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Crocs raises outlook as Heydude returns to growth
Boot Barn lowers guidance as same-store sales growth slows at start of Q3
Hoka loses momentum
C-Suite interview: Rohde sees sales momentum continuing in 2026, moves to improve forecasting
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C-Suite interview: Rohde sees sales momentum continuing in 2026, moves to improve forecasting
Rohde sees its sales momentum continuing this year, after its top line rose by 7 percent to €25.2 million in 2025, and the company is taking steps to improve order forecasting and fine-tuning a new automated packaging system to ensure it can keep up with demand.
C-Suite interview: Valleverde maintains its revenues stable in a weak market
Valleverde is one of Italy’s most famous footwear brands with over 40 years of presence in its home market. Following its bankruptcy in 2015, the brand was acquired by Silver 1, which owns several other labels, including Rafting, Goldstar, Biochic and Biomodex. The company has grown from €1.5 million in ...
C-Suite interview: Micam doubles incoming buyers, bolsters digital offering
Micam Milano has doubled the number of incoming buyers over the last three editions to roughly 200 buyers from over 50 countries, as the trade fair proceeds with plans to increase its international positioning, said Giorgio Possagno, General Manager of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici.
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Crocs raises outlook as Heydude returns to growth
Boot Barn lowers guidance as same-store sales growth slows at start of Q3
VF Corp Q2: Altra grows over 40%
Shoe Zone’s sales slip on fewer stores, general economy
Long-established footwear retailers in Germany and Austria continue to close as owners retire, costs rise
Hoka loses momentum
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French footwear exports rise 1% in the first 8 months
German consumer confidence stabilises at low levels
Italy consumer confidence slips
Muecke relocates Fürth outlet to 2,500-square-meter site at FLAiR shopping center
Desma’s Managing Director Klaus Freese retires after 50 years with the company
Aldo extends until July 2031 its logistics contract with Bleckmann
Marquee Brands completes the acquisition of Roots
The US sports brand Unsung launches with a training shoe
French consumer confidence slumps
Deckers Brands names the CEO of The RealReal to its board
Crocs raises outlook as Heydude returns to growth
Crocs raised its full-year outlook after its Heydude brand resumed growth earlier than previously expected and international sales growth and product diversification supported the continued momentum of its core Crocs brand in the third quarter.
Boot Barn lowers guidance as same-store sales growth slows at start of Q3
Boot Barn lowered its sales and earnings guidance for the full year, as same-store sales growth slowed at the start of the third quarter amid tough year-earlier comparisons and unseasonably warm weather.
VF Corp Q2: Altra grows over 40%
Profit beat guidance by $50 million, yet Vans fell by 15 percent in Europe and its wholesale partners are the last to see new product.
Shoe Zone’s sales slip on fewer stores, general economy
Shoe Zone reported that in the 53 weeks to Oct. 3 revenues fell by 4.5 percent to £142.4 million (€170.2m) from £149.1 million a year earlier as the company trimmed its store network by 18 units and suffered from a continued decline in consumer confidence and the general negativity in ...
Long-established footwear retailers in Germany and Austria continue to close as owners retire, costs rise
More long-established footwear retailers in Germany and Austria are closing their doors, continuing a trend seen in recent years, with owner retirement, a lack of successors, rising costs, online competition and challenging market conditions among the main reasons.
Hoka loses momentum
Deckers Brands reported a 19 percent rise in operating profit, largely driven by a $46 million tariff refund. Hoka’s growth is slowing, US direct sales face discount pressure, and the annual revenue outlook has been cut. Can its full-price strategy protect margins without sacrificing market share?