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C-Suite interview: Blusun enters second year looking to ramp up sales, expand outside of Europe
When Dirk Pfeffer and Silvia Brindlmayer set up their barefoot footwear brand Blusun last year, they knew what they wanted and what they did not. At the heart of their vision were shoes featuring high quality materials, reasonable prices and a sustainable and socially responsible supply chain. Pfeffer and Brindlmayer ...
C-Suite interview: Velasca aims to double its store network by end 2028
In less than a year, Velasca, a Milan-based footwear and apparel retailer, has opened 10 shops, bringing the number of locations to 30 worldwide. By the end of 2028, the goal is to double that number to 60.
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How an Italian startup is proving to be the perfect fit for leading fashion brands
Measmerize, a startup established to offer sizing solutions for fashion brands, has built up a portfolio of about 40 clients, including high-profile fashion houses, thanks to customized AI algorithms proposing size and fit recommendations to end-users.
Id.Eight plans to double its sales and is open to new investors
Id.Eight, an Italian sneaker startup that uses waste materials, is aiming to double its revenues this year and continue expanding internationally.
How Stanbee uses innovation to cut component costs, improve athletic shoe performance
The US shoe component manufacturer Stanbee uses a patented foaming process to infuse nitrogen gas into the polymer core of its Nitro line of heel counters and toe boxes, replacing part of the core with gas to bring down costs and turn out a product that is lighter in weight ...
Brazilian exports hit by US tariffs
In August, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 0.5 percent year-over-year in volume to 7.64 million pairs and by 9.1 percent in value to $77 million after the US introduced a 50 percent import tariff on Brazilian goods on Aug. 7. The US is Brazil’s main export market.
German footwear industry revenues up 1.3% in H1
The German footwear manufacturers posted revenues of €1.16 billion in the first half, a 1.3 percent increase from €1.15 billion a year earlier. Domestic sales grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year to €924 million, while foreign sales declined by 11 percent to €242 million, according to the German footwear and leather ...
Italian footwear manufacturers revenues drop by 5.6% in first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, revenues of Italian footwear manufacturers fell by 5.6 percent year-over-year, according to a survey carried out in July by Confindustria Accessori Moda among members of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici.
Coats’ footwear division posts 4% drop in revenues
Birkenstock to open a new production facility in Germany
Metro Brands launches the sport performance format MetroActiv
Allbirds expects sales to stop falling in Q4
Wolverine grows in Q3 as Saucony, Merrell and Sweaty Betty drive momentum
Zalando Q3’s revenues surge with About You acquisition
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Footasylum hires Mad Agency as its exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria
Permira reportedly in talks to sell Golden Goose to HongShan Capital
Italy’s GDP growth is expected to be subdued in Q4
EU countries reach an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions 90% by 2040
ABG names SVP for Reebok
Havaianas tops The Lyst Index in Q3
Paul Green ends production at its Austrian HQ
Wolverine appoints a new head for its Work Group division
Scarpa adds three new managers
Haglöfs reorganizes sales team in Southern Germany, Austria
Coats’ footwear division posts 4% drop in revenues
Coats Group, the British manufacturer of industrial threads and footwear components, has reported that in the four-month period running from July 1 to Oct. 31 revenues at its Footwear division fell by 4 percent year-over-year at constant exchange rates, reflecting a ”cautious customer ordering patterns given the ongoing market uncertainty.”
Birkenstock to open a new production facility in Germany
Birkenstock is set to open a new manufacturing plant in Wittichenau, in the Saxony region, dedicated to the production of its signature cork-latex footbeds.
Metro Brands launches the sport performance format MetroActiv
The Indian footwear retailer Metro Brands is expanding into the sports performance segment with a new concept, called MetroActiv.
Allbirds expects sales to stop falling in Q4
Allbirds has confirmed it expects the sales contraction it has seen this year to end in the fourth quarter, when it is forecasting that revenues could rise by as much as 9 percent.
Wolverine grows in Q3 as Saucony, Merrell and Sweaty Betty drive momentum
Saucony sprinted, Merrell climbed – and Wolverine Worldwide followed suit: thanks to strong demand for products from its lead brands, the group significantly increased its sales and profits in the third quarter of 2025.
Zalando Q3’s revenues surge with About You acquisition
Zalando reported third-quarter revenues of €3.02 billion, a 26.5 percent year-on-year increase, driven by the consolidation of About You and solid performance in its sportswear and lifestyle categories.