Preliminary data put out by the ANWR Group show an increase of 11.2 percent to about one billion euros last year in the centralized settlements of Sport 2000 on behalf of affiliated retailers in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. ANWR scored well also in leathergoods with a 12 increase in centralized settlements to €102 million. It performed less well with shoe retailers, where they declined by 2.2 percent to €1.6 billion. Overall, the volume of ANWR's centralized settlement grew by 3 percent to around €2.7 billion. More about ANWR in Shoe Intelligence.