All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 16, Issue 9-10 – Page 2
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Zalando’s growth slows down
Zalando, the big European internet retailer, has reported a 35 percent sales increase to €501 million in the first quarter, including a rise of 27 percent to €223 million in the German-speaking area. The company's sales had surged by 74 percent in the same quarter a year ago, following its ...
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Hermès enjoys double-digit sales growth
Hermès International's consolidated turnover reached €943.5 million in the first quarter, an improvement of 10.1 percent in euros and 14.7 percent at constant exchange rates compared with the first quarter a year earlier. Sales in the group's stores posted strong growth of 16.7 percent at constant exchange rates.Sales grew in ...
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Dosenbach-Ochsner, the Swiss subsidiary of Deichmann, had reported slight sales...
Dosenbach-Ochsner, the Swiss subsidiary of Deichmann, had reported slight sales declines its shoe retail stores in 2013. The Dosenbach stores saw their sales drop by 2 percent to 363 million Swiss francs (€296.92m-$407.25m), while sales at Ochsner Shoes fell by 1 percent to CHF 138 million (€112.87m-$154.81m). As a group, ...
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In the framework of its integration into the Deckers Outdoor...
In the framework of its integration into the Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Wave & Motion has announced that it is stopping the distribution of Ipanema, Rider and Grendha in June 2014. The sale of these Brazilian brands of sandals in Germany will now be managed by Palm Beach, PB Bade & ...
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Lineapelle reports on an excellent reaction to its decision to...
Lineapelle reports on an excellent reaction to its decision to move its main show from Bologna to Milan. The rhythm of applications for the Sept. 10-12 event is currently four times higher than a year ago. The organizers estimate that 40 to 42 percent of the visitors at the fair ...
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Danner has opened a new store in Renton, Washington...
Danner has opened a new store in Renton, Washington
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The technological shoe institute of La Rioja, or CTCR, is...
The technological shoe institute of La Rioja, or CTCR, is organizing an e-Shoe conference on May 27, covering different aspects of e-commerce in the shoe sector. CTCR quotes statistics indicating that electronic sales of footwear grew by 67 percent in Spain in 2013. Vente-Privée sold more than 2.5 million pairs ...
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CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, is launching...
CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, is launching its environmental activity in China, opening a new laboratory dedicated to analyzing waste water from tanneries. CTC's Waste Water Index has been used for more than 30 years in Europe and is now available to CTC customers in China. At ...
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Russia/Ukraine crisis hits Ferragamo
The tension between Russia and Ukraine affected first-quarter sales at Salvatore Ferragamo and the management said it would probably continue impacting revenues in the coming months if the crisis is not solved rapidly. The group estimates that Russians and Ukrainians represent 15 to 20 percent of the company's sales in ...
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Together with comfort shoe retailers, GMS has started a new...
Together with comfort shoe retailers, GMS has started a new concept, in order to develop the “best practice comfort shoe shop” for the future. After opening two pilot stores under the “Boys & Girls” trade concept, which was launched by the German buying group in 2013, GMS plans to open ...
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Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted...
Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted a preliminary injunction against Geox, authorizing the seizure of certain Amphibiox branded shoes in Italy because they are likely to have infringed a patent held by its OutDry Technologies subsidiary for waterproof and breathable footwear. Similar legal action is pending ...
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Clarks will be supplying iPads in its stores to measure...
Clarks will be supplying iPads in its stores to measure its customers' feet. An appropriate measurement device has been already tested in 50 Clarks shoe stores in Britain and will be in introduced to an additional 468 Clarks stores in the U.K. in the course of this spring. The iPads ...
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Jimmy Choo has reopened its store in Munich, presenting a...
Jimmy Choo has reopened its store in Munich, presenting a new design that will be rolled out to other stores around the world
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Pablosky, which makes more two million children's shoes per year,...
Pablosky, which makes more two million children's shoes per year, has opened a store in Tel Aviv
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DSW has a new chief financial officer, Mary Meixelsperger, who...
DSW has a new chief financial officer, Mary Meixelsperger, who comes from a regional chain of discount stores, Shopko Stores
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Michael Ziff, the former major shareholder and chief executive of...
Michael Ziff, the former major shareholder and chief executive of Barratts, has joined Harvey Jacobson in the launch of a new barratt.co.uk online shop, which is offering a variety of branded and unbranded footwear for the whole family. Their joint venture, W Barratt & Co., acquired the website and intellectual ...
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MyShoes changed its status to a Societas Europea (SE), or...
MyShoes changed its status to a Societas Europea (SE), or European corporation, in April 2014. The change is expected to facilitate cooperation across national borders for the subsidiary of Deichmann, which became an independent brand in the German market. MyShoes manages 30 stores, of between 400 and 600 sqm, in ...
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Louis Vuitton has opened a Global Store on Frankfurt's central...
Louis Vuitton has opened a Global Store on Frankfurt's central Goethestrasse
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Vans has launched a capsule collection inspired by the Star...
Vans has launched a capsule collection inspired by the Star Wars trilogy. Fewer than 300 pairs have been produced for each style. They are being sold for €70 per pair or more in just six stores around the world including Colette in Paris, Firmament in Los Angeles and Opening Ceremony ...
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Louis Vuitton is considering expanding its shoe production capacity with...
Louis Vuitton is considering expanding its shoe production capacity with the opening of a plant in Italy, in 2015. As reported by Moda24, the new facility could be located in Tuscany.
