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Nordstrom permanently closes Jeffrey Stores

May 20, 2020 / United States
The announcement was made by founder Jeffrey Kalinsky on his Instagram page. He declared that his boutique business, comprised of three stores in partnership with Nordstrom, will permanently close

US: only 32% of the shoppers say they are ready to buy footwear in stores

May 19, 2020 / United States
As stores reopen across the US, a recent study by First Insight found that the majority of consumers (54%) are ready to buy apparel in-store. For footwear, those saying they are willing to go back to stores is lower (32%)

Store safety measures implemented by DSW

May 19, 2020 / United States
As it starts to re-open almost 200 stores in the US and Canada DSW announced it will implement several safety measures

FICE defends alternative measures to the prohibition of sales

May 18, 2020 / Spain
The Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE) requested for the consideration of alternative and equally efficient measures to the prohibition of discounts in brick and mortar locations

Richemont with two-digit sales drop

May 18, 2020 / Switzerland
The luxury group closed the financial year with a 2% growth in sales, but the last quarter (ended 31st March 2020) was heavily impacted by Covid-19

South Africa starts re-opening

May 15, 2020 / South Africa
The country is now on Alert Level 4 and started to alleviate some of the measures put in place in recent weeks to fight the diffusion of Covid-19 in South Africa

Spanish retailers ask for the suspension of commercial leases

May 15, 2020 / Spain
Some of the major Spanish retailers have sent a request to the Spanish Government, led by Pedro Sanchez, for a change in the clauses in their commercial leases, given the current coronavirus crisis

Wolverine: revenue declines by 16.1%

May 15, 2020 / United States
The Michigan-based group has reported financial results for the first quarter ended on the 28th of March and updated its actions related to the Covid-19 pandemic

South Korea: retail open as usual

May 14, 2020 / South Korea
The Asian country has a total number of reported cases is slightly below 11 000, with the death toll just near the 260 threshold

The new normal in Malaysia

Premium ContentMay 13, 2020 / Malaysia
The country is currently under Phase 5 of its MCO (Movement Control Order) until the 9th of June. Manufacturing and retail are operational with restrictions

Covid-19: situation worsens in Chile

May 13, 2020 / Chile
The country seems to be entering in a critical stage of the diffusion of the disease. With many restrictions applied to the economy, footwear is being hit hard

Footwear back in business in Europe

Premium ContentMay 12, 2020 / Coronavirus - Covid19
As European countries face the different stages of the sanitary crisis, they are also working on the re-opening of the economies. Today we bring you updates from Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, France and Poland

Genesco: phased store reopening in place

May 11, 2020 / United States
The Nashville-based company provided details on its store reopening plans in response to the Covid-19 pandemic driven closures

Stella's revenue down by 16% in quarter one

May 11, 2020 / Hong Kong
One of the largest footwear manufacturers reported first quarter revenue down by 16%. Stella was also impacted by the outbreak of the Covid-19 in China and diffusion across the world

US: athletic footwear hit hard by Covid-19

May 8, 2020 / United States
In its analysis of the first quarter of the year NPD confirm the expectations: Covid-19 has had significant impact across US athletic footwear and activewear businesses
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