Emerging designer: CB Made in Italy seeks slow and steady growth
While their store in Via Santo Spirito in Florence may just be a mere 40 square metres (430 square feet), CB Made in Italy is brimming with ideas and plans for the future.
Otto Group changes legal status
The German mail order company Otto, owner of the Freemans, About You, Bonprix and Evri businesses, among others, is preparing to change its legal form and streamline its corporate structure as a generational handover gets underway.
German companies face unprecedented supply chain challenges
German businesses are bracing for potential disruptions to global trade, with mounting concerns over geopolitical conflicts, bureaucratic hurdles, and the ongoing complexities of navigating relations with key trading partners like the US and China.
Shoe Carnival accelerates store rebranding as hurricanes, warm weather hurt Q3 sales
Shoe Carnival is accelerating with plans to rebrand some of its Shoe Carnival stores into the higher-priced Shoe Station banner, after the success of an initial 10 stores that have made the switch.
Russia’s footwear imports are declining
During the first nine months of 2024, Russia imported 261.6 million pairs of shoes, 11.2 percent less than the previous year, according to the Russian Center for Prospective Technologies, a government agency monitoring the retail industry.
Stanbee enters a distribution partnership in Indonesia
Stanbee, a US footwear components provider, has entered into a distribution partnership in Indonesia with PT Eco Mega Synergy.
Skechers to move to a new European distribution center in 2028
Skechers will relocate its European Distribution Center (EDC) operations to a larger and single-structure facility in Liège, Belgium, as it expands its business throughout the continent.
Russian footwear retailers suffered a drop in traffic
The average consumer traffic in Russian footwear stores dropped by 10 percent during the summer months, Focus Technologies, a Moscow-based think tank, reported. Several factors are likely contributing to this trend, including the end of the rebound effect on the market following the turbulence in 2022 and growing competition, according ...
Allbirds signs distribution agreements for Europe and Latin America
Allbirds has signed agreements with distributors in Europe and Latin America as part of the expansion of its international distributor model.
NeroGiardini sets its sights on the Far East
After the opening of its first shop in South Korea in March 2023, NeroGiardini inaugurated a second store in the country in September 2024 as part of its strategy of expanding in the Far East.