All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 13, Issue 22 – Page 3

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    Auri, a young American shoe company that recently went public,...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Auri, a young American shoe company that recently went public, reports a net loss of $508,391 for the second quarter, up from a loss of $130,536 in the year-ago period. Revenues declined by 23 percent to $169.8 million, due to the fact that Auri shipped the majority of its spring ...

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    Garant had a good half, sees tougher times ahead

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Centralized settlements flowing through the international apparatus of Garant Schuh + Mode went up by 12.5 percent to €433.2 million in the first six months of 2011, as compared to the same period a year ago. They grew by 4.1 percent in Germany, by 7.3 percent in the Netherlands, by ...

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    Skechers has renewed its marketing agreement with the American reality...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Skechers has renewed its marketing agreement with the American reality TV star Brooke Burke, who will star in its new TV ads for new Skechers products, such as Shape-ups Liv, a lightweight addition to its popular toning line, and Skechers Resistance ProSpeed, a performance running shoe. The new deal runs ...

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    Upon approval by the country's trade development agency, Pakistan will...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Upon approval by the country's trade development agency, Pakistan will host a new leather event next January. The Pakistan Leather Show is expected to take place the third week of January in Lahore, arranged by the Pakistan Tanners Association in conjunction with the Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association ...

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    Blend, the Dutch brand of fashion clothes, has once again...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Blend, the Dutch brand of fashion clothes, has once again dropped the development of its footwear line

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    The éS skate shoe brand is being discontinued after the...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    The éS skate shoe brand is being discontinued after the next spring season, but its owner, Sole Technology, is hoping that it will be able to revive the brand if market conditions improve. The company's chief executive, Pierre-André Senizergues, called it “temporary silent market mode,” saying that the skate segment ...

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    Steve Madden is ready for further acquisitions

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    After the purchase in May of The Topline Corporation, a designer, producer and marketer of private-label and branded footwear, and of Cejon, a designer and marketer of cold weather accessories, Steve Madden is actively evaluating new acquisitions. Its management stressed a few days ago that no deal is imminent but ...

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    A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing it using their images without proper payment. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles, say that Skechers paid a small fee for limited use of the models' images, but then built a global branding campaign around the photos, ...

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    According to reports from Turkey, several important Italian shoe manufacturers...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    According to reports from Turkey, several important Italian shoe manufacturers are contemplating a possible investment in the country, drawing on the local skilled manpower and the supply of high-quality materials and components. They are reportedly looking at areas in the regions of Bursa, Denizli, Kayseri, Trabzon and Samsun.

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    According to the naztional retail sales index, shoe retailers'...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    According to the naztional retail sales index, shoe retailers' sales in Sweden increased by 3.3 percent in March and 8.7 percent in April. This means shoe sales increased by 1.5 percent at current prices in the first four months. At fixed prices, shoe sales decreased by 1.9 percent.

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    The German shoe manufacturer Lloyd recorded a 7.5 percent increase...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe manufacturer Lloyd recorded a 7.5 percent increase in sales at the end of the fall/winter season 2010-11. Exports increased by 8 percent. Through the end of July, reorders were up by 2.6 percent compared with the same period in the previous year. The company plans to open ...

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    A total of 450 brands will exhibit at the Mess...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    A total of 450 brands will exhibit at the Mess Around shoe show in Paris on Sept. 4-6, slightly down from 460 a year ago, but there will be a dozen new brands of children's shoes

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    Lanxess, the specialty chemicals manufacturer, is investing more than €40...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Lanxess, the specialty chemicals manufacturer, is investing more than €40 million in China, mostly in the leather industry. A €30 million leather chemicals plant started construction last month in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, that will be able to produce 50,000 tonnes per year and that is expected to operational in the ...

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    Florsheim's sales in Europe and Australia jumped by 40 percent...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Florsheim's sales in Europe and Australia jumped by 40 percent to $11.3 million in the second quarter, helping the parent company, Weyco Group, book a 16 percent increase in total revenues to $56.6 million. In North America, Florsheim and Nunn Bush recorded drops of 1 and 2 percent at wholesale, ...

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    Imports of leather shoes into Russia rose by 5.3% to...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Imports of leather shoes into Russia rose by 5.3% to 42.9 million pairs in the first five months of 2011, according to official figures, which may differ from the real ones

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    Vietnam's exports for leather shoes increased in value to $3.6...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam's exports for leather shoes increased in value to $3.6 billion in the first seven months of 2011 from $2.75 billion in the same period a year ago

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    NilsonGroup reported record results for 2010. The pre-tax margin went...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    NilsonGroup reported record results for 2010. The pre-tax margin went up to 10.5 percent of its consolidated sales, which rose by 9.9 percent to 2,442.6 million Swedish kronor (€266.5m-$385.6m), from 7.8 percent in the prior year. The sales increase was 10.4 percent in Sweden and 8.2 percent in other ...

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    P2i, which makes ion-mask nanocoating for water repellency, was named...

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    P2i, which makes ion-mask nanocoating for water repellency, was named the Most Innovative Company in Europe and the 2011 International Business Awards, taking home an International Stevie Award. The Stevie Award is named after the Greek word meaning “crowned,” and the honor goes to a company that has excelled globally. ...

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    Tod’s annual sales may grow by at least 12%

    2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Tod's anticipates that it will match market expectations of an increase of more than 12.0 percent in full-year sales in the wake of first-half results and the order backlog for the fall/winter collection. The management stresses that it will be facing a tougher comparison base in the second half of ...