All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 21, Issue 5-6 – Page 5

  • Article

    Kering books an Ebit margin of 28.9%

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    We have already reported the excellent results achieved last year by LVMH and Hermès, which contrast with the rather disappointing results of two more footwear-specific luxury goods companies, Salvatore Ferragamo and Tod's (see also the news briefs in this issue). Kering did even better in 2018 with an increase of ...

  • News briefs

    Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24, the German online marketplace for shoe retailers based in Wiesbaden, ranked 38th in the latest list by the Financial Times of the thousand fastest-growing companies in Europe. Listed as Shoe Benner, and founded by Dominik Benner in 2013, the company posted a compound annual growth rate of 183 percent ...

  • News briefs

    For spring/summer 2019, Kavat is launching a new collection of children's...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    For spring/summer 2019, Kavat is launching a new collection of children's rubber boots, in four colors. One-third of the materials used to make the “Skur” collection are drawn from Brazilian sugar cane. In March 2018, Kavat received its second EU Ecolabel for continued commitment to high quality and sustainable production, despite tougher requirements. In ...

  • News briefs

    Salvatore Ferragamo registered a 25.5 percent drop in its 2018...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Salvatore Ferragamo registered a 25.5 percent drop in its 2018 net profit, excluding minorities, to €88.4 million and cut its full-year dividend to €0.34 per share from €0.38 a year earlier. Full-year sales were down by 3.3 percent to €1,347 million (see Shoe Intelligence Vol. 21 n° 3+4) and gross ...

  • News briefs

    Tod's has cut its dividend for its 2018 results to...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Tod's has cut its dividend for its 2018 results to €1.00 per share from €1.40 as it suffered a decline in profitability. The company posted a gross operating profit, or Ebitda, of €118.3 million for last year, down from €160.5 million in the previous one, due to higher communication and ...

  • Article

    Dr. Martens invests £2m in its English heritage

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Dr. Martens is overhauling its original factory in the Northamptonshire town of Wollaston. The plan is to more than double its production capacity from the current level of 70,000 pairs to 165,000 pairs per year, and to open what the company is calling a new visitor and heritage center in ...

  • News briefs

    Through a digital B2B platform, Ricosta, the big German brand of children's...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Through a digital B2B platform, Ricosta, the big German brand of children's footwear, and Lloyd Shoes, the German shoe manufacturer, are presenting their retail clients with a new “endless aisle” called Fashion Cloud. Among other things, Fashion Cloud allows clients to check the availability of missing items from their stores in real time ...

  • News briefs

    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...

  • News briefs

    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a...

    2019-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Skechers reports the opening of its 3,000th store. With a surface of 3,000 square meters, it is its largest mono-brand store in the world. It is located in the Chinese city of Shenyang. The store has an entertainment area for children and a large assortment of branded clothing to complement ...