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France Retail: news are not uplifting footwear retail
The Footwear Retail Sales Index (by BdF) reached in July its lower score in thirteen months in a row, and data from imports from the same month which will most likely make importers revise their decisions to the downside after the increasing value available for june. Despite a slight relief in consumer confidence in August due to Governmental aid, the increase in prices left little space in the wallet for discretionary footwear purchases. Meanwhile, online retail seems to have gained about 50 percentage points in 30 months in France, but data does not allow us yet to conclude whether the footwear segment shares this performance
Rocky Brands creates Chief Operating Officer role
The Ohio-based company announced that CFO Tom Robertson has been promoted to the newly-created role of COO. He will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day business operations of Rocky Brands
Footwear industry: very positive first semester now threatened by clouds of uncertainty
Watch out an interview with our Editor, Joana Vaz Teixeira, and get the latest updates on the footwear industry, with a focus on the main insights from the performance in 2021, going to the current scenario and the future perspectives
LVMH reports steady growth
After recording revenue growth of 28% in the first nine months of 2022, the French-based luxury group said that "growth continues at the same pace". Sales also increased in the third quarter
Portuguese shoes on stage
The stage of D. Maria II National Theatre hosted, in September, the debut of Pedro Penim's play Casa Portuguesa, in which artists wear Portuguese shoes and are dressed by Bèhen's Joana Duarte
Brazil: footwear exports through September already exceed 2021's total
In the first nine months of the year, Brazilian footwear exports generated 990.35 million US dollars, surpassing the 900 million US dollars recorded in the full year of 2021
Le Coq Sportif shoes to be again manufactured in Argentina
The Argentine company Bicontinentar, which restarted a sports shoe production line in May 2021, in Chivilcoy, announced that it will manufacture footwear for the French brand Le Coc Sportif and open a second line for Under Armour
Brazilian footwear industry created 40 000 jobs in 2022
Data prepared by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) based on information from the Ministry of Labour and Welfare, indicates that between January and August the footwear industry generated 40 000 jobs
French Edit Pop-Up opens at Chelsea Market in NY
The French Footwear Edit Pop-Up opened on the 1st of October at Neighbourhood Goods in Chelsea Market, featuring six brands that display the diversity of French craftsmanship in shoes
Realignment of CHIC trade fairs
CHIC China International Fashion Fair, one of Asia's most important fashion fair, is realigning itself. With three editions a year in Shanghai and Shenzhen, CHIC aims to provide an universal platform for the entire fashion industry and trade
Sustainability by Anna Palmqvist (H&M): we have to change our behaviour
Today we bring you the final interview of a series focused on sustainability. We had a nice conversation with Anna Palmqvist, Sustainability Manager at the H&M Group. Check all the bits and pieces on the video below
All the facts and numbers of the footwear industry in 2021
Last year, production and exports at global level grew by 8.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Worldwide footwear production exceeded the 22 billion pairs threshold but is still below pre-pandemic levels. In 2021, 13 billion pairs were exported worldwide, representing a partial recovery from the drop registered in 2020 but remaining below that of any other year in the last decade
Burberry COO and CFO to step down
The UK-based luxury brand has announced that Julie Brown will leave both her roles as Chief Operating and Financial Officer at the close of the company’s fiscal year, on the 1st of April 2023
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