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Most Americans to spend more on shoes during back-to-school season
A survey carried out by the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and First Insight showed that 78 percent of American families plan to spend more or the same as last year on children’s shoes during the back-to-shool season. According to a survey of 691 households with children attending ...
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ArticleFootwear firms have to prepare for the impact of the war in Ukraine - FDRA
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 and subsequent sanctions imposed by numerous countries led by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could affect footwear companies. The U.S. trade association Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) released guidelines on how companies can better prepare to face the ...
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ArticleInflationary pressures are mounting across the board
Thanks to the collective work of the editorial teams of Shoe Intelligence and its sister publication Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe, we have put together a comprehensive analysis of the impact of inflation on the footwear industry. We tried to cover the economic, industrial, financial and some social aspects of inflation ...
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US footwear sales exceed $100bn in 2021
Footwear sales in the U.S. rose by 29.8 percent in 2021 to a record $100.7 billion, according to the trade association Footwear Distributers and Retailers of America (FDRA), which claims to represent 95 percent of all U.S. shoe companies. It noted that the record was helped by a 20.5 percent ...
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ArticleMost U.S. footwear companies plan to increase the use of sustainable materials
Sustainability continues to be a hot topic for U.S. footwear companies with 69 percent planning to use more bio-materials or recycled content in their upcoming collections while 49 percent of them are already asking material suppliers for certifications or life cycle assessments to verify claims, according to the 2021 Shoe ...
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ArticleU.S. faces a record hike in footwear prices as economy reopens
The supply disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic are pushing up footwear prices in the U.S. as consumer spending picks up with the reopening of the economy. Large brands are also coming out of the pandemic stronger than their smaller rivals and are ready to engage into acquisitions, which ...
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FDRA’s new leadership team takes office
On June 1, the new leadership team of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America ( FDRA ) became effective after having been approved by the association’s board during a virtual meeting on March 24. Cliff Sifford , the vice chairman and CEO of Shoe Carnival , was unanimously ...
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FFANY Market Week scheduled Aug. 2
Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America ( FDRA ) said that a physical FFANY Market Week is scheduled to be held in New York the week starting on Aug. 2 at the Warwick New York hotel. The trade show was last held early 2020 and had to be ...
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FFANY to move under FDRA umbrella
The Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) is set to come under the umbrella of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) effective Oct. 1 after the end of FFANY’s current fiscal year. John Heron , the executive director of FFANY, says the long-discussed merger ...
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ArticleVietnam promotes footwear exports to U.S. as its industry suffers
For the first time, an interactive video conference was held in Washington D.C. on May 27 to connect Vietnamese footwear manufacturers and U.S. distributors and retailers.The initiative comes as the Asian’s footwear industry is suffering severely from the drop in demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference entitled ...
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U.S., Brazilian footwear industries suffer severe job losses
Both the U.S. and Brazil have seen large job losses in the shoe sector amid the spread of the coronavirus both in the two countries and globally. Data from the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America showed that estimated employment in the U.S. shoe industry, including manufacturing, repair, ...
