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Deckers Outdoor’s business centers on HOKA and UGG, which together generate almost all its sales; Teva is a smaller brand. Its products serve casual wear and high-performance activities. HOKA’s development emphasizes cushioning and technical performance, while UGG focuses on materials and comfort. Retailers and distributors buy most of the company’s products through its wholesale channel. Consumers also buy directly from its own websites and stores at retail prices.
Deckers designs and markets the products but contracts out all manufacturing, predominantly to factories in Vietnam and Indonesia. It depends on a limited number of key manufacturing partners and must arrange production before knowing final demand. Matching inventory to purchases matters: excess stock can require discounts, while shortages leave orders unfilled. UGG’s sales are seasonal; HOKA’s more evenly spread sales and year-round products partly offset that pattern.
Demand depends on keeping the brands relevant to consumers’ tastes and willingness to pay for premium products. UGG also relies on sheepskin sourced mainly from Australia and processed by two tanneries in China. That material creates a specific supply dependency and exposes UGG to restrictions on sales of animal-derived materials in some jurisdictions.
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Deckers’ growth also depends on HOKA winning running-shoe customers from rivals missing from this list, including ASICS, adidas, Brooks Sports and New Balance.
On competes with Deckers’ HOKA for premium performance running-shoe buyers, selling both to retailers and directly to consumers. Watch On’s sales through each channel for a read on the competition HOKA faces.
Nike competes with Deckers’ HOKA for performance running-shoe and everyday athletic-footwear purchases worldwide. Nike’s launches using cushioning technologies such as ZoomX and React are worth watching alongside HOKA’s work on cushioning and running-shoe design.
Crocs’ namesake brand and HEYDUDE compete with Deckers’ UGG and Teva for shoppers buying comfortable casual shoes, including clogs and sandals. Watch HEYDUDE’s effort to stabilize its U.S. business for a view of this part of the competition.
Birkenstock’s comfort-focused sandals and clogs compete for the casual-footwear spending that supports Deckers’ UGG and Teva. Watch new styles and extensions of its established designs: Birkenstock builds its shoes around a supportive footbed and is expanding across prices and uses.
Wolverine World Wide competes with Deckers through Saucony running shoes against HOKA and Merrell and Chaco outdoor footwear against Teva. Its Active Group results are the relevant place to look, though that group also includes Sweaty Betty activewear.
Steven Madden competes with Deckers’ UGG and Teva by selling boots, casual shoes and sandals through overlapping retailers and consumer channels. Watch its footwear sales to retailers and its store and online product tests for shifts in the styles competing for those buyers.
Columbia Sportswear competes with Deckers through Sorel’s winter and lifestyle shoes against UGG, while its outdoor footwear overlaps with HOKA and Teva.
VF’s Timberland, Vans and The North Face compete with Deckers for lifestyle and outdoor-footwear buyers, selling to retailers and directly to consumers. Watch those brands rather than VF’s total sales, since its portfolio also includes apparel, equipment and accessories.
Deckers Outdoor Corp earningsThis company
Deckers’ report will show whether HOKA and UGG can keep growing through wholesale and direct sales while holding their gross margin.
Read HOKA and UGG wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales alongside gross margin. Growth in both channels with a steady or higher margin would show broad brand demand and pricing that offsets cost pressure from tariffs and product mix. Growth concentrated in one channel while margin falls would point to a narrower sales base or growth that is harder to turn into profit.
On Holding AG earningsONON
On’s report will show whether premium running-shoe buyers are still purchasing through retailers and direct channels, illuminating the demand HOKA competes for.
Compare On’s sales through retailers with its direct sales. Growth in both would suggest demand for premium running shoes remains broad, supporting the market HOKA competes in. Weakness in both would point to cooling demand, rather than a mere shift in where customers buy, and a tougher market for HOKA.
Retail Sales MoM (Oct)
Retail sales track how much consumers buy at stores, which can shape retailer orders for HOKA and UGG footwear and Deckers’ direct-to-consumer sales at its stores and websites.
Stronger retail sales suggest firmer consumer demand that may support retailer orders for HOKA and UGG and Deckers’ direct sales; weaker sales suggest softer demand, with greater risk of slower orders and promotions or price cuts.
