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    Vietnam exported $33.4 billion worth of goods from January to...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam exported $33.4 billion worth of goods from January to April this year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, up from $26.9 billion in the same period in 2011. Leather footwear and products made up $2.4 billion of the total, up from $2.1 billion last year. Broken down ...

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    R.G. Barry has reported a 24.9 percent jump in its...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    R.G. Barry has reported a 24.9 percent jump in its turnover to $25.1 million for the third quarter ended March 31. The gross margin rose by 5.2 percentage points to 44.6 percent in the period, leading the American company to record a net profit of $834,000, compared with break-even results ...

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    French retailers saw their sales of shoes increase by 4.2%...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    French retailers saw their sales of shoes increase by 4.2% in the first three months of 2012, driven by increases of 6.4 percent in mass market shoe retail chains, 11.2 percent in clothing specialty chains and 16.0 percent in hypermarkets and supermarkets. Independent shoe retailers raised their sales by only ...

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    Phoenix Footwear turned around to a net profit of $261,000...

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Phoenix Footwear turned around to a net profit of $261,000 in the first quarter of 2012 from a loss of $436,000 in the year-ago period as its sales jumped by 18.4 percent to $5.7 million, lifted by an increase of more than 45 percent in its SoftWalk brand. Nevertheless, the ...

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    The Council for Leather Exports of India says that from...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The Council for Leather Exports of India says that from April to December 2011, which corresponds with the first nine months of its fiscal year, exports of leather and leathergoods grew by 31.1 percent to $3.6 billion. Finished leather exports totaled $776.7 million, leather footwear was worth $1.2 billion, footwear ...

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    In spite of tough market conditions, Macintosh Retail Group saw...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    In spite of tough market conditions, Macintosh Retail Group saw its sales rise by 8.4 percent to €258.5 million in the period of this year ended last Apr. 21. In the fashion segment, sales grew by €26.2 million to €170.1 million, mainly because of the acquisition of Jones Bootmaker in ...

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    There is some cautious optimism in the Spanish shoe industry....

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    There is some cautious optimism in the Spanish shoe industry. A survey conducted in January and February among the managers of 509 companies in the sector showed that 78 percent of them hope that their sales will remain stable or improve in the course of this year. Companies that work ...

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    Rocky Brands reported a slight improvement its net profit to...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Rocky Brands reported a slight improvement its net profit to $0.5 million in the first quarter from $0.3 million in the same period a year ago as sales rose to $53.3 million from $52.3 million. Retail sales dropped to $10.5 million, but wholesale revenues grew by 6.5 percent to $42.4 ...

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    Superfit came out as the best brand of children's shoes...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Superfit came out as the best brand of children's shoes in a study recently conducted by an Austrian consumers' association, VKI, among orthopedic experts. The Austrian brand had already gotten recognition by 98.2 percent of the 342 children's doctors and orthpedists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last year. About 3.8 ...

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    Analysts were reportedly disappointed by the figures reported by Kenneth...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Analysts were reportedly disappointed by the figures reported by Kenneth Cole Productions for the first quarter, as the U.S. company plans to go private. Its sales slipped to $116.8 million from $117.5 million a year earlier due to a 6.7 percent drop in retail sales to $31.0 million. Retail revenues ...

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    Portland-based LaCrosse Footwear has reported a sales increase of 32...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Portland-based LaCrosse Footwear has reported a sales increase of 32 percent to $33.3 million for the first three months of its financial year through March 31, thanks in part to four additional business days compared with last year's period. Net profit was around $0.6 million, compared with a net loss ...

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    Bakers Footwear has reported a net profit of $3.4 million...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Bakers Footwear has reported a net profit of $3.4 million for the fourth quarter of its financial year, ended last Jan. 29, down by 34.6 percent from the level of one year earlier. The American shoe retailer's sales fell by 8 percent to $53.6 million, with a same-store decrease of ...

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    Weyco Group's sales increased by 16 percent to $75 million...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Weyco Group's sales increased by 16 percent to $75 million in the first quarter, thanks in part to the acquisition of Combs and its Bogs brand in March 2011, which lifted its North American wholesale revenues to $56.6 million for the period. Stacy Adams and Nunn Bush performed well too, ...

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    Sabu reports an 11.5 percent increase in its retail members'...

    2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Sabu reports an 11.5 percent increase in its retail members' sales for the first quarter. The centralized settlements of the German cooperative increased slightly over the period, but they are expected to decline in the second half of this year, based on preliminary orders so far.

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    The new year has started well for German shoe retailers....

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The new year has started well for German shoe retailers. They enjoyed sales increases of 3 percent at current prices and 1 percent at constant prices during the month of February, as compared to one year ago, in spite of strong increases in the year-ago period. For the first two ...

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    The Council for Leather Exports in India says that in...

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    The Council for Leather Exports in India says that in the first nine months of the financial year (April-December 2011), the industry exported $3.6 billion worth of leather products, a 31.1 percent increase from the same period the year before. At constant currencies, the increase was 35.4 percent. Germany was ...

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    In comparison, neighboring Vietnam managed to increase its exports of...

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    In comparison, neighboring Vietnam managed to increase its exports of shoes and other leather products in the first three months of this year by 21.7 percent to $1.04 billion. For the full year 2012, Vietnam expects a 12 percent increase in exports to $7.3 billion. The Vietnamese shoe industry association, ...

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    According to the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, the country's footwear...

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    According to the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, the country's footwear industry managed to raise exports by 49 percent in value to $264 million in 2011. The most important customers were the U.S., Canada, Japan, and various Asian and European countries. Currently, there are 40 shoe factories in Cambodia that employ ...

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    European tanners increased their revenues by an estimated 8.8 percent...

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    European tanners increased their revenues by an estimated 8.8 percent last year, but in terms volume, sales of hides and skins went up by 0.3 percent and those of finished leather by 1 percent. Italy's production fell by 2 percent in volume but grew by 7 percent in value, representing ...

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    Exports of leather products from Ethiopia rose by 64.7 percent...

    2012-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Exports of leather products from Ethiopia rose by 64.7 percent last year to €71 million. The biggest boost came from the shipment abroad of about €46 million worth of crust before and after the government announced the imposition of a 150 percent tax on exports of this type of product, ...