All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 15+16 – Page 2
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ArticleCaleres’ CEO to step down in January
Diane Sullivan, who has served as Caleres’ chief executive officer for more than a decade, will retire as CEO on Jan. 15, 2023, and will assume the role of executive chairman. At that time, Jay Schmidt will succeed her as chief executive officer. Schmidt was named president of the ...
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Siro Badon resigns as head of Assocalzaturifici
On July 26, Siro Badon resigned as president of the Italian footwear association, Assocalzaturifici. Elected in June of 2019, he resigned for ”personal and professional reasons as a result of his workload in his company, which prevents him from continuing to guarantee constant availability for the association,” Assocalzaturifici said in ...
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ArticleSkechers adopts cautious H2 outlook, plans further distribution center investments
Skechers – citing currency impacts, persistent supply chain woes, a slower pace of recovery in China, and an overall uncertain global economic environment – is taking a “cautious view” for the remainder of 2022 after reporting record quarterly revenues. Describing a volatile supply chain environment over the last 4 to ...
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Shoe Zone improves its FY guidance
Shoe Zone has increased its full-year guidance and now expects adjusted profit before tax to be not less than £9.5 million (€11.5m). The forecast excludes the profit on the sale of freehold property and foreign exchange revaluations. The previous guidance for the full year ending on Oct. 2 was for ...
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ArticleHow the exodus out of Russia is creating opportunities for locals
Western footwear retailers that pulled out from the Russian market over the past few months in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sold products worth 51.2 billion rubles (€911m) in the country in 2021, estimated Chestny Znak, a Russian regulator supervising the labelling of fashion products on the domestic ...
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Manolo Blahnik wins Chinese trademark battle
Manolo Blahnik has won a 22-year dispute to use its name in China. China is a “first to file” jurisdiction, meaning that the businessman Fang Yuzhou had obtained the rights to the brand’s name in 2000 following an application made in 1999. But in December 2020, the Supreme People’s Court ...
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Kizik raises $20m in a series B fund round
Kizik, based in Lindon, Utah, has completed a $20 million series B funding round led by the private equity The Newcastle Network. The American footwear brand, whose parent company is HandsFree Labs, specializes in slip on shoes. It will use the funds to launch a Kizik Kids line and to ...
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ArticleUnbound raises funds for its growth
Hotter Shoes’ parent company, Unbound Group, raised a gross £3.3 million by selling 22,004,615 shares at a price of 15 pence each in a placement. In addition to the placing, certain of Unbound’s directors and senior managers subscribed for 1,221,281 shares, under a subscription scheme, at a similar price and ...
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JD Sports like-for-like sales up 5%
JD Sports Fashion said that total sales in like-for-like businesses were up by 5 percent year-over-year in the period ending June 30, which corresponds to the first five months of its fiscal year. The group confirmed its guidance for the fiscal year ending Jan. 28, 2023 of profit before ...
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ArticleCapri plans to significantly boost shoe sales
Capri Holdings aims to significantly increase the footwear and accessories sales of its brands Jimmy Choo, Versace and Michael Kors, For Versace, footwear revenues are forecast to rise from $200 million in the full year ended April 2, 2022, to $300 million over time, while for Michael Kors shoe sales ...
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ArticleManagement changes at Primark aim at boosting international expansion, digital sales
Associated British Foods (ABF), the parent company of Primark, has poached the finance chief of Marks & Spencer (M&S) and reinforced the management structure of its apparel retailing subsidiary. The two moves are expected to help Primark in its international expansion, especially in the U.S., and improve its online offering. ...
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Naot Footwear to open a flagship store in New York
Naot Footwear, an Israeli footwear company, plans to open a flagship store in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood in early fall 2022. The 800 square-foot store will be located 436 West Broadway, in the heart of SoHo, alongside the city’s most iconic boutiques. The brand claims it ”has long had ...
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Zalando names new head for German-speaking countries
Christoph Lütke Schelhowe, a former McKinsey associate principal, is Zalando’s new general manager for the German-speaking markets. Schelhowe has been with the company for almost ten years in different positions, most recently VP, demand – customer acquisition and engagement. He replaces Florian Jodl, who resigned.
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ArticleGoogle installs seamless shopping with new Shopify tool on Youtube
By installing a new Shopify connection on Youtube, the internet company is expanding the business opportunities for content creators, like influencers and brands. Up to now, Youtube creators were able to promote and sell products in live videos on Youtube – but for the purchase transaction, a change of platforms ...
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CMA CGM cuts freight rates for French imports, exports
The French shipping company CMA CGM is cutting freight costs for imports and exports to and from France. The company is cutting freight rates by €750 per container for imports from Asia to metropolitan France and for all imports by French overseas territories. CMA CGM is also reducing the cost ...
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Bernard Arnault to reinforce control over LVMH parent company
The French businessman Bernard Arnault plans to transform Financière Agache, a family holding company which controls the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, into a limited partnership. The move will enable the businessman and his five children to maintain control over the group. “The LVMH group is a family-based group whose ...
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Coats completes the acquisition of Texon
On July 21, the British industrial thread manufacturer Coats announced that it had completed the acquisition of Texon, a U.S. footwear solutions provider. Coats bought Texon at an enterprise value of $237 million and a total net cash consideration of $211 million. The acquisition is based on an Ebitda multiple ...
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French footwear sales plunge in June after a strong May
Footwear sales dropped by 9.0 percent month on month in June, on a seasonally and working-day adjusted basis, the sharpest decline among the categories monitored by the Bank of France to gauge retail trade. In May, footwear had been the best performing category with a 7.5 percent rise. Overall retail ...
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Aldo completes its restructuring
On July 14, Aldo Group exited from its restructuring process initiated in May 2020 when it filed for protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. “It is with great relief that we put this process behind us, and with excitement that we now look ahead. The work and restructuring we’ve ...
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EU starts membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia
On July 19, 2022, the European Union started membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. “What a historic moment. Today, Albania and North Macedonia are opening the accession negotiations to the European Union,” said Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission. “You and your citizens, you and ...
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