Apr 29, 2024 • 3:00 am EDT
Skechers Opens Its First Store in Brussels
Skechers' first Skechers concept store in Brussels opens on the premier shopping street, Rue Neuve. (Photo: Business Wire)
Illuminated by a vaulted entry, the new Skechers Brussels retail store showcases Skechers' expansive lifestyle comfort range, and features dedicated Skechers Performance and Skechers Apparel areas. (Photo: Business Wire)
Apr 29, 2024 • 3:00 am EDT
The Company Will Follow its New Concept Store on Rue Neuve with its First Retail Location in Bruges in May, Expanding the Brand's Belgium Presence
WAALWIJK, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skechers, The Comfort Technology Company, has opened its first concept store in Brussels on its most famous shopping street, Rue Neuve. Together with its store on Antwerp's Meir and planned Bruges concept store opening in mid-May, the Company is expanding its retail presence as part of its commitment to building the brand across the country.
Skechers' first Skechers concept store in Brussels opens on the premier shopping street, Rue Neuve. (Photo: Business Wire)
"For more than two decades now, Skechers has grown our presence in Benelux—reaching consumers from all walks of life with award-winning comfort technology products. Due to the breadth of our product, Skechers is available at some of the best stores in Belgium, and we are expanding our Skechers retail presence with more high-profile locations," said Maurice van Berkel, general manager of Skechers USA Benelux B.V. "Our arrival in Brussels places us at the heart of one of Europe's most cosmopolitan, trafficked and traveled destinations. Together with the tourists and locals who will soon visit our new location in Bruges and our successful Antwerp store, shoppers can enjoy the entire Skechers experience—with multiple destinations to explore our offering, coordinate our shoes and apparel, and slip into our popular Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins technologies and new Skechers Football product."
"Belgium has played a key role in Skechers' business. Wallonia is home to our European Distribution Center—the region's largest—from where we serve consumers throughout Europe, and beyond," added David Weinberg, chief operating officer of Skechers. "As a proud investor in the Belgium community and multi-year sponsor for Belgium-based Team WRT, we see more great opportunities to build our consumer-facing presence with these two new concept stores. Opening our doors in these capitals of business, tourism and culture is another natural step towards reaching our goal of $10 billion in annual revenues worldwide by 2026."
Located near INNO and City2 shopping, the new 5,270-square-foot location at Rue Neuve 64 is designed in Skechers' trademark modern décor—featuring an impressive vaulted entry and a large mural of the brand's Southern California hometown of Manhattan Beach, as well as a digital screen and illuminated displays. The store houses the brand's many footwear, apparel and accessory collections that resonate with the brand's diverse consumers; dedicated Skechers Performance and Skechers Apparel shop-in-shops; and an assortment of the Company's technologies for every activity.
From fashion collections like the brand's partnership with Brussels-based artist Vexx for the Skechers x Vexx capsule to lifestyle product and performance shoes for sport enthusiasts, Skechers' offering is enhanced with its signature comfort innovations—including its patented Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins Technology, Skechers Arch FitTechnology, Skechers Max Cushioning Technology and Skechers Air-Cooled Memory Foam Technology.
Along with the already opened Brussels Skechers store and the location opening in Bruges in mid-May, an additional Skechers store is opening in Kortrijk later this week, bringing the total Skechers retail store count to seven in Belgium. Consumers can also shop at Skechers.be and Skechers.be/fr, and leading retailers across the country.
About Skechers U.S.A. Benelux B.V. and Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
Skechers USA Benelux B.V. is a subsidiary of Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX), The Comfort Technology Company based in Southern California. Skechers designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children. The Company's collections are available in 180 countries and territories through department and specialty stores, and direct to consumers through digital stores and approximately 5,200 Company- and third-party-owned physical retail stores. A Fortune 500 company, Skechers manages its international business through a network of wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and distributors. For more information, please visit about.skechers.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, Skechers' future domestic and international growth, financial results and operations including expected net sales and earnings, its development of new products, future demand for its products, its planned domestic and international expansion, opening of new stores and additional expenditures, and advertising and marketing initiatives. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking language such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "project," "will," "could," "may," "might," or any variations of such words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include the disruption of business and operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic; delays or disruptions in our supply chain; international economic, political and market conditions including the effects of inflation and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations around the world, the challenging consumer retail markets in the United States, and the impact of wars, acts of war and other conflicts around the world; sustaining, managing and forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for consumers, especially in the highly competitive performance footwear market; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the various market factors described above; sales levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in Skechers' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in 2024. Taking these and other risk factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration, the dynamic nature of these circumstances means that what is stated in this press release could change at any time, and as a result, actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The risks included here are not exhaustive. Skechers operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and we cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance.
Amber van Weert
Skechers U.S.A. Benelux B.V.
amber.vanweert@skechers.com
Mailien Nguyen
Team Lewis
skechersbe@teamlewis.com
Source: Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
Released Apr 29, 2024 • 3:00 am EDT
2024 年 4 月 29 日 • 美國東部時間凌晨 3:00
斯凱奇在布魯塞爾開設第一家門店
斯凱奇在布魯塞爾的第一家斯凱奇概念店在頂級購物街新街開業。(照片:美國商業資訊)
斯凱奇布魯塞爾全新零售店由拱形入口照明,展示了斯凱奇廣泛的生活舒適產品系列,並設有專門的斯凱奇高性能和斯凱奇服裝專區。(照片:美國商業資訊)
2024 年 4 月 29 日 • 美國東部時間凌晨 3:00
繼位於新街的新概念店之後,該公司將於5月在布魯日開設首家零售店,擴大該品牌在比利時的影響力
荷蘭瓦爾威克--(美國商業資訊)--舒適科技公司斯凱奇,已在布魯塞爾最著名的購物街Rue Neuve開設了第一家概念店。除了在安特衛普梅爾開設的門店以及計劃於5月中旬開業的布魯日概念店外,該公司正在擴大其零售業務,這是其在全國範圍內建立品牌的承諾的一部分。
斯凱奇在布魯塞爾的第一家斯凱奇概念店在頂級購物街新街開業。(照片:美國商業資訊)
“二十多年來,斯凱奇擴大了我們在比荷盧的影響力——向各行各業的消費者提供屢獲殊榮的舒適科技產品。由於我們的產品種類繁多,斯凱奇在比利時一些最好的門店都有售,我們正在擴大斯凱奇的零售業務,開設更多知名的地點,” 斯凱奇美國比荷盧集團總經理莫里斯·範·伯克爾說,“我們抵達布魯塞爾使我們成爲歐洲最國際化、人流量最大、出行人數最多的目的地之一的中心。與即將光臨我們在布魯日的新店和我們成功的安特衛普商店的遊客和當地人一起,購物者可以享受整個斯凱奇體驗——有多個目的地可供探索我們的產品,協調我們的鞋子和服裝,體驗我們廣受歡迎的斯凱奇免提套裝技術和新的斯凱奇足球產品。”
“比利時在Skechers的業務中發揮了關鍵作用。瓦隆是我們的歐洲配送中心(該地區最大的配送中心)的所在地,我們從那裏爲整個歐洲及其他地區的消費者提供服務。” 斯凱奇首席運營官戴維·溫伯格補充說。“作爲比利時社區的驕傲投資者和總部位於比利時的Team WRT的多年贊助商,我們看到了通過這兩家新概念店建立面向消費者的品牌的更多絕佳機會。在這些商業、旅遊和文化之都敞開大門是朝着實現到2026年全球年收入100億美元的目標邁出的又一自然步驟。”
位於 Rue Neuve 64 的佔地 5,270 平方英尺的新店位於 INNO 和 City2 購物中心附近,採用斯凱徹斯標誌性的現代裝飾風格設計,包括令人印象深刻的拱形入口和該品牌在南加州的故鄉曼哈頓海灘的大型壁畫,以及數字屏幕和發光顯示屏。該商店擁有該品牌的衆多鞋類、服裝和配飾系列,這些系列引起了該品牌多元化消費者的共鳴;專門的Skechers Performance和Skechers服裝店中店;以及該公司爲每項活動提供的各種技術。
從該品牌與布魯塞爾藝術家 Vexx 合作推出的 Skechers x Vexx 膠囊等時裝系列,到爲運動愛好者打造的生活用品和高性能鞋,Skechers 的產品通過其標誌性的舒適性創新得到了增強,包括其獲得專利的 Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins 科技,Skechers Arch Fit科技,Skechers Max 緩衝 科技和 Skechers 風冷記憶海綿 科技。
除了已經開業的布魯塞爾斯凱奇門店和5月中旬在布魯日開業的分店外,斯凱奇還將在本週晚些時候在科特賴克開設另一家門店,這使斯凱奇在比利時的零售門店總數達到七家。消費者還可以在以下地址購物 Skechers.be 和 skechers.be/FR,以及全國領先的零售商。
關於 Skechers U.S.A. Benelux B.V. 和 Skechers U.S., Inc.
Skechers USA Benelux B.V. 是舒適科技公司斯凱奇美國公司(紐約證券交易所代碼:SKX)的子公司 總部設在南加州。Skechers 爲男士、女士和兒童設計、開發和銷售各種生活方式和高性能鞋類、服裝和配飾。該公司的藏品通過百貨商店和專賣店在180個國家和地區銷售,並通過數字商店和大約5,200家公司和第三方擁有的實體零售商店直接向消費者銷售。《財富》500強 公司,斯凱奇通過全資子公司、合資合作伙伴和分銷商網絡管理其國際業務。欲了解更多信息,請訪問 about.skechers.com 然後關注我們 Facebook, Instagram 和 抖音。
本公告包含根據1995年《私人證券訴訟改革法》、經修訂的1933年《證券法》第27A條和經修訂的1934年《證券交易法》第21E條的安全港條款做出的前瞻性陳述。這些前瞻性陳述可能包括但不限於Skechers未來的國內和國際增長、財務業績和業務,包括預期的淨銷售額和收益、其新產品的開發、對產品的未來需求、其計劃的國內和國際擴張、新門店的開業和額外支出,以及廣告和營銷計劃。前瞻性陳述可以通過使用諸如 “相信”、“預期”、“預期”、“估計”、“打算”、“計劃”、“項目”、“將”、“可能”、“可能”、“可能”、“可能”、“可能”、“可能” 或具有類似含義的此類詞語的任何變體來識別。任何此類陳述都受到風險和不確定性的影響,這些風險和不確定性可能導致實際結果與前瞻性陳述中的預測存在重大差異。可能導致或促成此類差異的因素包括:COVID-19 疫情導致的業務和運營中斷;我們供應鏈的延誤或中斷;國際經濟、政治和市場狀況,包括全球通貨膨脹和外幣匯率波動的影響、充滿挑戰的美國消費零售市場以及世界各地戰爭、戰爭行爲和其他衝突的影響;維持、管理和預測成本和適當的庫存水平;損失任何重大庫存水平客戶;由於特定設計和/或產品類別缺乏知名度,行業零售商的需求減少和訂單的取消;保持品牌形象和鞋類銷售商之間的激烈競爭,尤其是在競爭激烈的高性能鞋類市場;預測、識別、解釋或預測時尚趨勢、消費者對產品的需求和上述各種市場因素的變化;春季、返校和假日銷售季節的銷售水平;以及斯凱徹斯截至2023年12月31日止年度的10-K表年度報告及其2024年10-Q表季度報告中提及或納入的其他因素。考慮到這些以及其他與 COVID-19 疫情相關的風險因素,這些情況的動態性質意味着本新聞稿中的內容可能隨時發生變化,因此,實際結果可能與此類前瞻性陳述所設想的結果存在重大差異。此處包含的風險並非詳盡無遺。斯凱奇在競爭激烈且瞬息萬變的環境中運營。新的風險不時出現,我們無法預測所有這些風險因素,也無法評估所有這些風險因素對我們業務的影響,也無法評估任何因素或因素組合在多大程度上可能導致實際業績與任何前瞻性陳述中包含的結果存在重大差異。鑑於這些風險和不確定性,您不應過分依賴前瞻性陳述來預測實際結果。此外,不應將報告的結果視爲未來業績的指標。
Amber van Weert
斯凱奇美國比荷盧經濟聯盟有限公司
amber.vanweert@skechers.com
Mailien Nguyen
劉易斯隊
skechersbe@teamlewis.com
資料來源:斯凱奇美國公司
2024 年 4 月 29 日發佈 • 美國東部時間凌晨 3:00