The e-tailer posted growth in the third quarter of 2022 amid a challenging macro-environment, underlining its focus on improving profitability. Active customers base exceeded 50 million this year
Our latest interview is with Sanchit Kundra, founder of Fresh Feet. Mr Kundra guided us through Fresh Feet’s new technology and gave us an update on the status of the footwear industry in India
The company announced that Arne Freundt will take on the role of CEO and Chairman of the Management Board from the 1st of January 2023, succeeding Bjørn Gulden, who decided not to renew his contract
The Portuguese company Ferreira Avelar, owner of the brand Profession Bottier, celebrates 75 years of producing classic shoes of excellence, with the eyes set on the future
The US-based company posted once again a strong quarterly performance, with a revenue growth of 57.4% in the third quarter of 2022 over the same period of last year, raising its outlook in result
Despite a revenue increase in the third quarter of 2022, the US-based designer and marketer of footwear, accessories and apparel for women, men and children lowered its full year outlook
The World Footwear Congress (WFC), which will be held in Istanbul from the 9th to the 11th of May 2023, will discuss the changing perspective of the consumer, new business models and employment
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The US-based company posted a net sales increase of 19% in the third quarter of 2022, driven by the performance of the Sorel and Columbia brands, and confirmed its full year outlook
The Californian brand of sustainable footwear revealed that it cut by 12% the average product carbon footprint between 2020 and 2021. Allbirds intends to reduce it to near zero by 2030
In the first nine months of 2022, the Hong Kong-based footwear manufacturer and retailer posted a 13.5% consolidated revenue growth despite "increasing macroeconomic headwinds"
The analysis of both TCF (Textile, Clothing, & Footwear) Retail Index and footwear imports show that German consumers chose “to enjoy the present before it is too late”. In July, retail trade was still healthy enough to accommodate the price increases caused, first, by the impact of the pandemic on the global supply, and then, by the skyrocketing of energy prices following the Ukraine crisis, not to mention the high inflation. However, given the free fall of consumers’ and retailers’ confidence observed since March, additional uncertainties are expected to arise throughout Autumn. Furthermore, despite all gains observed in the recent past, the online seems to be losing some track, and the macroeconomic environment will not be an ally during the second half of 2022
With 44.4 thousand jobs generated between January and September 2022, the Brazilian footwear industry reached the best result in employment generation of the past seven years
Deckers Brands posted a net sales increase of 21.3% in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, as compared to the same period of last year, with Hoka's sales growth of 58.3% standing out
Following the success of the first collaboration, the Portuguese designer teamed up again with the Portuguese-based footwear professional company Wock to reinvent one of its models