Companies
Wolverine raises full-year earnings outlook
A solid underlying revenue growth now announced by the Rockford-based footwear group lead to strong operating margin expansion over prior year. Wolverine raised full-year earnings guidance and updated its full-year outlook
Steve Madden performs in line with expectations
The US-based designer and marketer of fashion footwear and accessories for women, men and children, announced financial results for the second quarter ended on the 30th of June. Results are in line with the management's expectations
Consumer confidence improved consumption dynamics
The conclusion is from the 2018 edition of the World Footwear Yearbook, now published by the Portuguese Footwear Association
Crocs pleased with recent results
The US-based company famous for its clogs, has announced second quarter revenue and gross margin which exceeds guidance previously announced. Crocs confirmed CFO transition
Under Armour: sales surpass expectations
The Baltimore-born brand has released its second-quarter financial results and the outcome is marked by positive sales performance
New Generation: Meet João Monteiro
With a background in Political Science and International Relations João Monteiro has been working in the Kyaia Group since 2012
Sales of performance shoes down by 5%
While the market for athleisure shoes is flourishing, sales of performance shoes are going down
World Footwear production resumed growth
The year 2017 was marked by positive dynamics across the worldwide footwear industry. After two years of stabilization, both production and exports started to growth. Data is from the World Footwear Yearbook 2018 now published by the Portuguese Footwear Association
Ghana’s footwear manufacturing is suffering
At least this is the claim made by local representatives of the footwear manufacturing industry, who go further saying there is a risk of collapse under the pressure of inferior imported products. Government intervention is being asked for
Footwear firms advised to increase data security
Although major firms have reported data hacks and recognize the threat, not enough of them prioritize the issue, a new study by Gartner Inc. suggests
Puma signs sponsorship deal with WMBA
After 20 years of absence from the basketball scene, Puma is back and ready to challenge the dominating brands in the field: Nike, adidas and Under Armour
Skechers profits down by 24%
Second quarter results for Earnings Per Share and Profits disappointed analysts. Profit in the period was down by 24%, whereas Sales continued to post positive growth
Nike Vaporfly 4%: boosting running economy
According to studies from both the New York Times and the journal Sports Medicine, Vaporflys do improve running times considerably, but questions are being raised: is this ethically acceptable?
Hermès with strong sales growth
The French-based luxury group announced consolidated revenue for the first half of 2018 amounting to 2.853 billion, up by 11% at constant exchange rates and by 5% at current exchange rates. Sales growth was solid and particularly sound in the group's stores (+11% at constant exchange rates)-
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