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Brazil's footwear exports show recovery signs

Apr 14, 2015 / Brazil
In the month of March, 10.8 million pairs of Brazilian shoes were sold abroad with a total value of 91.14 million US dollars

Quicksilver continues with disappointing results

Apr 14, 2015 / United States
Revenue for the first quarter down in all regions and brands. Net loss of 10.7 million US dollars also marks the first set of results presented in the new financial year

Prada’s result hit by bad performance in Asia

Apr 13, 2015 / Italy
Prada suffered a 28% fall in net income last year as the Italian fashion giant was hit by weaker sales of its luxury products in Asia

Asics is Tokyo 2020’s 10th Gold Partner

Apr 13, 2015 / Japan
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee welcomed ASICS Corporation as its tenth Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner, in the category “Sporting Goods" (Sports Apparel & Sports Equipment)

Geox accelerates again

Apr 10, 2015 / Italy
Italy-based company closed 2014 with a 9.3% growth in turnover. Excellent results in Italy, France and Spain. Solid performance, at international level, by all distribution channels

Shoes that smell like lemons

Apr 10, 2015 / Portugal
Lemon Jelly is a new brand born within Procalçado, a group of companies with 4 decades of experience in the footwear industry

Bata Shoe Museum announces digital initiative

Apr 10, 2015 / Canada
As part of the celebrations of its 20th anniversary the Toronto-based museum is launching The World at Your Feet: A Global Mapping Project

Vivarte continues its restruturing process

Apr 9, 2015 / France
The France-based clothing and footwear giant announced that 1 344 net jobs will be lost in La Halle and 105 at Andre. The group will close 244 stores

20% of Polish consumers admit to buy more than 5 pairs of shoes per year

Apr 8, 2015 / Poland
This number is shared by KG International, a consultancy firm based in Poland, which revealed World Footwear some details about the footwear market in the country

Shoe Carnival with solid growth

Apr 8, 2015 / United States
US-based footwear company outperformed quarterly net sales, comparable store sales and earnings per share guidance

Kurt Geiger looking for another owner

Apr 8, 2015 / United States
International press is claiming that the luxury footwear group has hired Goldman Sachs to evaluate new ownership options

The impacts of an ageing population in the footwear industry

Apr 7, 2015 / Portugal
The study Footwear Consumer 2030 predicts that in the next 15 years the demographic structure of the word population will continue to change influencing the decisions behind footwear production

Europe will host the first edition of the International Footwear Forum

Apr 7, 2015 / Europe
The new international event will be a meeting point for representatives of footwear associations and chambers from around the world and will take place in September 2015

Jimmy Choo with 6.4% growth in revenue

Apr 7, 2015 / United Kingdom
The luxury accessories company, focusing in footwear, confirmed strong operational and financial performance in 2014

Ecco’s strategy towards 2020

Apr 6, 2015 / Denmark
By 2020 the footwear giant expects to reach a direct-to-consumer share of 50%. 20% of this is expected to be achieved through online channels
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