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Aldo and Global Citizen team up to drive access to education

Nov 30, 2017 / Canada
Aldo, a global player in fashion footwear and accessories, is joining forces with Global Citizen, an international advocacy organization. As a result, a limited edition of the Mx. sneakers is being launched to take a stand on equal access to education with their Give Back, Move Forward campaign

Growth of Italian exports to the CIS area

Nov 29, 2017 / Italy
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian Footwear Manufacturers' Association, announced that exports of Italian companies to the CIS area have increased by 12.8% in the first 7 months of 2017

Clarks' new in-store tracking inventory system

Nov 29, 2017 / United Kingdom
The aim of the footwear manufacturer and retailer is to improve the in-store response times and assistant productivity. The system is based on in-store tablets for staff

Head for footwear leaves Under Armour

Nov 28, 2017 / United States
Peter Ruppe leaves the company after two years as the head Under Armour's footwear segment. Ryan Drew will replace him

Alpargatas continues to decline

Nov 27, 2017 / Brazil
The Brazil-based footwear manufacturer, known by its casual footwear, posted another quarter with declining net revenue across all geographies

Caleres keeps on the growing path

Nov 27, 2017 / United States
Despite the impact of the hurricanes and the warm fall, the US-based footwear group posted positive growth of 5.8% in sales in the third quarter. Annual guidance was reaffirmed

adidas appoints new managers for Europe

Nov 24, 2017 / Germany
The Germany-based sportswear group has appointed new General Managers for its operations in important Europe markets. France, Italy and Iberia will have new business heads

Ferragamo loses 25% of profits

Nov 24, 2017 / Italy
The Italy-based luxury brand has posted a decrease in revenue for the quarter and for the accumulated in the year. Decline in profit for the first nine months of the year reaches the 25% threshold

Yoox self-destructing online ads

Nov 24, 2017 / Italy
Yoox has teamed up with Google to develop an innovative and groundbreaking interactive ads, creating for YouTube the world’s most exclusive collection

Mi-Môh, Step into Love

Nov 23, 2017 / Portugal
A new Portuguese footwear brand focused on the cosmopolitan women who are passionate about life and well-being and looking for shoes that are sober, sophisticated and with a twist of romance

Declining sales at J.Crew drive stores closures

Nov 23, 2017 / United States
J.Crew Group posted another decline in sales in its third quarter, despite strong sales from Madewell, which continues its positive contribution to the group’s performance. More stores expected to close

DSW results impacted by the weather

Nov 22, 2017 / United States
Net sales increased slightly in the third quarter. Results were impact by the hurricane season and the company has adjusted the outlook for the year, as a result

Stable quarter sales at Kohl's

Nov 22, 2017 / United States
The retailer registered strong results during the back-to-school shopping season. However, the middle of the latest quarter was soft however, due to abnormal weather condition

Sales at Shoe Carnival lift outlook

Nov 21, 2017 / United States
The US-based company has announced results for the third quarter of the year. Based on the sales increase of 4.7% registered in the period, the company raised its outlook for the year

Fit2Com to launch pilot on comfortable fashion footwear course

Nov 21, 2017 / CEC
The Erasmus+ Fit2Com project, which aims to create a new qualification profile and training on comfortable fashion footwear, will launch a pilot exercise to test the course contents in early 2018
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