Product & Marketing – Page 164
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ArticleWolverine Worldwide hires Boston Consulting for strategic review
Wolverine Worldwide is maintaining its full-year outlook that calls for total FY22 revenues of $2.775 to $2.850 billion. This represents a 15 to 18 percent year-over-year increase with the DTC segment representing approximately 30 percent of global revenues and the international segment another 35 percent. Wolverine’s top three brands, Saucony, ...
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Yandex.Market launches new online platform
Yandex has introduced a new platform called RUM within its online marketplace Yandex.Market where Russian fashion brands are invited to create storefronts in order to improve brand recognition. The new platform is designed to help Russian clothing and footwear brands to attract more customers and increase sales “by creating its ...
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Russia authorizes parallel imports
The Russian Industry and Trade Ministry on May 6 published a list of goods allowed for import without permission from the brand’s owner, which involved a broad range of fashion and sporting goods companies, including Zara, H&M, Decathlon and Uniqlo. The system, commonly known as parallel imports, has been designed ...
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ArticleFerragamo to double revenues by 2026
Salvatore Ferragamo is targeting €2.3 billion in revenues by 2026, doubling sales thanks to a three-year investment plan of €400 million, as well as “significantly” boost its operating profit. The Italian leather goods maker is also trying to reduce its dependence on the Chinese market, where it achieved 30 percent ...
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ArticleBoot Barn targets $1.740 bn in sales in 2023 after a record 2022
Boot Barn is forecasting $1.740 billion in sales for 2023, after a 66.6 percent growth to $1.488 billion in fiscal 2022. In the full year ended March 26, the California-based shoe retailer posted a better than expected growth in net sales that lead to a $575.1 million gross profit, 38.6 ...
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ArticleAllbirds adopts more cautious FY22 outlook
Allbirds, citing logistics, currency effects, and lower international sales as significant year-over-year headwinds, is taking a more cautious view of FY22. The six-year-old company is forecasting annual sales of $335 to $345 million, 18 percent gross profit improvement to a range of $170 to $177.5 million and adjusted Ebitda of ...
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Future buys WhoWhatWear
The British publisher Future has bought WhoWhatWear, a digital-only women’s lifestyle publisher based in the U.S., from Clique Brands. WhoWhatWear has a strong social presence and diverse revenue streams ranging from digital advertising to e-commerce. It has 12 million online users and 10 million social followers, with about 90 percent ...
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Fendi’s new footwear plant scheduled to open this autumn
Fendi, the Rome-based luxury goods brand owned by the French group LVMH, expects to open this autumn its new footwear manufacturing plant in Fermo, in Italy’s Marche region. The 75,600 square-foot facility will host production currently carried out in a nearby site in Porto San Giorgio. In September 2021, Fendi ...
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Stratasys launches 3D printer for high-end fashion and design
Stratasys, a provider of polymer 3D printing solutions, released the Stratasys J850 TechStyle 3D printer for high-end, premium textiles and clothing, bags and accessories and footwear. It claims that the printer is the first designed specifically for printing direct-to-textile, including denim, cotton, polyester, linen and leather at volumes ranging from ...
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UGG partners with Savory Institute’s Land to Market program
UGG, the Californian brand part of Deckers Brands, is partnering with the Savory Institute’s Land to Market program to support the transformation to regenerative agriculture in the Australian sheepskin industry. Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems that aims to improve the entire ecosystem ...
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ArticleCrocs hikes guidance as Heydude outperforms
Crocs increased its full-year guidance after the recently acquired Heydude brand beat expectations in the first quarter of 2022. “Underlying momentum is exceptional for Heydude,” said Andrew Rees, Crocs’ chief executive officer in a conference call with financial analysts. The acquisition of the brand was completed on Feb. 17, and ...
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Designer Brands buys Shoes.com
Designer Brands has bought the Shoes.com domain and associated intellectual property assets for an undisclosed sum, Footwear News reported citing the parent company of the U.S. footwear retailer DSW. A spokesman told Footwear News that Designer Brands did not buy any of Shoes.com’s underlying business assets. The last known owner ...
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ArticleMoncler sees footwear representing 10% of revenues
Moncler expects footwear to represent 10 percent of its revenues in 2025, driven by demand for luxury sneakers in the U.S. The Italian luxury goods brand, known for its down jackets, generated sales of €589.9 million in the first quarter of 2022, up a reported 61 percent on the year ...
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ArticleEMEA paces Havaianas’ growth for Alpargatas
Alpargatas realized 17 percent currency-neutral growth for its rubber sandal brand outside of Brazil in the first quarter to 342 million Brazilian reais (€58.2m) as total pairs sold increased 11 percent to 8.9 million. The EMEA region led Havaianas’ sales gains internationally, rising 25 percent currency-neutral to R$207.9 million (€35.4m) ...
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ArticleZalando launches a profit warning as sales decline for the first time
Zalando posts the first decline in quarterly sales of its history and launched a profit warning for the full year. In the first quarter, the German online retailer reported a 1 percent increase in the gross merchandise volume (GMV) to €3.2 billion, but a 1.5 percent decline in revenues ...
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Next Q1 sales in line with guidance
In the thirteen weeks to April 30, which corresponds to its fiscal first quarter, Next’s full price sales rose by 21.3 percent year-over-year, in line with the guidance of the British apparel retailer. The company maintained its full-year guidance of full price sales up by 5.0 percent, profits before tax ...
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ArticleBoohoo to source closer to U.K. as profits fall
Boohoo reported plunging annual profits as it was hit by Covid-19-related costs and surging return rates. In an effort to optimize its operations, the British online fashion retailer plans to increase sourcing from suppliers closer to the U.K., reduce inventory levels and cut costs. It will also focus resources and ...
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ThredUp debuts Recommerce 100 report
U.S.-based company ThredUP, a large online resale service provider and platform for women’s and kids’ apparel, shoes and accessories, has started a monthly index that tracks which brands and retailers have launched resale programs and monitors their potential impact on the planet. The monthly Recommerce 100 report, conducted by the ...
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ArticleRocky Brands posts strong Q1 sales, profits
Net income rose 61 percent to $7.34 million from $4.49 million for the period ended March 31, as total sales soared 90.5 percent to $167.03 million from $87.67 million. But the parent of the Durango and Xtratuf brands, among others, admittedly has work to be done cutting expenses and inventories ...
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ArticleVulcabras bolstered by sports brands, e-commerce
Vulcabras’ net income soared by 270 percent to 54.0 million Brazilian reais (€9.2m) in the first quarter of 2022. Operating earnings (Ebit) jumped by 203 percent to R$64.4 million (€10.9m) in the period ended March 31, as the gross margin increased by 1.2 percent to 35.2 percent versus 34.0 percent ...
