All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 13-14 – Page 4
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Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide...
Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide exports from the country without special permission from the government's agencies. The decision has been taken in order to support the domestic shoes industry, and to help support exports of products with a higher added value. The government has invested ...
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Skechers’ shares tumble after lower-than-expected earnings
Skechers USA again posted record revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, after breaking the threshold of $4 billion in annual sales for the first time in 2017. However, its shares dropped by more than 20 percent after the company posted significantly lower earnings than expected for the quarter. ...
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Adidas challenges Rockport’s sale
A U.S. equity fund, Charlesbank Capital Partners, has emerged as the only bidder for most of the assets of the bankrupt Rockport Group, including its intellectual property rights for the Rockport, Aravon and Dunham brands, its sales operations in Europe and Asia and its other global wholesale and e-commerce businesses. ...
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New sections dedicated to consmetics and jewelry will be added...
New sections dedicated to consmetics and jewelry will be added at the next Première Classe show, due to take place in Paris on Sept. 7-10
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Pavers has acquired Herring Shoes, a family-run e-tailer that sells...
Pavers has acquired Herring Shoes, a family-run e-tailer that sells shoes developed by high-end English manufacturers, focusing on men's footwear. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquisition is meant to allow Pavers to broaden its online expertise and international reach. Herring, based in Devon, will ...
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Stuart Lamb has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Stuart Lamb has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Drapers Footwear Awards. He has been heading up the 130-year-old family business, William Lamb, for the past 52 years, working together with his brother David until his death in 1982. The British company is one of the ...
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According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, the business climate...
According to a German trade magazine, Schuhkurier, the business climate was rather quite Expo Riva Schuh, which is traditionally attended by many German buyers, as well as at the recent fashion trade shows in Berlin. The magazine reported on an apparent drop in attendance at the Premium and Panorama fairs ...
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Ukraine’s shoe manufacturers sell more at home and abroad
In 2017, Ukrainian factories released 24.5 million pairs of shoes, up by 5.2 per cent as compared to 2016, while imports into the country declined by 1.9 per cent to 48.8 million pairs. Ukraine's shoe manufacturers have been taking advantage of the devaluation of the national currency over the past ...
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The 94th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place...
The 94th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, which took place at Firenze Fiera in Florence, Italy on June 12-15, recorded a total of around 30,000 visitors and 19,100 buyers, down from 19,400 retailers a year ago. Results were driven by the growth in foreign attendance, whereas there was a slight ...
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German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in...
German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in their sales during the first half of 2018, according to the European Clearing Center. The reasons were mainly a nearly non-existent spring season, an early Easter holiday and the distraction caused by the Fifa World Cup. The only exception was ...
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Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all...
Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all the retail chains controlled by the Inditex group last year, representing 12 percent of its total turnover of €25.34 billion, compared with a 7.4 percent increase for brick-and-mortar sales. All the banners, including Zara, benefited from a strong integration between ...
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3D design and pattern making skills will be in high demand
A company survey conducted as part of the “Digital TCLF 2025” project, within the framework of the “Erasmus+” EU program, has confirmed the importance of digital jobs in the Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (TCLF) sectors as well as the need to bridge the digital skills gap in these sectors. ...
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BASF New Business has acquired all the shares of Advanc3D...
BASF New Business has acquired all the shares of Advanc3D Materials, based in Hamburg, and Setup Performance, based in Lyon. Both companies are start-ups focusing on 3D printing. Advanc3D Materials offers tailor-made plastic powders and formulations for selective laser sintering (SLS) as well as process know-how. Setup Performance is Advanc3D ...
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Wayne Kulkin, a 25-year industry veteran who led Stuart Weitzman...
Wayne Kulkin, a 25-year industry veteran who led Stuart Weitzman for 25 years, has been appointed by Arezzo as head of international operations. Based in New York, he reports directly to Alexandre Birman, chief executive of the big Brazilian company. His main task is to promote the growth in the ...
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Schuhe24, the German online shoe retail portal, is entering the...
Schuhe24, the German online shoe retail portal, is entering the Austrian market and expanding its cooperation with the German-based GMS buying group. Retailers affiliated with GMS in Austria are able to use the services of Schuhe24, offering products on the online shoe retail portal from next month on. Schuhe24 was ...
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Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German...
Schuhe24.de, a company founded and run by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer who was formerly a member of ANWR's supervisory board, aims to diversify from footwear by entering the sporting goods and fashion sectors. A new internet portal, Sportmarken24.de, was launched in February. It is managed by Benner's wife, Valeska ...
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Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the...
Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the first half of this year. While the Gabor brand's revenues went up by 3 percent to €184 million, the licensed Camel Active line grew slightly to €18.5 million and the licensing business declined to €5.5 million. The group sold a ...
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Unlimited Footwear Group sees 2018 sales up nearly 5%
Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG), the Dutch group based in Waalwijk best known for its Bullboxer brand, expects sales to increase by just below 5 percent this year, continuing the positive trend of the past, when they grew by 4.5 percent to €130 million.UFG achieves about 20 percent of its revenues ...
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Italian shoe exports grew by 3.5% in 2017
Exports drove the Italian footwear sector in 2017, in an economic environment still characterized by both positive and negative features. Exports totaled 211.1 million pairs last year, representing a 2.5 percent increase versus 2016, for a total value which increased by 3.5 percent and reached €9.2 billion. It was the ...
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Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of...
Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of its World Footwear Yearbook, which can be ordered for €250 on www.worldfootwear.com
