Footwear
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
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
Puma with record sales
All regions and all product divisions were up by double digit rates, resulting in a 20.6% increase in total revuene. This made 2019 the best year in Puma's history
Micam closes 89th edition with a 5% drop in attendance
The International Footwear Show promoted by Assocalzaturifici recorded a slight drop (-5%) in the numbers of visitors who, over the four-day event, were able to visit 1 205 companies exhibiting (628 Italian and 577 foreign)
Wolverine Worldwide with new leadership appointments
Joelle Grunberg will serve as Global President of Sperry and Tom Kennedy to serve as Global President of the Wolverine brand
Portuguese Footwear Industry launches Immersive Summer Programme
APICCAPS and CTCP joined forces to create an immersive experience which will make Portugal the home of a ground-breaking experience in the summer
Golden Goose with major investment from Permira Funds
A company backed by Permira funds has agreed to acquire Carlyle’s majority stake in Golden Goose
Did you know shoe soles can be made from tennis balls?
The Portuguese-based company ISI Soles developed a process and already sells ecological shoe soles made from recycled tennis balls
Genesco with new corporate headquarters
While announcing a new location for their headquarter, Genesco also confirmed it expects to add new jobs and invest more than 30 million US dollars over the next five years
FAMEST presents innovations for the Footwear Cluster
After two years of work, the FAMEST project dedicated an entire day, on the 29th of January, to demonstrate some of the results obtained so far and to held some workshops at CTCP (Portugal)
Four architects, one stroke, two shoes
The project was laid by Marta de Pinho, but brings together four architects, two of them Pritzker Prize winners, the ultimate Architecture Prize. Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Moura each designed a pair of shoes
H&M wins over adidas in a nearly 25-year long legal dispute
For more than 2 decades, adidas and H&M have been involved in a legal battle over the stripes
Mariusz Babral: Sustainability is a revolution
We spoke with Mariusz Babral, Vice-President of the Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry, to discuss some of the pressing issues of the moment within the footwear industry
Lineapelle and Simac to take place as scheduled
The Milan-based trade shows have issued a statement in the light of the current Coronavirus reaffirming the intention to go ahead with the events as initially planned-
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Footwear Consumer 2030
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