How to work with marketplaces to avoid competition between the online assortment and the offline store
Many shoe retailers and manufacturers work with marketplaces today. However, this cooperation has both its pluses and minuses. One of them is the competition of the assortment online and offline, the outflow of real buyers to marketplaces,…
01.02.2022 1919
Brazilian shoe manufacturers invite buyers from Russia and CIS countries to business meetings in online format
From June 21 to July 2 in Russia and neighboring countries, online b2b meetings of the largest Brazilian manufacturers and Russian buyers will be held. The events are sponsored by Brazilian Footwear, a government program that ...
07.06.2021 4594
Lillian Roor, ARA Sales Director in Russia: “ARA Shoes strives to be the most high-tech manufacturer of fashionable footwear.
The German shoe brand ARA has been known and loved in Russia for a long time, since Soviet times. This year the brand will be 72 years old. The company has overcome the difficulties and challenges caused by the current coronavirus pandemic and continues to implement its plans. On the…
17.05.2021 5831
Exclusive: Interview of the CEO of ECCO Russia Denis Tomashevsky to the chief editor of Shoes Report Natalia Timasheva
A year ago, the Danish company ECCO acquired the entire retail business of its Russian distributor, thus announcing the seriousness of its intentions and long-term plans for the Russian market. The shoes of the Danish brand have long been known and loved in Russia. ...
06.04.2021 9434
The Nordman factory develops online sales channels and relies on import substitution
Alexey Sorokin, marketing director of the Nordman factory, answers SR's questions. For 24 years of work, the team of a small industrial enterprise from Pskov has transformed into a large Russian enterprise and a team of specialists that works ...
02.02.2021 4360
DEOX strengthens its market position
SR decided to find out what problems Russian shoemakers had to live and work with, and to ask manufacturers about their work in today's realities. This collection of materials will focus on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the domestic shoe business, ...
02.02.2021 4539
Is it necessary to reduce shoe purchases for the fall-winter 2020/21 season
The recession of the Russian economy in 2020 and, as a result, the reduction in shoe consumption per capita, unfortunately, is the inevitability we will have to face. In April, a regular author and expert of Shoes Report magazine, ...
06.05.2020 11215
Romer: "Who does not keep up with the times - may close in 2020"
Dmitry Gaidarovich, Deputy General Director for Sales, with the company for 4 years. About business, market changes, sales secrets and good ...
11.02.2020 8093
GEOX: “Today’s fashion retail, like air, needs business diversification and new technologies”
The Italian shoe brand Geox has been known in the Russian market for a long time, more than 20 years. The company produces men's, women's and children's shoes, as well as a line of clothing and accessories. All lines are presented in Russia, moreover: the Russian market is part of ...
28.01.2020 7971
Market expert's view on attempts by manufacturers of children's shoes to monopolize the market
Manufacturers of children's shoes in Russia often consciously refuse to choose their target audience and, trying to win over as much market share as possible, strive to work with all parts of the distribution chain. What could such a policy lead to ...
10.12.2019 4362
Children's shoes and labeling. New rules of work will not help bring the children's segment out of the shadows
Five months later, from July 1 to 2019, labeling of shoes will become mandatory for all companies operating in the Russian market. This event is inevitably approaching, but questions to the developers of the new system from manufacturers, wholesalers, ...
11.02.2019 8762
Partners Caprice - on cooperation with the company, brand and its shoes
“Our company has been cooperating with the Moscow representative office of Сarice 7 for years. 5 Caprice stores are currently operating in Moscow. Thanks to our collaboration, Caprice has become a national, beloved and recognizable brand. The main part of the collection is ...
26.12.2018 5677
What should we clearly understand about shoe marking?
We asked about this a member of the working group on labeling under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, General Director of SmartLines, Maxim ...
25.12.2018 12345
Marking with the eyes of a wholesaler. AXA executives talk about the first results of the new system
In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, mandatory marking of shoes will begin on July 1, 2019 of the year, before that a little more than six months remain. SR asked how the pilot labeling project was going on, what difficulties its first faced ...
21.12.2018 13829
Shoe marking is a challenge for IT
Alexey Chernyshev, Akfa: “A company that does not have competent IT specialists in its staff cannot solve the problem with marking.”
31.10.2018 19033
Customs dictates new rules
Member of the working group on the "Marking" project in the National Shoe Union of Russia and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, CEO of Smartlines Maxim Lebedev - about the new customs ...
14.08.2018 5823
Soho Fashion expands portfolio of children's brands
Jacob Treskov, the founder and head of the largest Russian ... spoke about the state of the Russian market of children's shoes, about how it will be in the short term, about the change in parents’s approach to buying children's shoes today in an interview with SR
26.03.2018 5581
“The marking will be, and it will affect not only the shoes”
In the near future, a voluntary experiment on shoe labeling will begin, in which any company can take part, for now, we repeat ...
26.03.2018 12263
Purchase without installments. Credit product for small retail
Modulbank offered small shoe retailers an alternative to buying goods from a wholesaler by installments.
20.11.2017 6284
Unified trading space. The store of the future will not be divided into online and offline
About the future of retail, SR is talking with Irina Poddubnoy, head of the marketing and online sales department of the Obuv Rossii group of companies.
14.11.2017 7407
10 Instagram Shooting Ideas
Fashion photography for social networks has become an integral part of the business process of any shoe store. The consumer is becoming more and more demanding, which is why photographs of shoes are already selling much worse. The new era dictates its own requirements for shooting: it must sell, that is, show the original differences from competitors, the best properties of the product, its most beautiful sides - whether it is the original design of the heel or an unusual texture, bold colors and applied modern technologies. The person should want to look at your photos and "stick" in your feed for a long time.
Assortment planning in an unstable demand environment
What opportunities and limitations does the transition from a traditional rigid planning system to a new flexible planning and fashion assortment management system conceal? In this article, Galina Kravchenko, a permanent expert on fashion trends and assortment management issues, talks about current assortment management technologies.
How to work with marketplaces to avoid competition between the online assortment and the offline store
Many shoe retailers and manufacturers work with marketplaces today. However, this cooperation has both its pluses and minuses. One of them is the competition between online and offline assortment, the outflow of real buyers to marketplaces, who come to offline stores only to look at the collection, try on something, touch it, choose a model that they will then buy online. As a result, stores find themselves in an unequal position with marketplaces and fail. Our regular contributor, an expert in sales of children's shoes, the manager of the Mila company, Alexander Borodin, shares his thoughts on how to solve the problem of competition between models and collections of the same brand, presented both on marketplaces and in brand stores*.
PETER KAISER – into the future with renewed vigor!
In March 2021, the well-known German brand Peter Kaiser was taken over by two new shareholders.
EURO SHOES and CPM February 21-24 at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya
The international wholesale exhibition of footwear, bags and accessories Euro Shoes premiere collection has existed for 14 years, and this year for the first time the 27th session of the professional footwear exhibition will be held in the pavilions of the largest metropolitan exhibition complex - Expocentre. Winter exhibition EURO SHOES is held in partnership with the international exhibition of fashionable clothes and accessories CPM.
Footwear market players and fashion experts welcome Euro Shoes and CPM alliance
The news about two key events of the fashion industry in Russia - the Euro Shoes exhibition and the CPM clothing exhibition from 21 to 24 February 2022 at the same venue in the Expocentre Fairgrounds caused a huge resonance in the Russian fashion market. The Editorial Office Shoes Report asked key footwear market players and fashion experts to comment on this event:
Mistakes in the lighting of the sales area that spoil the impression of a shoe store
Professional, correctly selected, high-quality lighting in the sales area and shoe store windows guarantees success with customers. But making it is not easy. A holistic approach to lighting development (ceiling + furniture + architecture) is a must for a successful shoe store, says Natalya Frolova, SR lighting expert in fashion retail. We analyze with her not very successful examples of lighting in shoe stores and offer solutions to the problem.
La Pinta is a participant of the February Euro Shoes exhibition
The Turkish footwear brand La Pinta welcomes the Euro Shoes Premiere Collection exhibition at the Expocentre Exhibition Center on the same site as the CPM - Collection Première Moscow, a major clothing exhibition in February 2022.
Instagram and the shoe business: how to make your account a seller?
Today, no one argues about the need to develop a brand on social networks. Every regional shoe store has its own Instagram account, not to mention the big federal players. But having an account does not guarantee sales. In order for your account to start selling, it is important to avoid mistakes and follow some rules. SR expert Maria Gerasimenko analyzes the most common mistakes that prevent effective work on Instagram and gives recommendations on how to improve the indicators of the SMM direction.
Portuguese brand Suave at Euro Shoes
We continue to acquaint you with the participants of the Euro Shoes 2022 winter exhibition. Shoes of the SUAVE trademark have existed since 1993. She is known and appreciated all over the world for quality, comfort and elegance.
BEST TURKISH SHOES MANUFACTURERS - ON EURO SHOES
Leading Turkish manufacturers of shoes, bags and accessories will be represented at Euro Shoes at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya, which will be held on February 21-24, 2022.
Viber and Facebook messenger: business opportunities
Messengers are one of the key channels of business communication with customers and an integral part of the marketing mix that effectively works at all stages of the marketing funnel. Messengers allow you to comprehensively solve a variety of brand tasks - from building brand knowledge to retaining an audience and automating many business processes. In this article, we talk about the features of Viber and Facebook Messenger.
WhatsApp and Telegram: Business Opportunities
Messengers are one of the key channels of business communication with customers and an integral part of the marketing mix, which works effectively at all stages of the marketing funnel. Also, messengers allow you to comprehensively solve various problems of brands - from building knowledge to retaining an audience and automating business processes. SR expert on SMM and permanent speaker of the business program of the Euro Shoes Premiere Collection exhibition Ekaterina Diveeva has prepared for you, our readers, a very interesting, practical article about WhatsApp and Telegram messengers and their possibilities for the retail business.
Crocs releases collaboration with Little Big
In a collaboration between Crocs and the popular Russian band Little Big, bright clogs in black and pink with spikes, silver chains and rivets were born. The model's design is complemented by the exclusive Jibbitz charms, presented in the form of an angry and cheerful bear, created based on the tattoo on the back of the Litle Big soloist Ilya Prusikin.
The only exhibition of European shoe brands Euro Shoes Premiere Collection in Russia will be held in Moscow from 24 to 27 August 2021 at the Main Stage
Large international shoe brands from Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Portugal will present their collections for the spring-summer 2022 season.
The largest international exhibition of footwear, bags and accessories EURO SHOES premiere collection will take place from 24 to 27 August in the capital's event hall MAIN STAGE
Manufacturers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and other European countries will present their spring-summer 2022 collections to Russian buyers for wholesale orders. The exposition of German companies will occupy a separate pavilion in the same style.
Italian bags MARINA CREAZIONI at Euro Shoes
At the Euro Shoes exhibition, a new participant from Italy is the Trade House company, representing the MARINA CREAZIONI (Marina C.) bag brand. MARINA CREAZIONI style is the right balance between functionality, attractiveness and elegance, it is associated with a sophisticated woman who does not abandon her femininity and in every possible way demonstrates her charm in clothes and accessories.
Instagram content ideas
The topic of filling a commercial profile, it would seem, has already been studied far and wide. At the same time, there are a lot of faceless, similar and boring accounts in the online space. Accidentally getting to such pages, you quickly scroll through them, and if you suddenly subscribe, then unsubscribing in the shortest possible time is inevitable. In this article, SR expert Elena Vinogradova decided to move away from theory and share practical cases that she liked from a professional and consumer point of view.
Hermes spring'21 clogs are in high demand
The new model of the clogs of the French luxury house Hermes is already being compared with the most coveted bag of the same manufacturer - Birkin, which can be purchased only after waiting in line on the waiting list. At the moment, the clogs of the brand's current spring collection, which were first shown on the catwalk of Paris Fashion Week in October 2020, have already been sold out, writes Footwearnews.com
Turkish shoe exhibition Eksposhoes Antalya will be held from 18 to 20 May
Despite the pandemic and the associated restrictions on international travel, Turkey's borders remain open to guests from Russia, and the Eksposhoes Antalya shoe exhibition is once again ready to host Russian buyers.
Design rules for a shoe and accessories store
When you visit shoe stores, as a client, do you pay attention to how the sales area is arranged: where is the checkout, where is the fitting area and is there enough of this area inside the store or there is a line of those who want to try on shoes, but cannot ; what kind of trade equipment and how it is located; Are the aisles between the trade equipment comfortable? These and many other questions are very important when designing a shoe and accessories store. Of course, all this is laid down at the stage of developing the design of the store and its adaptation to the area of a specific room. We asked Marina Polkovnikova, a permanent SR expert in visual merchandising, shop window design and retail space, and speaker of the business program of the Euro Shoes Premiere Collection exhibition, to tell about the basic rules for designing a shoe store.
Exclusive: Interview of the CEO of ECCO Russia Denis Tomashevsky to the chief editor of Shoes Report Natalia Timasheva
A year ago, the Danish company ECCO acquired the entire retail business of its Russian distributor, thus announcing the seriousness of its intentions and long-term plans for the Russian market. Danish brand shoes have long been known and loved in Russia. Throughout 2020, the company underwent changes related to the process of integration into the global ECCO, and in 2021 these transformations will continue. Denis Tomashevsky, General Director of ECCO Russia, told SR Editor-in-Chief Natalya Timashova about what has already been done and the company's immediate plans. This is the first interview with the head of ECCO's Russian office for the media.
Men's footwear range for fall-winter 2021/22
In this article, Galina Kravchenko / @ galina_kravchenko79, a regular SR author and expert on fashion trends and the formation of a fashion assortment, speaker of the business program of the Euro Shoes Premiere Collection, talks about the key shoe models in the men's assortment for the FW 2021/22 season. Among the main designs: slip-ons, low shoes, sneakers and trainers, boots, all-terrain boots.
Shoe educational program: what shoe soles are made of
“What is the difference between TEP and EVA? What does tunit promise me? Is PVC glue? What is the sole of these shoes made of? ”- the modern buyer wants to know everything. In order not to smash his face in front of him and be able to explain whether such a sole suits him in soles, carefully read this article. In it, process engineer Igor Okorokov tells what materials the soles of shoes are made of and what makes each of them so good.
How to set prices that will earn
Some businessmen still confuse the concept of margin with the concept of trade margins and set prices for their goods, guided solely by the example of competitors. No wonder they go broke! Analyst at the Academy of Retail Technologies Maxim Gorshkov gives several tips and formulas with which you can set not only ruinous, but also profitable prices.
Sales of shoes and accessories: effective techniques for business rhetoric
Which speech modules are effective in communicating with potential and current customers of shoe stores, and which are not, Anna Bocharova, a business consultant, knows.
We form the salary of sellers: expert advice
“How do you charge your consultants for personal or general sales?” Is one of the most popular questions causing a lot of controversy and gossip on the online forums of retail business owners. Indeed, how to properly form the earnings of sellers? But what about bonuses, where to get a sales plan from, do employees allow them to buy goods at discounted stores? In search of truth, the Shoes Report turned to a dozen shoe retailers, but no company wanted to disclose its motivation system - the process of its development was too complicated and individual. Then we asked four business consultants, and finally became convinced that the topic of seller motivation is very complex, because even our experts could not come to a common opinion.
Fur, and not only: types of lining
In the production of winter footwear, various materials are used that are designed to retain heat and meet the requirements of consumers: natural sheepleather, artificial fur, artificial fur from natural wool and others. All types of lining fur have their own advantages and disadvantages. Let's consider the properties of each of them.
Retail Arithmetic
Before you begin to solve specific problems, you need to find out how accurately all the leaders of your company understand the basic terminology of retail.
The best models of Czech shoes of the past
In Soviet times, for shoes from Czechoslovakia sold under the Cebo brand, customers stood in line for four hours and did not regret it, because Czech shoes were considered to be of high quality, comfortable and fashionable. Shoe designer Juraj Shushka shared a photo archive of his collection with Shoes Report magazine, which contains the most interesting Cebo models from the 1940's to the 1980's.
How to fire a worker without tears, scandal and trial
Sooner or later, any manager is faced with the need to part with an employee. Properly and on time the dismissal procedure will save the company money, and the boss himself - nerves and time. But why sometimes, knowing that a break in relations is inevitable, we put off the decision for months?
The whole truth about Bayer. Who is he and how to become one?
Bayer is no longer a new, but still a popular and sought-after profession. It’s fashionable to be a buyer. Buyers are at the origins of the emergence and development of trends. If the designer offers his vision of fashion in the season, then the buyer selects the most interesting commercial ideas. It is on buyers that the policy of sales of stores and what, in the end, the buyer will wear depends on. This profession is surrounded by a magical fleur, often associated with a lack of understanding of what exactly is the work of a buyer.
Ecommerce Laws Every Seller Should Know
The sale of goods via the Internet is becoming increasingly popular and in demand, however, at the same time, difficulties arise regarding issues of legal regulation of trade through the Internet, work with delivery and returns, and maintaining cash registers. Ivan Kurguzov, Executive Director of Oborot.ru, told how to avoid possible mistakes and how to legally conduct trade through the Internet.
