Skechers to Relocate to Expanded Distribution Center in Liège to Support the Brand’s Growth in Europe

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Skechers will relocate its European Distribution Center to a 200,000-square-meter facility in Liège to support the brand’s strategic expansion across Europe. (Photo: Business Wire)
Skechers will relocate its European Distribution Center to a 200,000-square-meter facility in Liège to support the brand’s strategic expansion across Europe. (Photo: Business Wire)
Designed to achieve BREEAM: Excellent certification, the center will improve efficiencies and shipping volumes for Skechers’ next era of growth. (Photo: Business Wire)
Designed to achieve BREEAM: Excellent certification, the center will improve efficiencies and shipping volumes for Skechers’ next era of growth. (Photo: Business Wire)

BRUSSELS, November 12, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skechers, The Comfort Technology Company®, announced the planned relocation of its European Distribution Center (EDC) operations to a larger, single-structure, state-of-the-art facility in Liège to strategically expand its business throughout the continent.

"Over nearly three decades of business in Europe, Skechers has established strong brand awareness and enthusiastic support for our innovative comfort technologies. The demand in EMEA for our product across channels and regions led to a 30 percent sales increase in the third quarter of 2024," said David Weinberg, chief operating officer of Skechers. "We expect our momentum will continue as we develop more styles and make them available where consumers want to shop in Europe—be it at our more than 500 Skechers stores, e-commerce sites or our network of third-party retailers. We believe increased infrastructure and personnel will be required at our European Distribution Center as the territories serviced by the facility are expected to play a key role in our anticipated near- and long-term growth."

"Our planned 200,000-square-meter, state-of-the-art logistics center in Belgium will allow us to increase the volume of goods shipped to meet our expected demand in the coming decade while substantially improving efficiencies—a win for consumers, customers and our workforce," added Paul Galliher, senior vice president of global distribution. "We look forward to scaling up our operations as we launch a new era for Skechers, the third largest footwear brand in the world."

To ensure seamless, uninterrupted operations, the Skechers EDC will start its gradual move in 2028 to the new site—which will be located minutes from Liège Airport, adjacent to major highways and just 12km from the Company’s current center. The building is being designed to be BREEAM: Excellent, and will include renewable energy features. Skechers is anticipating the need for additional employees at the facility with the planned expansion of its business and logistic capabilities.

"Skechers has been a valuable partner in Wallonia since 2002, and its announcement to relocate its European distribution center to Liège confirms Wallonia's status as a major logistics hub in Europe. This is also good news for the economic development of our region and is expected to create direct and indirect jobs," stated Minister of Economics HE Pierre-Yves Jeholet.

Added Yves Weerts, owner of Weerts Logistics: "Skechers will grow its current partnership with Weerts Group to develop the new site and building; it is a successful continuation of the collaboration that we have developed with Skechers over the past years."

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