All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 9+10 – Page 4
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ArticleCzech footwear firm Vasky acquires Botas
The Czech footwear company Vasky has acquired its peer Botas, which went into liquiditation at the beginning of the year. Prior to the takeover, the two companies had collaborated on a new footwear collection called Botas x Vasky that was launched early April 2023. Botas was created in 1949 and ...
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Keds launches brand refresh and product expansion after Designer Brands takeover
Keds has engaged into a brand refresh, with an updated logo in a new blue hue, and launched three new upgraded sneaker styles priced between $50 and $80. The upgraded styles are The Court, The Platform and The Mini. The news comes after the brand was bought by Designer Brands ...
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IMAC’s FY sales rise to €217m
IMAC, the Italian footwear company that owns the brands Igi&Co, Primigi, IMAC and Enval Soft, posted sales of €217 million in 2022, up by 10 percent from a year earlier. The group achieved 55 percent of its revenues in Italy. Sales by brand stood at €88 million for Primigi, €63 ...
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La Sportiva's sales up by 30% in 2022
La Sportiva’s sales increased by 30 percent year-over-year to €216 million in 2022. International sales accounted for 80 percent of the company’s revenues. Sales in both Europe and the U.S. grew by double-digit rates, driven by the rising interest in outdoor activities. Founded in 1928 by Narciso Delladio, is still ...
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Hermès sales up by 22% in Q1
Hermes’ first-quarter revenue reached €3,380 million, up by a reported 22 percent and by 23 percent at constant currency rates, with growth in all geographical areas and across all the business lines. The leather goods and saddlery division booked sales of €1,409 million, up by a reported 18 percent and ...
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ArticleUnbound withdraws support for WoolOvers offer as new bidder emerges
Unbound Group, the British owner of Hotter Shoes, has withdrawn its support for a potential takeover by WoolOvers Group after receiving a rival offer from London-based Marwyn Investment Management, which has pledged to inject £10 million (€11.4m) into the firm. Marwyn made its approach on April 5, Unbound revealed in ...
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LVMH Q1 sales up by 18%
LVMH saw organic and reported sales of its fashion and leather goods division rise by 18 percent year-over-year in the first quarter to €10.728 billion. Sales for the whole French luxury-goods conglomerate were up by 17 percent to €21.035 billion. Europe and Japan, which enjoyed strong growth momentum, benefited from ...
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ArticleKazakh shoe prices set to rise due to mandatory labeling
Mandatory origin labeling of shoes came into force in Kazakhstan on April 1, despite criticisms by small retailers. Market players had urged the authorities to delay the reform, which has already been postponed for almost a year, or to make the labelling voluntary.In the last week of March, a significant ...
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Bata India hires a new CFO
Bata India announced that on April 3 Anil Somani started as chief financial officer. He joins the footwear company from Reliance Digital Retail, where Somani was CFO for nearly six years. Previously, Somani was CFO at Infiniti Retail, a provider of technology products, services and solutions part of the Tata ...
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ArticlePittards’ overdraft facility increased by £340,000
Pittards’ overdraft facility was increased by £340,000 by Lloyds after the British leather and leather goods company completed a cash call. The bank also extended Pittards’ other borrowing facilities until June 30, 2023. Negotiations with Lloyds regarding new facilities or the restructuring of existing facilities remain ongoing, Pittards said. ...
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Twitter 2023 revenues seen down 28% after Elon Musk's takeover
The revenues of Twitter are expected to decline by 28 percent to $2.98 billion in 2023 from $4.14 billion in 2022 as some advertisers shun the U.S. social media after its takeover by the businessman Elon Musk, according to the research firm Insider Intelligence. “The biggest problem with Twitter’s ad ...
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ArticleRussian marketplaces join forces to clamp down on counterfeit goods
A group of Russia’s largest online marketplaces launched a joint initiative to establish a blacklist of suppliers found peddling counterfeit goods. The businesses decided to clamp down on fraud after facing growing criticism from customers and concern from regulators. Russia’s Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies, a government agency ...
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ArticleBirkenstock’s factory in Pasewalk nears completion; new CFO appointed
Birkenstock’s new shoe factory in Pasewalk, Germany, is nearing completion, with production at the site set to start the third quarter of 2023. Seven months after laying the foundation stone for its €120-million plant last August, the footwear giant has held a topping-out ceremony with 250 guests. The construction ...
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ArticleGolden Goose boosts FY sales above €500m
In 2022, Golden Goose increased its sales by 30 percent to €501 million, driven by a 55 percent rise in revenues in the Americas to €230.4 million. In Europe, Middle East and Africa sales grew by 33 percent to €193.1 million, but the top line was down by 4 percent ...
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ArticleThe stocks of former IPO stars Allbirds and Dr. Martens continue their freefall in Q1
The prices of stocks monitored by Shoe Intelligence rebounded by about 5 percent overall in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the previous three months driven by some key clusters such as large U.S. footwear companies, online retailers and luxury goods groups. However, both Allbirds and Dr. Martens, previously ...
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ArticleRocky Brands sells the Servus brand to PetroQuim unit
Rocky Brands has sold the Servus brand to PQ Footwear, a subsidiary of Industrias PetroQuim, a producer of footwear and plastic components based in the Dominican Republic. The transaction closed on March 30, 2023. The proceeds from the transaction were used to pay down debt, Rocky Brands said without disclosing ...
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Global custom footwear market seen up nearly 6% over coming years
The global custom shoes market was worth $703 million in 2022 and is projected to reach $1,213 million by 2032, growing by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.8 percent, according to a research by Market.Us. In 2022, the market for custom shoes was dominated by men, which represented ...
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Indonesian footwear exports may fall 40% in 2023
Indonesia’s footwear exports are forecast to drop between by about 40 percent in 2023 to $4.64 billion from $7.74 billion in 2022, according to the Indonesian footwear association Aprisindo. Last year, export rose by 25.15 percent, after increasing by 28.76 percent in 2021 and 8.96 percent in 2020. But, ...
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Zegna posts a full-year profit
The Italian fashion group Ermenegildo Zegna posted a net profit of €65.3 million in 2022 compared with a loss of €127.7 million in 2021 as revenues rose by 15.5 percent to €1,493 million. Last year’s loss was caused by costs incurred to merge with Investindustrial Acquisition Corp, a special purpose ...
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Clarks's U.K., European head steps down
Clarks’s managing director for the U.K., Ireland, the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Joe Ulloa, has stepped down. Ulloa joined the British footwear group in 2017 as retail and franchise director for the U.K. and Europe. He was promoted managing director of the U.K. and Ireland in ...
