World Footwear

Shoes

Positive year for Italian exports

Jun 12, 2018 / Italy
Exports of the Italian footwear sector increased in 2017. The industry closed the year with growth of 3.4% in external sales (after a 2.6% increase reported in the previous year)

Flip Flop Shops sold to Bearpaw

Jun 8, 2018 / United States
Cherokee Global Brands, a global brand marketing platform that manages a portfolio of fashion and lifestyle brands, announced the sale of Flip Flop Shops, its franchise retail chain, to Bearpaw Holdings, LLC for an undisclosed amount

New Generation: meet Marta Lopes & Cristiano Lopes

Jun 7, 2018 / Portugal
They are brother and sister and work side by side at the family business, Jovan. Meet Marta and Cristiano Lopes

Footwear giants heading to Vietnam

Jun 5, 2018 / Vietnam
Affordable labor costs and free trade agreements with several countries are positioning the country in the pole position to attract foreign investment from some of the largest worldwide footwear players

DSW with solid quarter

May 30, 2018 / United States
The Ohio-based retailer of footwear and accessories announced financial results for the three months ended on the 5th of May, with revenue increasing by 2.9% and comparable sales by 2.2%. Exit of Ebuys and acquisition of Town Shoes now fully reflected in the results

Michael Kors exceeds expectations for revenue

May 30, 2018 / United Kingdom
The UK-based luxury group announced its financial results for 2018 fourth quarter and fiscal year, ended on the 31st March 2018. Expectations for revenue in the period were surpassed

Gino-B, evolution 2 revolution

May 29, 2018 / Portugal
In 2009, Portugal-based brand Gino-B was founded and since then has grown to become an international brand with three main concepts or main collections

Kohl's: good performance in the quarter

May 28, 2018 / United States
The Wisconsin-based retailer has announced results for the quarter ended on the 5th of May, marked by Comparable sales increasing by 3.6%

Stable quarter for Shoe Carnival

May 25, 2018 / United States
In the first three months of the new fiscal year, Sehoe Carnival's net sales increased by 1.6% totaling 257.4 million US dollars. In the same period, comparable store sales increased by 1.3% and earnings per diluted share increased by 72.9% to 0.83 US dollars

Global footwear together for free and fair trade

May 24, 2018 / World
Wishing to give a strong signal against the protectionist movements recently emerging in several parts of the globe, representatives of footwear national associations and industry chambers of various continents signed a joint declaration in support of free and fair trade

Exceeding expectations at Deckers

May 24, 2018 / United States
The California-based designer, marketer and distributor of casual lifestyle products announced fourth quarter and full year results, marked by record yearly revenue. Expectations surpassed

Tapestry announces departure of Creative Director

May 23, 2018 / United States
The New York-based house of luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, announced the resignation of Stuart Weitzman Creative Director Giovanni Morelli. The company has commenced a search for a new creative leader

Obuv Rossii: revenue up by 6.3%

May 18, 2018 / Russian Federation
The Russia-based group announced unaudited financial results for the 1st quarter of 2018

Brazil: new leader in main exports destinations

May 1, 2018 / Brazil
The US have been the main destination for Brazilian footwear exports in the last 3 decades. Now, Argentina became the number one external market for Brazilian shoes

CCC buys Shoe Express

Apr 26, 2018 / Romania
Polish-based footwear retailer and manufacturer CCC has bought a 100% stake in Romania-based company Shoe Express. Deal amounts to 33 million euros
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