All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 22-23 – Page 5

  • News briefs

    Fashion Access, Asia-Pacific's fashion fair for high-end head-to-toe fashions, had...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Fashion Access, Asia-Pacific's fashion fair for high-end head-to-toe fashions, had a modestly successful run on Sept. 25-27 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. In terms of visitors, there was a 4.77 percent decrease from Sept. 2012. There were 298 exhibitors, covering a total of 11,090 square meters of ...

  • Short stops

    Timberland wants to open between 60 and 70 new stores...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Timberland wants to open between 60 and 70 new stores per year in China, mostly in third-tier cities

  • Article

    Weyco posts 5% higher sales

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Weyco Group reported sales of $83.1 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5 percent from 2012, driven by higher sales of the Nunn Bush brand. Weyco's brands also include Florsheim, Stacy Adams, Bogs, Rafters and Umi. Earnings from operations increased by 6 percent to $8.6 million ...

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    Indonesia's footwear exports are expected to reach $4 billion this...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Indonesia's footwear exports are expected to reach $4 billion this year, but Eddy Wiodjanarko, president of the Indonesian shoe industry association, is quoted as forecasting a possible 25 percent decline in 2014. He attributes the likely shortfall to lower demand from the U.S. and an erosion in the country's competitiveness ...

  • Article

    Yoox posts 3.6% profit increase

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Yoox reported a net profit of €3.5 million in the first nine months of the year to Sept. 30, up from €3.4 million in the same period last year, boosted by gains globally and, in particular, by a third-quarter acceleration in the U.S., its number-one market. The Italian market also ...

  • Article

    Italian studio launches Teak3

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    AC Studio, one of the major design studios for footwear in the Montebelluna region of Italy, has launched its own brand of lifestyle shoes, Teak3, featuring innovative designs and materials selected for their minimal environmental impact. Armando Cietto, who runs the studio, says his brand is also a philosophy, as ...

  • News briefs

    Service Value in Cologne has conducted a survey among 3,300...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Service Value in Cologne has conducted a survey among 3,300 consumers in Germany to evaluate the performance of 21 shoe brands and retail banners, both online and bricks-and-mortar, in terms of range of products, value for money, store concepts, customer service and many other parameters. The survey makes no distinction ...

  • Article

    EU sets 2015 deadline for chromium VI restrictions

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft regulation amending REACH Annex XVII of (EC) No. 1907/2006 regarding the use of chromium VI compounds in leather articles and items containing leather parts. The proposed date of application is expected to fall in the first quarter ...

  • Article

    The global luxury market should accelerate in 2014

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    According to the latest Altagamma Consensus, the global luxury goods market should register a 5 percent increase in consumption in 2014. Altagamma Consensus is a forecast of trends in the high-end market based on the opinions of leading international analysts, drafted each year by the Altagamma Foundation. Data were presented ...

  • Article

    Hermès lifts 2013 sales guidance

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Hermès International has raised its target for 2013 sales growth after reporting a 5.5 percent sales increase for the third quarter to €895.5 million, boosted by sales in Asia and the Americas. Excluding the impact of currency fluctuations, the increase stood at 12.9 percent, with a double-digit pace in both ...

  • Article

    Mixed trends in the 2012 casual shoe market

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    In terms of U.S. dollars, the casual footwear market grew in 2012 by 2.8% to almost $19 billion, with an increase of 7.9 percent in the U.S. and a drop of 0.6 percent in the rest of the world, according to our annual analysis of the major brands in the ...

  • News briefs

    Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Andy Simister, who has worked for Pentland Group for 17 years, has left the company, where he has been acting lately as global vice president for Lacoste Footwear. His responsibilities are expected to be assumed on an interim basis by Richard Newcombe, vice president of global sales, and Paul Webber, ...

  • Article

    Geox’s sales decline nearly 12% in nine months

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Geox' sales dropped by 11.9 percent to €618.1 million in the nine months ended Sept. 30, or by 11.5 percent in constant currencies, as the rate of decline accelerated in the third quarter as compared to the first half. The group also experienced a worsening of its operating results compared ...

  • News briefs

    Camper has opened a showroom in Shanghai, located at 101...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Camper has opened a showroom in Shanghai, located at 101 Gaoan Road in the former French colonial district. The artistic 250-square-meter space, which is on two levels, uses old wood from former buildings in the area. It takes its inspiration from the Camper Together stores in Paris, Barcelona, Seville, New ...

  • Article

    Geox expects a sales rebound, eying €1 billion by 2016

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    After another very weak quarter attributed to the economic crisis in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean countries, Geox expects to finish 2013 with a 6.5-7.0 percent drop in sales to €750-755 million, a gross operating (Ebita) margin of 3.0-3.5 percent and a negative Ebit margin of around 2.0 percent. The ...

  • Article

    Grendene’s exports jump by 70.1%

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Grendene's gross revenues from exports outside Brazil shot up by 70.1 percent in the third quarter to 143.4 million reais (€46.6m-$62.8m) as compared to the same period a year ago, thanks only in part to a 37.0 percent increase in the average export price per pair due to the devaluation of ...

  • News briefs

    German shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 1 percent...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers saw their sales increase by 1 percent in August as compared to the year before, but they fell by 2 percent in real terms, according to the Institut für Handelsforschung. With this, their sales have shown decreases of 1 percent in value and 3 percent in volume ...

  • News briefs

    Sabu Schuh & Marketing increased centralized settlements by 0.5 percent...

    2013-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Sabu Schuh & Marketing increased centralized settlements by 0.5 percent to €280 million in the first nine months of this year, as compared to the same period of the previous year. Sabu has 900 affiliated shoe retailers, which recorded a slight increase in sales as compared to the third quarter ...