Footwear
Caleres names Jay Schmidt President
The St. Louis-based footwear group announced several transformational changes to its leadership structure with the aim to align with its strategic direction, while accelerating its growth initiatives
How the pandemic impacted China's footwear trade
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
Genesco announces appointment of interim CFO
The Nashville-based group has announced that Thomas A. George is joining the company as Senior Vice President-Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective from the 14th of December. He succeeds Melvin G. Tucker, who resigned last month
How COVID-19 affected the 10 largest footwear exporters
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
LVMH names Chris de Lapuente new CEO of Selective Retailing
The French-based luxury giant has named Chris de Lapuente as the new Chairman and CEO of LVMH's division of Selective Retailing, effective from January onwards
The impact of the pandemic in footwear imports
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
Dr. Martens could launch IPO soon
The British-based footwear brand known for its iconic boots has reportedly appointed Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering (IPO)
UK Retail: recovery starts to dissipate
The summer brought a breath of fresh air into the UK footwear market after the COVID-19 hit. After the collapse caused by the first wave of the pandemic, Textile, Clothing & Footwear (TCF) Retail Sales have been recovering from April through September. However, the second wave striking in October led TCF retail sales to the downside, closing now 18 pp in the red.
J.Crew Group appoints Libby Wadle as Chief Executive Officer
In her new functions Libby Wadle will oversee J.Crew and J.Crew Factory in addition to her current leadership responsibilities at Madewell. Jan Singer, who was previously J.Crew Group's CEO, is pursuing other endeavours
Next edition of Micam announced for March 2021
The footwear trade show will be, once again, part of the #strongertogether project. The 5 trade fairs from the fashion system will once again be held on the same dates at single location, the Fieramilano Rho. Micam will be a 3 days event this time
Dick's Sporting Goods announces planned leadership succession
The Pittsburgh-headquartered sporting goods retailer announced that Edward W. Stack, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman and continue as Chief Merchant, from the 1st of February onwards
Caleres to close 133 Naturalizer stores in US and Canada
More than 130 Naturalizer stores in the United States and Canada will be closed by early 2021 as Caleres announces it will adopt a digital sales strategy for the shoe chain
Global footwear exports down by 31.1% in the first half of 2020
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
Foot Locker: third quarter marked by sales growth
Third quarter comparable-store sales increased by 7.7% and total sales were up by 9.0% in the same period. Notwithstanding the good performance in the last quarter, year-to-date total sales and comparable-store sales are still down
Gallery with merged formats in 2021
The Germany-held trade fairs have announced the dates for 2021 and confirmed the merged formats, which were successfully tried in 2020, will continue-
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