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Dune to further expand in the Middle East

Feb 27, 2015 / Middle East
UK-based footwear retailer will open three stores in Saudi Arabia this year as part of a continued expansion in the Middle East

Museum program looks at the evolution of mountain footwear

Feb 27, 2015 / United States
The presentation by Steve Komito took place as part of the Pioneers of the Peaks events, a monthly series celebrating 100 years of Rocky Mountain National Park

MAGIC University launched

Feb 26, 2015 / United States
The footwear trade fair has announced the creation of MAGIC University, the first-ever retail education portal in the fashion industry. MAGIC executives and leading retail experts will author the free digital educational resource

Steve Madden’s net income down by 16%

Feb 26, 2015 / United States
US-based footwear company recognises the difficult year in 2014, with a drop of 16% in net results, and announces 2015 outlook below expectations

Kirstin Deutelmoser, Director of GDS, live on World Footwear

Feb 25, 2015 / Germany
The second edition of the new format of the GDS trade show, with anticipated dates, took place in Düsseldorf earlier in the month. We spoke to the Director of GDS to make a balance of the latest edition of the trade fair

American footwear industry pleased with West Coast ports labor agreement

Feb 25, 2015 / United States
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 West Coast ports

Crocs to deliver shoes using drones

Feb 23, 2015 / Japan
Shoe maker Crocs has announced a new temporary store in Tokyo, due to be open in March, where drones will be used to carry the shoes directly to customers. An innovative initiative in the footwear industry

Skechers named Footwear Brand and Fashion Brand of the year

Feb 23, 2015 / United Kingdom
A new set of awards for the US-based footwear company, this time at the Footwear Industry Awards event in the UK

FDRA publishes US footwear imports ranking

Feb 20, 2015 / United States
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association of America (FDRA) published its annual list ranking the ten largest footwear manufacturing countries importing into the US market

Get to know the 2015 winners of the Footwear Industry Awards

Feb 20, 2015 / United Kingdom
The awards are based on an online nomination and voting process which produces five finalists in each category, and winners are those who attract the highest votes overall

German footwear imports with two digits growth

Feb 17, 2015 / Germany
According to the Federal Association of the German Footwear and Leather Goods Industry (HDS/L), imports of footwear grew up by 12.8% during 2014

Hermès with sales up by 11%

Feb 16, 2015 / France
France-based luxury goods group announced fourth quarter sales growing by 11.8% at current exchange rate (9.6% at constant exchange rates). Annual revenue was up by 11.1% (9.7% at current rates)

Get to know the Plus Awards winners

Feb 16, 2015 / United States
For the 16th year the magazine Footwear Plus announced the awards that recognize the industry’s design and retail excellence in more than 2 dozens of distinguished categories

Footwear industry import's tax bill outpaces sales growth in the US

Feb 13, 2015 / United States
According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the footwear’s industry’s trade association, tariffs on footwear have hit another all-time high, with nearly 2.7 billion US dollars paid

Skechers with record annual sales

Feb 13, 2015 / United States
US-based footwear company announced sales for 2014 totaling 2 378 billion US dollars, the highest level ever
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