All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 17, Issue 8-9 – Page 7
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Aided by higher sales of clothing and a 43 percent...
Aided by higher sales of clothing and a 43 percent boost in online sales, which came to represent 13 percent of the turnover, LK Bennett booked a 4.4 percent increase in total revenues to £95.3 million (€133.3m-$146.7m) for the financial year ended last Aug. 2. Adjusted net earnings remained flat ...
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Wortmann has announced the opening of the 300th Tamaris store....
Wortmann has announced the opening of the 300th Tamaris store. It is operated by a franchise partner in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden. The first one was opened by a franchisee in Berlin ten years ago. There are currently almost 1,000 Tamaris stores and shop-in-shops operated by retail partners in ...
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Vivarte closes 200 stores
The French shoe and apparel retailing group has decided to close down 37 of its 160 André shoe stores and 174 of the 600 discount apparel stores trading under its La Halle banner. Another 23 units of La Halle are going to be converted to discount shoe stores trading under ...
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Yue Yuen raised its sales by 7.2% to almost $2...
Yue Yuen raised its sales by 7.2% to almost $2 billion in the first quarter, according to preliminary, unaudited figures
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A total of 2,819 people visited last month's edition of...
A total of 2,819 people visited last month's edition of Futurmoda, the Spanish trade show for leather, components and machinery in Alicante, which hosted 175 exhibitors
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French shoe exports grow by 14%
French consumption of footwear declined for the third year in a row in 2014, according to the Federation of the French Shoe Industry (FCC). It fell by an estimated 2.0 percent to €8.8 billion, affecting all the retail channels except for apparel boutiques, sports stores and internet or mail order ...
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Schoon, a well-known chain of 10 shoe shops in the...
Schoon, a well-known chain of 10 shoe shops in the U.K., has been taken over by a British entrepreneur previously involved in catering and recruitment, Mark Pinnock, with the support of an investment company, Tnui Asset Finance. The loss-making chain had been acquired in January 2014 by two British shoe ...
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Wolverine grows by only 1%
Wolverine Worldwide enjoyed a 50 percent increase in sales to foreign distributors in the last two years, and the company continues to see international expansion as being critical to the future growth of its 16 brands. In the first quarter ended March 28, Wolverine experienced a very strong double-digit increase ...
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Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in...
Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in the role of president of the Teva brand, reporting to the new president of the group, Dave Powers. Yang has been with New Balance since 2009, working as general manager for wellness, and subsequently for women's training, lifestyle and walking. ...
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Bread & Butter will occupy about 20,000 square meters in...
Bread & Butter will occupy about 20,000 square meters in just three of the seven hangars in Berlin's Templehof Airport for its next session on July 7-9, as only 120 companies took advantage of the early-bird promotion ended on April 15. The organizers have abolished a €500 entrance fees for ...
