All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 17-18
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Shifting market shares in a stronger sports shoe market
We have been publishing an exclusive study of the athletic shoe market until now only in another business newsletter of ours that dovers this sector, Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe. As the current strong sneaker boom has broken the borders between sports and fashion, we have decided to present this study ...
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New hires at Pentland
Pentland Brands has appointed an experienced manager, Simon Breckon, as brand director of Ellesse to help sustain its strong momentum, particularly with its strong expansion in North America and Greater China.Pentland noted that Breckon has a proven track record in building brands with strong emotional connections to consumers such as ...
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Portugal invests heavily in its shoe industry
The Portuguese shoe industry decided in 2013 to invest at least €300 million between 2016 and 2020, or about 15 percent of its estimated added value, to improve its competitiveness at the international level under a strategic plan, called Community Support Framework Portugal 2020, that would be aided by the ...
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Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a...
Peter Kaiser, the German manufacturer of women's shoes, opened a new outlet store and adventure center, called “Werk 1,” at its headquarters in Pirmasens on Sept. 6. The new outlet store offers women's shoes, men's shoes, the Lurchi brand of children's shoes, and Falke socks as well as handbags on ...
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The participation in Gallery Shoes, the new three-day trade show...
The participation in Gallery Shoes, the new three-day trade show in Düsseldorf, ended on Sept. 4 with stable results as compared to one year ago. It hosted around 350 exhibitors with more than 500 brands from more than 20 countries and it attracted about 9,800 visitors on a daily basis, ...
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With the support of Icex, the Spanish foreign trade promotion...
With the support of Icex, the Spanish foreign trade promotion agency, Momad Shoes invited buyers from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel, Panama and other countries to its latest edition on Sept. 7-9, which was held simultaneously with Ifema's fashion fair, Momad Metropolis. The Spanish shoe show still addresses mainly the ...
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Russian footwear stores have grown in size
Starting around 2014, many Russian clothing and footwear retailers have been re-organizing their store networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg, closing their small shops and opening bigger ones.The expansion has been made easier by the fact that store rental rates remained mostly flat in St. Petersburg and increased only slightly ...
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Robert Siff, a veteran of the footwear industry and a...
Robert Siff, a veteran of the footwear industry and a former president and lifetime director of Two Ten Footwear Foundation, passed away on Sept. 11. He was 94, and had fought a 20-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. During his career, Siff served as president and chief executive of B-W Footwear, ...
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Footasylum’s sales firm up, shares plunge
Footasylum saw its shares take another plunge after its second profit warning in three months, due to an underwhelming performance for the British sports fashion retailer over the summer as well as delays in store openings and enlargements.The retailer saw its share price shrink by more than 50 percent after ...
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Russia’s shoe market may feel the sting of U.S. sanctions
Retail sales in Russia's shoe market are likely to drop slightly in 2018 as the latest U.S. sanctions against imports into the country have sent the exchange rate of the national currency soaring, negatively affecting the purchasing power of the local population, based on the analysis of the situation formulated ...
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Michelin soles move into the fashion footwear sector
JV International, the company that has been marketing Michelin branded technical outsoles for outdoor, sports and work shoes, is now moving also into the casual footwear segment, starting with a contract with Camper.After more than 18 months of reasearch and development in cooperation with JV, Camper is coming out this ...
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German shoe exports are on the rise
According to the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, HDS/L, German shoe exports went up by 8.9 percent to €3.5 billion in the first half of the year. In terms of volume, they grew by 6.6 percent to 158 million pairs and the average price per pair rose by 2.2 percent to ...
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Skechers USA and three of its top executives including the...
Skechers USA and three of its top executives including the company's founder, Robert Greenberg, are the targets of a class action suit by shareholders who claim that they were not told the whole story about certain foreseeable logistic costs in China. They also allege that Greenberg sold a considerable number ...
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Printemps will launch a luxury e-tail site
Printemps, the Parisian department store, has announced that it will launch a new luxury e-commerce site. The new Printemps.com website is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2019, or by early 2020 at the latest. As opposed to Printemps' current website, which features products available at its ...
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The next edition of the German International Leather Goods Fair,...
The next edition of the German International Leather Goods Fair, ILM, will take place in Offenbach on Feb. 16-18, three weeks earlier than previously planned, in order to avoid another overlap with the Gallery Shoes show in Düsseldorf. This month, the ILM took place almost simultaneously with Gallery Shoes, running ...
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Ecco Leather unveils innovative water-saving tanning technology
Ecco Leather will be introducing a special commemorative edition of Ecco's classic Soft 8 sneaker on the occasion of the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018, which is scheduled to take place in Tokyo on Sept. 16-21. The sneaker features Ecco Leather's new DriTan technology, an innovative water-saving technology. ...
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DSW exceeds expectations
Boosted by strong seasonal sales of athleisure and children's styles, as well as strong digital marketing investments, DSW posted results for its second fiscal quarter that topped expectations. This led the American shoe retailing group to raise its guidance for the full year. It now expects its revenues to grow ...
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The growth of the footwear market is expected to drop...
The growth of the footwear market is expected to drop to 5 percent this year from 8 percent in 2017, according to Mintel. Peaking at 12.1 percent in 2014, the market’s growth has been mainly fueled by sneakers, according to the market research company, which sees it rising further to ...
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Vans is partnering with Wrangler for a pair of denim...
Vans is partnering with Wrangler for a pair of denim jeans, a jacket, a skirt and a backpack, which is now available on Wrangler's e-commerce site. Both brands belong to VF Corporation, which recently announced its decision to create a separate structure for its denim brands.
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Eytis has opened a store with a minimalistic decor of...
Eytis has opened a store with a minimalistic decor of about 100 square meters on Brewer Street in London, close to iconic streetwear brands like Supreme and Stüssy. Founded five years ago, the Swedish footwear brand reportedly became famous for its “Mother” sneaker, made with suede and rubber. It launched ...
