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Don't do it campaign by Nike
The sportswear giant took a stand against racism with the Don't do it campaign, a twist in its famous catchy phrase, Just do it, as protests against police brutality spread across the US
Industrial production re-starts in Guanajuato
According to elsoldeleon.com.mx more than 600 thousand workers returned to work this Monday in the Guanajuato region, in central Mexico
China: Jimmy Choo returns to last year sales levels
In a statement giving an updated on the phased reopening of their global stores network, Capri Holdings, the owner of the Jimmy Choo, said sales levels of the brand are returning to normal in China
Deckers: sales up by 5.6% in last FY despite drop in the last quarter
US-based footwear group Deckers has reported net sales of 2.1 billion US dollars in the last financial year, with a 5.6% increase in sales, despite the decline of 4.9% in the last quarter
We must start again all in it together, says Micam's CEO
We spoke with Tommaso Cancellara CEO of Micam and General Manager of the Italian Footwear Association to learn all the bits and pieces about the next September's edition of the trade fair
Zalando is expecting 2020 revenue to be up by 10%-20%
The online platform issued a new full-year guidance considering the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and says it expects gross merchandise volume (GMV) and revenues to grow by 10%-20%
Retailers congratulate Pandemic Risk Insurance Act
The National Retail Federation welcomed the introduction of the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act, which would establish a federal program to help businesses obtain insurance coverage for pandemics
Good momentum for fitness at home
The home fitness trend is one of the biggest to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. According to the NPD Group, in the seven weeks between the 15th of March and the 2nd of May, US home fitness equipment sales grew by 175%
Steve Madden with 17.5 million US dollars loss in first quarter
The US-based footwear brand Steven Madden reported a first-quarter loss of 17.5 million US dollars, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The company has felt the hit of the Covid-19 pandemic
It’s impossible to do good external promotion without going to trade shows
Orlando Soares from Portuguese-based Malas Peixoto Soares, a leather goods company with 70% of the production destined to exports, talks about the role played by external promotion in the growth of the company
New President for Keds
Bornie Del Priore is taking the reins of Keds, one of the brands of the Wolverine’s portfolio. She has more than two decades of global footwear industry experience
Under Armour with phased store re-opening in North America
The company reopened its first US stores to customers on the 15th of May and opened additional stores last week. By today Under Armour will have welcomed customers back to nearly 50% of its North America stores
Revolver, CIFF and CFW will share same date
The announcement results from close collaboration between Copenhagen Fashion Week, trade fairs CIFF and Revolver, and industry organisations Dansk Fashion & Textile (DM&T) and Wear
Shoe Carnival: sales go down by 41.9% in quarter one
The Evansville-based retailer reported results for the first quarter ended on the 2nd May 2020 marked by a decline in sales of 41.9%, resulting mainly from all stores being closed for approximately 50% of que quarter
Capri gives update regarding phased reopening of global stores
After taking the hit of the diffusion of Covid-19 and having most stores closed across the world, Capri now has slightly more than half of the company’s global retail fleet of stores open
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