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Footwear consumption to increase this year, but pre-pandemic levels should not be reached before 2023

Premium ContentApr 5, 2021 / Business Conditions Survey
The World Footwear' experts panel, gathering specialists from all over the world, is foreseeing a slight recover in footwear consumption during 2021 (+2.8%). Pre-pandemic levels shouldn't be reached before 2023

Ireland with retail sales recovery in February

Mar 31, 2021 / Ireland
Volume of retail sales with positive growth in 10 business groups. The Central Statistics Office confirms the volume of retail sales increased by 13.9% in February

South Africa: impact of COVID-19 on the footwear industry

Mar 31, 2021 / South Africa
Jirka Vymetal, the Executive Director of SAFLIA - Southern African Footwear and Leather Industries Association, spoke with local magazine S&V about the state of the footwear industry in the country

Weyco: net sales down by 35.7% in 2020

Mar 31, 2021 / United States
The Milwaukee-based footwear group has announced financial results for the quarter and year ended on the 31st of December 2020. Net sales were down by 28.7% in the last quarter of the year. Accumulated loss for the year reached 35.7%

Yue Yuen’s sales down by 16% in 2020

Mar 28, 2021 / Hong Kong
During the year under review, the group recorded revenue of 8.44 billion US dollars, representing a decrease of 16.4% compared with the previous year. The fall in revenue was mostly attributed to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shoe Carnival with record quarterly net sales and net income

Mar 25, 2021 / United States
The Indiana-based retailer of footwear and accessories reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended on the 30th of January 2021. Shoe Carnival announced record quarterly net sales, net income and diluted net income per share

Ecco: sales drop by 20%

Mar 24, 2021 / Denmark
In 2020, the Denmark-based footwear company recorded net sales of 1.09 billion euros (compares to 1.36 billion euros in 2019) and profit before tax of 45 million euros

Zalando aims for 10% of Europe’s fashion market

Mar 24, 2021 / Germany
After what they called a strong financial year, the ecommerce giant significantly upgraded its growth ambitions and now aims to grow Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) to more than 30 billion euros by 2025. Zalando are aiming for 10% of the European fashion market in the long-term

Clarks was already in difficulties before COVID-19

Mar 21, 2021 / United Kingdom
The footwear group published its annual report with reference to fiscal year ending on the 1st of February 2020. The results don’t reflect the full impact of the pandemic in the business or the recent change in the ownership

Burberry adjusts forecast after sales rebound

Mar 19, 2021 / United Kingdom
The luxury fashion house headquartered in London has issued an unscheduled trading update ahead of the 27th of March 2021 financial year end

2020: more than 17 500 chain store outlets lost in Great Britain

Mar 17, 2021 / Great Britain
As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered the worst decline on record: more than 17 500 chain store outlets disappeared from high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across Great Britain last year

Italian leather industry down by 26% in 2020

Mar 17, 2021 / Italy
Taking the hit of the dissemination of the COVID-19 pandemic, the leather industry in Italy registered a decline in revenue of 26%. Exports were down by 27%

Ferragamo's revenue down by 33.5% in 2020

Mar 15, 2021 / Italy
The Italian luxury house reported sales of 916 million euros in fiscal 2020, down by 33.5%. Salvatore Ferragamo announced it had suffered a net loss of 72 million euros in 2020, in an economic context highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Online footwear sales reach 21.4% share in Italy

Mar 12, 2021 / Italy
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian Footwear Manufacturers' Association, announced the results for 2020. After bringing the overall analysis yesterday, on production, exports and consumption, today we focus on the behaviours of online sales

Dick's Sporting Goods: closes 2020 with 9.5% increase in net sales

Mar 10, 2021 / United States
The Pittsburgh-based sportswear retailer announced fiscal 2020 results. The year was marked by a 9.5% increase in sales, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
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