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John Camuto, member of the Camuto Shoe Family, dies at 31

Dec 21, 2020 / United States
The former footwear executive, son of footwear legend Vince Camuto, has died over the weekend. He was 31 and the cause of death is believed to be a heart attack, according to the family

Arcadia’s Evans brand acquired by Australia’s City Chic for 23 million British pounds

Dec 21, 2020 / United Kingdom
The agreement includes the acquisition of the Evans brand, the eCommerce and wholesale businesses for 23.1 million British pounds in cash by City Chic. This deal, excludes the brick and mortar stores and follows Arcadia entering into administration a few weeks ago

Spain Retail: After the hit of COVID-19, retail is still trying to recover

Premium Content Dec 21, 2020 / Spain
Similarly to what happened in other countries, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Retail Sales have lived dramatic moments with the first wave of COVID-19 hitting Spain, one of the European countries with most critical sanitary emergency. TCF sales almost disappeared in April and although the scenario improved from there, one cannot say that recovery materialised completely in the South Europe country

European retail collapses

Premium Content Dec 18, 2020 / Europe
After registering growth, albeit moderate (1%), in 2019, the European clothing and footwear retail sector is being heavily penalized by the pandemic. Up to September, the cumulative drop in retail sales of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear sectors amounts to 24.4%

Bangladesh: decline in exports continues

Dec 18, 2020 / Bangladesh
In the first 5 months of the current year, Bangladesh’s leather industry registered a total of 358.57 million US dollars’ worth of exporting revenue, which represented a decline of 8.32% over the performance in similar period in the previous fiscal year

Farfetch sets 10-year sustainability goals

Dec 18, 2020 / United Kingdom
The online fashion retailer has announced a set of sustainability goals for the next ten years divided in four main areas, ranging from being climate positive to promoting conscious inclusion

Guide to Survive the Pandemic ... with Portuguese Shoes

Dec 17, 2020 / Portugal
APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association, has launched the publication Guide to Survive the Pandemic ... with Portuguese Shoes. Check it all here

adidas to sell Reebok business

Dec 17, 2020 / Germany
In a statement recently issued, the Germany-based company said that as part of the development of its new five-year strategy, adidas has begun to assess strategic alternatives for Reebok

Wales enters strict lockdow: non-essential retail to close

Dec 17, 2020 / United Kingdom
The country will enter into a strict nationwide lockdown, especially over Christmas and on the days to follow

Bata Shoe appoints Sandeep Kataria as New CEO

Dec 16, 2020 / Switzerland
The Bata Shoe Organisation announced the appointment of Sandeep Kataria as CEO, who has served as CEO of Bata India since 2017, and takes over the global CEO role from Alexis Nasard, who has stepped down to assume a professional opportunity outside the organisation

Live shopping: a new business model

Dec 16, 2020 / China
This format of video streaming commerce is becoming very popular, especially in China. Marketing companies want to take this digital strategy across borders, focusing on hitting the European and the US markets

UK: ongoing uncertainty is making it harder for businesses to prepare

Dec 16, 2020 / United Kingdom
The alert comes from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which has also urged consumers to refrain from stockpiling food before Britain leaves the EU on the 1st of January

Futurmoda postponed one month

Dec 16, 2020 / Spain
The International fair of Leather, Components, and Machinery for Footwear and Leather Goods has announced they have rescheduled the next edition of the fair. Futurmoda is now scheduled for the 7th and the 8th of April

Under Armour to sell The MyFitnessPal platform

Dec 15, 2020 / United States
The US-based branded athletic performance apparel, footwear and accessories, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the MyFitnessPal platform to Francisco Partners

Digital sales up by 27% at Macy's

Dec 15, 2020 / United States
The American department store chain reported digital sales growing by 27% in the third quarter. and comparable sales down by 21.0%, as a result of continued stores recovery and continued growth of digital business
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