All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 15-16 – Page 4

  • Article

    Skechers’ sales rise by 17% but foreign costs keep profits down

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Skechers USA's results for the second quarter topped expectations, due in part to strong double-digit growth in its business outside the U.S. Total revenues hit a new record of $1,030 million, which represents an increase of 16.9 percent over the second quarter of 2016. When it reported first-quarter results in ...

  • Article

    LVMH grows by 15%

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The world's largest luxury goods group posted a 15 percent increase in sales to €19.7 billion for the second quarter as well as the first half of this year, including organic growth of 12 percent. Here also, the management cautioned that the trend cannot be extrapolated for the whole year, ...

  • News briefs

    Florsheim has gone retro as part of its 125th anniversary...

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Florsheim has gone retro as part of its 125th anniversary celebrations this year. Founded in Chicago by Milton Florsheim in 1892, the company is reviving its Ascot styles from 1907 with a series of limited-edition collections. The shoes have been updated with a modernized toe, but all original details have ...

  • News briefs

    After a strong 2016 with a turnover of €11.5 million,...

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    After a strong 2016 with a turnover of €11.5 million, the Swedish shoe manufacturer Kavat has invested in new, larger production facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The company moved its 160 employees in July from the existing premises in Travnik into a new 5000-square-meter factory in Novi Travnik, 90 kilometers west of ...

  • Article

    Pentland’s Ebit grows beyond 10%

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    The Pentland Group has reported a 21 percent increase in total revenues to £2.9 billion (€3.2bn-$3.8bn) in 2016, driven by the ongoing expansion of JD Sports Fashion, the U.K.-based retailer in which it has majority control.The group's operating profit jumped by 50 percent to £331 million (€370.4m-$432.5m), up from £220 million ...