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    Phoenix Footwear Group, the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, reported...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Phoenix Footwear Group, the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, reported a 16.7 percent sales growth to $6.7 million for the first quarter ended April 4, as compared to the first quarter a year ago. Growth was driven by a 143 percent jump in the sales of licensed footwear sold into ...

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    Esprit has sent out a new profit warning, indicating that...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Esprit has sent out a new profit warning, indicating that it will likely report significant losses for the financial year ending June 30, due in large part to aggressive discounting in Europe to clear excess inventories through January, store closures and the reorganization of the company's business in China. In ...

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    Skechers moved into the second position in the U.S. athletic...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Skechers moved into the second position in the U.S. athletic shoe market during the first quarter, according to The Wall Street Journal and Money magazine

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    The shoe and leathergoods segment of Aeffe, which includes Pollini,...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The shoe and leathergoods segment of Aeffe, which includes Pollini, boosted its sales by 23.7 percent to €24.5 million in the first quarter of this year, generating an operating margin before amortization (Ebitda) of 16.7 percent, up sharply from 5.7 percent in the year-ago period. This helped the Italian fashion ...

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    China's shoe exports continued to rise strongly last year. According...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    China's shoe exports continued to rise strongly last year. According to Apiccaps, author of the World Footwear Handbook, they increased by 11.8 percent in 2014, reaching $53.8 billion. Exports to the U.S. went up by 4.6 percent to $13.7 billion, representing 26 percent of the total. The Russian Federation, Japan ...

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    German shoe retailers suffered nominal decreases of 7 percent during...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered nominal decreases of 7 percent during the month of March as well as for the first three months of this year, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung. In real terms, excluding inflation, the drop amounted to almost 9 percent in March and 8 percent for the ...

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    Shoe exports from Brazil suffered big drops of 30.2 percent...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Shoe exports from Brazil suffered big drops of 30.2 percent in volume and 24.8 percent in value during the month of April, reversing a positive trend observed in the first few months of the year. As a result, exports of 39.2 million pairs in the first four months of 2015 ...

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    Sales increased by 10 percent last year for Sarenza, reaching...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Sales increased by 10 percent last year for Sarenza, reaching €165 million. The French-based shoe e-tailer predicts that its sales will rise this year more than 25 percent. It sees France's share declining to 60 percent of the turnover in 2015 from 75 percent last year. Since its creation in ...

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    CCC raised its sales by 20.1 percent to the equivalent...

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    CCC raised its sales by 20.1 percent to the equivalent of €106 million in the first quarter of 2015, but the fast-growing Polish shoe retailer is targeting 40 percent growth for the full year. The gross margin declined to 51.6 percent from 52.3 percent in the year-ago period, but the ...

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    Shoe Zone has warned investors that it will report lower...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Shoe Zone has warned investors that it will report lower sales and profits for the six months ended April 4, due to the mild weather in the autumn. Volumes increased as average prices went down, the British discount retailer said, giving as an example women's preferences for lower-prices ankle boots ...

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    Vicini, the Italian shoe company headed up by Giuseppe Zanotti,...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Vicini, the Italian shoe company headed up by Giuseppe Zanotti, reports a strong sales increase of 36 percent to €156 million in 2014. The strongest growth took place in the men's footwear segment, which rose from 27 to 38 percent of the turnover, and in the U.S. market, which had ...

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    The growth in Chinese footwear consumption slowed down last year...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The growth in Chinese footwear consumption slowed down last year to 10.9 percent from 11.6 percent in 2013, according to the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA). It grew from 3.7 to more than 4 billion pairs, or nearly three pairs per capita and per year, with the strongest growth taking ...

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    GMS, the young German buying group, says its revenues grew...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    GMS, the young German buying group, says its revenues grew by more than 25 percent in the first quarter to €77.7 million. About half of the growth was due to an increase in the number of retailers serviced by the company to a total of around 1,400.

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    Basicnet, the Italian company that owns Superga, has reported a...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Basicnet, the Italian company that owns Superga, has reported a further strong increase in the brand's sales. Directly and through its licensees, Superga's sales jumped by 67 percent to €43.5 million in the first quarter of this year, thanks in part to new licenses. They had already risen last year ...

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    Outperforming analysts' estimates, Rocky Brands has reported a net profit...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Outperforming analysts' estimates, Rocky Brands has reported a net profit of $1.4 million for its first quarter, double the level of the year-earlier period. However, revenues declined to $65.5 million from $65.8 million, despite a 30 percent increase for the Durango brand of shoes. The management feels that the drop ...

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    German shoe retailers suffered a sales decline of 7% in...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered a sales decline of 7% in February as compared to the same month of 2014, when they had risen by 17%

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    Aided by higher sales of clothing and a 43 percent...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Aided by higher sales of clothing and a 43 percent boost in online sales, which came to represent 13 percent of the turnover, LK Bennett booked a 4.4 percent increase in total revenues to £95.3 million (€133.3m-$146.7m) for the financial year ended last Aug. 2. Adjusted net earnings remained flat ...

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    Yue Yuen raised its sales by 7.2% to almost $2...

    2015-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen raised its sales by 7.2% to almost $2 billion in the first quarter, according to preliminary, unaudited figures

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    The deflationary process is still going on in the U.K.,...

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    The deflationary process is still going on in the U.K., due to lower prices for commodities such as cotton and fierce competition in the market. According to the British Retail Consortium, prices for shoes and clothing were down by 6.8 percent in January and by 7.8 percent in February as ...

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    A presentation by the French Leather Council (CNC) at the...

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    A presentation by the French Leather Council (CNC) at the Première Vision Leather fair in Paris revealed that China kept the export leadership last year in the overall leather sector, with a global market share of 40.9 percent, followed by Italy (11.1%), Vietnam (6.8%), France (4.0%) and India (3.2%). It ...