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Coronavirus - Covid19

Pitti gathers its events and moves them to February

Dec 4, 2020 / Italy
Uomo, Bimbo and Filati to take place at the same dates in Florence. The Pitti events are now on the agenda to take place between the 21st and the 23rd February 2021

Longchamp President Philippe Cassegrain dies

Dec 3, 2020 / France
The creator of the iconic Le Pliage bag, Longchamp's historic President, was 83 years old and did not resist to complications related to COVID-19

How the pandemic impacted China's footwear trade

Premium ContentDec 2, 2020 / China
China, the world’s main manufacturer and exporter of footwear, was the first country to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The hit on exports was first felt in the Asian country, which also started its recovery first than most others

Arcadia Group files for bankruptcy

Dec 2, 2020 / United Kingdom
More than 13 000 jobs are at risk in what is so far the biggest UK collapse in the COVID-19 era. The owner of Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Burton appointed administrators from Deloitte on Monday

Debenhams on the verge of closing

Dec 2, 2020 / United Kingdom
The UK-based store chain is reportedly set to close after the latest efforts to rescue it have failed. Rough trading conditions during the pandemic were the final hit for both Debenhams and Arcadia

Stores in England can open 24 hours a day over Christmas

Dec 1, 2020 / United Kingdom
Retailers will be able to extend their daily opening hours from Monday to Saturday in the run up to Christmas and through January. The announcement was made by the Government of the UK

How COVID-19 affected the 10 largest footwear exporters

Premium ContentNov 30, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
After analysing the impact in the main footwear importers, today we focus on the influence the pandemic and subsequent restrictions of movements and lockdowns had on the main footwear exporters in the first half of the current year

The impact of the pandemic in footwear imports

Premium ContentNov 27, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
International footwear trade was heavily impacted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent dissemination across the globe. Check the impact on the main footwear importers

Which footwear categories resisted better to the hit of COVID-19?

Premium ContentNov 26, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
In the first semester of 2020, global footwear exports have fallen almost a third (-31.1%) compared with similar period in the previous year. Do you know which categories resisted better to the impact of the pandemic?

Leather footwear particularly hit by COVID-19

Premium ContentNov 25, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
With the restrictions of movement imposed by the dissemination of the pandemic across the globe, exports of leather footwear were particularly hit, declining month over month until April

2020: UK consumer spending to fall by nearly 200 billion British pounds

Nov 24, 2020 / United Kingdom
Total UK consumer spending is expected to fall by 183.6 billion British pounds (14.9%) this year due to the COVID-19 according to new research from Mintel's British Lifestyles report. This equates to a drop in spending of around 6 600 British pounds per household

Global footwear exports down by 31.1% in the first half of 2020

Premium ContentNov 23, 2020 / World Footwear Reports
In the first semester of 2020, global footwear exports have fallen almost a third (-31.1%) compared with similar period in the previous year, reflecting the impacts of the dissemination of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe

US: consumer confidence slips in October

Nov 20, 2020 / United States
Consumer confidence dwindled in October, reflecting less optimism about the jobs market and the US economy in the next six months amid another outbreak of COVID-19 cases, according to the Consumer Confidence Survey by Nielsen

Burberry with growth in leather goods category

Nov 16, 2020 / United Kingdom
The UK-based luxury brand has announced a decline of 31% in revenue for the first semester of the current fiscal year. Despite that, Burberry is pleased with the year-on-year growth registered in the leather goods category

Footwear prices: manufacturers more pessimistic than traders

Premium ContentNov 11, 2020 / Business Conditions Survey
This is one of the main findings of the third edition of the Business Conditions Survey held last month. Complete report now available to download free of charge
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