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    Waldläufer, which is coming out with a new nature-oriented logo,...

    2016-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Waldläufer, which is coming out with a new nature-oriented logo, reported a sales decrease of 3 percent to €85 million in 2015, as compared to the previous year. The decline was mostly due to the brand's nearly total absence from the Russian market, which previously accounted for 2 percent of ...

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    Analysts started to notice the first price increases in the...

    2016-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Analysts started to notice the first price increases in the Swedish shoe retail sector toward the end of last year. Sales of footwear in Sweden dropped by 4.1 percent in October compared to the same period the previous year, according to HUI Research. They fared slightly better in November, but ...

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    El Naturalista recorded a sales increase of 8 percent to...

    2016-02-13T00:00:00Z

    El Naturalista recorded a sales increase of 8 percent to €30 million in 2015, as compared to the previous year. For 2016, the Spanish shoe brand expects its sales to increase by another 10-12 percent. After setting up its own subsidiary in the U.S. two years ago, El Naturlista achieved ...

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    Revenues from footwear and leathergoods increased by 11.4 percent to...

    2016-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Revenues from footwear and leathergoods increased by 11.4 percent to €95.5 million in 2015 at Aeffe, the parent company of Pollini and other brands. According to preliminary figures, the group's total revenues went up by 7 percent to €268.8 million, up by 5.1 percent in local currencies. Sales increased by ...

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    Coach has reported a 4 percent sales increase to $1.27...

    2016-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Coach has reported a 4 percent sales increase to $1.27 billion in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, attributing the progress in part to an above-average increase at Stuart Weitzman, a label that the company bought at the beginning of 2015. In spite of warm weather conditions, its boots sold ...

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    In a preliminary report, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, the world's...

    2016-01-14T00:00:00Z

    In a preliminary report, Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, the world's largest shoe manufacturer, indicates that its total net operating revenues increased by five percent to $8,437 million for the full year, but they were up by only one percent in December. The slowdown was probably due to a large extent ...

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    GMS, the young German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers,...

    2016-01-14T00:00:00Z

    GMS, the young German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers, reports a 15 percent increase to €275 million in centralized settlements in 2015, with a boost of more than €30 million from the affiliation of additional retailers. The retail members themselves raised their own sales by 2 percent during the ...

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    Bangladesh came short of the objectives set up by its...

    2016-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Bangladesh came short of the objectives set up by its Export Promotion Bureau for exports of leather and leather products for the six months ended last Dec. 31, according to World Footwear. This was probably due in part to the recent decline in leather prices. Total exports of these products ...

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    According to preliminary results, Steve Madden booked sales of $1.4...

    2016-01-14T00:00:00Z

    According to preliminary results, Steve Madden booked sales of $1.4 billion in 2015, up by 5.3 percent from the previous year. Wholesale revenues went up by 3.3 percent to $1.2 billion, while retail sales jumped by 15.9 percent to $240.3 million, with a same-store increase of 11.2 percent. A challenging ...

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    Issuing its second profit warning in three months, Pittards, the...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Issuing its second profit warning in three months, Pittards, the U.K.-based leather producer, said it will make a reasonable profit for this year, but it will be materially below forecasts, due to the slowdown in China and Russia. These two factors are apparently offsetting the impact on margins from lower ...

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    In the U.K. the GfK consumer confidence Index was positive...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    In the U.K. the GfK consumer confidence Index was positive every month of the year in 2015. Consumer confidence remained strong for all of 2015, with a monthly average at +3. In December the index rose one point to +2. It is the first time since the Consumer Confidence Barometer ...

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    Christian Louboutin is one of the top performing brands in...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Christian Louboutin is one of the top performing brands in social media in the U.S., according to a recent study by Engagement Labs, along with Tiffany Co., the famous jewelry firm, and designer label Valentino. The research report also places Gucci as the leading brand in terms of ...

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    Tamaris is Germany's most popular fashion retailer, according to the...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Tamaris is Germany's most popular fashion retailer, according to the annual consumer survey conducted by OC C Strategy Consultants. The survey was based on 26,000 individual evaluations by German consumers of various services offered by 95 German retailers. The Detmold-based shoe maker has emphasized it has always focused on customer ...

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    China's exports of footwear declined by 4.8 percent to 298.8...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    China's exports of footwear declined by 4.8 percent to 298.8 billion yuan renmimbi (€41,973.9m-$46,048.6m) during the first 11 months of 2015, according to latest trade figures from China's customs administration. Lower leather prices and the declining Russian market could be two important factors. Contrasting figures have come from China lately. ...

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    Norwegian shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 2.3 percent...

    2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 2.3 percent in the first nine months of this year. Meanwhile, the country s total shoe imports grew by 18.8 percent during the same period, reaching a level of 4,124 million kroner (€432m-$475m). They were led by China, Vietnam, Italy and Portugal, ...

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    Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Stella International sees the demand for sports fashion styles continuing to grow in China, helping the Chinese manufacturer of athletic and fashion footwear to record higher orders in the last quarter of this year and in 2016. In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the group's revenues increased by 6 ...

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    Office, the British shoe retail chain that is in line...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Office, the British shoe retail chain that is in line for a possible sale to Truworths of South Africa, has reported a net profit of £46.6 million (€66.1m-$71.0m) for the financial year ended last Jan. 25, more than double the profit of the previous financial year. Operating earnings before amortization ...

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    Caleres, the American group previously called Brown Shoe Co., is...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Caleres, the American group previously called Brown Shoe Co., is targeting an increase in the operating margin to 8 percent of sales by 2020 from a foreseeable ratio of 5 percent in 2016, based on a new five-year plan that calls for compounded average annual growth (CAGR) in sales of ...

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    The growth of Hermès International slowed down to 7.9 percent...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The growth of Hermès International slowed down to 7.9 percent in the third quarter in terms of local currencies from 9.7 percent in the second quarter, and the management continues to forecast an increase of 8 percent for the full financial year. Travel retail was evidently the engine of growth ...

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    India's exports of leather shoes fell by 4.7 percent to...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    India's exports of leather shoes fell by 4.7 percent to the equivalent of $962.7 million in the five months from April through August 2015, says the country's Council for Leather Exports (CLE). Total foreign sales of leather and leather products declined by 7.6 percent to $2,653.6 million during the period, ...