World Footwear

Retail

Thomas G Bata: You have to get the priorities right

Jun 24, 2019 / Switzerland
Watch the interview to learn a bit more about the current trends of the footwear industry according to the views of Thomas G Bata, from the Bata Group

Tamara Mellon raises funding for brand's expansion

Jun 20, 2019 / United States
The co-founder of the Jimmy Choo brand has managed to secure funding to expand her namesake brand. Tamara Mellon raised 50 million US dollars for the expansion of the brand

Walmart has a new Chief Technology Officer

Jun 18, 2019 / United States
Suresh Kumar is a 25-year Tech Executive, who will bring deep experience in retail and e-commerce, advertising, cloud and machine learning

Bata to invest in Colombia

Jun 17, 2019 / Colombia
The total investment should amount to 5 million US dollars. Bata is aiming to open new stores and renew the e-commerce platform

Neiman Marcus with significant loss

Jun 12, 2019 / United States
The Texas-headquartered department store group reported falling third quarter revenue. Net loss reached 31.2 million US dollars, a worse result than the 19.9 million US dollars net loss from the previous year

Dick's Sporting Goods consolidates sales

Jun 11, 2019 / United States
The Pittsburgh-based sporting goods retailer announced results for the first quarter ended on the 4th of May. Net sales for the first quarter of 2019 increased by roughly 1%

Timberland to open 30 stores in Europe

Jun 10, 2019 / Europe
The company is part of VF Corporation's portfolio and is planning a heavy investment in Europe next year. 25 to 30 new stores might be on the pipeline for the region, in a combination of franchise and own stores

France to ban destruction of unsold goods

Jun 7, 2019 / France
The country's Prime Minister announced draft legislation to ban the destruction of unsold or returned consumer products. The new measure would oblige brands to donate or recycle unsold goods

Stein Mart to install Amazon pick-up lockers

Jun 7, 2019 / United States
Amazon customers will soon be able to receive delivery of their orders at nearly 200 Stein Mart stores across 28 states. The giant ecommerce player has been focusing on some similar initiatives

Shawn Gensch as JCPenney's Chief Customer Officer

Jun 4, 2019 / United States
The US-based department store chain announced Shawn Gensch, a highly accomplished executive with 25 years of experience in marketing and finance, as Chief Customer Officer, effective from June onwards and reporting directly to CEO Jill Soltau

DSW with strong start to the year

Jun 3, 2019 / United States
The Ohio-based retailer has announced double-digit increases in both revenue and earnings for the first quarter of the new fiscal year

Shoe Carnival posts decline in sales

May 23, 2019 / United States
The Indiana-based retailer announced first quarter results and confirmed the difficult start of the year. February was a bad month, but Easter represented a positive change in sales

Burlington Stores announces succession plan

May 21, 2019 / United States
The New-Jersey based off-price department store retailer announced a series of managerial changes as part of their succession plan

Harrods: world’s best performing luxury department store

May 17, 2019 / United Kingdom
The famous 170-years old luxury department store has proven its deep-rooted experience in the retail arena and scored in first ahead its competition

Kohl’s expands network of Amazon returns

May 16, 2019 / United States
Amazon customers will now have free, easy returns in all Kohl’s stores. The new functionality will be rolled out to all network of Kohl's locations this summer
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