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    Lloyd raised its sales in the first quarter of this...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Lloyd raised its sales in the first quarter of this year by 6.7 percent to €34.7 million, as compared to the same period of the previous year. In terms of volume, sales grew by 4.1 percent to 510,000 pairs. Lloyd experienced higher sales in Germany, while the international markets developed ...

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    In cooperation with the European Clearing Center, which exchanges data...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    In cooperation with the European Clearing Center, which exchanges data and information between German shoe retailers, sales groups and the shoe manufacturers, Schuhkurier, the German trade magazine, published the market share of children's' shoe brands in Germany for spring/summer 2014. In the segment of children's shoes up to size 30 ...

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    Shoe Zone, the British shoe retailer that went public on...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Shoe Zone, the British shoe retailer that went public on May 23, has reported a 16.2 percent drop in sales to £82.9 million (€104.82m-$141.76m) for the first half of its financial year, ended April 5. It attributed the drop to the closure during the 12 months ended last Oct. 6 of ...

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    The RSB Bank, which is owned by the Sabu cooperative...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The RSB Bank, which is owned by the Sabu cooperative of shoe retailers in Germany, increased centralized settlements by 20 percent or €125 million to €716 million in 2013. The annual profit of the RSB Bank increased from €1.2 million to €1.4 million. For the cooperative itself, the annual profit ...

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    Like in April, retail sales of shoes continued to decline...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Like in April, retail sales of shoes continued to decline slightly in May in Germany, as compared to the same months of one year ago. They were down by 2 percent, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung, with a drop of 0.8 percent excluding inflation. In spite of this, German ...

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    Leder & Schuh, parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Leder & Schuh, parent company of Humanic, Stiefelkönig and other shoe retail chains, continued to make losses in the first half of this year. Without mentioning yet any figures, the management of the Austrian company said that they will show an improvement and that a financial turnaround is expected by ...

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    Fly London expects to sell about one million pairs of...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Fly London expects to sell about one million pairs of shoes by the end of this year. In terms of value, this would represent an increase of 15 percent as compared to 2013, when the brand recorded total sales of €34 million. In the first half of this year, sales ...

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    At the shareholders' general meeting on June 22, Quick Schuh...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    At the shareholders' general meeting on June 22, Quick Schuh announced a slight decrease of 0.4 percent to €169.4 million in total sales from all the 350 Quick Schuh stores in Germany and Austria. Sales in Germany accounted for €154.5 million. On average, a Quick Schuh store is 289 sqm and has ...

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    Nike has reported a 15.8 percent sales increase for Converse...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Nike has reported a 15.8 percent sales increase for Converse to $410 million for the fourth quarter ended May 31, up by 16 percent on a currency-neutral basis. The operating profit (Ebit) generated by the brand went up by 5.6 percent during the period. For the full financial year, Converse ...

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    Portugal's shoe exports grew by 10.1 percent to €481.3 million...

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Portugal's shoe exports grew by 10.1 percent to €481.3 million in the first quarter of this year, thanks in part to higher prices. A big 64.0 percent increase was achieved in the Americas, but France, Germany and the Netherlands remained the biggest markets. Portuguese shoe exports to China went up ...

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    Ara Shoes' sales increased by one percent to €576 million...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Ara Shoes' sales increased by one percent to €576 million in 2013, according to preliminary figures. Unit sales grew by 0.6 percent to almost seven million pairs. The company invested in cost optimization, the qualitative optimization of sales and the promotion of brand visibility in the past year. It has ...

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    Mexico's total footwear exports in 2013 had a volume of...

    2014-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Mexico's total footwear exports in 2013 had a volume of just under 26.1 million pairs. This represents an increase in volume of 8.5 percent as compared to 2012. In terms of value, footwear exports brought $592.6 million into Mexico last year, an increase of 14 percent on 2012. In 2013, ...

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    The global luxury goods market is going to grow this...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    The global luxury goods market is going to grow this year by 6 percent in terms of current currencies, according to the latest estimates by Altagamma, including a 9 percent increase in Japan. The institute also predicts that the companies in the sector will raise their operating earnings by seven ...

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    A German online platform, testsieger.de, tested ten online stores for...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    A German online platform, testsieger.de, tested ten online stores for shoes with regard to their products, prices, service and telephone, website, orders and dispatch and security in April 2014. The online retailer from Berlin, Zalando, received the best grade, 1.53, followed by I'm walking and Deichmann. Testsieger.de compared the online ...

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    Dosenbach-Ochsner, the Swiss subsidiary of Deichmann, had reported slight sales...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Dosenbach-Ochsner, the Swiss subsidiary of Deichmann, had reported slight sales declines its shoe retail stores in 2013. The Dosenbach stores saw their sales drop by 2 percent to 363 million Swiss francs (€296.92m-$407.25m), while sales at Ochsner Shoes fell by 1 percent to CHF 138 million (€112.87m-$154.81m). As a group, ...

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    GMS, the German buying group that has expanded to the...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    GMS, the German buying group that has expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy, recorded an increase in sales of 24.2 percent to €77 million in the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the same period of the previous year. A very positive business situation, which motivated many ...

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    John Lobb, the British brand of handmade men's shoes owned...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    John Lobb, the British brand of handmade men's shoes owned by Hermès, is reprotedly planning to increase its total sales from the current €42 million to €130 million. The brand wants to extend its product offer of handmade men's shoes by strengthening and expanding its ready-to-wear product line. John Lobb ...

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    Phoenix Footwear, the American shoe retailer, has blamed the long...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Phoenix Footwear, the American shoe retailer, has blamed the long and cold winter in many parts of the U.S. for a sales decline of 1.4 percent to $5.7 million in the first quarter. The gross margin remained flat at 37 percent. Net earnings fell by 34 percent to $171,000.

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    The Italian fashion industry has finally started to recover. According...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    The Italian fashion industry has finally started to recover. According to Sistema Moda Italia, which groups the trade associations involved in clothing, shoes and accessories as well as their suppliers, their members enjoyed an increase of 3.3 percent in the first quarter of this year. Growth rates of 4.5 percent ...

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    Spanish shoe companies are becoming more optimistic about their sales...

    2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Spanish shoe companies are becoming more optimistic about their sales prospects in their own country and abroad, according to a survey recently conducted by Inescop. Only 8.2 percent of the Spanish shoe companies feel that their domestic market is going to deteriorate, and 45.6 percent are projecting a sales increase ...