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Inspiramais announces change of format

Dec 29, 2021 / Brazil
In addition to being hybrid, that is in-person and digital, the coming edition of Inspiramais, which will be held in Porto Alegre, on the 25th and 26th of January 2022, will also be itinerant

Owner of Havaianas invests in Rothy’s

Dec 27, 2021 / Brazil
The Brazilian company Alpargatas will acquire a stake of 49.9% of the Californian-based sustainable lifestyle brand in a two-step transaction

Brazil: volume of footwear exports exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Dec 23, 2021 / Brazil
From January to November 2021, Brazil exported 110.77 million pairs of shoes, which reflects an increase of 31% and 5.6% in volume from the same period of 2020 and 2019, respectively

Brazilian footwear exports on soaring mode

Nov 25, 2021 / Brazil
In the first ten months of 2021, Brazilian footwear exports increased by 32.2%, totalling 712.4 million US dollars. In October alone, footwear exports generated 93.96 million US dollars

Owner of Havaianas sells Osklen

Nov 19, 2021 / Brazil
The Brazilian manufacturer Alpargatas has received a binding offer for its 60% stake in the brand Osklen. This move is in line with its strategy to focus on Havaianas growth

Brazilian footwear featured at Expo Dubai

Nov 15, 2021 / Brazil
At the beginning of the month, Brazilian footwear had an exclusive space within the country's pavilion at Expo Dubai. Organization made by Brazilian Footwear (Abicalçados) in partnership with the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion (Apex-Brazil)

Havaianas with first production plant outside Brazil

Nov 10, 2021 / Brazil
The Argentine Grupo Blanco, which has been distributing Havaianas’ footwear in the country for the past four years, will now begin manufacturing it

Inspiramais to be held in Porto Alegre in January

Nov 5, 2021 / Brazil
The exhibition dedicated to innovation and design will be held in its next edition, in hybrid format, on the 25th and 26th of January in Porto Alegre (southern Brazil)

Mexico increases exports of footwear components to Brazil

Nov 3, 2021 / Mexico
In the first nine months of 2021, Mexico’s exports of footwear components to Brazil totalled 75 535 US dollars. This reflects an increase of 43.4%, as compared to the similar period of 2020

Brazilian footwear production should increase 12.2% in 2021

Oct 8, 2021 / Brazil
According to the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association, footwear production should increase by 12.2% in 2021, totalling 856.9 million pairs. Growth is driven by the increase in footwear exports

China’s share in footwear production down by 13% in a decade

Oct 5, 2021 / World
China is the unquestionable leader in footwear production, having achieved a share in the world total of 54.3% in 2020. This translated into more than 11 billion pairs produced by China last year. However, in a decade, the share of China in global footwear production was down by 13%, corresponding to more than 8 percentage points lost and going down from a 62.4% share in 2010

Steve Madden shifts production from China to Mexico and Brazil

Aug 5, 2021 / United States
Driven by recent supply chain disruptions, American footwear brand Steve Madden has relocated about half of its women’s production to Mexico and Brazil from China. According to Business of Fashion (BoF) this will impact the Fall Season collection

Inspiramais looks at the future

Aug 4, 2021 / Brazil
The latest edition of the Latin America exhibition Inspiramais, focused on solutions relating to sustainability, technology and fashion, was held between the 13th and the 16th of July. Over a thousand materials for the 2022_II season were launched

Volume of Brazilian footwear exports reaches 2019 levels

Jul 14, 2021 / Brazil
After a year of decline due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brazilian footwear sector presents signs of a significant recovery in footwear exports in the first half of 2021

Brazilian footwear industry concerned with possible FTA Mercosur-Vietnam-Indonesia

Jun 15, 2021 / Brazil
The local association is concerned with the idea of carrying out an unrestricted trade opening for foreign products, with the reduction of the tariffs on imports. The possibility to have an FTA with Vietnam and Indonesia is already in the process of public consultation
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