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Shoes

Tod’s sees net profit declining

Aug 29, 2014 / Italy
Luxury shoemaker Tod's announced first-half net profit down by 25.7%, as revenue fell over in China, Italy and the Americas

adidas plans expansion strategy in China

Aug 29, 2014 / China
Giant sport's brand adidas has partnered with international retail planning experts GMAP Marketing Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd to roll out their China expansion strategy

Heidi Klum for New Balance

Aug 29, 2014 / United States
Supermodel teams up with New Balance and Amazon.com to announce that styles from the Heidi Klum for New Balance shoe and apparel collections will be available for pre-order exclusively at Amazon

Foot Locker reports record sales and profits

Aug 28, 2014 / United States
The New York based retailer announced net income of 92 million US dollars in the second quarter of the year, a 39.4% increase compared to similar period last year. Sales and profit for the semester with 2 digits growth

Brown Shoe profit boosted by wholesale business

Aug 28, 2014 / United States
US based footwear company announced second-quarter profit up by 17.6% after its wholesale business and Famous Footwear chain reported increasing sales

Iggy Azalea in partnership with Steve Madden

Aug 28, 2014 / Australia
Rapper Iggy Azalea is going to launch a footwear collection with famous footwear house

Skechers expands distribution centre in Europe and announces record sales

Aug 27, 2014 / United States
The company’s distribution centre in Belgium will be expanded to support increased sales across Europe. Skechers announced net sales up by 28.8% in the first 6 months of the year

Macintosh Retail Group sells Scapino stores

Aug 27, 2014 / Belgium
Macintosh has reached an agreement with DFM Participaties BV for the sale of SC Retail NV, which operates 24 Scapino stores in Belgium. The sale will take effect in November

Steve Madden acquires Dolce Vita brand

Aug 26, 2014 / United States
New York based footwear group Steve Madden has completed the acquisition of the Dolce Vita shoe brand

Portuguese footwear industry creates more than one thousand new jobs

Aug 25, 2014 / Portugal
According to APICCAPS’ Studies Office 420 new jobs have been created in 2013. This year over 600 new jobs will add to that number and the investment is due to continue

Toms sells 50% stake to Bain Capital

Aug 25, 2014 / United States
Blake Mycoskie, founder of the famous ethical footwear brand, agreed to sell half of the company to private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC to fund the expansion of Toms’ operations
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