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Crocs launches Free Pair for Healthcare Program

Mar 27, 2020 / United States
The US-based footwear manufacturer is offering US healthcare workers fighting Covid-19 a free pair of Crocs and free shipping

Burberry expects 30% drop in sales

Mar 27, 2020 / United Kingdom
The British-based luxury brand is already forecasting the hit from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Burberry announced it is expecting a 30% decline in sales for the first quarter of 2020

New Generation: meet Catarina Neves

Mar 26, 2020 / Portugal
With a background in architecture, Catarina has always designed pieces for herself. When requests from friends and family started to increase, she decided to create Pallas

Shoe Carnival with record net sales

Mar 26, 2020 / United States
The Indiana-based company announced results for fiscal 2019. The year was marked by a record 1.037 billion US dollars in net sales

India and Bangladesh in total lockdown

Mar 26, 2020 / Coronavirus - Covid19
The two Asian countries have declared total lockdown Tuesday. India and Bangladesh try to set several measures to contain the diffusion of Covid-19 in their borders

Francal is also postponed

Mar 25, 2020 / Brazil
The trade fair held in São Paulo is also moving the next edition to later in the year. Francal joins the list of events changing their dates as a result of the diffusion of Covid-19

Under Armour contribution to fight Covid-19: 2 million US dollars donated

Mar 25, 2020 / United States
The Baltimore-based footwear brand will donate 2 million US dollars aimed to provide community support for those impacted by recent pandemic

Covid-19 in Asia: latest update

Premium Content Mar 25, 2020 / Asia
After reporting the situation in Vietnam, Republic of Korea and Malaysia, today we bring you more news from Cambodia and Japan

APLF's 2020 postponed again

Mar 24, 2020 / Hong Kong
The organisers of the Hong Kong trade fairs have already postponed the events in early February. However, since then Covid-19 has spread globally. Further changes to the fair dates were now announced

Mexico: early stages of Covid-19

Premium Content Mar 24, 2020 / Mexico
Mexico is still at the beginning of the epidemic diffusion and footwear factories continue to operate in the country. We spoke with Prospecta to understand how the situation is evolving

Assocalzaturifici talks about Covid-19 impact in Italy

Italy has been the first country in Europe to take the hit of the Covid-19 epidemic, and it has been strongly impacted so far. We talked with Assocalzaturificci about the state of the footwear industry

Covid-19 hits the US

As we write this article the US becomes the fourth country with the higher number of Covid-19 cases after China, Italy and Spain. The impacts on the industry start to be felt

Join the second edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey

The WorldFootwear.com is asking all experts within the footwear industry to share their views about the current business situation and assess the impacts of Covid-19. We want to hear your views

Owner of Melissa stops manufacturing activities

Mar 20, 2020 / Brazil
Brazil-based Grendene Group, owner of Melissa and Ipanema brands, has decided to implement mandatory collective vacation for all employees in their units in the country

Chanel closes production sites

Mar 20, 2020 / France
The France-based luxury house announced it has decided to close its core production sites in three European countries: France, Italy and Switzerland, either completely or partially
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