Spain
Spain: third wave of the pandemic hits the country
As the country is living another wave of the pandemic, we have spoken to FICE, the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries to learn the latest about the impacts of COVID-19 in the Spanish footwear industry
Spain Retail: After the hit of COVID-19, retail is still trying to recover
Similarly to what happened in other countries, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Retail Sales have lived dramatic moments with the first wave of COVID-19 hitting Spain, one of the European countries with most critical sanitary emergency. TCF sales almost disappeared in April and although the scenario improved from there, one cannot say that recovery materialised completely in the South Europe country
Futurmoda postponed one month
The International fair of Leather, Components, and Machinery for Footwear and Leather Goods has announced they have rescheduled the next edition of the fair. Futurmoda is now scheduled for the 7th and the 8th of April
Success Road: social partners as key actors in assisting the transfer process of EU family business
Last week, the Interreg Europe Success Road project consortium met virtually with Spanish public and private stakeholders to debate on the role of social partners in facilitating the transfer process of EU family businesses
Inditex wants 25% of sales online within 2 years
The Spanish group owning brands Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe, wants online sales to represent over 25% of the total by 2022. This compares with 14% in financial year 2019
Changes in FICE’s Presidency
The current Executive President of the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE), José Monzonís, will end his current term at the beginning of July
FICE defends alternative measures to the prohibition of sales
The Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE) requested for the consideration of alternative and equally efficient measures to the prohibition of discounts in brick and mortar locations
Spanish retailers ask for the suspension of commercial leases
Some of the major Spanish retailers have sent a request to the Spanish Government, led by Pedro Sanchez, for a change in the clauses in their commercial leases, given the current coronavirus crisis
Footwear back in business in Europe
As European countries face the different stages of the sanitary crisis, they are also working on the re-opening of the economies. Today we bring you updates from Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, France and Poland
Europe in the midst of Covid-19: consequences for footwear
Reports come from several countries regarding retail closures. Manufacturing continues to be on, although some issues with access to raw materials are being felt by some businesses
MOMAD and ShoesRoom by MOMAD get together
The decision to join both events rooms responds to the results of the surveys conducted by IFEMA to the participants of ShoesRoom by MOMAD
ShoesRoom by Momad: a trading platform for the industry
The fair, organized by IFEMA, concentrated the main national and international brands close to the centre of Madrid
Futurmoda is growing in number of exhibitors
The event will be held at IFA on October 16 and 17 with a total of 311 exhibitors representing more than 400 companies
Spain consolidates production in 2018
The Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries announced the figures for production in 2018. Overall variation of 0.8% reflects a stable year in terms of footwear production
Manolo Blahnik buys footwear manufacturer
Luxury footwear designer Manolo Blahnik bought Calzaturificio Re Marcello, founded in 1938 and located in Vigevano (province of Pavia). The company has been manufacturing shoes for Manolo Blahnik since 1990-
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