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ArticleC-Suite interview: Xero Shoes looks to US wholesale, Europe for growth
Xero Shoes is looking to bolster its domestic wholesale business and leverage strong growth rates in Europe to underpin a new phase of expansion for the US barefoot footwear specialist founded 15 years ago. Dan Dougherty, EU managing director and the head of wholesale activities at Xero Shoes globally, tells ...
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Slovenian shoe retailer Mass Shoes expands to Austria
The Slovenian shoe retailer Mass Shoes is making its debut in the Austrian market with the first three stores set to open this autumn. The company plans to open 20 to 30 stores in the long term, according to Gerald Zimmermann, a former CCC manager now overseeing Mass Shoes’ ...
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ArticleGerman retailers voice concerns about increasing red tape
Faced with economic uncertainty, German retailers are calling for urgent reforms to alleviate the mounting bureaucratic hurdles that many say are crippling their businesses. According to a survey conducted by HDE, the German retail association, 89 percent of panelists reported being overwhelmed by excessive regulations, with a whopping 97 ...
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Shoe4You opens new stores
The Austrian shoe retailer Shoe4You is further expanding its footprint in Upper Austria with the opening of a new store in the Tumeltsham retail park, located in the district of Ried im Innkreis. This follows the opening of four stores in August in Wels, Schlüßlberg, Rohrbach and Bad Ischl. ...
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Schuhquadrat files for bankruptcy in Austria
Schuhquadrat GmbH, the successor of the Salamander and Delka footwear chains in Austria, has filed for bankruptcy, the creditor protection association KSV1870 announced. The insolvency proceedings were initiated following a creditor’s application, although no specific details about the company’s debt or the number of affected employees have been disclosed. ...
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ArticleGerman fashion sales seen subdued over the next four years
The German fashion market has been on a path to recovery since 2022, but growth remains hampered by inflation, changing consumer behaviors and the rise of ultra-fast fashion. Annual growth is set to remain below 2 percent over the next four years, according to a report by IFH KÖLN in ...
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Leguano opens new store in Germany
The German barefoot footwear specialist Leguano continues to expand its retail network with the opening of a new store in Speyer, in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. Located at Maximilianstraße 72, the store opened on Sept. 14. The company also announced that a new outlet will replace the previous barefoot ...
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Geox reviews US operations, to close New York office
Geox is winding down its US operation, according to Footwear News. Enrico Mistron, Geox’s CEO since March 2024, told the publication that the office in New York City will be closed and that the group is reviewing its business model in the US and will provide “visibility in a few ...
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ArticleSteve’s seeks to raise up to €300,000 in crowd funding
Steve’s, an Italian producer of sustainable premium sneakers, is seeking to raise between €100,000 and €300,000 in a crowdfunding campaign through the Mamacrowd platform. Founded in 2022 in Turin by Giulia Gandini and Filippo Gandini, Steve’s produces sneakers made from Appleskin, a material produced from the skins and cores of ...
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ArticleFrench clothing and footwear retailers have underperformed since 2019
Between 2019 and 2023, turnover in volume terms in the French clothing and footwear retail sector increased by 0.7 percent, significantly lagging the retail sector as a whole, which rose by 7.8 percent over the period, according to France’s national statistics office, Insee. Sales volumes were flat for apparel between ...
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ArticleSkechers faces challenging conditions in China
Skechers is facing “challenging” conditions in China and that could result in a “disappointing” performance in the country in the second half of the year. The US footwear company however declined to provide a forecast regarding its performance in China. In the first half of 2024, Skechers’ sales in China ...
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UK clothing and footwear sales surge in August
In August, retail sales volumes for clothing and footwear rose by 2.9 percent month-on-month for clothing and footwear stores in the UK thanks to warmer weather and end-of-season sales, according to an initial estimate by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Overall, British retail sales volumes are estimated to have ...
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Austrian shoe retailer Shoe4You opens four stores in Upper Austria
The Austrian shoe retailer Shoe4You is expanding its footprint in Upper Austria with the opening of four new stores in Wels, Schlüßlberg, Rohrbach and Bad Ischl. “With these new openings, we are expanding our accessibility and getting closer to our customers in Upper Austria, strengthening our market presence in ...
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ArticleRendez-Vous adds fruit and vegetables to its product range
Rendez-Vous, a leading Russian footwear retailer, is offering customers the opportunity to complement their online orders with fruit and vegetables produced at the company’s organic farm in Krasnodar Krai. Launched in February 2024, the project seems to be gradually paying off. Rendez-Vous set up the farm in 2020 as part ...
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ArticleMoscow continues to drive the Russian fashion market
Moscow and St. Peterburg remain the key drivers of the Russian fashion market, local officials indicated. Over the past three years, Moscow saw a 46 percent surge in the turnover of stores selling clothes and shoes, Natalia Sergunina, Moscow’s Deputy Mayor, recently revealed. Moscow’s fashion industry currently comprises 12,800 firms, ...
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Tecovas expands into wholesale
Tecovas is partnering with nine retailers to expand for the first time into wholesale. Thanks to the partnerships, the Texas-based boot brand will reach 36 stores in 10 US states. The brand expects that wholesale could represent about a quarter of its sales in the coming years. Until now, the ...
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ANWR and Sabu present an education platform for the shoe industry
The German footwear buying group ANWR and the German shoe retail cooperative Sabu have launched their first joint project, the “Wissenswelt” (Knowledge World) platform. The online platform offers training resources for staff across more than 4,500 points of sale in the shoe industry, with a strong emphasis on video-based ...
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ArticleCanadian rail freight resumes after government intervention
Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) resumed railway services on Aug.26 after a shutdown started on Aug. 22 due to the lockout their Canadian workers in the wake of failed labor talks. Nevertheless, it could take several weeks for Canada’s railway network to fully recover from ...
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ArticleEmerging designer: Socque rocks the classics
The Covid-19 pandemic that broke out towards the end of the first quarter of 2020 in Europe, and the subsequent related lockdowns, prompted many to make major life changes. Laure Chareton’s and Camille Cour’s response consisted of launching a high-end women’s footwear brand. After a decade of helping others run ...
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French footwear sales dip in July
In July, French footwear retail sales fell by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 2.7 percent month-on-month, after growing by 4.6 percent in June, according to the Bank of France. The June figure was revised up from a preliminary growth estimate of 4.5 percent. Overall French retail sales rose by 0.4 ...
