All Footway articles
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Struggling Footway sees sales halved after reconstruction
After concluding a more than six-month-long reconstruction process on Feb. 13, Footway, with twelve e-commerce platforms in its portfolio, has released its sales figures for the first quarter, covering January through March. The year started off on a challenging note, with sales more than halved. Revenue amounted to SEK102 million ...
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Footway secures €7m to bolster financial position
Footway has secured SEK 80 million (€7 million) in financing to strengthen its financial position and ensure the successful completion of its reconstruction. The financing includes a directed new share issue of 50 million SEK (€4.4m) in B-shares and a strategic collaboration with Juni, to boost its accounts payable ...
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Footway group secures debt settlement
Footway Group has had its reconstruction plan approved, entailing a debt settlement where the e-commerce company will pay approximately 70 million Swedish kronor (€6.17m) to its creditors in mid-March. The decision had broad support among creditors, and the reconstruction is expected to conclude in three weeks. According to the company, ...
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Footway Group announces extraordinary general meeting, restructuring nearing completion
E-commerce company Footway Group AB has convened an extraordinary general meeting for its shareholders on Jan. 25, 2024, at the company’s premises in Kista, Sweden. The company stated in a press release that it “will shortly apply for plan negotiations to complete the reconstruction formally,” and it is expected to ...
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Footway employees and board members acquire significant stake in the company
Shortly after the company submitted a preliminary reorganization plan to its creditors at the beginning of November, Swedish Footway Group AB has announced that key employees and board members, together with investors, have acquired a significant portion of the company’s shares. The transaction comprises a total of approximately 8.8 million ...
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Footway Group presents reorganization plan
After the Swedish Footway Group AB filed for voluntary company reorganization in July, the company submitted a preliminary reorganization plan to its creditors at the beginning of November. The plan includes a proposal for debt relief of approximately 70 million Swedish kroner (€6.02m) and a new share issue of the ...
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Footway’s sales fall, losses widen in Q3
Swedish Footway Group AB, the operator of specialized online stores, which has been undergoing restructuring since July 25 this year, has presented its latest figures for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Sales amounted to 136 million Swedish kroner (€11.77m) compared to SEK 261.6 million (€22.63m) in the ...
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More details emerge of Footway Group’s financial difficulties
Swedish online fashion trade magazine Habit is reporting new district court documents which reveal the extent of Footway Group’s debt problems. According to the publication, updated figures suggest that inventories have fallen to SEK 437 million and documents from the district court show that Footway is unable to pay its ...
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Footway Group has applied for voluntary company reorganization
Swedish Footway Group, operator of specialized online stores, has applied for voluntary company reorganization. According to the company, the decision is based on “the very challenging conditions that the sports retail industry in Sweden and Norway has faced in recent months,” and an acute liquidity situation. During the reconstruction period, ...
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Footway continues to lose in Q2, Scandinavian market remains difficult
As reported by ehandel.se, the Swedish e-commerce company Footway posted net sales of SEK 240 million (€20.9m) in Q2 of this year, down 15 percent from SEK 283 million (€24.7m) in the same period last year. Just like in the previous quarter, the loss was owed to negative performance in ...
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Footway sees sales drop in Q1, but grows internationally
Several Swedish media outlets have reported on Footway Group’s first-quarter figures, which show that the Swedish e-commerce group’s sales fell 7.9 percent year-on-year to SEK 215.9 million (€19.08m). Operating profit (Ebitda) for the quarter was SEK -24.5 million (-€2.17m), an improvement from SEK -71.2 million a year earlier. According to ...
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Nordic countries weigh on Footway’s results
Habit.se reports that Swedish e-commerce company Footway Group posted an operating loss of SEK 13.5 million (€1.2m) in the third quarter, compared with SEK 0.8 million (€72,700) in the corresponding period last year. Overall, the company posted sales of SEK 261.6 million (€23.8m) in the third quarter – SEK 76.3 ...
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Streetwear e-com specialist recruited by J.Lindeberg
Habit.se reports that Andreas Koschnike is joining J.Lindeberg as the brand’s new e-commerce manager. He leaves streetwear retailer Caliroots, which he founded with Per Norell in Stockholm in 2003. In 2004, Caliroots launched its online store. In 2020, the company, by now also comprising the sneaker stores Six Feet Down, ...
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Footway reports loss in Q2
According to an article in Swedish trade publication ehandel.se, e-commerce company Footway Group closed its second quarter with a loss of nearly SEK 27 million (€2.54m). The company’s sales also fell by SEK 100 million from SEK 387 million last year to SEK 282 million (€26.57m) in the second quarter ...
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Record loss for Footway in Q1
After the company’s profit warning in March due to supply chain problems and decreased demand, the Swedish Footway Group has now published its Q1 financial report. The Ebit result landed at -71.2 million Swedish kronor (€-6.8m), compared to a loss of SEK -12.8 million in the first quarter of the ...
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Footway receives new capital
The Swedish Footway Group has received new equity capital, according to ehandel.se. The company secured about SEK 127 million (€12.2m) gross, about 85 percent of the SEK 150 million the company had initially hoped to raise. Just over SEK 100 million (€9.6m) came from real estate investor Rutger Arnhhult, who ...
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New top manager and new ambitions for Footway
Indicating that it may develop into a marketplace for other retailers, the Swedish-based Footway Group announced the recruitment of a top manager from the H&M Group, Daniel Claesson, to serve as chief commercial officer, starting next Jan. 1. He acted most recently as chief product office at the H&M Group, ...
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Footway’s new online platform has teething problems
Last April’s acquisition of Sportamore and the Swedish group’s growing internationalization expanded the number of visitors and customers on its numerous websites across Europe, but reduced its profitability last year. With the inclusion of Sportamore for the last two months of 2020, the Swedish online shoe retailer reported a jump ...
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Footway widens e-commerce for its brands to 24 markets
Footway , the international Swedish-based shoe e-tailer, has launched a new integrated internet platform for all its operations including Sportamore , the sporting goods e-tailer that it recently acquired, widening its presence to a total of 24 markets all over Europe. The platform also houses a couple of house brands, ...
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Opinion
Opinion: The short- vs long-term perspective of retail recovery
Guest Article by Magnus Ohlsson The pandemic has led consumers to shift interests and behavior for now, but not necessarily forever. This also means that short-term gains and losses should not be translated into an everlasting future. It is important to take into the equation the brand performance of the ...