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The Dune Group profits slide
Footwear business The Dune Group has posted a 19% fall in operating profit for the year to January 29 2011.
Kat Maconie to collaborate with Dune
Footwear retailer Dune is to collaborate with British footwear designer Kat Maconie to create a capsule collection for spring 12.
The Dune Group appoints new international director
The Dune Group, the footwear business which comprises the Dune chain and former Shoe Studio brands including Pied a Terre and Bertie, has appointed a new international director.
Dune Group ups its global ambitions
The Dune Group has stepped up its overseas expansion plans to target 250 Dune stores outside of the UK.
End of anti-dumping gets mixed reaction
Last week’s decision by the EU to ditch anti-dumping duties on leather footwear sourced from China and Vietnam will allow retailers to safeguard margins but is unlikely to lead to a drop in the retail price of footwear to consumers, industry leaders warned.
Prices could keep rising in 2011, retailers warn
Spiralling cotton costs could push prices higher, but retailers are bullish about trade after Easter.
Tributes as Faith founder Samuel ‘Sigi’ Faith dies
‘Remarkable’ man behind the women’s footwear chain remembered by family, friends and colleagues.
Dune embraces multichannel future via new store concept
Footwear conglomerate The Dune Group is to launch a new store concept this month for its Dune footwear chain, which will eventually incorporate a range of multichannel initiatives such as in-store iPads.
Autumn sales stutter
Late deliveries and weak footfall as kids headed back to school have led to a soft start to the autumn season, splitting the high street over the best strategy to drive spend.
Dune’s profits soar after rescue merger
Operating profit at Dune Group rocketed 630% to £7.3m for the year ended January 30, 10 months after it rescued footwear concessions business Shoe Studio Group from administration.
Dune Group set for overseas openings
The Dune Group is to grow its overseas presence by at least six times by 2015, when it expects overseas operations to account for 20% of total sales.
Dune appoints marketing boss
The Dune Group has appointed the former international head of marketing at lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur to the new role of head of marketing.
Dune Group Christmas sales sparkle
Footwear business The Dune Group, which comprises the Dune chain and the former Shoe Studio Group fascias, recorded a 17.4% rise in like-for-like sales over the Christmas period.
Chelsea Cobbler trials men’s store
The Dune Group has unveiled a multi-brand mens-only footwear store in London’s West End under the Chelsea Cobbler name it acquired as part of its rescue of Shoe Studio Group earlier this year.
Help fight anti-dumping duties
Footwear retailers and suppliers have lambasted the European Commission’s decision to propose an extension of anti-dumping duties on leather footwear sourced in China and Vietnam.
Shoe Studio axes Nine West and Debenhams
Dune has dropped a raft of brands including Nine West from its Shoe Studio concession business which it rescued from administration in March. Its relationship with Debenhams has also ended as a result of the rationalisation.
Shoe Studio Group sold to Dune
The assets of Shoe Studio Group will be sold to footwear specialist Dune imminently Drapers has learnt.
Dune to open in De Gruchy
Footwear retailer Dune is to open a concession in Jersey-based department store De Gruchy.
Stephen Gill leaves Browning Group
Stephen Gill, the managing director of footwear supplier Browning, has left the business amidst difficult trading.
