All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 7+8 – Page 2
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ArticleTecnica Group's revenues rise to €541m
Italy-based Tecnica Group reported higher revenues in fiscal year 2025 as growth in footwear and winter sports equipment helped offset a challenging global economic environment. Revenues increased by 4.7 percent to €541.3 million, compared to the prior year, despite persistent inflationary pressures and shifting geopolitical conditions. Adjusted Ebitda fell by ...
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Shoe Carnival hikes its dividend
Shoe Carnival’s board has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share, representing a quarterly rise of 13.3 percent and an increase in the annualized dividend rate to $0.68 per share. The quarterly cash dividend will be paid on April 20, to shareholders of record as ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: How Spanish producers of espadrilles are moving to guarantee their future
Calzia, a consortium comprising over 40 Spanish producers of espadrilles based in Caravaca de la Cruz in eastern Spain, is facing a weaker market after a recent boom in sales. Salvador Gómez, who is the president of Calzia and since the end of 2024 Secretary General of Fice, the Spanish ...
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ArticleInditex very satisfied with store and online sales
Inditex, the Spanish fashion retailer which owns the brands Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius and Oysho, said that in the year that ended on Jan. 31, sales grew by 3.2 percent to €39.9 billion, showing ”very satisfactory development both in stores and online.” Online sales grew by 4.8 percent ...
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ArticleFerragamo narrows its net loss
Salvatore Ferragamo narrowed its net loss to €49.2 million in 2025 from €68.1 million the previous year as it trimmed its operating costs by 13 percent to €686.4 million. The Italian fashion group, which is in the throes of a restructuring, also reduced impairment charges by 45.3 percent to €45.7 ...
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ArticleGeox expects sales to continue falling in 2026
After a more than 8 percent decline in 2025, Geox expects sales to continue falling this year, albeit at a slower rate. The Italian footwear group has maintained its expectations of an improvement in the operating margin thanks to cost efficiency measures, but is due to release new estimates in ...
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ArticleYue Yuen 2025: Manufacturing stable, retail weighing on earnings
The world’s largest contract footwear manufacturer posted a 1.8 percent sales decline to $8.03 billion in fiscal 2025. Weak China retail weighed on results.
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ArticleZalando enjoyed efficiency and productivity gains thanks to AI in 2025
Zalando announced that it used AI to ”drive efficiency and productivity gains across its entire business” during 2025 and expects to achieve its target of €100 million in synergies from the acquisition of About You as soon as 2028, a full year earlier than planned. According to the German bank ...
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Coats reaches several sustainability targets ahead of schedule
Coats has reported accelerated progress on several environmental and social targets in its 2025 Sustainability Report, with multiple goals originally set for 2026 already achieved or exceeded. The UK-based supplier of critical components for the apparel and footwear industry said it eliminated landfill waste across its operations a year ...
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Scarpa names a new head for its North American business
Scarpa has appointed Jonathan Degenhardt as the new Chief Executive Officer of its North American subsidiary, replacing Kim Miller who is scheduled to retire at the beginning of 2027. Degenhardt is expected to join the company in mid april and will spend ”an extended transition period working alongside” Miller, Scarpa ...
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Pölking appoints a new regional sales manager
The German shoe wholesaler Pölking has appointed a new regional sales manager, with Jörn Schroeter succeeding Martin Klekamp, who has retired after almost 47 years with the company. Klekamp joined Pölking in 1979 as an apprentice in wholesale and export and has worked in sales since 1988. He was ...
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ArticleGerman fashion industry faces a 'horrific' situation, with footwear worst hit
Germany’s fashion and footwear retail sector faced another difficult year in 2025, as weak consumer spending, rising operating costs, growing online competition and excessive red tape put a strain on brick-and-mortar businesses, according to estimates from BTE, the German retail federation. Intense competition from Asian platforms such as Shein and ...
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Jomos appoints new sales manager for Eastern German region
Jomos has appointed a new sales manager for Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as Matthias Kieschkar retires after 25 years with German comfort shoe brand. Starting with the autumn/winter 2026/27 sales season, Marko Leib will take over the role and will be responsible for the eastern German sales ...
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OrthoLite’s Indian testing lab obtains Gold accreditation from SATRA
OrthoLite’s in-house testing laboratory at the OrthoLite India factory, in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, has achieved Gold Laboratory Accreditation from the SATRA Technology Centre. “It is the first and only facility in India to receive this high-level distinction,” said the US supplier of open-cell foam technology for footwear. SATRA is ...
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European shoemakers call for rapid introduction of 'deemed importer' designation
Alongside 15 other trade associations of the European Union, the European Footwear Confederation (CEC) has signed an industry statement calling for the rapid introduction of the EU’s “deemed importer” designation. “European traders are facing a growing influx of small consignments from third-country e-commerce platforms, including many ultra-fast fashion products that ...
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ArticleGrendene sales slip amid weak domestic demand, US tariff hit
Grendene’s gross revenues slipped by 12.1 percent to 915.7 million Brazilian reais (€152.5m) in the fourth quarter of 2025, as domestic sales declined by 13.1 percent to R$721.1 million (€120.1m) and international sales fell by 9.1 percent to R$194.6 million (€32.4m). The footwear company said that domestic demand was pressured ...
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Sergio Rossi’s revenues decline by nearly a third
Sergio Rossi, the Italian shoemaker owned by the Chinese luxury goods firm Lanvin Group, finished 2025 with a 30 percent decline in revenue to €29.5 million. The group noted that Sergio Rossi continued its transition toward an asset-light operational model during the year, “including steps to enhance supply chain flexibility ...
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Zegna posts a 20% increase in earnings
The Italian fashion group Ermenegildo Zegna posted a net profit of €109.5 million in 2025, up by 20 percent compared to the year earlier thanks to foreign exchange gains and lower income taxes. The gross margin for the year rose by 0.90 percentage points to 67.5 percent but adjusted ...
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ArticleStella plans to have three more plants coming on line this year
Stella International Holdings expects three plants located in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam to come on stream in the second half of this year as it seeks to bolster annual production by about 20 million pairs of shoes in the coming years. In Bangladesh, the Hong Kong-based group is due to ...
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French footwear sales drop sharply in February
In February, French footwear retail sales slumped by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 9.5 percent month-on-month, after surging by 9.4 percent the previous month, according to the Bank of France. Overall, retail sales in France fell a seasonally and work-day adjusted 0.3 percent from January, when they rose by 1.3 ...
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