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    German shoe retailers suffered sales decreases of 4% in value...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered sales decreases of 4% in value and 7% in volume during the month of February, according to the German Retail Research Institute (IFH)

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    Footwear consumption in Argentina declined to 138 million pairs in...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Footwear consumption in Argentina declined to 138 million pairs in 2016, down by 6.2 percent from 2015. Meanwhile, sales of imported shoes increased to 27.4 million pairs in 2016 from 21.6 million pairs in 2015. The country's leather and footwear sectors initially criticized the government of President Mauricio Macri, who ...

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    Basicnet has announced a net consolidated profit of €10.3 million...

    2017-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Basicnet has announced a net consolidated profit of €10.3 million for 2016, down from €16.8 million in the previous year. The company owns brands such as Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, and licenses them in many territories outside its domestic Italian market. As previously reported, Basicnet's aggregated sales ...

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    Pollini is recording strong growth in China, where it is...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Pollini is recording strong growth in China, where it is planning to open between three and five new stores this year. Adding Moschino and its other fashion brands, Pollini's parent company, Aeffe, reported a 7 percent sales increase in China for last year. The Italian group's total revenues went up ...

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    Callaghan, the Spanish brand of comfortable shoes, booked sales of...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Callaghan, the Spanish brand of comfortable shoes, booked sales of €47 million in 2016, up by 12 percent year on year, and expects to grow by 10-15 percent this year

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    The low value of the Russian ruble reportedly attracted many...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    The low value of the Russian ruble reportedly attracted many Chinese tourists to the Tsum department store in Moscow last year, leading it to record a sales increase of 40% for the year

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    Much like ANWR (see the related story in this issue),...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Much like ANWR (see the related story in this issue), Sabu reported a drop in centralized settlements in the past year. They fell by 3.0 percent to €320 million. The management attributed the decline to cautious ordering by the affiliated retailers for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season, but said it expected ...

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    The Italian shoemaker Valleverde, which recently changed ownership, aims to...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoemaker Valleverde, which recently changed ownership, aims to increase 2017 sales by 35 percent from the €10 million posted in 2016

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    Zanotti increased 2016 sales by 4 percent to €172 million...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Zanotti increased 2016 sales by 4 percent to €172 million and expects to replicate, if not improve, this performance in 2017. The company said it has registered a pickup of sales in Greater China over the past four to five months. It also plans to open seven to eight stores ...

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    Luxury spending by international tourists jumped by 17.2 percent in...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Luxury spending by international tourists jumped by 17.2 percent in January, according to Global Blue, the tourism shopping tax refund company. The growth was primarily driven by Chinese, American and Russian customers. Global Blue's figures do not include spending in the U.S., Hong Kong and Dubai, where tax-free transactions do ...

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    Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per...

    2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per kilo last September to $2.50 this past January, forcing suppliers of rubber soles to raise their own prices by a minimum of 10 percent. Among other factors, the price hike was due to floods in Thailand late last year, increases ...

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    Italy is Japan's top supplier of shoes. In the period...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Italy is Japan's top supplier of shoes. In the period from January to November 2016, Italian shoes accounted for 28.9 percent of Japan's shoe imports. Italy is followed by Cambodia, with a 12.3 percent share of the Japanese market. According to figures released by the Italian Trade Commission (Ice), Italy ...

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    After rising in Russia, the consumption of luxury goods is...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    After rising in Russia, the consumption of luxury goods is now taking off again in China and Hong Kong, after a difficult phase. This is what emerges from a recent report by Exane BNP Paribas, based on the figures of the fourth quarter of 2016. Analysts expect China to significantly ...

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    The German shoe retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group saw...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe retailers affiliated with the ANWR Group saw their sales decline by 1.8 percent in 2016. The cooperative's centralized settlements in this sector declined by 2.2 percent to €1.6 billion. However, increases of 11.2 percent in sporting goods and 12 percent in leathergoods allowed the group's total centralized ...

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    Italy's shoe exports fell by about one percent in volume...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Italy's shoe exports fell by about one percent in volume but rose by an estimated 2.6 percent in value last year, thanks to a 3.7 percent increase in the average export price to €42.29, according to preliminary figures. The Italian shoe industry is particularly worried about new declines in France ...

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    Pittarosso saw its revenues increase by 25 percent to €345...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Pittarosso saw its revenues increase by 25 percent to €345 million in 2016. It was the fifth consecutive year with an annual sales increase exceeding 20 percent for the Italian chain of shoe shops. On a same-store basis, sales grew by 5 percent. The Italian shoe retailer has a network ...

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    Sales grew by 26 percent to $118 million for Stuart...

    2017-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Sales grew by 26 percent to $118 million for Stuart Weitzman in the three months ended Dec. 31, due in part to a shift in the timing of deliveries. The Coach group, which acquired the brand in January 2015, raised its total sales by 4 percent to $1.32 billion during ...

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    Golden Goose, the prestigious ten-year-old Italian brand of sneakers and...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Golden Goose, the prestigious ten-year-old Italian brand of sneakers and lifestyle apparel, reports a 29.5 percent increase in its turnover to €100.5 million in 2016, announcing a target of €140 million for this year. It claims an Ebitda ratio of 30 percent. The brand showed at this week's Pitti Uomo ...

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    Belle International, the leading Chinese footwear and sports retailer, saw...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Belle International, the leading Chinese footwear and sports retailer, saw an increase of 4.6 percent in comparable store sales at its sportswear and apparel stores in mainland China for the third quarter of its fiscal year, compared with a comparable store sales decline of 13.4 percent for the group's shoe ...

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    Based on preliminary customs data, Vietnam's shoe exports rose by...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Based on preliminary customs data, Vietnam's shoe exports rose by only 8 percent in 2015, or two percentage points less than previously expected by the government and by the country's shoe industry association, Lefaso. Shoe exports reached a level of about $12.3 billion, below the target of $17 billion. Small ...