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    Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Beating analysts' expectations, Alibaba Group Holdings reported a 32 percent increase to $3.49 billion in revenues for the second quarter of its financial year, ended on Sept. 30. Sales through mobile devices nearly tripled to $1.66 billion. The total gross merchandise volume on its Chinese marketplaces went up by 28 ...

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    Iconix Brand Group reported a lower-than-expected net loss of $6.3...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Iconix Brand Group reported a lower-than-expected net loss of $6.3 million for the third quarter, compared with profit of $33.7 million in the year-ago period. Licensing revenues declined by 3 percent to $88.9 million, but they were flat in constant currencies. The company, which owns Candie's, Ed Hardy, London Fog, ...

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    Esprit has reported a 14.9 percent sales decline for the...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Esprit has reported a 14.9 percent sales decline for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, due to a slowdown in Europe and a reduction in its total retail floor space. Sales fell to HK$4.7 billion (€563.1m-$606.4m) during the quarter, while the company cut its total controlled floor space by 7.6 ...

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    In spite of a drop of 12.7 percent in constant...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    In spite of a drop of 12.7 percent in constant currencies for Pollini, the holdings of the Italian Aeffe group in the area of shoes and leathergoods raised their sales by 14.1 percent to €72.7 million in the first nine months of this year. The group recorded sales growth of ...

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    China's exports of leather shoes contracted by 11.3 percent in...

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    China's exports of leather shoes contracted by 11.3 percent in volume to 570.6 million pairs in the first eight months of this year, says the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA). As the average price per pair rose to $14.54 from $14.06 in the year-ago period, the value of these exports ...

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    Stokton, an Italian producer of sneakers, is projecting a sales...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Stokton, an Italian producer of sneakers, is projecting a sales increase this year of 10 percent to €11 million, driven by higher sales in the Benelux and German-speaking countries. About half of its turnover is already outside Italy.

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    The management of Wolverine Worldwide told the Goldman Sachs Retail...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The management of Wolverine Worldwide told the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference last month that sales to international accounts have tripled to 21 percent of total sales volumes for its “Boston brands” - Saucony, Sperry, Stride Rite and Keds - since it added them to its portfolio three years ago. Wolverine, ...

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    CCILU, the up and coming shoe brand run by Killick...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    CCILU, the up and coming shoe brand run by Killick Datta out of Singapore, is aiming to double its sales this year following new distribution agreements with LJP International in the U.S., Guangzhou Fashion in China, Akasaki Retail Private in India and French Fashion Group in Panama. The number of ...

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    Retail sales continued to drop in Hong Kong in August...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Retail sales continued to drop in Hong Kong in August for the sixth month in a row, as Chinese tourists sought other destinations. They fell by 5.4 percent on a year-on-year basis, including a drop of 12 percent for clothing and footwear. Total retail sales had declined by 2.9 percent ...

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    The websites that do not load fast enough negatively affect...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The websites that do not load fast enough negatively affect brands. According to a new study in the U.K. by Rackspace, a cloud computing company, 83 percent of British consumers have declared that consistently slow or unavailable websites negatively affect their brand loyalty. The survey, which was conducted on 2,000 ...

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    The Brits lead European rankings in online shopping. According to...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The Brits lead European rankings in online shopping. According to a new study by the UK Office of National Statistics, almost 80 percent of U.K. shoppers made a purchase online last year, more than any other country in the EU. Scandinavian countries registered similar figures, with 79 percent of the ...

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    LVMH reports organic growth of 7 percent for the third...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    LVMH reports organic growth of 7 percent for the third quarter ended June 30, but organic sales in its Fashion & Leathergoods segment increased by only 3 percent, representing the worst performance within the group. The segment's sales had a booked an organic increase of 10 percent in the second ...

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    Fratelli Soldini, which reached sales of €32 million in 2014,...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Fratelli Soldini, which reached sales of €32 million in 2014, reportedly increased them by about 10 percent in the first half

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    German shoe retailers booked a nominal sales increase of 2...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers booked a nominal sales increase of 2 percent in July as compared to the same month a year ago, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung. The spring/summer season has been positive, but the year so far has been negative, showing a decline of one percent for the ...

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    Vietnam's leather and footwear sector registered a 18.4 percent increase...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam's leather and footwear sector registered a 18.4 percent increase and earned $8.8 billion in export revenues in the first nine months of the year, according to Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment. In that period the sector produced 241.9 million pairs of shoes, which represent an increase of 24.1 ...

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    The Wortmann group's sales rose by only 0.3 percent to...

    2015-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The Wortmann group's sales rose by only 0.3 percent to €1,016 million in the past financial year, ended on May 31. The export ratio grew slightly to 53.5 percent of the turnover, but while the company performed better in France, the Benelux countries and Poland, its sales declined slightly in ...

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    The turnover of Li & Fung declined by one percent...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The turnover of Li & Fung declined by one percent to $8.63 billion in the first half, reflecting macroeconomic conditions. It remained flat in the U.S. and fell by 13 percent in Europe. It grew by 14 percent in Asia but dropped by 9 percent in the rest of the ...

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    In the U.K. footwear sales outperformed clothing in July, according...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    In the U.K. footwear sales outperformed clothing in July, according to the figures released by the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. Footwear sales were driven by warm temperatures at the beginning of the month followed by wetter and cooler weather at the end of the month, with sandals selling well ...

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    Lumberjack is predicting strong increases in turnover to €33 million...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Lumberjack is predicting strong increases in turnover to €33 million in 2015 and €40 million in 2016 as compared to the level of €25 million reached 2014, thanks in part to growing orders from outside Italy. Foreign sales are expected to rise to 22 percent of sales next year from ...

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    As previously reported, Hermès booked a sales increase of 21...

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    As previously reported, Hermès booked a sales increase of 21 percent to €2.3 billion for the first half of 2015, with growth of 20 percent in Japan and 7 percent in the rest of Asia, despite difficulties in Hong Kong and Macau. The French company has now added that its ...