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Nike is working on customer engagement

Jul 16, 2018 / United States
The US-based sportswear giant is set to bring back in-store traffic through Nike Live, a new tech-driven concept store at the intersection of digital and physical retail

Luxury sneakers: an expanding market

Jul 13, 2018 / World
Brands such as Prada, Gucci and Balenciaga are increasingly looking at sneakers for growth, increasing their investment and marketing budgets to allocate in this segment

European Associations work on new digital skills

Jul 13, 2018 / CEC
The results of a company survey conducted under the Erasmus+ Project Digital TCLF 2025 have been published, confirming the relevance of 9 emerging digital occupations in the Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (TCLF) sectors

Leather shoes demand goes down

Jul 12, 2018 / World
A new study by Bloomberg highlights that the growing popularity of sneakers is the main reason for decreasing demand for leather shoes

Caleres acquires majority stake in Blowfish Malibu

Jul 11, 2018 / United States
The St Louis-based company announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Blowfish Malibu, which has trailing 12-month revenue of approximately 27 million US dollars

Declining exports in Brazil

Jul 10, 2018 / Brazil
Data presented by the Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados) indicates that in the first half of the year exports fell by 6.7% in volume and 7.9% in value

Rockport seeking approval of sale to Charlesbank

Jul 10, 2018 / United States
The company which filed for bankruptcy back in May, announced that, after completing a court-approved marketing process, it intends to complete the previously announced asset purchase agreement with CB Marathon Opco LLC, an affiliate of Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC

McNamara teams up with ASPORTUGUESAS

Jul 9, 2018 / Portugal
The Hawaiian surfer is the new ambassador of ASPORTUGUESAS. McNamara teamed up with the Portuguese flip-flops' brand and has already booked two collections per year, entitled “Everything is possible”

Mizuno and Fleet Feet reunited for Project Zero

Jul 9, 2018 / United States
For the second consecutive year, Mizuno will design a pair of shoes to be sold in Fleet Feet stores to raise funds for breast cancer research

Ecco steps into customised footwear with 3D printing

Jul 4, 2018 / Denmark
Danish shoe manufacturer Ecco combines 3D scanning and 3D printing to realise fully customised sneakers in just a few hours

Pakistan's footwear exports with good performance

Jul 3, 2018 / Pakistan
May was marked by double digit growth on the country’s footwear exports, both in volume and value. Accumulated growth in the year anticipates a good annual performance

Tod's revenue down, but in line with expectations

Jul 3, 2018 / Italy
The Italy-based company is implementing a series of new initiatives to re-structure its activities. The impact is still to be felt and revenue in Q1 was down by 5.2%. Despite that, results were in line with the expected

Pentland with 25% growth in revenue

Jul 2, 2018 / United Kingdom
For the year ended on the 31st of December of 2017 Pentland recorded total group revenue of 3.6 billion British pounds (4.7 billion US dollars), a 25% increase from last year. Performance was much driven by JD Sports Fashion

Talent Shoe 2018: The final Award ceremony

Jun 29, 2018 / CEC
Over 60 young students of footwear design and manufacturing from schools in Europe gathered at Confindustria Moda in Milan for the Talent Shoe 2018, the award ceremony of the European design contest organised under an EU Social Dialogue project

Nike's recovery in the last quarter

Jun 28, 2018 / United States
Fourth quarter revenue increased by 13% totaling 9.8 billion US dollars, driven by strong double-digit revenue growth in international markets and Nike Direct globally and a return to growth in North America
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