Highlights | | | | World Consumption in Asia with a new all-time high Sep 12, 2017 / World Footwear Yearbook Asia continues to increase its lead as the largest footwear-consuming continent, as its share of consumption (54%) approaches its share of the world population (60%) | | | | | | World UNIDO and Huajian Group promote sustainable development in Africa Sep 5, 2017 / Africa The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Huajian Group agreed to work together to promote vocational and technical education and training in Africa | | | | | | Companies Foot Locker disappointed with results Sep 11, 2017 / United States The New York-based specialty athletic retailer announced second quarter comparable-store sales decreasing by 6.0% and total sales also falling by 4.4%. Foot Locker confirms disappointment with this new set of results | | | | | | Innovation Nike offers shoes customised in 90 minutes Sep 8, 2017 / United States For decades, Nike has worked directly with athletes to create cutting-edge and highly personalized products. Now the brand wants to start to expand this concept | | | | | | Companies JJ Heitor, shaping great ideas Sep 12, 2017 / Portugal This is the motto of a Portugal-based company with 5 decades of existence and profound accumulated knowledge about the footwear industry | | | | | | Companies Genesco with challenging quarter Sep 7, 2017 / United States Net sales in the second quarter decreased by 1.4%. While presenting flat comparable sales, Genesco also posted a loss in the period | | | | | | Companies Wolverine commits over 2.5 million US dollars to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts Sep 6, 2017 / United States The US-based company has announced it will allocate over 2.6 million US dollars to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts through financial, footwear and apparel donations | | | | | | | Next Events | | | | | | Sep 13-Sep 15, 2017 | Mumbai- India | | | Sep 15-Sep 17, 2017 | Novosibirsk- Russian Federation | | | Sep 15-Sep 17, 2017 | Schkeuditz / Leipzig- Germany | | | Sep 15-Sep 19, 2017 | London- United Kingdom | | | Sep 16-Sep 18, 2017 | Manchester, New Hampshire- United States | | | Sep 16-Sep 18, 2017 | New York- United States | | | Sep 17-Sep 20, 2017 | Milan- Italy | | | | | More News | | | Companies | | Sep 5, 2017 | | | | Companies | | Sep 6, 2017 | | | | World | | Sep 8, 2017 | | | | |