VF Corp’s Vans problem outweighs its Q1 beat
Revenue reached $1.67 billion, flat year over year, and so the loss stood out more – VF Corp still raised full-year guidance to 2 percent or better growth.
Rocky Brands lifts 2026 revenue outlook as Q2 sales jump 12%
Rocky Brands has raised full-year revenue guidance after delivering a significantly stronger second quarter, reporting double-digit sales growth and a major improvement in profitability as demand accelerated across its footwear portfolio, while tariff refunds also provided a boost. The Ohio-based company said net sales in the three months to June ...
Boot Barn's Q1 net sales beat forecasts and tariff refunds boost margins
Boot Barn posted a stronger-than-expected first quarter, with tariff refunds delivering a meaningful lift to margins and earnings.
Genesco wins proxy battle as shareholders re-elect all 9 board nominees
Genesco has won a proxy battle against activist investors as shareholders re-elected all nine members of the board during an annual general meeting held on July 21.
Nice Footwear doubles the production a capacity of its Favaro unit
Nice Footwear, a footwear company based in the northeastern Italian town of Padua partly owned by the private equity firm Palladio Holding, is doubling the manufacturing capacity of its unit Favaro Manifattura Calzaturiera.
Baldinini finds a new investor for its relaunch
Baldinini, an Italian producer of luxury footwear, announced that it has found a new investor that is injecting new funds through a capital increase to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and underpin its relaunch plan.
Genesco wins proxy battle as shareholders re-elect all 9 board nominees
Genesco has won a proxy battle against activist investors as shareholders re-elected all nine members of the board during an annual general meeting held on July 21.
Gabor restructures its sales organization
The German footwear manufacturer Gabor Shoes has reorganized its sales organization to support further international growth while strengthening collaboration with footwear and fashion brick-and-mortar retailers across the DACH region, which comprises Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Lowa appoints Giuseppe De Biasi operations chief
Lowa Sportschuhe GmbH has appointed Giuseppe De Biasi as General Manager Operations, placing him in charge of design, product development, production and central corporate functions. De Biasi joins the footwear company’s management team alongside Andrea Dorigo, CEO of Tecnica Group and Lowa, and Marco Pirani, General Manager Commercial.
Italian shoemakers saw their revenues decline again
In the first quarter of 2026, revenues of Italian footwear manufacturers fell by 2.7 percent year-over-year, resuming a downward trend after a 1.1 percent rise in the final three months of 2025, according to a survey carried out between April and May by Confindustria Accessori Moda among members of the ...
Austrian footwear retailers plan to reduce budgets for spring/summer 2027
Weak consumer sentiment and falling footfall, compounded by high costs and structural deficits such as rigid ordering systems and increasing digital displacement, are putting increasing pressure on the Austrian shoe retail sector, a survey from buying group Ringschuh Austria showed. Most retailers plan to reduce their budgets for next ...
Global luxury spending seen stabilizing in 2026
Worldwide luxury spending reached €1,443 billion in 2025 and is on a trajectory of gradual stabilization in 2026, according to the spring update of the Bain-Altagamma Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study, a report released by the consultancy Bain & Company in partnership with Altagamma, the Italian luxury goods industry ...
Spanish shoemakers call for immediate safeguard measures
AEC, the Spanish association of footwear and leather goods component manufacturers, warned that the sector is facing “a critical situation” that could soon become irreversible. It called for safeguard measures as industrial activity is declining and external pressure is mounting.
