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Schuh's performance stands out in the second quarter
Against a difficult operating environment, Genesco emphasised the second quarter 21% sales growth at Schuh, as compared to the prior year, which helped offset Journey's continued declining performance
Children's footwear start-up Jbrds Secures 500 000 USD in funding
The Baltimore-based start-up has secured 500 00 US dollars in an initial funding round. Although its financial backers are not known, the company is now valued at 5 million US dollars
Asia recorded the highest increase in footwear imports in 2022
Footwear imports by the Asian continent increased by 23.9% last year, raising its share of the global total to 26.7%. Asia is now the second most import destination for footwear
Another round of lay-offs at Pou Chen in Vietnam
The Baoyuan Vietnam shoe factory, which is run by Yue Yuen, a subsidiary of Pou Chen Corp, has laid off 1 221 people at the end of August. Since the beginning of 2023, around 10 000 jobs have been cut
Caleres reiterates its guidance for fiscal 2023 despite falling sales and profits
The US-based company reiterated its full year outlook, after posting a “strong” consolidated operating margin and better-than-expected adjusted earnings per share in the second quarter
ANWR and Sabu team up to strengthen German footwear retail
Footwear buying group ANWR and shoe retail cooperative Sabu have joined forces to ensure the future viability of its members. Emphasis will be placed on revitalising the retail landscape and developing the workforce
Grendene's sales decline in the second quarter
Despite posting a weak second quarter performance in 2023, the Brazilian owner of the Melissa and Ipanema brands is pleased with its first half and confident for the remaining year
Shoe Carnival lowers full year guidance
Despite seeing an improvement over the first quarter of 2023, the US-based retailer still posted a year-on-year decline in net sales and profits in the second quarter, thus reducing its full year outlook
Is footwear re-shoring a myth?
With the geographical distribution of footwear production remaining relatively unchanged over the past decade, is re-shoring a myth or can we find its evidence in the numbers?
Yue Yuen posts revenue and profits decline
The Hong Kong-based footwear group announced that this year's first half revenue declined by 11.8% year-over-year, while the profit attributable to its owners fell by 52.2% year-over-year
Vivobarefoot launches trial 3D footwear try-on platform
The brand launched a trial platform for creating tailored, circular and locally assembled footwear using AI-assisted 3D foot scans and is looking for 200 Britons to test the first-generation products
Balena teams up with Kitty Shukman to release biodegradable 3D-printed shoes
The material science company and the emergent footwear designer have joined forces to create Roots, a unique 3D-printed pair of slides that is fully biodegradable
New growth forecast for the Brazilian footwear industry
The Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) has revised the footwear sector's growth in production for 2023 to 2.1%, as compared to the previous forecast of 1.7%
Footwear production bounces back to pre-pandemic levels in 2022
The World Footwear Yearbook 2023 just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association, shares information about the great trends in the industry such as the fact that in 2022 global footwear production reached the 23.9 billion pairs threshold
Prada announces partnership with ZDHC
The Milan-based group announced as a “Signatory Friend” the launch of the partnership with ZDHC - Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals, the global multi-stakeholder initiative-
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