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Birkenstock shares plunge 9% as German sandal maker warns tariffs will slam profits
NY Post ^
| December 18, 2025
| By Taylor Herzlich
Posted on 12/18/2025 12:34:42 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Shares in Birkenstock plunged 9% Thursday after the German shoe retailer warned tariffs will likely weigh heavily on its profit margins.
The company – known for its chunky cork sandals – said it expects its annual gross margins will drop by a full percentage point due to US tariffs in the new fiscal year, which runs through Sept. 30, 2026.
Birkenstock, which listed in New York in 2023, still operates the majority of its production in Germany – leaving it exposed to the Trump administration’s 15% tariff on the European Union, which it reached after a trade deal with the 27-nation bloc over the summer.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: birkenstock; europe; germany; shoes
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Not the only sandal in Town........
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Flower Power crowd hit hardest by tariffs!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Germany has had tariffs on us for decades. Cry me a river Birkenstock...
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:48:22 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Democrats stand with criminals, dope dealers, illegals & terrorists. <P><I><B><big><center></B>)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I’m supposed to be concerned about a German sandal company’s falling sales because...???
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:48:35 PM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Sacajaweau
But hands down the butt ugliest one
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:50:21 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America........so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I wouldn’t be caught dead in a pair of those ugly ass shoes.
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:52:31 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America........so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Darn, that means woke will have another temper tantrum.
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:54:14 PM PST
by
Son-Joshua
( )
To: GOPJ
Germany basically doesn’t allow US auto sales in their country.
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:54:36 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America........so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Lesbian leftist hardest hit
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:55:21 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Great, let’s sell some American-made sandals.
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:55:53 PM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wait! I thought Americans paid the tariffs
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:57:43 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh noes! All American Lesbians will be moving to Europe!
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:58:49 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
12/18/2025 12:58:55 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well there collapses the German economy.
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posted on
12/18/2025 1:10:03 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh man, that’s devastating 😥!
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posted on
12/18/2025 1:11:08 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
12/18/2025 1:25:50 PM PST
by
Hoboto
(I blame Hippies.)
To: \/\/ayne
Great, let’s sell some American-made sandals Some of the funds for agriculture should go to plant acres of cork trees.
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posted on
12/18/2025 1:26:12 PM PST
by
spokeshave
( Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads, Curmudgeons & old Geezers)
To: spokeshave
"...Some of the funds for agriculture should go to plant acres of cork trees... As long as they can still harvest the Old Growth Trees to make other parts of the sandals the hippies wear, I will be all onboard with it!
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posted on
12/18/2025 1:54:05 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ooen a plant in the US, hire American citizens to do the work, sell sandals, make money. EZ
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posted on
12/18/2025 2:15:21 PM PST
by
The Louiswu
(USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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