All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 8-9 – Page 2
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Germany records declining shoe imports and exports
At the GDS fair, the federation of the German footwear and leathergoods industry, HDS/L, presented more detailed sales, export and import figures than those that we already published in the last issue of Shoe Intelligence.Shoe imports into Germany declined from 594 million pairs in 2011 to 537 million pairs in ...
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Gabor Footwear has decided to stop the distribution of Snipe,...
Gabor Footwear has decided to stop the distribution of Snipe, starting with the autumn/winter 2013 season, because it does not see any growth potential for this Spanish label, which it took over in March 2009, with the exception of its rights on the Spanish market. Sales of the brand increased ...
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JAL Group signs technical deal with Simon Corp.
JAL Group, the French-Italian safety shoes specialist, and Simon Corporation Japan signed a framework agreement of mutual technical cooperation on Feb. 26 for the exchange of know-how of products, new technologies and production processes. JAL Group says the new agreement is meant to open up commercial advantages for it in ...
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Gabor has launched its own online magazine, managed by Conde Nast, with news...
Gabor has launched its own online magazine, managed by Conde Nast, with news on fashion trends, celebrities and products in order to reach out to a younger clientele in Germany, where it already enjoys a 75 percent brand awareness ratio in the target group of women aged between 30 and 49 years.
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Inditex, the parent company of Zara and many other retail...
Inditex, the parent company of Zara and many other retail banners, has reported a 6 percent sales increase on a same-store basis for the financial year ended last Jan. 31. Total sales went up by 16 percent to €15.9 billion, thanks also to an increase in the number of stores ...
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Spartoo moves into clothing
Confirming earlier reports, the French online shoe retailer has announced that it will be adding men's and women's apparel to its offering. Starting from mid-March, Spartoo is putting more than 6,000 spring/summer 2013 models of clothing for sale on its web platform from about 100 brands.Products are classified in four ...
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U.K. retailers saw clothing and footwear deflation slow considerably in...
U.K. retailers saw clothing and footwear deflation slow considerably in February, as seasonal discounts came to an end. According to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index, clothing and footwear deflation rates slowed to 4.2 percent, compared with 7.7 percent in January. Findings indicate that women's and children's clothing and accessories reported ...
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Modacalzado+Iberpiel closes with fewer visitors
The 31st edition of Modacalzado+Iberpiel, which took place on March 9-11 in Madrid, also registered a decline in the number of visitors compared with a year ago, down to 7,125 this year from 7,500 a year ago. Buyers attending the March edition of the footwear and leathergoods fair were from 63 ...
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Harrods is partnering with Christian Dior on a series of...
Harrods is partnering with Christian Dior on a series of new displays, in-store activities and exhibitions dedicated to the French fashion house, from March 16 to April 14. The windows of the London department store in Brompton Road will hold Dior's recognizable color scheme of grey and white, while featuring ...
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Tod’s focuses store openings in China
The Tod's group plans to open up to 20 stores this year, with 80 percent of new openings taking place in China. The company expects to open three stores in Europe, a couple in Brazil and one in Japan. The firm continues to test its e-commerce business, which it is ...
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Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe...
Important changes have taken place at Mirapodo, the online shoe retail platform of Germany's Otto Group, which is probably having a hard time competing with the likes of Zalando and Amazon (see the article on Amazon in the Results & Statistics). Stephanie Caspar, who has been the chief executive of ...
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For one of the two Pittarello chains of shoe stores...
For one of the two Pittarello chains of shoe stores in Italy, the year 2012 has been a crucial one. Based in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto, the 90-year-old company recently acquired by 21 Investimenti saw sales increasing by 30 percent to reach €150 million in 2012. It also doubled the ...
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Ecco has opened a special flagship store in the center...
Ecco has opened a special flagship store in the center of Copenhagen. It features high-quality natural materials as well as electronic visuals and various interactive media elements. It is divided into different areas for the company's different product segments. A cozy, secluded lounge area with soft carpeting and leather sofas ...
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Shoe Carnival’s sales at low end of guidance
Shoe Carnival said that its fourth-quarter earnings came in at the low end of guidance due to results in the last two weeks of the quarter, which were below expectations. Actual results for those two weeks included a decline in comparable store sales of 27 percent and a loss of ...
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Brown Shoe swings to a profit, but wholesale revenues are down
Brown Shoe reported net sales of $640.2 million for the fourth quarter ended last Feb. 2, up from $628.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. The results for both quarters included sales of $2.8 million and $16.5 million, respectively, from brands and businesses that the company has divested. Excluding exited ...
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Palladium, the French-based casual footwear brand owned by K-Swiss, improved...
Palladium, the French-based casual footwear brand owned by K-Swiss, improved its sales by 18.8 percent to $51.8 million in 2012, reaping the fruits of intense marketing and selling efforts. Instead, the K-Swiss group, which is about to be taken over by E-Land of South Korea, saw the sales of its ...
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Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at...
Frank Schuffelen, a member of the board of management at ANWR Garant International, AGI, resigned from his post on Feb. 28. Before assuming the post in December 2012, the German financial expert had already been a member of the board of management of Garant Schuh + Mode for seven years.
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Blundstone will start selling its products in the Russian market from the...
Blundstone will start selling its products in the Russian market from the autumn/winter 2013 season through a distribution partnership with a local distributor, Code 7. From July 2013, Central Trade will be assuming the distribution of Blundstone's shoe collections in the U.K., where the brand's distribution was previously managed directly by Blundestone's Italian ...
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Birkenstock changes management structure
Birkenstock Orthopädie, the holding company for the Alpro's, Betula, Birkenstock, Birki's, Footprint, Papillio and Tatami brands of comfort shoes, is updating its management structure, following the previously reported acquisition of Stephan Birkenstock's shares in the group by his brothers Christian and Axel. The process has not yet been completed or ...
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Better Factories Cambodia (BFC), the monitoring and reporting scheme of...
Better Factories Cambodia (BFC), the monitoring and reporting scheme of the International Labor Organization (ILO), has created a new program to extend services to Cambodia's footwear sector. BFC is the first Better Work country program to expand into footwear. The move follows a pilot project to better understand conditions and ...
