Companies
Vans promotes David Tichiaz to GM in North America
VF Corporation, the brand’s parent company, has confirmed the promotion of David Tichiaz to General Manager of Vans Americas
VF closes inaugural 500 million US dollars Green Bond
One of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, announced the closing of its 500 million euros green bond offering, representing the first green bond issued in the apparel and footwear industry
First SciLed project workshop at Micam
Partners of the Erasmus+ SciLed Knowledge Alliance organized their first public workshop during the Milan trade fair and first results achieved by the consortium were presented
Obuv: spring edition rescheduled to May
EXPOCENTRE AO and BolognaFiere S.p.A. (Italy) have informed the markets that Obuv. Mir Kozhi 2020. Spring has been rescheduled to the 12th to the 15th of May
Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market partially withdraw
The European Commission has decided to withdraw part of the tariff preferences granted to Cambodia under the EU’s Everything But Arms’ (EBA) trade scheme due to the serious and systematic violations of the human rights principles
Sustainability: consumers care but aren't prepared to pay more
Sustainability is one of the most discussed topics of the moment, so in the first edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey we have asked our experts about sustainability and consumers
Why Portugal?
APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association, launched the “Why Portugal?” campaign. Watch the video here
Crocs closes the year with 13% hike in revenue
The famous clog brand has announced two digits growth rates for the fourth quarter of the year (+21.8%) and the full year (13.1%). Crocs closed the year with optimism, despite the coronavirus expected impacts
Skechers collaborates with Goodyear on footwear
Global footwear brand Skechers is building on the technology in its footwear through a new collaboration with The Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company
Portuguese Footwear Industry Immersive Summer Programme
In the summer of 2020, the Portuguese Footwear Industry will host participants from all over the world for an unique learning experience aiming at developing competitive skills in footwear manufacturing
Wolverine with highest quarterly growth of the year
Mid-teens revenue growth from Merrell and Sperry in the fourth quarter drives good performance of the group. As a result, Wolverine recorded the highest quarterly growth of the year
Simac closes with optimism
According to organisers the event closed with excellent attendance despite uncertainty on the eve of the fair
World Footwear Business Conditions Survey reveals signs of optimism
According to an online survey conducted by the World Footwear in the end of December the industry is optimistic about the footwear business and expect quantities and prices to increase in the next six months
Skechers with record annual sales in 2019
The American-based lifestyle and performance footwear company announced record fourth quarter sales of 1.33 billion US dollars and record annual sales of 5.22 billion US dollars in 2019-
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