footwear manufacturers, according to the latest survey from the economic research institute Ifo. A particularly large number of clothing manufacturers plan to raise their prices, with the indicator rising to 89.2 points, up from 84.6 points in July. ...
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Calzedonia buys Antonio Marras
The Italian group Calzedonia has bought an 80 percent stake in the fashion house Antonio Marras. No financial details were released. Calzedonia said that it will help the development of the fashion house thanks to its expertise in retailing and production, as well as its financial strength. The designer Antonio ...
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ArticleFerragamo beats expectations despite slowdown in China
Salvatore Ferragamo beat expectations in the first half of 2022 with a 17 percent surge in revenues, at constant exchange rates, to €630.3 million, versus analysts’ estimates of €621 million, according to a consensus compiled by Reuters. The operating profit totaled €95.4 million in the six months ended June 30, ...
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Unbound Group names a new CFO
The British retailer Unbound Group said that its chief financial officer (CFO), Dan Lampard, intends to step down from the role and the board from Oct. 1, to take up the position of CFO with another business. Gavin Manson, currently a non-executive director of the company, will take over as ...
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Apple now competes with Google, Meta in digital advertising
Apple is making strides in advertising adoption and is now competing with Google and Meta, according to a report released by appsumer. Apple Search Ads (ASA) has “joined the duopoly of Meta and Google at the top table of advertiser adoption as it grew adoption nearly four percentage points YoY ...
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Superga in co-branding venture with Alaïa
The Belgian fashion designer Pieter Mulier, Alaïa’s creative director since 2021, has reinterpreted two of Superga’s sneakers as part of a co-branding initiative between the fashion house established by the Franco-Tunisian stylist Azzedine Alaïaz and the Italian shoe brand owned by BasicNet. The 2750 and 2790 sneakers were chosen as ...
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British Footwear Association names Jane Wilson chair
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has appointed Jane Wilson as chair, replacing Robert Perkins, who held the job for four years. Wilson was previously a non-executive director on BFA’s board. Wilson is chief executive at William Lamb Group since 2018. She previously worked for companies such as Start-Rite and Clarks. ...
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News briefsBrazilian footwear component exports up 20%
Brazilian exports of footwear components totaled $253 million in the first seven months of 2022, up by 20 percent year-over-year, according to Assintecal, the local association of leather, footwear and component companies. Exports were also up by 37 percent compared with the first seven months of 2019, indicating that the ...
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Pegasus International continues to seek tenants for idle capacity
Pegasus International Holdings Ltd. reported a 36 percent increase in revenues from the manufacture and sales of footwear to $2,847,000 in the first half of 2022 from $2,095,000 a year earlier. Total first-half revenues increased by 51 percent to $5,261,000 from $3,479,000. In 2020, the company started to lease idle ...
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VF cutting 600 jobs
VF Corp. the Denver-based company that owns brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Smartwool, Altra, Icebreaker and Vans, is cutting 600 jobs worldwide, the Denver Business Journal reported, citing a letter sent by the president and CEO, Steve Rendle, to employees. VF is axing 600 office-based roles, which will ...
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ArticleEcco completes the renovation of its headquarters
Ecco has completed the refurbishment of its headquarters located in Bredebro. The town, situated in southern Denmark, has been the company’s home since its foundation in 1963 by Birte and Karl Toosbuy. The site comprises various corporate functions including finance, supply chain, procurement, information technology, human resources and corporate responsibility. ...
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ArticleAlibaba unit Lazada to enter the European market
Alibaba’s unit Lazada plans to enter the European market and take on its online rivals such as Amazon and Zalando. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Lazada’s CEO, James Dong, highlighted that Europe is a “very big market” and that ”for most of the European brands, their largest retail partner ...
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ArticleVietnam exports up 13% in first 7 months
In the first seven months of 2022, Vietnamese exports of leather, footwear and leather goods totaled more than $14 billion, up by 13 percent year-over-year, in line with the forecast made at the start of the year by the Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag association, Lefaso. Lefaso had predicted that ...
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ArticleRussian footwear brand Basconi plans to expand
Amid a mass exodus of Western brands out of Russia, the local footwear company Basconi plans to enhance efforts aimed at improving the brand’s recognition and continues developing its franchise network, Vitaly Ifraimov, co-owner of Basconi, told to the Russian press. Basconi runs a network of 50 stores in Russia ...
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ArticleGenesco cuts guidance as Journeys disappoints, U.K. consumers face headwinds
Genesco cut its sales and earnings guidance for fiscal year 2023 after the Journeys business failed to meet expectations in the second quarter and as it also adopts a more conservative outlook in the U.K., where management noted that consumers are increasingly facing economic headwinds. Genesco is now forecasting full-year ...
