Europe

DiaSHOE project: improving the quality of life of people with diabetes

Dec 15, 2020 / CEC

The European Footwear Confederation and its partners from Czechia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Romania kicked off the new Erasmus+ project DiaSHOE, intended to support footwear manufacturers, patients, healthcare workers, and shoe-store clerks to tackle the issue through prevention and skills development

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Europeans have around 773 euros less in 2020 due to COVID-19

Nov 6, 2020 / Europe

The Germany-based market research company GfK has announced the results of the newly released study “GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2020”. This year, the study also includes the Corona Impact Index, which illustrates the impact of COVID-19 on European countries

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US remains by far the world’s largest importer of footwear

Premium ContentAug 11, 2020 / World Footwear Yearbook

This is one of the conclusions of the World Footwear 2020 Yearbook, recently published by APICCAPS and containing a deep analysis of the footwear industry in 2019. The publication also contains Country Profiles for 84 markets

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Asia dominates exports but Europe increased market share over the last decade

Premium ContentAug 10, 2020 / World Footwear Yearbook

The Asian continent was the origin of most exports in 2019, with a world share of 83.9%. Asia’s export share has decreased slightly over the last decade, as is also the case with every continent but Europe

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Footwear back in business in Europe

Premium ContentMay 12, 2020 / Coronavirus - Covid19

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

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Cambodia: hundreds of factories are suspending operations

Apr 28, 2020 / Cambodia

The country’s garment and footwear industries are being severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Local news website Khmer Times is reporting

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Europe in the midst of Covid-19: consequences for footwear

Premium ContentMar 20, 2020 / Coronavirus - Covid19

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

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Nike closes several stores temporarily

Mar 16, 2020 / United States

The giant sportswear brand decided to close stores in several countries, including in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand to limit the spread of the coronavirus

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Mariusz Babral: Sustainability is a revolution

Premium ContentFeb 10, 2020 / Poland

We spoke with Mariusz Babral, Vice-President of the Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry, to discuss some of the pressing issues of the moment within the footwear industry

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Tod's closes the year with 2.6% decline in sales

Feb 5, 2020 / Italy

The luxury shoes and leather goods company announced declining sales for 2019 (-2.6%). However, the business started to pick up in the last quarter with an improvement in the revenue trend

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Industry reacts to Vogue Business article

Nov 29, 2019 / European Union

The article titled Fashion's biodiversity problem was published on platform Vogue Business. Several industry bodies arguee it conveys misleading information

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Flat sales in European outdoor market

Jul 31, 2019 / Europe

The latest research released by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that the climbing category grew in 2018, but the overall outdoor market flattened out

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CEC: getting close to free access to Mercosur

Jul 23, 2019 / CEC

European footwear companies can start counting down to export their leather shoes to Mercosur countries free of import duties. Luís Onofre, CEC's President, comments the agreement

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Timberland to open 30 stores in Europe

Jun 10, 2019 / Europe

The company is part of VF Corporation's portfolio and is planning a heavy investment in Europe next year. 25 to 30 new stores might be on the pipeline for the region, in a combination of franchise and own stores

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Join the footwear industry in Naples

Jan 29, 2019 / CEC

Registration to the sixth edition of the World Footwear Congress is now open. All footwear stakeholders are invited to join the debates in Naples, from the 3rd to the 5th of April 2019

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