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Puma reports highest quarterly sales ever

Jul 29, 2022 / Germany
Revenue of the sportswear giant exceeded 2 billion euros in the second quarter of 2022. Sales grew in all regions except in Greater China due to COVID-19-related lockdown measures

TOWORKFOR's Risky campaign wins advertising awards

Jul 29, 2022 / Portugal
The Portuguese safety footwear brand won nine awards at the Festival do Clube de Criativos of Portugal for the campaign that uses creatively three well-known names in the international cinema

2021: global footwear market recovers from the pandemic but is still far from an all-time high

Premium ContentJul 28, 2022 / World Footwear Yearbook
In 2021 footwear production and exports grew by 8.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Data are taken from the World Footwear 2022 Yearbook just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association. Global footwear production exceeded the 22 billion pairs threshold but is still below pre-pandemic levels. Last year 13 billion pairs were exported worldwide, representing a partial recovery from the drop registered in 2020 but remaining below that of any other year in the last decade

Mexican footwear industry might not recover until 2024

Jul 28, 2022 / Mexico
The forecast is from the National Chamber of the Footwear Industry (CANAICAL), recalling that the footwear industry collapsed by more than 50% in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic

Siro Badon steps down as Assocalzaturifici Chair

Jul 28, 2022 / Italy
Siro Badon, who had been elected to the role of Chair of the organization in June 2019, submitted his resignation on the 26th of July, claiming both personal and professional reasons

Skechers posts revenue growth

Jul 28, 2022 / United States
Despite macroeconomic headwinds and COVID-related restrictions in China, the US-based company reported having achieved yet a new quarterly sales record

Asics launches first 3D printed model

Jul 27, 2022 / Japan
The Japan-based sportswear company, which is making its debut within 3D, introduced the Actibreeze 3D sandals to aid recovering athletes in the After Performance phase

LVMH announces first half results

Jul 27, 2022 / France
"In a still disrupted environment", the French-based luxury group posted revenue growth in the first half of the year. The fashion & leather goods segment recorded a "remarkable" performance

Italy: being good at production alone no longer suffices

Jul 26, 2022 / Italy
Amid a challenging macro-environment, digitalization and sustainability emerged as priorities for the future of the footwear industry at the annual meeting of Assocalzaturifici held in Bologna

Arnault restructures holding company to ensure family control of LVMH

Jul 26, 2022 / France
The French billionaire Bernard Arnault is turning his holding company Agache into a joint-stock partnership to guarantee that its control over the LVMH group will be maintained in the long term

Footwear in Switzerland – a country snapshot

Premium ContentJul 25, 2022 / World Footwear Reports
After focusing on the footwear business in Poland, South Africa, South Korea and Russia, today, we bring you a new country snapshot, this time analysing in detail the Swiss footwear industry

Havaianas to increase production in Argentina by 80%

Jul 25, 2022 / Argentina
The Argentine Grupo Blanco announced that it will increase the production of Havaianas by 80% this year. In addition, it will develop a product line to export to Europe and the US in 2023

Manolo Blahnik wins 22-year trademark battle in China

Jul 25, 2022 / United Kingdom
The British luxury shoemaker announced that it has won the long-running legal battle in China to use its name, becoming able to enter the world’s fastest-growing luxury market for the first time

JD Outdoors to open over a dozen new stores

Jul 22, 2022 / United Kingdom
The retailer's outdoors division, behind brands such as GO Outdoors, Blacks and Millets, is expanding its footprint in the UK due to a spike in demand for outdoor products

Josefinas launches a new slingback model

Jul 22, 2022 / Portugal
The Portuguese brand recreated the iconic model of pointed two-tone shoes launched by Coco Chanel in 1957 and introduced its High Standards line of slingbacks manufactured in Portugal
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