World Footwear

Highlights

Yearbook 2025

Rising Geopolitical Risks Drive Footwear Costs Higher

Rising geopolitical tensions are expected to impact the global footwear industry mainly through higher costs rather than an immediate decline in consumer demand, according to the latest World Footwear Business Conditions Survey

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FAIST Voices: meet MIND

Jun 4, 2026 Portugal

Under the FAIST project, the Portuguese company MIND is leveraging its industrial CAD/CAM expertise to create product development, smart technologies and organisational and management tools focused on the footwear and related sectors