All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 14, Issue 13-14 – Page 4

  • Article

    Prada’s shoe sales rise by 36%

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Prada increased its footwear revenues by 36.0 percent to €134.7 million in the first quarter ended on April 30. The product's share of total group revenues slipped to 20.0 percent from 22.0 percent a year earlier as the leathergoods category grew faster.Prada increased its top line by 47.9 percent to ...

  • News briefs

    Although total sales of shoes in France fell by 3.3...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Although total sales of shoes in France fell by 3.3 percent for the first four months of 2012 compared with last year, distance sellers and supermarkets/hypermarkets actually experienced growth of 22.5 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively. On the other hand, specialty shoe retail chains and independents suffered declines of 8.9 ...

  • Article

    Bahner Group will close 25% of its stores

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The Bahner Group has agreed with judicial authorities on a self-administered insolvency plan under which about 25 percent of the current retail network will be closed. Among them are 17 Leiser stores and 16 Schuhhof stores. The number of staff will be reduced, too. About 400 employees are affected, corresponding ...

  • News briefs

    The German shoe market grew by just 0.5 percent to...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe market grew by just 0.5 percent to €9.2 billion in 2011, but while the specialist shoe trade fell by 1.5 percent, sales over the internet rose by a whopping 54.5 percent to an estimated level of €900 million, according to independent research by IFH Retail Consultants. Retailers ...