World Footwear

Companies

Bates Footwear secures US army contract

Dec 31, 2015 / United States
Bates, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, was awarded contracts by the US Defense Logistics Agency to manufacture its Temperate Weather Combat boots for the allied forces in Afghanistan

Macintosh Retail declares bankruptcy

Dec 30, 2015 / Netherlands
The suspension of payments for the Macintosh Retail Group N.V. was terminated upon request of the administrators and was converted into bankruptcy as of today

Kering closes the sale of Sergio Rossi

Dec 30, 2015 / France
The Kering group has completed the sale of the Italian luxury shoemaker to InvestIndustrial

Sonae launches Zippy Philippines

Dec 18, 2015 / Philippines
Portugal-based multi-brand retailer Sonae has expanded its international activity to Asia by opening its first two Zippy stores in the Philippines

Tod’s consolidates sales

Dec 17, 2015 / Italy
The Italy-based luxury goods group announced 3.1% growth in third quarter sales. For the nine months period sales increased by 5.1%

Outdoor & action revenue up by 5% at VF

Dec 16, 2015 / United States
Third quarter revenue grew by 3% (up by 8% currency neutral). Outdoor & Action Sports revenue increased by 5% (up by 13% currency neutral)

EU and Vietnam finalise trade deal

Dec 15, 2015 / European Union
Talks for a free trade agreement (FTA), marking the end of the negotiating process between the two regions, were concluded now

Evereste new focus on shoes customisation

Dec 15, 2015 / Portugal
Cohibas is the brand coming out of this footwear company, based in São João da Madeira, founded more than 7 decades ago

Cyber Monday reaches sales over 3 billion US dollars

Dec 14, 2015 / United States
According to the FDRA online sales on Cyber Monday have set a new record for a single day of online sales that also topped expectations

Tax cuts proposed for footwear and textile companies in Indonesia

Dec 14, 2015 / Indonesia
The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has proposed income tax cuts to support the labor-intensive footwear and textile industries

Kering with 15% revenue growth

Dec 11, 2015 / France
France-based leader in apparel and accessories has announced 15.2% revenue growth in the first nine months of the year. Revenue generated by Luxury activities up by 16.5%. Sport & Lifestyle activities grew by 12.8%

Timberland consolidates expansion in Europe

Dec 11, 2015 / United States
US-based lifestyle brand Timberland consolidates its expansion in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a total of five new franchise stores

DSW disappointed with quarter's performance

Dec 10, 2015 / United States
Third quarter sales decrease by 0.6% and reached 666 million US dollars. First nine months sales increased by 5.0% totaling 1.95 billion US dollars

Robert Greenberg receives Lifetime Achievement award

Dec 10, 2015 / United States
Leading trade publication Footwear News has honored Skechers Chairman and CEO with the Manolo Blahnik Lifetime Achievement award

Columbia Sportswear with record results

Dec 9, 2015 / United States
The US-based footwear company reported record net sales of 767.6 million US dollars for the quarter ended on the 30th of September, a 14% increase (18% constant-currency), from similar period in 2014
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