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Kering: strong growth in revenue

Jul 29, 2019 / France
The French-based luxury group has announced two digit growth for the first half of the year with 18.8% for year on year revenue growth

Caleres is relaunching and rebranding Zodiac Footwear

Jul 29, 2019 / United States
Acquired by Caleres in 2005, the new Zodiac collection has undergone a contemporary transformation, blending the past with the present. Caleres aims to keep the brand true to its bohemian and western-inspired roots

Alpargatas downsizes business in Argentina

Jul 25, 2019 / Argentina
The Brazil-based footwear manufacturer sold its operations in Argentina. The amount of the deal should amount to roughly 3.3 million euros (14 million Brazilian reais)

China's GDP growth slows to 27-years low

Jul 24, 2019 / China
The economic growth of the Asian giant slowed to 6.2% in the second quarter of the fiscal year, reflecting the weakest pace in the last decades. The US-China trade war is starting to pressure economic growth, analysts say

Manolo Blahnik buys footwear manufacturer

Jul 24, 2019 / Spain
Luxury footwear designer Manolo Blahnik bought Calzaturificio Re Marcello, founded in 1938 and located in Vigevano (province of Pavia). The company has been manufacturing shoes for Manolo Blahnik since 1990

Heitor Klein (ABICALÇADOS): EU-Mercosur brings challenges but will result in gains for all

Premium ContentJul 22, 2019 / Brazil
The words are from Heitor Klein, the man who headed Abicalçados in the last 6 years. As Klein prepares to step down from the Presidency, we took the opportunity to discuss the main trends of the footwear industry and bring you the highlights of that conversation today

Sri Lanka and Pakistan to strengthen their ties

Jul 22, 2019 / Pakistan
The Consul General of Sri Lanka in Pakistan and representatives of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association (PFMA) gathered to discuss further opportunities of developing the ties within the footwear sector in both countries

Skechers achieves record net sales

Jul 19, 2019 / United States
The US-based footwear giant announced financial results for the second quarter ended on the 30th of June 2019. Skechers announced another record on sales

Brazil: exports decrease in June

Jul 17, 2019 / Brazil
There was a decrease in footwear exports in the last month of the semester. Data prepared by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) indicates that 6.4 million pairs were shipped in the sixth month of the year

Dubai-based property developer acquires Roberto Cavalli

Jul 17, 2019 / United Arab Emirates
Investment company Vision Investment Co. LCC, owned by Hussain Sajwani, founder of Damac Properties Group, has signed a binding agreement to obtain 100% of Roberto Cavalli S.p.A

Pou Chen with growing sales

Jul 16, 2019 / Taiwan
By the end of June consolidated sales by Taiwanese-based footwear manufacturer giant reached 0.8 billion US dollars

Laure Browne is new Veja's CEO

Jul 10, 2019 / France
The French-based sustainable sneakers brand Veja has appointed Laure Browne as the group's new CEO. She will be the first external group CEO

Storytelling and customer's loyalty by El Naturalista's Juan De La Peña

Premium ContentJul 9, 2019 / Spain
Watch the interview to learn a bit more about the current trends of the footwear industry according to the views of Juan De La Peña from footwear brand El Naturalista

Bangladesh: leather sector closes the year on the red

Jul 9, 2019 / Bangladesh
Notwithstanding the good performance of leather footwear exports, the leather industry as a whole registered a decline of 6.06% in revenue. The industry closed financial year 2018-19 below the target set for exports

Truworths responds to news report about Office

Jul 9, 2019 / South Africa
In a release issued on the 2nd of July Truworths responded to a report by Sky News and clarified the impact of Office's current situation in the group's operations in Africa
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