All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 1+2 – Page 2
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ArticleNext lifts guidance again but warns of potential stock delays from Red Sea shipping attacks
Next has lifted annual guidance for the fifth time in eight months after full-price sales came in £38 million (€44m) more than expected during November and December, but warned that attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi militants could cause supply delays. Full-price sales in the ...
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Maersk to divert shipping from Red Sea for “foreseeable future”
Maersk said that it will divert all vessels from the Red Sea and the Suez Canal south around the Cape of Good Hope for the “foreseeable future”. The decision was taken by the Danish shipping company because of the volatile situation in the Red Sea as Yemen’s Houthi rebels ...
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ABG partners with BBC International for DC Shoes in U.S., Canada
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has partnered with Florida-based BBC International for its skateboarding, snowboarding and street lifestyle brand DC Shoes. Under this agreement, BBC will handle the global design, wholesale distribution and sourcing of DC Shoes footwear and snowboard boots in the U.S. and Canada. BBC is a full-service footwear ...
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U.K. store footfall declined in December
Retail store visits for the five weeks ended Dec. 30 fell by 5.0 percent year-over-year in the U.K. due to poor weather and weak consumer confidence, according to the British Retail Consortium and Sensormatic Solutions IQ’s Footfall Monitor report. The footfall was down by 0.7 percent year-over-year in November after ...
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ArticleJD Sports cuts profit guidance as sales disappoint
JD Sports Fashion’s sales came in lower than expected in the 22 weeks to Dec. 30 and the British retailer cut its full-year profit guidance. The company reported that constant currency organic revenue growth was 6.0 percent during the 22-week period, while like-for-like growth was 1.8 percent. “This was slightly ...
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Footway to hold an EGM on Jan. 25
The e-commerce company Footway Group AB has convened an extraordinary general meeting for its shareholders on Jan. 25, 2024, at the company’s premises in Kista, Sweden. The company stated in a press release that it “will shortly apply for plan negotiations to complete the reconstruction formally,” and it is expected ...
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Lotto in a license agreement for Germany and Poland with Fashioncenter
WHP Global, a U.S. brand management company and owner of the Lotto label, has signed a long-term license agreement for the brand with Norderstedt-based Fashioncenter. A subsidiary of the Schmidt Group, Fashioncenter was recently entrusted with the license for the Kappa brand for 25 years and is now taking over ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: Easywalk aims to consolidate the Covid-19 boom
IGF is a producer of sandals and slippers for men, women and children, sold under the brand name Easywalk, situated in the footwear cluster of Barletta in the South Italian region of Puglia. In 2022, it booked sales of €4 million, underpinned by demand for comfortable clothing by people housebound ...
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Nepal shoe industry working at 40% capacity
Nepal’s footwear manufacturing industry is working at only 40 percent of capacity due to a decline in exports, higher imports and smuggling, the local news agency RSS reported, citing Naniraj Ghimire, the president of the Footwear Manufacturer’s Association of Nepal. According to the association, Nepal has the capacity to produce ...
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Cambodia footwear exports down by 23%
Cambodia’s footwear exports fell by 23 percent in the first 11 months of 2023 to $1.21 billion from $1.57 billion a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The country’s exports of garment, footwear and travel products were down by 15 percent over the period to $9.9 billion. Cambodia ...
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ArticleFessura plans to raise €2.1 million in a crowdfunding
Fessura, a sneaker company based in Italy’s Marche region, is proceeding with a crowdfunding due to close on Jan.17 on the Mamacrowd platform. The maximum size of the transaction was increased to €2.1 million from €1.6 million “to give the opportunity to the many investors who have expressed interest in ...
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Uzbekistan ramps up footwear production, export
Over the past six years, Uzbekistan made a lead forward in terms of footwear production and export, the Uzbek association of leather and footwear producers, Uzcharmsanoat, reported. In 2023, the country is expected to manufacture 246 million pairs of shoes, compared to only 10 million pairs in 2017. Exports are ...
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Skechers opens a distribution center in Mumbai
Skechers inaugurated a national distribution center near Mumbai. The 600,000 square feet facility is located in the Lodha Industrial and Logistics Park in Kalyan and has a capacity to dispatch up to 60,000 pairs daily. The site represents the initial phase of a strategic partnership to develop a 1.1 million ...
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LaShoe ceases operations
The German online shoe retailer LaShoe, which specializes in women’s shoes for hallux valgus - a misalignment of the big toe - and sensitive feet, will cease operations at the end of 2023. The Düsseldorf-based company, a subsidiary of the Walbusch Group, failed to sufficiently grow its customer base ...
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Simon Tölle joins Sabu’s board
The German shoe retail cooperative Sabu has announced changes to its board of directors. From Jan. 1, 2024, Simon Tölle will join the board, replacing Peter Werner, who is stepping down at the end of December “at his own request” after more than twelve years in the role, the Heilbronn-based ...
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Hanwag appoints a senior sales manager for Germany
The hiking and mountaineering boot manufacturer Hanwag, part of Fenix Outdoor AB, is expanding its sales team in Germany. Manuel Jäckle took over the position of senior sales manager Germany on Nov. 1, 2023. In this key role, Jäckle is responsible for both internal coordination and field sales and reports ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: El Naturalista continues recovering and investing in new projects
El Naturalista expects sales to rise by 5 percent in 2023, after a 4 percent advance in 2022, as the Rioja-based footwear company continues to recover from the sharp decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Jorge Hernández, the company’s global sales manager. After achieving a turnover of €28 ...
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ArticleNew brands enter the Russian market, but face an uncertain future
Since the beginning of 2023, 19 non-food retail brands have launched businesses in Russia, a vast majority of which sell footwear and clothes, NF Group, a Moscow-based consultancy, reported. In the coming months, 23 more brands plan to follow their lead, though gaining a foothold in Russia could be a ...
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Buffalo teams up with Berlin party collective Herrensauna to launch joint shoe collection
The German footwear manufacturer Buffalo has joined forces with Berlin party collective Herrensauna, which organizes club nights in the techno scene, to create a bespoke limited-edition, party-ready shoe line within Buffalo’s new collaboration label Source. Launched last year, Source aims to connect the footwear brand with underground culture. “United ...
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ArticleDeichmann ends MyShoes brand, closes 90 stores
Footwear retailer MyShoes, a subsidiary of the German group Deichmann, will cease business operations in Germany and Austria by the end of 2024. Overall, 90 stores will be affected by the closings, with 29 in Austria and 61 in Germany, impacting 750 employees, including 150 in Austria and 600 ...
