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Vivarte continues its restruturing process

Apr 9, 2015 / France
The France-based clothing and footwear giant announced that 1 344 net jobs will be lost in La Halle and 105 at Andre. The group will close 244 stores

New record for Portuguese leather goods exports

Apr 9, 2015 / Portugal
Exports of leather goods continued to grow in 2014 in Portugal. Since 2008 their value nearly tripled and now amounts to 143 million euros

20% of Polish consumers admit to buy more than 5 pairs of shoes per year

Apr 8, 2015 / Poland
This number is shared by KG International, a consultancy firm based in Poland, which revealed World Footwear some details about the footwear market in the country

Shoe Carnival with solid growth

Apr 8, 2015 / United States
US-based footwear company outperformed quarterly net sales, comparable store sales and earnings per share guidance

Kurt Geiger looking for another owner

Apr 8, 2015 / United States
International press is claiming that the luxury footwear group has hired Goldman Sachs to evaluate new ownership options

The impacts of an ageing population in the footwear industry

Apr 7, 2015 / Portugal
The study Footwear Consumer 2030 predicts that in the next 15 years the demographic structure of the word population will continue to change influencing the decisions behind footwear production

Europe will host the first edition of the International Footwear Forum

Apr 7, 2015 / Europe
The new international event will be a meeting point for representatives of footwear associations and chambers from around the world and will take place in September 2015

Jimmy Choo with 6.4% growth in revenue

Apr 7, 2015 / United Kingdom
The luxury accessories company, focusing in footwear, confirmed strong operational and financial performance in 2014

Ecco’s strategy towards 2020

Apr 6, 2015 / Denmark
By 2020 the footwear giant expects to reach a direct-to-consumer share of 50%. 20% of this is expected to be achieved through online channels

Fila US with with double-digit revenue's growth

Apr 6, 2015 / United States
The dynamic performance in 2014 consolidates growth from the previous two years

Get to know Volutas

Apr 6, 2015 / Portugal
The first creation of Volutas is a tribute to fado and has the young fado singer Mara Pedro as brand ambassador

Nobrand partners with Dino Alves

Apr 2, 2015 / Portugal
The project was announced as the alliance of technical quality and design excellence

ara with stable results

Apr 2, 2015 / Germany
Footwear business of the Germany-based group to close 2014 with stable turnover from sales

Yue Yuen’s turnover up by 5.7%

Apr 2, 2015 / Hong Kong
The Hong Kong-based footwear giant announced its audited consolidated results for the year ended on the 31st of December 2014

New footwear workshop opened at the University of Northampton

Apr 1, 2015 / United Kingdom
Footwear designer students will have available a new workshop and degree programme

CCC with dynamic revenue growth

Apr 1, 2015 / Poland
The Poland-based footwear group continues to consolidate its revenue performance

Another record year for Ecco

Apr 1, 2015 / Denmark
Denmark-based footwear giant announced record sales and profits in 2014, despite challenging conditions in some markets, most notably in Russia and the Ukraine

Tommaso Cancellara, Assocalzaturifici's General Manager, live on World Footwear

Mar 31, 2015 / Italy
The World Footwear team spoke to Mr Cancellara about his expectations for the Italian footwear industry, the current state of the trade fairs and the challenges of his new role

Joe Fresh and ALDO announce new agreement

Mar 31, 2015 / Canada
Loblaw Companies Ltd and its affiliates, owning the Joe Fresh brand, announced a global license agreement with the ALDO group for the design, production and distribution of footwear under the Joe Fresh brand

Ferragamo’s revenue up by 6%

Mar 30, 2015 / Italy
Salvatore Ferragamo a key player in the luxury sector, announced the non-audited results for financial year 2014