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    Despite a record December for retail sales in general, sales...

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Despite a record December for retail sales in general, sales of shoes dropped by 8.1 percent in Sweden when compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the HUI market research institute. The decline in sales was largely due unusually warm weather in December. In January the ...

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    In the U.K., Schoon also has turned around, says Drapers,...

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    In the U.K., Schoon also has turned around, says Drapers, quoting Mark Pinnock, managing director of the British shoe retailer, who took it over after it went through bankruptcy-like proceedings a year ago. The company is now making a small profit on slightly higher sales, Drapers says, adding that it ...

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    All the operating companies belonging to the Leiser group, including...

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    All the operating companies belonging to the Leiser group, including Schuhof, generated an operating profit in 2015 for the first time in 20 years, reports Schuhkurier, quoting the general manager of the German shoe retailer group, Steffen Liebich. He bought the remaining shares held by the Josef Seibel group in ...

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    According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a...

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a sales increase of between 22.5 percent and 24.5 percent for the first quarter, meaning a turnover in a range between €788 million and €801 million. The adjusted operating margin (Ebit) declined to between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent, down from ...

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    With drops of 6.2 percent in volume and 6.4 percent...

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    With drops of 6.2 percent in volume and 6.4 percent in value from the same month a year ago, shoes and clothing registered their largest decline since September 2014 at U.K. stores during the month March, according to the British Retail Consortium.

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    The Inditex group, which owns Zara, Massimo Dutti and other...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The Inditex group, which owns Zara, Massimo Dutti and other fast-fashion chains, reports that Tempe, the subsidiary that takes care of development, sourcing and distribution of all the shoes and accessories sold in the group's 6,000-plus stores around the world, raised its turnover last year by 15.9 percent to €1.12 ...

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    The weakening value of the euro, the terrorist attacks in...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The weakening value of the euro, the terrorist attacks in Paris and the slowdown of the Chinese economy did not prevent Hermès International from posting a 19 percent increase in operating earnings for 2015, raising the operating margin to 31.8 percent from 31.5 percent in 2014. Net earnings rose by ...

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    The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) reports that China's exports...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) reports that China's exports of footwear declined by 17.3% in the first two months of this year

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    Bain & Co.'s annual study of the personal luxury goods...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Bain Co.'s annual study of the personal luxury goods market is expected to indicate a further slowdown this year, with growth of only around one percent at constant exchange rates, down from an increase of 1.5 percent in 2015, according to a Reuters report. Growth rates should pick ...

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    Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Alibaba is likely to overtake Walmart as the world's largest retail platform in its fiscal year ended March 31. The Chinese e-commerce giant indicated that it had reached 3 trillion yuan renminbi (€412bn-$462bn) in gross merchandise value (GMV) as of March 21. The figure, achieved on the back of consumption-driven ...

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    Fratelli Rossetti's sales grew by 4 percent to €72 million...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Fratelli Rossetti's sales grew by 4 percent to €72 million in 2015. The positive performance was mostly driven by the Italian market, which accounted for around 50 percent of the total turnover, as well as excellent results for e-commerce, with sales on the e-shop up by 70 percent. All sales ...

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    Pegasus International posted $4.4 million in net losses for its...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Pegasus International posted $4.4 million in net losses for its fiscal year, ended Dec. 31, marking a dramatic plunge from a net profit of $184,000 in 2014 due to a $5.4 million loss on exchange rate differences. Sales contracted by 3.7 percent to $74.7 million, as low double-digit declines in ...

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    India's exports of leather shoes declined by 7.31 percent to...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    India's exports of leather shoes declined by 7.31 percent to the equivalent of $1,599 million in the nine months ended Dec. 31, according to the Indian Council for Leather Exports. Total sales of leather and leather products went down by 10.68 percent to $4,457 million, with declines of 22.53 percent ...

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    German shoe retailers booked a 3 percent sales increase in...

    2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers booked a 3 percent sales increase in February as compared to the same month a year ago, when their sales had plunged by 7 percent year-on-year. For the first two months of this year, sales were up by around one percent. They had declined by 5 percent ...

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    Heavy discounts granted to Russian clients have led to a...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Heavy discounts granted to Russian clients have led to a drop in the profitability of the Aeffe group, whose sales declined last year by 7 percent to €268.8 million, as previously reported. The consolidated operating margin before amortization (Ebitda) fell to 7.2 percent of sales from 10.2 percent in the ...

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    Basicnet, parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Basicnet, parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga and other brands reported a 17.2 percent increase in its aggregated revenues to €731 million in 2015, according to preliminary figures. The strong increase was partly related to the weakness of the euro, which also boosted the company's pre-tax earnings ...

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    Truworths, the South African fashion retailer that took over the...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Truworths, the South African fashion retailer that took over the British Office chain of shoe shops a few weeks ago, posted strong half-year figures on Feb.18, with a 21 percent rise in profit for the 26 weeks ending on Dec. 27, 2015. The company said this performance was driven by ...

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    The Italian shoemaker Caovilla reportedly posted sales of some €40...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoemaker Caovilla reportedly posted sales of some €40 million in 2015, up by 35 percent from 2014, of which 90 percent were achieved outside Italy

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    Prada's revenues for the full year ended Jan. 31 fell...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Prada's revenues for the full year ended Jan. 31 fell slightly to €3,545 million euros from €3,552 million the previous year despite the group's efforts to bolster its retail network. Wholesale revenues dropped by €88 million to €444 million, as the group pursued efforts to prune the channel, and retail ...

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    Esprit Holdings reported a net loss of HK$238 million (€27.9m-$30.7m)...

    2016-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Esprit Holdings reported a net loss of HK$238 million (€27.9m-$30.7m) for the six months ended in December, as compared to a profit of HK$47 million (€5.5m-$6.1m) a year earlier. The performance of the clothing retailer was affected by a weak euro and a slowdown in China. Sales were down to ...