World Footwear

Shoes

Rack Room Shoes donates 1.1 million US dollars

Sep 25, 2015 / United States
The US-based footwear retailer continues to support children in need through their annual campaign Shoes That Fit. The highest donation to date has been registered

JD Sports with 80% rise in profit

Sep 24, 2015 / United Kingdom
The sportswear retailer posted profits of 46.6 million pounds in the first-half of the current financial year

Get to know the new Twiggy boots by Josefinas

Sep 24, 2015 / Portugal
The brand, responsible for the most expensive ballet flats in the world, just ventured into the boots segment. The moto of the new line is The 60’s meets the Women of today

Quiksilver reduces losses

Sep 23, 2015 / United States
The company, which filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of the current month, reduced its losses in the third quarter, with a 43.5% improvement

Outer Shoes environmental cause

Sep 23, 2015 / Brazil
Shoes sold in their chain of  stores will be converted into seedlings. Special collection was launched to stimulate sales

Spanish footwear exports continue to grow

Sep 22, 2015 /
According to FICE, the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries, during the first six months of 2015 exports have reached 1480.6 million euros (83.8 million pairs)

Under Armour forecasts revenue of 7.5 billion US dollars by 2018

Sep 22, 2015 / United States
During its biennial Investor Day meeting, held last week, the US-based business has announced more details of its long-term growth strategy, highlighting the new 2018 net revenue target

Get to know Flex&Go

Sep 21, 2015 / Portugal
A brand, whose motto is Go Your Way, dedicated to manufacture and market comfort shoes, always bearing in mind fashion and design

Weak Asia Pacific performance impacts Prada’s results

Sep 18, 2015 / Italy
The Italy-based group announced the first half results, market by 4.2% revenue growth at current exchange rates. The first semester was marked by difficulties felt in the Asia Pacific markets

Alibaba teams up with US Postal Service

Sep 18, 2015 / United States
The ecommerce giant will work with the US post office on cross-border e-commerce, with an aim to speed up delivery of merchandise ordered by US consumers on Alibaba’s international online platforms

Rihanna and Puma get together

Sep 17, 2015 / Germany
The Puma by Rihanna collection is being released under the singer’s FENTY label. Rihanna’s first style for Puma sold out in just three hours

Aerosoles with new CEO

Sep 16, 2015 / United States
R. Shawn Neville was named new Chief Executive Officer of the footwear giant

Truworths in talks to buy footwear chain Office

Sep 16, 2015 / South Africa
South African fashion retailer Truworths International confirmed the existence of talks with privately owned shoe chain Office, a British-based retailer

Brazilian footwear sales to the UAE increase by 22%

Sep 15, 2015 / Brazil
In clear contrast to the 12.3% decline in total international footwear sales in the period January-August, Brazilian exports to the Arab country are growing and totaled 15.7 million US dollars in the period

Helsar creates high-heeled shoe for cycling

Sep 15, 2015 / Portugal
The Portugal-based company, specialized in women’s footwear, has created a new line of shoes, by combining two passions: fashion and biking
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