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Shoes of Prey partners with Nordstrom to expand into the US

Nov 13, 2014 / United States
Following several months of negotiations Shoes of Prey has announced it has finalized a deal with Nordstrom to open its first US store

Shoe brand Clarks to deepen its reach across Africa

Nov 13, 2014 / Africa
According to Ventures Africa, a Pan-African business magazine, the historic British shoe maker will double its network in the continent by 2015

Quiksilver sells Surfdome business to SurfStitch Group

Nov 12, 2014 / Australia
The two companies announced they reached an agreement involving the ownership of Surfdome, an Australia based online retailer of action sports products

Phoenix Footwear with 71.3% increase in net income

Nov 12, 2014 / United States
The US based company reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 27th and continues the good performance in the current fiscal year

Alexander Wang designs shoe line for H&M

Nov 12, 2014 / Sweden
The American designer announced a new partnership with the giant Swedish company, presenting a new collecting whose dominant tone is black

William Wong, Vice President of the Hong Kong Footwear Association, live on World Footwear

Nov 11, 2014 / Hong Kong
We spoke with Mr William Wong, who holds a profound experience in the footwear industry and will be one the speakers of the upcoming World Footwear Congress in León, to hear his views on the current state of the industry and future challenges

The boom in footwear with made-man materials in Portugal

Nov 11, 2014 / Portugal
According to APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association, during the first half of the current year exports of synthetic footwear increased 92%

Under Armour with 30% growth in net revenue

Nov 10, 2014 / United States
The company announced third quarter revenue of 938 million US dollars, and declared it is now raising its 2014 net revenue outlook

Buenos Aires shoe store is a true adidas museum

Nov 10, 2014 / Argentina
A friend of Gary Aspden from adidas, made a trip to Buenos Aires and found a store full of adidas products. That wouldn't be worth being on the news if it wasn't for the fact that the products inside the store were mainly vintage products from the famous sports brand

New partnership between Barbour and adidas

Nov 10, 2014 / United Kingdom
The giant sportswear business has teamed up with the famous classic wax jackets manufacturer from Simonside, England, to present a new collection

Deckers with record net sales

Nov 6, 2014 / United States
US based company announced second quarter sales increasing by 24.2% to a record 480.3 million US dollars led by the UGG brand

Skechers named Company of the Year by Footwear News

Nov 6, 2014 / United States
The US based footwear business has been granted the recognition for 2014 Company of the Year by the trade publication Footwear News in its annual FN Achievement Awards

Palladin buys stake of luxury shoemaker

Nov 5, 2014 / United Kingdom
The Boston-based private equity firm has announced a new agreement to acquire a majority interest in Harrys of London, marking this the second major footwear deal in the past few months, following the deal with Aerosoles in June

Vito Artioli live on World Footwear

Nov 4, 2014 / Italy
As we prepare for the World Footwear Congress in León we spoke to Mr Vito Artioli, Chairman of the latest edition of the congress, held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2011

Crocs with 4.8% increase in revenue

Nov 4, 2014 / United States
US based footwear company announced its results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Global revenue was up in the period, despite deterioration in the Asian markets

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