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    Shoes and leathergoods have been faring particularly well in the...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Shoes and leathergoods have been faring particularly well in the U.K. lately, according to a press release by CBI, but the period to which the market research company referred to was unclear

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    The U.S. retailer Bakers Footwear reported a net loss of...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    The U.S. retailer Bakers Footwear reported a net loss of $1.1 million for its fiscal first quarter ended April 28, compared with a net loss of $2.5 million in the same period of the previous year. The company reported net sales of $44.3 million for the quarter, down by 6 ...

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    The China Leather Industry Association reports that footwear exports from...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    The China Leather Industry Association reports that footwear exports from the country grew in the first five months of 2012, but more slowly than they have in previous years. By volume exports were up by 2.4 percent to 4.2 billion pairs of shoes; by value the rise was 4.1 percent ...

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    German shoe retailers had to endure a steep 24% decline...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers had to endure a steep 24% decline in their sales during the month of April in real terms, offsetting the gains of the previous months and leading to a drop of 5% for the first four months of the year

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    Antichi Pellettieri finished 2011 with a 30 percent drop in...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Antichi Pellettieri finished 2011 with a 30 percent drop in sales to €113.8 million, while Ebitda rose by 47 percent to €3.7 million. But the Ebit loss widened to €31.0 million from €3.0 million due to a €32.6 million write-down of intangible assets. The net loss increased to €41.0 million ...

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    For the first 11 months of the financial year –...

    2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

    For the first 11 months of the financial year – April 2011 to February 2012 – the Council for Leather Exports of India reports that the industry had a 26.7 percent increase in export sales, reaching more than $4.5 billion. The biggest buyer of Indian leather products was Germany, which ...

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    DSW is upgrading the outlook for the full financial year...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    DSW is upgrading the outlook for the full financial year after posting a 10.9 percent sales increase to $558.6 million for the first quarter ended April 30, with 7.6 percent growth on a comparable store basis. The expanding American shoe retail chain is now predicting a same-store increase of between ...

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    The Institut für Handelsforschung in Cologne has calculated that German...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The Institut für Handelsforschung in Cologne has calculated that German specialty shoe retailers enjoyed a sales increase of 10 percent for the first three months of this year, or 8 percent more at constant prices. This came after a further nominal increase of 13 percent in March as compared to ...

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    While Deckers Corporation has experienced better orders than expected for...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    While Deckers Corporation has experienced better orders than expected for its products in the U.S., those from Europe have come below expectations, the management told analysts at the Piper Jaffray conference. An expected relief in sheepskin prices should be reflected in prices charged from next October on. The company is ...

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    Spartoo, the online shoe retailer based in Grenoble with a...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Spartoo, the online shoe retailer based in Grenoble with a presence in 20 European countries, has undertaken an interesting exercise: coming up with profiles of customers based on the country where they live. Based on sales information, Spartoo notes that French customers buy 5.7 pairs of shoes per year, but ...

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    Another U.S. shoe retailer, Shoe Carnival, thanks the warm weather...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Another U.S. shoe retailer, Shoe Carnival, thanks the warm weather in February and March for a 7.3 percent increase in same-store sales during its first quarter, driven by sandals, canvas casuals and boat shoes. Traffic in its stores rose by 5.4 percent. The result was a 12.2 percent overall sales ...

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    Crocs told analysts at the Piper Jaffray conference that it...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Crocs told analysts at the Piper Jaffray conference that it has installed a new management team in Europe to build up a more solid base for the brand in the region, where clogs still represent 70 percent of its business. Worldwide, the share of clogs has declined to 48 percent ...

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    The performance & lifestyle (PLG) division of Collective Brands, which...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The performance & lifestyle (PLG) division of Collective Brands, which is about to be taken over by Wolverine Worldwide, saw its total wholesale revenues increase by 8.3 percent to $230.2 million in the first quarter, with increases at Sperry Top-Sider and Stride Rite offsetting declines at Saucony and Keds in ...

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    Although total sales of shoes in France fell by 3.3...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Although total sales of shoes in France fell by 3.3 percent for the first four months of 2012 compared with last year, distance sellers and supermarkets/hypermarkets actually experienced growth of 22.5 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively. On the other hand, specialty shoe retail chains and independents suffered declines of 8.9 ...

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    The German shoe market grew by just 0.5 percent to...

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The German shoe market grew by just 0.5 percent to €9.2 billion in 2011, but while the specialist shoe trade fell by 1.5 percent, sales over the internet rose by a whopping 54.5 percent to an estimated level of €900 million, according to independent research by IFH Retail Consultants. Retailers ...

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    India is the seventh-largest exporter of leather and leathergoods in...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    India is the seventh-largest exporter of leather and leathergoods in the world, according to a study conducted by the country's Council for Leather Exports. It accounted for 2.79 percent of the global import trade in 2010. It ranks high in related segments as well: seventh for finished leather, ninth for ...

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    The Italian shoe company Pollini increased sales in the first...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    The Italian shoe company Pollini increased sales in the first quarter to €8.7 million from €8.3 million a year earlier. Aeffe, the Italian fashion group that owns Pollini, lifted sales by 3.6 percent to €74.5 million, while sales of its footwear and leathergoods division rose by 18.9 percent to €20.4 ...

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    Mephisto is looking back at the first year in business...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Mephisto is looking back at the first year in business of its flagship store in New York, and reports that it exceeded sales projections by 37 percent. Sales have grown every month since the store opened in Trump Plaza on Third Avenue. This was echoed by the success of two ...

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    Seasonally adjusted shoe store sales in the U.S. reached a...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Seasonally adjusted shoe store sales in the U.S. reached a near-record of $2,411 million in March, up 7.9 percent from the same month a year ago, according to Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), an organization that federates retailers accounting for an estimated 80 percent of the market. It ...

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    Esprit reported a 7.8 percent decline in group turnover for...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Esprit reported a 7.8 percent decline in group turnover for the three months ended on March 31, but comparable store sales improved by 0.5 percent, with growth of 2.8 percent in Europe, signaling a turnaround. A further positive factor was the complete shutdown of its loss-making retail operations in North ...