All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 19, Issue 9-10 – Page 4

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    The advisory board of ANWR's financial institution, DZB Bank, has...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The advisory board of ANWR's financial institution, DZB Bank, has appointed Jan Weber, 41, to its executive board from July 1, 2017. Weber, who worked previously for the Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg, a district savings bank, succeeds Hans Erich Seum, who will retire at the end of this year. The 62-year-old has ...

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    Zappos.com has launched Zappos Adaptive, a collection of functional products...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Zappos.com has launched Zappos Adaptive, a collection of functional products designed for wearers who have challenges getting dressed because of disability or other physical issues. Zappos Adaptive features items such as clothing which is free of buttons and zippers, tagless, and fully reversible, which means it can be worn front-to-back ...

  • Short stops

    Spring Court, the 80-year-old French brand of sneakers, has developed...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Spring Court, the 80-year-old French brand of sneakers, has developed two exclusive pairs for the Colette store in Paris in connection with the Roland Garros tennis tournament

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    The Royer Group, which owns Aster, Mod'8 and other brands...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The Royer Group, which owns Aster, Mod'8 and other brands of children's shoes, is said to be one of four candidates for the takeover of another French children's footwear brand, GBB, and its Catimini and IKKS licenses. These assets belong to a larger French group, Kindy, that specializes in socks. ...

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    Thomas Skulboel, 59, is the new sales manager of Ecco...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Skulboel, 59, is the new sales manager of Ecco for the German market, reporting to Frank Dissmann, general manager for Ecco Central Europe since mid-January

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    Axelle Mathery, 40, will become the new general manager of...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Axelle Mathery, 40, will become the new general manager of San Marina, one of the better shoe retail chains of the French Vivarte group, which had a turnover of €125 million in 2016. On June 1, she will replace Nathalie Le Brun, who has held this position for the last ...

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    Fashion and luxury slowed down in 2016. Pambianco Strategie di...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Fashion and luxury slowed down in 2016. Pambianco Strategie di Impresa conducted a study on a panel of 36 companies listed on the Stock Exchange with headquarters in Europe and the U.S. which found that the combined turnover of these companies increased by 4.4 percent in 2016, down from a ...

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    Linda Bennet, who founded LK Bennet in 1990, will be...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Linda Bennet, who founded LK Bennet in 1990, will be resuming an active role within the eponymous fashion chain as a consultant, to support the brand's ongoing expansion. In 2008, Bennett sold the company to Phoenix Equity Partners and Sirius Equity for £100 million (€115.7m-$130.1m). She has remained on the ...

  • Article

    Alpargatas’ sales decline by 19%

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Shares in the Brazilian footwear company fell by 7.0 percent after it announced that its sales in Brazil had fallen by 16.8 percent to 466.1 million reais (€135.7m-$149.8m) in the first quarter. Alpargatas' global revenues, which stem mainly from its Havaianas brand of sandals and a license with Mizuno, were ...

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    Online sales of footwear grew in Germany by 16 percent...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Online sales of footwear grew in Germany by 16 percent to an estimated level of €871 million during the first quarter of this year, according to BEVH, the country's e-commerce federation. Across all categories, online retailing grew by 10 percent to €13.2 billion, with an increase of only 2.7 percent ...

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    Q1 sales slump at Tod’s due to wholesale

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Tod's posted a disappointing 4.4 percent drop in first-quarter revenues to €238.5 million, largely due to a sharp decline in the wholesale division as the company decided to shun clients that might default on payments. At constant currency rates, the top line dropped by 5.0 percent The company warned that, ...

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    Geox’ Q1 sales are lifted by wholesale

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Geox posted a small 1.2 percent increase in first-quarter sales to €297.9 million, driven by higher wholesale revenues. At constant currency rates, the top line grew by 0.1 percent. The company confirmed its forecast of improved sales and profitability in the full year.Overall footwear sales increased by 0.8 percent to ...

  • Article

    Netshoes grows by 18.1%

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The leading e-commerce player in Latin America, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange on April 12, announced an 18.1 percent increase in sales on a currency-neutral basis for the first quarter of 2017, with growth of 17.2 percent in the domestic Brazilian market and 23.8 percent in ...

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    Brazilian shoe exports declined by 1.6 percent to 31 million...

    2017-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Brazilian shoe exports declined by 1.6 percent to 31 million pairs in the first quarter of this year, but because of the appreciation of the Brazilian real, they declined by 14.2 percent in terms of U.S. dollars, down to $259 million. With deliveries of 3.16 million pairs, exports to the ...