All Footwear articles – Page 42

  • News

    Stylo to cut jobs after losses widen

    2008-10-31T15:53:31Z

    Stylo posted first-half losses after tax of 9.3 million, up from 7.5 million in the red during the same period last year, and revealed it will slash jobs at the business.

  • News

    Solid growth for Kurt Geiger

    2008-10-15T12:26:49Z

    Luxury shoe chain Kurt Geiger's EBITDA grew more than 24 per cent to 10 million in the year to February 2.

  • News

    Kurt Geiger snaps up space at Bluewater

    2008-08-19T13:32:09Z

    Luxury footwear retailer Kurt Geiger has signed for a store at Bluewater.

  • News

    Stylo makes board appointment

    2008-07-07T08:37:29Z

    Shoe retailer Stylo has today announced the appointment of Terry Bond as a non-executive director.

  • Strides ahead: Schuh
    Analysis

    Retailers’ eBay stores: You can’t knock a bargain

    2008-06-05T16:18:00Z

    High street retailers with their own eBay stores are getting better prices and clearing more stock. Liz Morrell weighs up the risks and rewards of a relationship with the auction site

  • News

    Stylo losses hit £7.8m

    2008-05-27T08:40:29Z

    Shoe group Stylo has reported a pre-tax loss of 7.8 million for the year to February 2, excluding a 4.7 million loss resulting from a property impairment.

  • News

    Moda In Pelle to roll out ‘feminine’ stores

    2008-05-23T15:43:00Z

    Footwear retailer Moda In Pelle has pushed the button on the roll-out of its new store format after a three-month, three-store trial.

  • News

    Brantano picks MD as it looks at costs

    2008-04-24T11:26:07Z

    Out-of-town family footwear retailer Brantano has hired former Deichmann UK managing director David Short as managing director.

  • News

    Clarks and Sole Trader pull out of Silverburn

    2008-04-15T17:02:45Z

    Footwear retailers Clarks and Sole Trader have dropped out of negotiations to take space at Glasgow’s Silverburn centre.

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Kurt Geiger, Heathrow Terminal 5

    2008-04-03T17:07:28Z

    Kurt Geiger’s shoe shop at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 stands out as a beacon of design restraint and shows how a relatively simple blueprint can create substantial impact.

  • News

    Schuh completes refinancing

    2008-03-19T12:08:16Z

    Schuh is understood to have completed a 36 million refinancing package, provided by the Bank of Scotland.

  • News

    Stylo sells Shellys

    2008-03-17T15:19:00Z

    Shoe specialist retailer Stylo has sold its Shellys brand to Hong Kong company Eternal Best Industries.

  • News

    Suppliers unite over £11m debts from Stead & Simpson collapse

    2008-03-13T12:33:45Z

    A group of footwear suppliers have joined forces to demand a creditors’ meeting with Price-waterhouseCoopers over the sale of Stead & Simpson to rival Shoe Zone.

  • Analysis

    Frill seekers

    2008-02-28T17:30:07Z

    As high street retailers join the “push for posh”, blurring the line between themselves and high-end players, can luxury stores maintain their point of difference? John Ryan reports.

  • News

    Suppliers mull legal action over Stead

    2008-02-28T11:01:27Z

    A group of footwear suppliers are considering legal action to recover full payment for stock delivered to Stead & Simpson before it was sold in a pre-pack administration deal to rival Shoe Zone last month.

  • News

    Kurt Geiger sold in £95 million deal

    2008-02-25T08:38:32Z

    Luxury shoe specialist Kurt Geiger has been bought by its management in a 95 million buy-out.

  • News

    Stylo rescues Dolcis

    2008-02-14T09:50:41Z

    Stylo has bought Dolcis out of administration.

  • Schuh warehouse
    Analysis

    Schuh’s sure-footed approach to multichannel retail

    2008-01-31T11:00:00Z

    About 3.5 million pairs of shoes are sold by Schuh each year, but its biggest store is not on the high street, it’s on the internet. In a rare interview, managing director Colin Temple tells Eric Musgrave how Schuh’s multichannel approach has helped it buck the shoe sector gloom

  • News

    Shoe Zone completes purchase of Stead & Simpson

    2008-01-29T12:03:51Z

    Stead & Simpson has today confirmed that a newly formed company backed by Shoe Zone has bought the footwear business. Stead & Simpson went into administration late last night and Shoe Zone bought the majority of the business, saving some 2,700 jobs. Stead & Simpson had been experiencing a difficult ...

  • News

    Shoe Zone poised to swoop on Stead & Simpson

    2008-01-28T09:27:09Z

    Footwear chain Shoe Zone is understood to have bought Stead & Simpson in a deal that is likely to be finalised today.