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Italian footwear, leather goods and tannery machinery sector ends 2024 in the red

Jul 3, 2025 / Italy
Preliminary figures from Assomac indicate that the sector recorded a year-on-year drop in turnover of 12% in 2024, with an estimated closure of around 575 million euros

Trump's Tariffs Expected to Negatively Impact Footwear

Premium ContentJul 2, 2025 / Business Conditions Survey
In the latest edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey, we have asked our panel about the expected impact of Trump's wave of tariffs in footwear. The expectations are not positive. Read it all by accessing the report with the main conclusions

Portuguese shoes shined at the Willy Chavarria show at Paris Fashion Week

Jul 1, 2025 / Portugal
The US fashion designer has teamed up with the Portuguese Footwear Association and the Mariano Shoes brand for his latest show at the Paris Fashion Week

Footwear industry anticipates sales volumes will increase

Premium ContentJun 30, 2025 / Business Conditions Survey
More than 60% of the respondents of the last edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey expect quantities of footwear traded in their country to increase over the next six months. The report with the main conclusions of the 12th edition of the survey is now available

Darla-Jane Gilroy from GFFC: the first anniversary has laid the groundwork, now we are building on it

Premium ContentJun 30, 2025 / United Kingdom
In this second part of our interview with Darla-Jane Gilroy, Founder of GFFC, we talked about the coalition’s reflections on its first anniversary, the inaugural symposium attended by 150 invited delegates and the organisation's view of the future of the footwear industry

The UITIC Congress is a platform for information exchange and cooperation in the footwear industry

Jun 27, 2025 / UITIC
We spoke to Li Yuzhong, chairman of the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), to find out more about the upcoming UITIC Congress, which will return to China from the 31st of August to the 3rd of September

Bata Group appoints Panos Mytaros as CEO

Jun 26, 2025 / Switzerland
The Swiss-based footwear group has appointed the former CEO of Danish group Ecco, Panos Mytaros, as its new head. He will join in September, taking over from Sandeep Kataria

Cost of raw materials continues to worry the footwear industry

Premium ContentJun 24, 2025 / Business Conditions Survey
Cost of merchandise or raw materials maintains its position as the top concern for the footwear industry, according to respondents of the 12th edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey. Domestic market challenges have intensified

Portuguese group Kyaia launches new footwear brand

Jun 24, 2025 / Portugal
The Fred&Frederico brand, which was launched earlier this year and takes its inspiration from mountain sports, is a tribute to the founding family of the Kyaia Group

Ecco and Lowa to close factories in Slovakia

Jun 24, 2025 / Slovakia
This summer, the German outdoor footwear brand Lowa and the Danish footwear brand Ecco are set to close their factories in Slovakia. This is a cause for concern for the country’s footwear industry

Darla-Jane Gilroy: the Global Footwear Future Coalition (GFFC) is uniting the industry

Premium ContentJun 23, 2025 / United Kingdom
We spoke to Darla-Jane Gilroy, Founder of GFFC. In the first part of our interview, we talked about the creation of the coalition, its four main areas of action and the necessity of a collaborative, pre-competitive space to address systematic challenges within the footwear industry

8 000 attend June edition of Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags

Jun 23, 2025 / Italy
The 103rd edition of the Italian trade fair specialising in footwear, bags and accessories, held from the 14th to the 17th of June 2025, attracted around 8 000 atendees from over 100 countries

Early Bird Registration for the UITIC Congress 2025 extended

Jun 21, 2025 / UITIC
The deadline for early bird registration for the next UITIC Congress, to be held in Shanghai from the 31st of August to the 3rd of September, has been extended until the 1st of July

Bangladesh: leather and non-leather footwear exports on the rise in 2024-2025

Jun 20, 2025 / Bangladesh
Data from the Export Promotion Bureau reveals that Bangladesh’s footwear sector has shown an upward trend between July 2024 and May 2025, across both the leather and non-leather segments

Kizik names former Nike veteran as CEO

Jun 19, 2025 / United States
The Utah-based slip-on footwear brand and its parent company, HandsFree Lab, have appointed Gareth Hosford, the former Nike and Converse executive, as Chief Executive Officer
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