All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 15-16 – Page 5

  • News briefs

    Steve Madden has reported relatively flat sales of $295.7 million...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Steve Madden has reported relatively flat sales of $295.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30. Due to higher promotional activity, the gross margin declined to 36.2 percent from 37.2 percent a year ago, and the operating margin fell to 13.6 percent from 15.3 percent. Net income dropped to ...

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    Deckers grows by 24.3%

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Deckers Outdoor Corporation, which recently changed its fiscal year-end to March, has raised its outlook for sales and earnings in the current financial year after reporting a 24.3 percent boost in total revenues to $211.5 million for its first quarter ended on June 30. All its main brands contributed to ...

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    At least 16 speakers will address the World Footwear Congress...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    At least 16 speakers will address the World Footwear Congress due to take place in Léon, Mexico, on Nov. 24-25. The roster includes names such as Mecca Rafeeaue Ahmed, president of Farida Group; James Issler, president and chief executive of H.H. Brown Shoe Company; Su Chaoying, president of the China ...

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    Yoox posts 15% sales growth while orders jump 22%

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Yoox reported consolidated net revenues of €238.0 million for the first half ended June 30, up 14.7 percent, or 18.7 percent at constant exchange rates, from the first half of 2013. The Italian-based internet retailing platform recorded growth in all its key markets, including a rise of more than 20 ...

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    Portugal’s shoe exports grow by 12%

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Sales of Portuguese shoes abroad accelerated in the first six months of this year, rising by 12 percent to €885 million as compared to the first half of 2013, with increases of about 11 percent in the European Union and more than 23 percent in other parts of the world. ...

  • Short stops

    GMS, the 10-year-old German buying group, is trying to move...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    GMS, the 10-year-old German buying group, is trying to move into the French market

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    Groupe Royer has donated some 1,800 former Charles Jourdan shoe...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Groupe Royer has donated some 1,800 former Charles Jourdan shoe models and 800 Stéphane Kelian styles to the International Shoe Museum of Romans

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    Wolverine Worldwide has signed a lease for 150,000 square feet...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has signed a lease for 150,000 square feet of space in a new complex at Waltham, Massachusetts, near Boston, to house the management and administration of the Sperry Top-Sider, Saucony, Keds, and Stride Rite bought in 2012. They were previously located at Lexington, another town in the region.

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    A “Harrods Shoe Heaven” opened on 42,000 square feet on...

    2014-08-13T00:00:00Z

    A “Harrods Shoe Heaven” opened on 42,000 square feet on Aug. 1, replacing a former shoe department that occupied one-third of the space. Located on the fifth floor of the London department store, it hosts 17 boutiques for luxury brands such as Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Chanel, Christian Dior, Louis ...