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The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this...
The figures in the casual footwear chart published in this issue would have been different with the addition of Vans, a brand of skate and lifestyle shoes that is nearing an annual turnover of $2 billion. In its third-quarter report, VF Corporation said that Vans sales jumped by 26 percent ...
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Hunter Boots is going to have a pop-up shop running...
Hunter Boots is going to have a pop-up shop running in the Castellana department store of El Corte Inglès in Madrid from Nov. 13 to Dec. 10
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Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin, has opened...
Shoepassion, a multichannel shoe retailer based in Berlin, has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Austria. Located in one of the most historic squares in Vienna, the store strengthens the brand's local presence, which until now had only been served by an e-tail website shoepassion.a. The store occupies 65 square ...
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Shoepassion has opened its first Austrian physical store in Vienna,...
Shoepassion has opened its first Austrian physical store in Vienna, adding to those it already has in Germany, Switzerland and Poland
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Kering report another quarter of outstanding growth, posting a sales...
Kering report another quarter of outstanding growth, posting a sales increase of 23.2 percent for the third quarter, with a rise of 28.4 percent on a comparable basis. Gucci and other luxury goods operations enjoyed a sales increase of 26.6 percent, up by 32.3 percent on a comparable basis. Gucci ...
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French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,”...
French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,” to be the ideal month to renew their wardrobe, including their shoe closet. This is the opinion of 40.5 percent of the French women, a percentage that climbs to 54.2 percent when looking at the group aged 18-29, according to ...
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Snipes is continuing its aggressive expansion with the opening of...
Snipes is continuing its aggressive expansion with the opening of a 400-square-meter store in the fashionable shopping strip of Tauentzienstr in Berlin and another in the city's Gropius Passage. The company also opened a store in Zurich on Oct. 19 and another in Madrid the next day. Snipes is part ...
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DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental...
DSW is experimenting with the possible addition of a rental service at some of its stores. The service offered by the U.S. retail chain would involve shoes for special occasions such as weddings, promotions and other events.
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Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to...
Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the demand in 2017 is set to grow at its slowest rate since the 2008 recession. Sales between January and July have been flat with 2016. Faced with struggling sales, shoe stores ...
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A well-established German internet retailing platform, Schuh24, to allow its...
A well-established German internet retailing platform, Schuh24, to allow its retail members to offer shoes for sale online. More than 1,800 shoe retailers are affiliated with GMS, including more than 1,000 in Germany. Schuh24 acts as a marketplace for about 500 shoe shops. The move follows the successful launch of ...
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The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017...
The growth trajectory of Yue Yuen has resumed in 2017 with sales in the nine months to September having risen by 6.7 percent, compared with the increase of only 0.3 percent recorded in the first nine months of 2016. Yue Yuen, a subsidiary of the Pou Chen Group from Taiwan, ...
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Browns, the luxury retailer bought by Farfetch in 2015, has...
Browns, the luxury retailer bought by Farfetch in 2015, has opened a new store at 21 Club Row, in the Shoreditch district of London
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The German-based GMS buying group recorded a 2 percent increase...
The German-based GMS buying group recorded a 2 percent increase in retail sales to €273 million in the third quarter of 201. Positive business developments in France and the Netherlands and a strengthening in the home market of Germany underpinned the results. At the end of the third quarter, GMS ...
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Another VF brand, Timberland, saw its revenues decline by 2...
Another VF brand, Timberland, saw its revenues decline by 2 percent in the third quarter, reflecting a shift in orders that reduced its global sales by an estimated 5 percent. Sales fell by 7 percent in the Americas and by 5 percent in Asia, but they went up by 3 ...
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Beating analysts' estimates, LVMH reported a strong 14 percent increase...
Beating analysts' estimates, LVMH reported a strong 14 percent increase in total revenues to €30.1 billion for the first nine months of this year, with organic growth of 12 percent. In particular, its fashion and leathergoods division grew by 14 percent on an organic basis and by 21 percent including ...
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Kurt Geiger posted a 12 percent sales increase to £330...
Kurt Geiger posted a 12 percent sales increase to £330 million (€368.1m-$432.9m) for the financial year ended on Jan. 28, with same-store sale rising by 11 percent. E-commerce went up by 26 percent, representing 23 percent of the total turnover. Sales of luxury sneakers jumped by 48 percent. Ebitda advanced by ...
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Marc Shoes has opened a directly operated store of 100...
Marc Shoes has opened a directly operated store of 100 square meters in Berlin, where customers can order a shoe that is not available in their sizes for delivery the next day. The store also offers models from the 1885 styled by Berkemann collection of clogs and pumps. Meanwhile, retailers ...
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Santoni registered a 10 percent sales increase in the first...
Santoni registered a 10 percent sales increase in the first half of the year, driven by the positive performance of Europe and the U.S., its key markets. The company posted a 7 percent increase in 2016, with annual revenues reaching €75 million last year. The company has recently presented the ...
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Pollini is opening a new store in Rome, on via...
Pollini is opening a new store in Rome, on via Cola di Rienzo, with a dedicated area for its Heritage line
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Golden Goose has opened a store in Venice, located on...
Golden Goose has opened a store in Venice, located on Calle Vallaresso near its head office, and on on Melrose Street in Los Angeles
