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    The production of tanning, footwear and leathergoods manufacturing machinery by...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The production of tanning, footwear and leathergoods manufacturing machinery by the Italian industry grew by an estimated 1.93 percent to €528 million in 2015, according to the industry's trade association, Assomac, with the number of companies operating in the sector rising by five to 240, employing 4,100 people. The industry's ...

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    Zalando has posted preliminary figures showing that its revenues in...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Zalando has posted preliminary figures showing that its revenues in the second quarter grew by between 24.0 and 26.0 percent over the year-ago quarter to €909-€924 million. The online fashion retailer expects to report adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of €68 to €88 million for the period - ...

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    The sales turnover of the Brenta footwear district, in the...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The sales turnover of the Brenta footwear district, in the provinces around Venice and Padua, increased to €1.99 billion in 2015, as compared to €1.86 billion in 2014. According to the figures released by Acrib (Associazione Calzaturieri Riviera del Brenta), production was flat at 19.4 million pairs. The good performance ...

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    Sioux, the German company best known for its comfortable moccasins,...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Sioux, the German company best known for its comfortable moccasins, sold 55,000 pairs of the spring/summer 2016 collection of its new line of colorful and original sneakers marketed under a secondary brand in its portfolio, Grashopper. The new product line consists of 100 styles of leather and canvas shoes for ...

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    Bernd Hummel, licensee of the Kangaroos brand in Europe, reported...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Bernd Hummel, licensee of the Kangaroos brand in Europe, reported a two-digit increase in orders for the spring/summer 2017 collection, as compared to spring/summer 2016. The brand's low-price segment has been extended in 2015 with two special editions launched per year. Sales in this segment are expected to increase by ...

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    Within Latin America, the Chileans are the biggest shoe consumers....

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Within Latin America, the Chileans are the biggest shoe consumers. According to Fedeccal, the national footwear association, and as reported by footwearbiz.com, consumers in Chile bought 103 million pair of shoes in 2015, representing an average per capita consumption of 5.7 pairs. However, only 10 percent of the shoes sold ...

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    Esprit is apparently heading for a turnaround, after many years...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Esprit is apparently heading for a turnaround, after many years of losses. The management said it expects to report breakeven results for the full financial year ended June 30. Exceptional costs have been incurred on various items, including the development of a children's line and the closure of some loss-making ...

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    Footwear consumed 51.6 million square meters of Italian leather last...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Footwear consumed 51.6 million square meters of Italian leather last year, which was 41.7 percent of the total, making it the largest market segment. However, footwear's consumption of finished leather from Italian tanneries fell by 5.7 percent between 2014 and 2015, according to the figures recently released by Unic (Unione ...

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    Portuguese footwear exports increased by 3.2 percent during the first...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese footwear exports increased by 3.2 percent during the first four months of 2016. Between January and April, Portugal exported 28 million pairs of shoes for a total value of €607 million. Growth was robust across all regions but exports to the rest of Europe were especially strong, with an ...

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    The German-based GMS buying group reports a 19 percent increase...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The German-based GMS buying group reports a 19 percent increase in turnover to €167 million for the first half of this year, as compared to the first half of 2015, thanks mainly to expansion abroad. The number of affiliated retail members grew from 1,615 to 1,800 during the same period. ...

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    Levi's recorded growth of over 10 percent for footwear and...

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Levi's recorded growth of over 10 percent for footwear and accessories from Dec.1, 2015 to May 31, 2016, as compared to the same period of the previous year, due to improved sell-out results and a reinforced mid-level price range. Strong growth was recorded especially in France and Spain and in ...

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    India's exports of leather, leather shoes and other leather products...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    India's exports of leather, leather shoes and other leather products fell by 10.7 percent to a value of US$4.95 billion in the 10 months ended in January 2016. Exports of leathers shoes fell by 7.0 percent to $1.8 billion. Finished leather and leathergoods were down by 22.7 percent and 5.4 ...

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    Hermès International's sales growth softened in the first quarter ended...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Hermès International's sales growth softened in the first quarter ended March 31, following the terrorist attacks in France and Belgium and the economic slowdown in China. Revenues rose by 6.2 percent in constant currencies, reaching €1.19 billion. Leathergoods grew by 15.4 percent, more than other segments. Ready-to-wear and accessories were ...

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    Exports of shoe uppers, soles, chemicals and other raw materials...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Exports of shoe uppers, soles, chemicals and other raw materials components from Brazil for the manufacture of shoes and leathergoods grew by 6 percent to €150.3 million in the first quarter of this year. The main destinations were Argentina, Germany, the U.S., China and Mexico.

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    Pollini, the high-end footwear brand of the Aeffe Group, suffered...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Pollini, the high-end footwear brand of the Aeffe Group, suffered a 3.7 percent decline in sales on a currency-neutral basis in the first quarter ended March 31, down to €7,456,000. As a group, Aeffe reported 3.5 percent growth in consolidated revenues to €33.1 million, with a decline of only 2.8 ...

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    Stuart Weitzman, which was acquired by Coach one year ago,...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Stuart Weitzman, which was acquired by Coach one year ago, contributed sales of $79 million to the parent company's results for its third quarter, ended March 26, with double-digit growth in Europe and China and lower sales gains in Japan and the rest of Asia. The brand generated a gross ...

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    Shoe exports from Spain fell by 6.9 percent in February...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Shoe exports from Spain fell by 6.9 percent in February as compared to the same month a year ago, with decreases in France, Germany, the U.K., Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan and Poland. The sudden decline follows a long series of increases in Spanish exports. Officials of Fice, the ...

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    Portugal's shoe exports increased by 2 percent in the first...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Portugal's shoe exports increased by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2016, rising to €402 million with a volume of 22 million pairs. They went up in nearly all the major markets. They improved by 2.4 percent in the rest of the rest of the European Union, rising by ...

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    Vietnam's shoe exports reportedly rose by 17 percent in 2015...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam's shoe exports reportedly rose by 17 percent in 2015 to more than US12 billion, and more than 70 percent of them were athletic footwear. The U.S. accounted for 33.9 percent of the export flow, the European Union 33.1 percent, China 6.3 percent and Japan 5 percent.

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    German shoe retailers suffered a big drop of 13 percent...

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered a big drop of 13 percent in their sales during the month of March as compared to the same month of the previous year, which had already shown a negative trend, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung. This has led to a 5 percent decline for ...