China
Weak sales reported by Belle
The China-based company has reported a 13.4% decline in same-store sales for its women's footwear business for the September-November period
Michael Jordan wins trademark battle in China
China’s Supreme People’s Court has officially ruled in favor of the ex-basketball player in a long-running trademark case against a sports company which traded under an identical name to Jordan’s Chinese name (Qiaodan)
China's global share records huge drop in 2016
The worldfoot?ear.com analysed the 2016 footwear imports data from all top markets and estimates that China share on world exports has dropped to 65% from the 74% share registered in 2012
US footwear imports drop by 6%
The United States, the world’s largest footwear importer, registered a 6% decline in footwear imports in the first half of the year, both in volume and value. The numbers came from the FDRA
Japanese footwear imports up by 4%
According to data obtained by the worldfootwear.com, Japan has imported 2 688 million US dollars’ worth of footwear in the first half of the current year
CHIC with a 15% increase in visitors
The second autumn event of the Shanghai trade fair just ended with an impressive growth in the number of visitors compared with the previous year
China’s footwear exports down by 12% in the first semester
According to data released by CLIA, the China Leather Industry Association, total footwear sales abroad in the first six months of the year have declined to 21.8 billion US dollars from a total of 24.7 billion US dollars in similar period in 2015
Dynamic exports at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Textile, footwear and garment exports to Central Asia and Russia via ports in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have increased by more than 60% from similar period last year
The Tannery of the Future
International Leather Maker (ILM) has teamed up with APLF Ltd and CLIA to host a Leather Forum on the 30th of August to discuss and debate The Tannery of the Future
adidas intensifies activities in China with Wand Group partnership
The Germany-based sports giants deepened commercial ties and agreed to cooperate on developing IRONMAN, football and basketball in China and worldwide
Chinese court orders New Balance to pay fine over trademark breach
A Chinese appeal court has ruled against the US sportswear brand for trademark infringements and ordered it to pay five million yuan as compensation to a Chinese company
Lenovo launches smart running shoes
During Lenovo’s Tech World event in San Francisco this past week, the company revealed a smart running shoe with most features a fitness tracker demands-
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