Footwear
Foot Locker appoints Himanshu Parikh as Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer
Parikh will oversee the execution of the next generation of Foot Locker's strategic technology agenda in support of the company's key strategic imperatives and future capability-building and innovation
Kohl’s and Sephora announce long-term strategic partnership
Sephora plans to open 200 shops inside Kohl's locations by next fall, and to increase it to about 850 shops by 2023. Sephora will also launch on Kohl's website next year, offering more than 100 beauty brands
Ara Portugal celebrates 46 years
This December, Ara Shoes Portugal is celebrating 46 years. Established in the country in 1974, the German group, was one of the first multinationals in the footwear sector to invest in Portugal
Foot Locker CFO Lauren B. Peters to retire in April 2021
The New York-based specialty athletic retailer announced the planned retirement of Lauren B. Peters, Foot Locker's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Foot Locker has initiated a comprehensive search process
Spain Retail: After the hit of COVID-19, retail is still trying to recover
Similarly to what happened in other countries, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Retail Sales have lived dramatic moments with the first wave of COVID-19 hitting Spain, one of the European countries with most critical sanitary emergency. TCF sales almost disappeared in April and although the scenario improved from there, one cannot say that recovery materialised completely in the South Europe country
European retail collapses
After registering growth, albeit moderate (1%), in 2019, the European clothing and footwear retail sector is being heavily penalized by the pandemic. Up to September, the cumulative drop in retail sales of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear sectors amounts to 24.4%
Farfetch sets 10-year sustainability goals
The online fashion retailer has announced a set of sustainability goals for the next ten years divided in four main areas, ranging from being climate positive to promoting conscious inclusion
Wales enters strict lockdow: non-essential retail to close
The country will enter into a strict nationwide lockdown, especially over Christmas and on the days to follow
Guide to Survive the Pandemic ... with Portuguese Shoes
APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association, has launched the publication Guide to Survive the Pandemic ... with Portuguese Shoes. Check it all here
Bata Shoe appoints Sandeep Kataria as New CEO
The Bata Shoe Organisation announced the appointment of Sandeep Kataria as CEO, who has served as CEO of Bata India since 2017, and takes over the global CEO role from Alexis Nasard, who has stepped down to assume a professional opportunity outside the organisation
DiaSHOE project: improving the quality of life of people with diabetes
The European Footwear Confederation and its partners from Czechia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Romania kicked off the new Erasmus+ project DiaSHOE, intended to support footwear manufacturers, patients, healthcare workers, and shoe-store clerks to tackle the issue through prevention and skills development
Digital sales up by 27% at Macy's
The American department store chain reported digital sales growing by 27% in the third quarter. and comparable sales down by 21.0%, as a result of continued stores recovery and continued growth of digital business
Jovan receives double certification
Portuguese company Jovan has just been double certified by the SGQA - Quality and Environment Management system (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001). Quality and the environment are top priority in this company dedicated to manufacturing footwear for adults and children
Germany Retail: The shoes must go on! But COVID-19 is still not off the stage
One of the key footwear players took a massive hit with the dissemination of the pandemic inside its borders. During the first COVID-19 wave, footwear retail almost collapsed in Germany, but the recovery was faster than what was initially expected, and September was marked by optimism. However, a partial lockdown in the Autumn and not very good perspectives for Christmas are anticipating bad news for Germanic retailers, once again, and even before a full recovery has been achieved
Sales of clothing and footwear down by almost 30% in Mexico
Data is from Servytur's Center for Economic and Trade Studies (CEECS) and highlights a massive hit of the pandemic in the clothing and footwear sales in Mexico. El Heraldo reports-
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