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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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