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Famous Footwear in partnership with Ticket to Dream Foundation

Aug 10, 2020 / United States

Famous Footwear, a nationwide chain of retail stores in the United States dealing in branded footwear, is a division of the St. Louis-based Caleres and maintains more than 1 125 storefronts. Ticket to Dream is now its official national charity partner

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Wolverine with better-than-expected revenue

Aug 7, 2020 / United States

The Michigan-based footwear company has reported revenue down by 38.6% in the second quarter. Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wolverine says these results were much stronger than expected

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Kasper Rorsted confirmed as CEO of adidas for more 5 years

Aug 6, 2020 / Germany

The Supervisory Board of adidas AG has extended the appointment of Chief Executive Officer Kasper Rorsted by another five years until the 31st of July 2026. Kasper Rorsted has been a member of the adidas Executive Board and the company's CEO since 2016

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Inspiramais turns into a digital event

Aug 6, 2020 / Brazil

As previously informed, Inspiramais Digital will be a 100% virtual event, with no visitor limit and with a particular focus on fashion

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Chanel buys Conceria Gaiera

Aug 5, 2020 / Italy

This new deal will contribute to increasing Chanel’s control on the supply chain of leather. The French luxury brand had already made similar deals in the past

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DW Sports chain goes into administration

Aug 5, 2020 / United Kingdom

The UK-based chain of gyms and sports retail has confirmed it will enter administration. At risk are 1 700 jobs. Company BDO has been nominated Administrator

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Footwear production with new record of 24.3 billion pairs

Aug 4, 2020 / World Footwear Yearbook

Just before the outbreak of COVID-19, the footwear industry has set a new production record. In 2019, worldwide, 24.3 billion pairs of shoes have been produced. Data is taken from the World Footwear 2020 Yearbook just released by APICCAPS

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Asia accounts for more than half of global consumption

Aug 3, 2020 / World Footwear Yearbook

Asia’s consumption accounts for more than half of the grand total. Over the last decade Asia’s demographic and economic dynamism has been responsible for a rise of 9 percentage points in its share of world consumption

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2020 Yearbook: The footwear industry was already in slowdown before the COVID-19 pandemic

Jul 31, 2020 / World Footwear Yearbook

2019 saw a worldwide slowdown in the footwear industry. That slowdown will certainly continue throughout 2020, given the reality of COVID-19. In 2019 footwear production and exports grew by 0.6% and 0.1%, respectively. Data are taken from the World Footwear 2020 Yearbook just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association

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Hermès: revenue dives by 41% in the second quarter

Jul 31, 2020 / France

At the end of June, revenue for the semester was down by 24% at current exchange rates. In the second quarter revenue was down by 41%, as Hermès took the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Kering with double-digit drop in revenue

Jul 30, 2020 / France

The luxury group announced the results for the first half of the year, marked by double digit decline in revenue. Kering named this the toughest period they ever faced

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Wolverine declares quarterly dividend

Jul 30, 2020 / United States

The Michigan-based footwear group has announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 0.10 US dollars per share of common stock

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Steve Madden: revenue down by 68.2%

Jul 29, 2020 / United States

The New-York based designer and marketer of fashion-forward footwear, accessories and apparel for women, men and children, announced financial results for the second quarter ended on the 30th of June 2020

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Moda Made in Italy is cancelled

Jul 29, 2020 / Germany

The Munich event scheduled for September has been cancelled. Assocalzaturifici said that the German market, of fundamental importance for the Italian footwear industry, will now be served by the new digital opportunities

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