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Argentinian footwear manufacturers are reporting an 8.5 percent increase in...
Argentinian footwear manufacturers are reporting an 8.5 percent increase in production to 115 million pairs for 2011, according to CIC, the country's footwear industry association. More than 60 percent of these are leather shoes. Women's shoes made up more than 50 percent of the total, with children's shoes accounting for ...
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Kurt Geiger reportedly booked a 38.7 percent increase in operating...
Kurt Geiger reportedly booked a 38.7 percent increase in operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) to £18.8 million (€22.5m-$29.4m) for the financial year ended on Jan. 29, 2011. Sales grew by 22.4 percent to £185 million (€221.2m-$288.9m) at the British company, which recently became a property of the Jones Group. They ...
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Swedish shoe retailers' sales dropped by 3 percent in September...
Swedish shoe retailers' sales dropped by 3 percent in September and by 3.5 percent in October, according to the retail index calculated by HUI Research. So far this year, shoe retail sales have dropped by a total of 1.4 percent in the country. In the first 10 months of 2010, ...
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German shoe retailers raised their sales by 2 percent in...
German shoe retailers raised their sales by 2 percent in October, compared with the same month one year ago, but this was largely due to an estimated 2.5 percent increase in average selling prices. Since the beginning of the year, the German retail market has fallen by 3 percent in ...
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Bakers Footwear has launched a $10 million cost reduction and...
Bakers Footwear has launched a $10 million cost reduction and margin improvement program, intended mainly to improve its cash flow and liquidity. As part of this program, the American chain of 233 stores is attracting new customers through its own private labels. Bakers has reported a net loss of $10.2 ...
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The Indian leather industry saw mixed results in the first...
The Indian leather industry saw mixed results in the first half of the 2011-12 fiscal year, April through September. Overall, exports grew by 4.9 percent to $1.8 billion for the six months. Looking at individual sectors, gains were recorded for leather footwear, up by 5.5 percent to $682.7 million; leather ...
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Exports of hides and skins from Brazil rose by more...
Exports of hides and skins from Brazil rose by more than 20 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 compared with last year, up to $1.72 billion. By volume, the number dropped by 9 percent to 1.98 million hides.
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Zintala, the company managing the exclusive Silvano Lattanzi brand, expects...
Zintala, the company managing the exclusive Silvano Lattanzi brand, expects to increase its sales in Italy by nearly 30 percent to €4.5 million in 2011. An additional €7.5 million in turnover is expected to be generated abroad. In an interview with the daily Il Sole 24 Ore, the company's owner, ...
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Phoenix Footwear Group turned around to a net profit of...
Phoenix Footwear Group turned around to a net profit of $73,000 in the third quarter ended Oct. 1 from a net loss of $1.1 million a year ago, as selling, general and administrative expenses were cut by 28 percent and gross margins improved by 12 percentage points to 38 percent ...
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Sarenza, the French online store for footwear, reports a 75...
Sarenza, the French online store for footwear, reports a 75 percent sales increase for the first nine months of this year. Its sales had reached €20 million in 2010.
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Sales rose by 24 percent in the first six months...
Sales rose by 24 percent in the first six months of the year on Milan's fashion street via Montenapoleone, according to the retailers' association Associazione della via Montenapoleone. It added that 80 percent of revenues were generated by foreigners. The association has introduced a card enabling non-EU residents to obtain ...
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Yoox increased nine-month sales by 35.6 percent to €204.4 million...
Yoox increased nine-month sales by 35.6 percent to €204.4 million but net profits slipped by 10.0 percent to €3.6 million. Earnings were affected by depreciation and amortization connected to investments in an automated distribution platform, the opening of a new office in Milan, the expansion of premises in Bologna and ...
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Pollini increased sales by 15.0 percent to €25.3 million in...
Pollini increased sales by 15.0 percent to €25.3 million in the first nine months of the year. In the meantime, the shoemaker's parent company, Aeffe, booked a 14.0 percent increase in overall sales to €197.4 million. Sales of the ready-to-wear activity rose by 10.3 percent to €157.8 million and revenues ...
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A further steep increase in Vietnam's exports was recorded year-on-year...
A further steep increase in Vietnam's exports was recorded year-on-year in October, raising to 25 percent the growth in its footwear exports for the first ten months of this year. The European Union represented about 45 percent of total footwear shipments in the first nine months of this year, which ...
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India's Council for Leather Exports says Indian companies scored well...
India's Council for Leather Exports says Indian companies scored well at the Global Shoes and Micam fairs in Düsseldorf and Milan in September. The six Indian companies exhibiting in Düsseldorf collected orders worth €290,000, with expectations for €1.56 million more. The 10 participants in Micam got immediate orders for more ...
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The acquisition of the Bogs brand last March helped to...
The acquisition of the Bogs brand last March helped to boost sales and profits at Weyco Group, but Florsheim and other properties contributed as well to its improved figures for the third quarter. The U.S. company has reported quarterly increases of 29 percent in sales to $74.6 million and 29 ...
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Bata India enjoyed a 46.2 percent increase in pre-tax profit...
Bata India enjoyed a 46.2 percent increase in pre-tax profit to 450.3 million rupees (€6.6m-$9.2m) in the third quarter as sales rose by 26.8 percent to INR 3.69 billion (€54.5m-$75.1m). Predicting that this will be the most profitable year for the company, the management said the results stemmed from continued ...
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Swedish shoe retail sales declined by 1.7 percent in August,...
Swedish shoe retail sales declined by 1.7 percent in August, but on a comparable, calendar-adjusted basis, the decline was more like 6.3 percent. During the first eight months of 2011, Swedish shoe retailers suffered sales declines of 0.8 percent in absolute terms and 4.6 percent in real terms.
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A survey of nearly 3,000 small and medium-sized manufacturers in...
A survey of nearly 3,000 small and medium-sized manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta region of Southern China indicates that many of them have seen their profits decline by between 30 and 40 percent as compared to last year, due to rising raw material and labor costs, combined with lower ...
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Brazilian packers and tanners exported 25,000 tons of hides and...
Brazilian packers and tanners exported 25,000 tons of hides and skins in September, achieving export revenues of $163.2 million, according to the Brazilian tanning industry association, CICB. In value, exports were 15 percent lower compared with August but 28 percent higher than a year earlier. In volume, they were 16 percent ...
