All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 15-16 – Page 4

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    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370 million (€414.4m-$469.9m) this year, according to Footwear News. For the U.K.-based luxury shoe company, which was taken over by Cinven at the beginning of 2016 for £245 million (€274.4m-$311.2m), that would compare with a turnover of £330 million for the ...

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    Schuhe24 has launched a new international online shoe retail portal,...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24 has launched a new international online shoe retail portal, shoesyouwant.com, for customers from the European Union who wish to pay in U.S. dollars or British pounds. In the first eight days after the launch of the new website, Schuhe24 recorded many orders from the U.K., France, Luxembourg, France, Spain ...

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    The Nordic shoe market dipped in 2017

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    For the Nordic shoe market, the year of 2017 was characterized by an overall decrease in sales as well as the rising importance of e-commerce, according to analyses of the market conducted by two shoe industry publications, Skomagazinet in Sweden and Skohandelen in Norway.According to GfK Sverige, shoe sales dropped ...

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    Due to be held in Düsseldorf on Sept. 2-4, the...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Due to be held in Düsseldorf on Sept. 2-4, the new Gallery Shoes trade show will allocate more space to international brands. It will also feature a catwalk show in a new Fashion Lifestyle Corner in the Premium area of the fair, “powered by Marc Cain,” where Högl and Peter ...

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    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three months ended June 30, beating the financial analysts' average consensus that they would reach $143.6 million and resulting in an operating profit of $16.1 million. Michael Kors Holdings, which bought the brand last year, gave no comparative figures for the ...

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    Geox Q2 improves vs Q1 but outlook remains cautious

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Geox' top line declined by 8.2 percent to €414.1 million in the first half, roughly in line with the expectations of financial analysts. At constant currency rates, sales dropped by 7.2 percent, but there was an improvement on sequential quarterly basis.Second-quarter sales were down by 2.4 percent year-on-year, a sharp ...