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Zalando aims for 10% of Europe’s fashion market

Mar 24, 2021 / Germany
After what they called a strong financial year, the ecommerce giant significantly upgraded its growth ambitions and now aims to grow Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) to more than 30 billion euros by 2025. Zalando are aiming for 10% of the European fashion market in the long-term

Clarks was already in difficulties before COVID-19

Mar 21, 2021 / United Kingdom
The footwear group published its annual report with reference to fiscal year ending on the 1st of February 2020. The results don’t reflect the full impact of the pandemic in the business or the recent change in the ownership

Burberry adjusts forecast after sales rebound

Mar 19, 2021 / United Kingdom
The luxury fashion house headquartered in London has issued an unscheduled trading update ahead of the 27th of March 2021 financial year end

2020: more than 17 500 chain store outlets lost in Great Britain

Mar 17, 2021 / Great Britain
As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered the worst decline on record: more than 17 500 chain store outlets disappeared from high streets, shopping centres and retail parks across Great Britain last year

Italian leather industry down by 26% in 2020

Mar 17, 2021 / Italy
Taking the hit of the dissemination of the COVID-19 pandemic, the leather industry in Italy registered a decline in revenue of 26%. Exports were down by 27%

Ferragamo's revenue down by 33.5% in 2020

Mar 15, 2021 / Italy
The Italian luxury house reported sales of 916 million euros in fiscal 2020, down by 33.5%. Salvatore Ferragamo announced it had suffered a net loss of 72 million euros in 2020, in an economic context highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Online footwear sales reach 21.4% share in Italy

Mar 12, 2021 / Italy
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian Footwear Manufacturers' Association, announced the results for 2020. After bringing the overall analysis yesterday, on production, exports and consumption, today we focus on the behaviours of online sales

Dick's Sporting Goods: closes 2020 with 9.5% increase in net sales

Mar 10, 2021 / United States
The Pittsburgh-based sportswear retailer announced fiscal 2020 results. The year was marked by a 9.5% increase in sales, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

Retail sales down by 1.8% in Hungary

Mar 9, 2021 / Hungary
In the first month of 2021, the volume of retail sales decreased by 2.6% according to raw data and by 1.8% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)

Kohl's expects sales to increase by two digits in 2021

Mar 3, 2021 / United States
The US-based retailer has announced they currently expect full year 2021 net sales to increase in the mid-teens percentage range as compared to the prior year. Total revenue declined by 20.1% in fiscal 2020

Foot Locker: sales down by 5.7% in 2020

Feb 26, 2021 / United States
The sportswear giant has announced declining sales in 2020. Which did not come as a surprise given the COVID-19 scenario. The company’s Board of Directors approved a 33% boost in its quarterly dividend to 20 cents per share

Revenue down by 13.0% at Mizuno

Feb 19, 2021 / Japan
The Osaka-based sportswear company reported revenue down by 13.0% in the first nine months of the current fiscal year. Sales decreased significantly in all regions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Revenue down by 14.1% at Wolverine

Feb 16, 2021 / United States
The Michigan-based footwear giant has announced third quarter revenue down by a two digits rate. E-commerce revenue grew by 56.4% in the period. Management expects return to meaningful growth to take place in the first quarter of FY 2021

Sam Edelman debuts new slipper collection

Jan 29, 2021 / United States
Designed bearing in mind the customers changing lifestyle, Sam Edelman is presenting a collection of seven styles featured in an array of luxe faux fur, soft knit, faux shearling and satin materials

How is COVID-19 impacting the footwear industry in different countries?

Premium ContentJan 26, 2021 / World
With the world fast approaching 100 million cases of infected people and with vaccination now in place in several countries, we did a round of conversations with footwear associations across the world to understand what the current situation of the footwear industry is in their countries, and to learn where and in what conditions are footwear stores open
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