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Skechers announces record first quarter

Apr 28, 2021 / United States
The US-based footwear brand posted net profit of 98.6 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 100.8% compared to the 49.1 million dollars in similar period in the previous year. Record sales registered in the first quarter contributed to this result

Italian and Spanish footwear risk additional taxes in the US market

Premium ContentApr 27, 2021 / Italy
The Digital Services Taxes (DST) and the reaction of the US with the threat to implement tariffs to products coming from 6 US trading partners are the hot topic at the moment in the footwear industry. Today we look into what that means for Italy and Spain

How are Italy and Spain reacting to the threat?

Premium ContentApr 27, 2021 / Spain
The announcement made by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on the 26th March regarding the next steps in its Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted or under consideration by several US trading partners made the alarm sound for Spain and Italy

Matt Priest: we are 100% against the duties

Premium ContentApr 26, 2021 / United States
We spoke with the President & CEO of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America to go over the topic of the moment: the US threat of duties on footwear imported from Spain, Italy and the UK

Footwear consumption in the US not keeping pace with the rest of the world

Premium ContentApr 23, 2021 / Business Conditions Survey
In the fourth edition of our Business Conditions survey, we questioned our panel members about their perspectives regarding the evolution of the consumption share of the US in the global market. Found out about their conclusions

Report from the latest Gallery SHOES & Fashion Industrial Showroom

Apr 23, 2021 / Germany
Düsseldorf received the footwear industry for a new edition of Gallery SHOES & Fashion Industrial Showroom, which took place from the 18th to the 20th of April

Retail in Europe takes a big hit in 2020

Premium ContentApr 22, 2021 / Europe
In a year marked by a global pandemic, words like lockdowns, quarantines, waves of COVID-19, closed retail and restrictions became way too familiar to all of us. Retail was one of the industries with major impacts. Today we look at the numbers for European countries

Brazilian-based Beira Rio to set up factory in Argentina

Apr 22, 2021 / Argentina
One of the largest footwear manufacturers in Brazil, Calçados Beira Rio, S.A., plans to install a footwear factory in Argentina. The aim is to produce three million pairs per year

Dependence on FDI of Vietnam exports raises worries

Apr 21, 2021 / Vietnam
In the first quarter of the year, the country reached an estimated export turnover of 77.34 billion US dollars, an increase of 22% from the first quarter of 2020. The FDI sector accounted for 76.3%

Fila chooses Portugal for first own store in Europe

Apr 21, 2021 / Italy
As the country reopened all stores and shopping centers, Fila opened in Portugal its first own name store in Europe. The store is located at Freeport Lisboa Fashion Outlet, in Alcochete (Lisbon)

JD Sports Fashion with robust results

Apr 21, 2021 / United Kingdom
The UK-based retail group reported a set of good results for the fiscal year ended on the 30th of January 2021, despite the impact of the pandemic and Brexit

How COVID-19 is impacting the footwear industry in Agra

Apr 20, 2021 / India
The local footwear industry had hoped that the pandemic would lose momentum and the expectation was for some recovery in 2021. However, a new pandemic wave is bringing added uncertainty back to the equation

Can the industry be an art form?

Apr 20, 2021 / Portugal
Watch the new video of the Portuguese Shoes 2021 campaign. According to APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association, after a year of pandemic, lockdowns and restrictions, it is time to stretch the legs, and run, dance and jump into the air to gain perspective

New business update from 361 Degrees

Apr 20, 2021 / Hong Kong
The Board of the Hong Kong based footwear company has provided an operational update for its business segments in regards to the group's business for the first quarter of 2021

Expo Riva Schuh announces new dates in July

Apr 20, 2021 / Italy
The 95th edition of Expo Riva Schuh and the 6th edition of Gardabags, dedicated to the 2022 Spring/Summer collections will take place at the Riva del Garda Exhibition Centre from 18th to 20th July, a month later than the normal summer edition
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