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Stability is the word for employment levels in the footwear sector

Jul 16, 2025 Business Conditions Survey
Stability is the word for employment levels in the footwear sector
In the latest edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey, nearly half of our panel members responded that they believe the level of employment will stabilise in the next few months. Get free access to the report with the main conclusions



The employment outlook for the footwear industry over the next six months is very positive. 

Nearly half (45.6%) of respondents expect to maintain current staffing levels, suggesting stable operations for a significant portion of the sector. 




Among the others, firms anticipating workforce expansion (42.1%) far outnumber those expecting reductions (12.3%), implying a strong positive trend overall for the industry.



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Contents

Executive Summary
Business Context
Health of the Business
Employment Level
Prices
Quantity
Difficulties
Retail Channels
Less Optimism about Footwear Consumption in 2025
Trump's Tariffs Expected to Negatively Impact Footwear
AI's Impact in the Footwear Industry
About Survey



About the Survey

In 2019 the World Footwear has created the World Footwear Experts Panel and is now conducting a Business Conditions Survey every semester. 

The objective of the World Footwear Experts Panel Survey is to collect information regarding the current business conditions within the worldwide footwear markets and disseminate this information to provide an accurate overview of the situation of the global footwear industry. The eleventh edition of this online survey was conducted during the months of November and December 2024. 

In this edition, we have obtained 104 valid answers, 36% from Asia, 29% from Africa, 21% from Europe, 8% from North America, 6% from South America, and 1% from Oceania. More than half of respondents (54%) are involved in footwear manufacturing (manufacturers) or footwear trade and distribution (traders) and the remainder in other footwear-related activities, including trade associations (14%), consultancy (9%), education and research (6%), journalism (2%) and other activities (15%).
Previous Editions of this Bulletin can be found HERE

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