All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 1-2 – Page 4

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    German shoe retailers suffered a 2.4 percent drop in their...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered a 2.4 percent drop in their sales in 2016, according to the European Clearing Center (Erix), which gets data from shoe retailers that operate 4,724 stores in the country. Last year's decline came after a small increase of 1.5 percent in 2014, followed by a drop ...

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    Feng Tay's shoe production increased by 8.2 percent to 95.7...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Feng Tay's shoe production increased by 8.2 percent to 95.7 million pairs in 2016

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    The share price of Tod's went up by nearly 13...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    The share price of Tod's went up by nearly 13 percent yesterday after the reported acquisition of a 3 percent stake in the company by an Italian fund managed by Andrea Bonomi, who also has investments in Sergio Rossi, Artsana and other Italian medium-sized companies.

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    Hungary is the 11th country to be represented by CEC,...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Hungary is the 11th country to be represented by CEC, the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry, led by Cleto Sagripanti. On Dec. 15, CEC general assembly in Brussels formalized the membership of the Association of the Hungarian Light Industry (AHLI), which represents manufacturers of shoes and components through ...

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    Gabor grows by just 1%

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Gabor Shoes reports a tiny increase of one percent for its total sales in 2016, which reached €396 million, with a stable volume of 9.1 million pairs on a comparable basis. Recovering from the decline it suffered in 2015, the company's core brand, Gabor, recorded a sales increase of 2.3 ...

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    A court in Marburg opened insolvency proceedings on Jan. 1...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    A court in Marburg opened insolvency proceedings on Jan. 1 for Erich Rohde, the venerable German shoe company, confirming Frank Schmitt as receiver. He has already started discussions with potential new investors. Under his management, about 40 of Rohde's 138 employees have already been dismissed since the company requested bankruptcy ...

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    Brazilian shoe exports increased by 1.7 percent in volume and...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Brazilian shoe exports increased by 1.7 percent in volume and by 4 percent in value in the 12 months through December 2016, reaching a level of 126 million pairs worth US$999 million. Helped by the depreciation of the Brazilian real, the industry's performance in foreign markets has been improving since ...

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    Yue Yuen reports an increase of 0.6 percent to $8.48...

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen reports an increase of 0.6 percent to $8.48 billion. At the company's distribution and retail subsidiary, Pou Sheng, revenues went up by 6.4 percent to $2.45 billion, indicating a decline in the manufacturing sector.