World Footwear

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VF updates long-term strategic growth plan

Sep 26, 2019 / United States
The Denver-based business provided an update to the company’s strategic growth plan and key initiatives to deliver long-term sustainable growth and value creation

Nike with new initiatives to tackle climate change

Sep 25, 2019 / United States
The sportswear giant has announced new initiatives of the Move to Zero program. Nike claims this translates their aggressive effort to combat climate change

Pentland Brands targets international growth

Sep 25, 2019 / United Kingdom
The UK-based company has announced new executive team responsibilities, and a new Chief Marketing Officer, to help drive the international growth of its portfolio of sports, outdoor and active brands

Nike with another strong quarter

Sep 25, 2019 / United States
Revenue increased to 10.7 billion US dollars in the first quarter, up by 7% on a reported basis and up by 10% on a currency-neutral basis, driven by growth across all geographies

Farfetch sued for allegedly misleading shareholders

Sep 25, 2019 / United States
The online luxury fashion retail platform is at the centre of a multiple lawsuit over allegation of misleading shareholders in its Initial Public Offering (IPO)

2018: a year of growth for the footwear industry

Sep 24, 2019 / World Footwear Yearbook
The year 2018 was marked by the positive dynamics initiated in 2017, following two years of stabilization. Footwear production and exports grew by 2.7% and 4.3%, respectively. Data is from the World Footwear Yearbook 2019 published by APICCAPS

Is your footwear business sustainable?

Sep 24, 2019 / China
The 8th Global Footwear Sustainability Summit, focusing on the sustainability theme within the footwear business, was organized by Shanghai Copex Global and took place in Shanghai

Cambodia: minimum wage for garment and footwear rises

Sep 23, 2019 / Cambodia
The Cambodian government set a new monthly minimum wage for the country's garment and footwear industries. The minimum remuneration for 2020 will be 190 US dollars, up by 4.4% from the current 182 US dollars

Skechers returns to the London Fashion Week

Sep 23, 2019 / United Kingdom
Skechers returned to Mercedes-Benz London Fashion Week. Male and female models walked the runways in Skechers footwear from a selection of the global brand’s stylish collections

Chilean retailers impacted by fall in Argentine tourism flow

Sep 20, 2019 / Chile
In recent years citizens from Argentina have choosen Chile as a shopping and tourism destination taking advantage of a more open economy on the other side of the border. Now things seem to be changing

Shoe Carnival with new executive appointments

Sep 20, 2019 / United States
The Indiana-based company announced several executive appointments to support its ongoing customer-centric business transformation and to create a management structure aligned with the its long-term strategic plan

Everything you need to know about Portuguese Shoes

Sep 19, 2019 / Portugal
APICCAPS launched a new video about the industry. Do you know all the things you need to know about Portuguese Shoes? Watch the video now

Merrell with new Global Brand President

Sep 18, 2019 / United States
Wolverine announced the appointment of Chris Hufnagel as Global Brand President of Merrell, the largest brand within its portfolio. A 10-year veteran of Wolverine, Hufnagel most recently served as Global Brand President of Cat Footwear

Dynamic revenue growth at CCC

Sep 18, 2019 / Poland
The Polish-based footwear group announced sales increase of 29% year-over-year in the second quarter of the current financial year

Excellent first half for LVMH

Sep 17, 2019 / France
One of the world's leading luxury groups recorded revenue of 25.1 billion euros in the first half of 2019, up by 15%. Organic sales at LVMH grew by 12% compared to similar period in 2018
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