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    According to HUI Research, footwear sales in Sweden fell by...

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    According to HUI Research, footwear sales in Sweden fell by 2.8 percent in October and increased by 6.7 percent in November when compared with the same period last year. For December, the Stilindex measured a decline in footwear sales in Sweden by 3.4 percent when compared with December of 2012.

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    According to a research project conducted by a German institute,...

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    According to a research project conducted by a German institute, YouGov, women own twice as many shoes as men. The male respondents have on average 8.2 pairs of shoes in their closet, while females possess 17.3 pairs on average. The report found out each German has on average 12.8 pairs ...

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    Yoox posted revenues of €455.6 million in 2013, up 21.2...

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Yoox posted revenues of €455.6 million in 2013, up 21.2 percent from the previous year or 25 percent at constant currency rates. In the fourth quarter alone, sales grew 24.1 percent, or 28.4 percent at constant currency rates, to €136.3 million. In the fourth quarter of the year, the Italian ...

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    Footwear consumption in France dropped by 2.4 percent in value...

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Footwear consumption in France dropped by 2.4 percent in value in 2013, according to the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM). However, this figure is to be taken with caution, as it does not include major online retailers such as Spartoo or Sarenza. Clothing and footwear chains and clothing specialty ...

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    While announcing the retirement on May 1 of Douglas Probst,...

    2014-02-19T00:00:00Z

    While announcing the retirement on May 1 of Douglas Probst, chief financial officer, DSW lowered its profit guidance for the past financial year due to a decline in sales to $571 million in the fourth quarter ended Feb. 1 from $594 million in the comparable period a year ago. Comparable ...

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    Daphne International Holdings expects to report a significant decline in...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Daphne International Holdings expects to report a significant decline in earnings and a low single-digit net margin on sales for 2013, due in part to extraordinary charges for the closure of some stores and higher inventory writeoffs. Same-store sales were down by 10.4 percent for the full year and by ...

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    The combined sales of textiles, clothing and footwear stores climbed...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The combined sales of textiles, clothing and footwear stores climbed by 1.2 percent in volume and 4 percent in value in the U.K. in December as compared to the same month a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics. A strong Christmas selling season contributed to boost total ...

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    Gabor Shoes reports a 6.7 percent increase in revenues to...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Gabor Shoes reports a 6.7 percent increase in revenues to €395 million in 2013. Aside from rising licensing income, a trend to boots and booties boosted the turnover. The volume grew in fact by only 4.4 percent to 9.4 million pairs. The Gabor brand booked 10.7 percent higher sales of ...

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    GSM, the relatively young German buying group, reports a 26.6...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    GSM, the relatively young German buying group, reports a 26.6 percent increase in revenues to €191 million for the past year. The number of affiliated shops grew to around 1,400. They all specialize in footwear except for 160 sporting goods stores. Out of the total, 1,080 operate in Germany, 250 ...

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    CCC reports a sales increase of 23.5 percent in 2013...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    CCC reports a sales increase of 23.5 percent in 2013 to 1,627.3 million zlotys (€389.6m-$529.4m), as compared to the turnover in 2012. In December alone, the year-on-year sales increase was 34.8 percent. As we have previously reported, the Polish-based shoe retailer is expanding all over Eastern Europe as well as ...

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    Chinese shoemakers with annual revenues of 20 million yuan renmimbi...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Chinese shoemakers with annual revenues of 20 million yuan renmimbi (€2.437m - $3.304m) or more saw their combined sales increase by 9.5 percent to RMB518.7 billion (€3.1bn - $2.3bn) in the first ten months of 2013, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. However, their gross profits ...

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    The French shoe market fell by 2.4 percent during the...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The French shoe market fell by 2.4 percent during the first 11 months of 2013, according to the French Fashion Institute, IFM. The biggest declines occurred in the shoe and apparel retail chains, including a drop of 5.5 percent for the latter. Independent shoe shops saw their sales fall by ...

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    Vietnam exported $8.3 billion worth of footwear in 2013, 15...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam exported $8.3 billion worth of footwear in 2013, 15 percent more than in 2012, with a 19 percent increase year-on-year during the month of December. The U.S., the European Union, Japan and China were the biggest destinations. The EU is likely to import larger quantities of Vietnamese footwear due ...

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    Kurt Geiger, the second-largest shoe retailer in the U.K., recorded...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Kurt Geiger, the second-largest shoe retailer in the U.K., recorded a 18 percent sales increase in the four weeks of the holiday season to Dec. 24 as compared to the same period last year. According to the retailer, a surge in the sale of boots was the main reason for ...

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    A new rating agency has been created that focuses on...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    A new rating agency has been created that focuses on luxury goods companies. De Luxe Rating, presented last Nov. 25 at the 12th “Sommet du Luxe” (Luxury Summit) in Paris as the first ever rating agency for the luxury sector in the world, has been jointly established by Centre du ...

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    German shoe retailers' sales were up by 4 percent in...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers' sales were up by 4 percent in September as compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the Institut für Marktforschung. That means an increase of 3 percent in real terms. The progress translates into flat sales in absolute terms for the first nine ...

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    Indonesia's shoe exports are forecast to decline by 25% in...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Indonesia's shoe exports are forecast to decline by 25% in 2014 to a range of $3.4 billion to $4.0 billion due to concerns over increases in minimum wages

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    Shoe retailers' sales in Sweden dropped by 2.4 percent in...

    2013-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Shoe retailers' sales in Sweden dropped by 2.4 percent in August and by 3.7 percent in September when compared with the same periods last year, according to HUI Research

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    Lumberjack has opened four new franchised stores in Southern Italy...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Lumberjack has opened four new franchised stores in Southern Italy and one in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia

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    Vietnam's exports of leather and footwear are likely to reach...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam's exports of leather and footwear are likely to reach a record of at least $8.1 billion this year, according to Lefaso, the industry's trade association. They could even go beyond the level of $8.4 billion. In the first nine months of 2013, the industry's exports increased by 15.8 percent ...