World Footwear

Luxury

Hermès posts strong performance in 2021

Feb 22, 2022 / France
The French-based luxury group reported an increase in revenue of 42% at constant exchange rates, and 41% at current exchange rates, as compared to 2020, reaching 8.98 billion euros

Kering exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Feb 18, 2022 / France
The luxury group reached revenue of 17.65 billion US dollars, up by 35% and by 13%, on a comparable basis to 2020 and 2019, respectively. Gucci sales bounced back to 2019 levels

Tapestry announces record quarterly sales

Feb 15, 2022 / United States
The New York-based luxury group, owner of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman, improved its outlook for fiscal 2022 after reaching 2.14 billion US dollars revenue in the second quarter

Capri on growing mode

Feb 7, 2022 / United Kingdom
The fashion luxury group has posted revenue and earnings above expectations in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, raising once again its full year outlook

China’s personal luxury market grew by 36% in 2021

Feb 4, 2022 / China
Chinese consumers spent around 471 billion yuan (74.3 billion US dollars) on personal luxury goods last year, despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Ferragamo announces preliminary results for full year 2021

Feb 3, 2022 / Italy
The Italian-based luxury group has reported revenue growth of 29.6%, reaching 1.14 billion euros, as compared to 2020. Footwear and leather goods sales represented the main share

LVMH posts revenue above pre-pandemic levels

Jan 28, 2022 / France
The luxury group has reported strong growth over 2021, following the disruption of the first half of 2020 resulting from the global pandemic. Revenue for the full year reached 64.2 billion euros

Kurt Geiger to open 13 to 15 stores in the UK

Jan 26, 2022 / United Kingdom
The Chief Executive of Kurt Geiger, Neil Clifford, has told the daily The Times that the British retailer is planning to open a new shop every month of the current year

Burberry announces full-price sales increase

Jan 25, 2022 / United Kingdom
The UK-based luxury group has reported that, in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, full-price sales increased driven by a strong performance in outwear and leather goods and in the US market

Coach partners up with Savory Institute

Jan 25, 2022 / United States
The subsidiary of Tapestry has teamed up with the Savory Institute’s Land to Market Programme to support the regenerative agriculture movement, reducing its impact on climate change

La Maison des Startups LVMH chooses 23 new startups

Jan 24, 2022 / France
The luxury group has selected 23 new startups to join in the accelerator programme La Maison des Startups LVMH, which fosters the development of innovative solutions for the luxury industry

Prada confirms robust growth in 2021

Jan 21, 2022 / Italy
In a preliminary update, the luxury group has announced that sales bounced back above pre-pandemic levels. Revenue for the full year of 2021 reached 3.36 billion euros

Burberry signs sustainability linked loan

Jan 18, 2022 / United Kingdom
The luxury group has refinanced its Revolving Credit Facility to a 300 million British pounds (358.9 million euros) sustainability linked loan, in coordination with Lloyds Bank

Fashion bets on data-analysis science

Jan 4, 2022 / World
The Retail Data-Forwardness Index shows that 22 leading global fashion companies employed 40.3% more data related professionals in 2021 than in 2020

Aera earns B Corp. Certification

Jan 3, 2022 / United States
The luxury vegan footwear brand has said that now meets the required standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, granting it B Corp. Certification
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