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Luxury goods market seen rebounding in 2026
UBS believes that the luxury goods sector could enjoy an average organic sales growth of 5 percent in 2026 thanks to creative shifts and improving demand trends. “We are entering 2026 hopeful that the worst is over,” the Swiss bank said, after a consistently cautious stance on the sector since ...
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ArticleGlobal branded casual footwear market grew 3.5% in 2024
The international branded casual footwear market grew by 3.5 percent in 2024 to $17,016 million from $16,447 million in 2023, with balanced growth from the US and global sales. The US branded casual shoe market rebounded 3.9 percent to $7,024 million from $6,763 million, while revenues from outside the US ...
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ArticleBrazilian exports hit by US tariffs
In August, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 0.5 percent year-over-year in volume to 7.64 million pairs and by 9.1 percent in value to $77 million after the US introduced a 50 percent import tariff on Brazilian goods on Aug. 7. The US is Brazil’s main export market. Over the first ...
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ArticleGerman footwear industry revenues up 1.3% in H1
The German footwear manufacturers posted revenues of €1.16 billion in the first half, a 1.3 percent increase from €1.15 billion a year earlier. Domestic sales grew by 5.1 percent year-on-year to €924 million, while foreign sales declined by 11 percent to €242 million, according to the German footwear and leather ...
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ArticleItalian footwear manufacturers revenues drop by 5.6% in first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, revenues of Italian footwear manufacturers fell by 5.6 percent year-over-year, according to a survey carried out in July by Confindustria Accessori Moda among members of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici. The report, however, showed signs of improvement as the decline in the second quarter ...
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ArticleGlobal footwear production rose by 6.9% in 2024
In 2024, global footwear production increased by 6.9 percent to 23.9 billion pairs, recovering from the 6 percent decline posted in 2023, according to the World Footwear Yearbook 2025 released by the Portuguese footwear association Apiccaps. The recovery was driven by stronger consumption in key markets, such as China, where ...
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ArticleGerman online retail rebound continues, footwear sales accelerate
Online sales in Germany continued to pick up through the first half of 2025 after a steady rise in the first quarter. Footwear sales, in particular, continued to outperform, according to a survey released by the federal association of e-commerce and mail order trade, BEVH. Total online sales ...
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China footwear exports drop in volume and value in 2024
China exported 9.2 billion pairs of shoes in 2024, up by 3.3 percent year-over-year. But in value, exports were down by 4.9 percent to $46.9 billion, according to data released by the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA). Chinese imports of footwear in 2024 grew by 7.5 percent to 200 million ...
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German consumer confidence declines
In March, the German consumer climate is expected to fall by 2.1 points to -24.7 points compared to the previous month, according to a preliminary estimate by the GfK Consumer Climate powered by NIM, which is published jointly by GfK and the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM). The February ...
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French footwear sales up by 0.6% in January
In January, French footwear retail sales rose by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.6 percent month-on-month, according to the Bank of France. Overall, French retail sales grew by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.1 percent month-on-month, after falling 0.6 percent in December. Sales volumes of manufactured goods were up by ...
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Global footwear market expected to grow 4.2% a year to 2029
The global footwear market is expected to grow by a compound annual growth rate of 4.2 percent between 2025 and 2029, according to the research institute Technavio. Over the period, the size of the market is expected to increase by $103.6 billion, with the Asia-Pacific region contributing to 47 percent ...
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Brazilian footwear exports seen down 6-9% in 2024
In 2024, Brazilian footwear exports are expected to decline by 6 to 9 percent in volume as an improvement in the second half of the year is expected to offset a sharp decline in the first four months of the year, according to the Brazilian footwear industry association, Abicalçados. Data ...
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ArticleUS Q1 footwear sales flat year-on-year
In the first quarter of 2024, sales revenue for the US footwear industry remained unchanged year-over-year at $9.1 billion, while volumes rose by 1 percent, according to Circana. “The footwear market turned a corner in Q1,” said Beth Goldstein, footwear and accessories analyst at Circana. “After four consecutive quarters of ...
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French footwear sales rise further in March
In March, French footwear retail sales rose by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 2.5 percent month-on-month, according to the Bank of France. In February, sales of footwear increased by 1.6 percent. The reading was revised up from a preliminary 0.9 percent. Overall French retail sales rose by 0.5 percent month-on-month ...
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ArticleFootwear stocks treaded water in a quarter marked by shareholder activism
The prices of stocks monitored by Shoe Intelligence grew by 1.3 percent on average in the first quarter of 2024, compared with the previous three months, in very volatile trade. The quarter was marked by shareholder activism. Tabor Asset Management, a US investment company that has a 1.1 percent stake ...
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ArticleHeydude is the hottest casual footwear brand in the US - Brand Heat Index
Heydude is the hottest casual footwear brand, both among men and women in the US, while Allbirds fell out of the top 10 both for men and women, according to the 2024 U.S. Footwear and Apparel Brand Heat Index released by L.E.K. Consulting. “In 2024, competition in the footwear space ...
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ArticleFootwear sales rose by 4% in 2023 in Germany while 15% of stores closed
Footwear retail sales in Germany increased in 2023 by approximately 4 percent, or €480 million, to €11.6 billion (including VAT), despite a few spectacular bankruptcies, estimates from the country’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE, showed. The figure includes brick-and-mortar shoe stores (€6.8 billion), online sales (€2.7 ...
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ArticleItalian shoemakers concerned about the first half of 2024
After having experienced a decline in revenues in the second part of 2023, Italian footwear manufacturers expect the negative trend to continue during the first half of 2024. After gains posted in the first half of 2023, driven by a 13.6 percent year-over-year surge in the first quarter and a ...
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German economic sentiment improves
In February, the index for economic sentiment in Germany rose to 19.9 from 15.2 in January, lifted by expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates to stimulate the economy, according to the latest survey released by think tank ZEW. Economists ...
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ArticleBrazilian footwear exports collapse in December
In December, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 41.5 percent year-over-year in volume to 7.45 million pairs and by 33.3 percent in value to $73.44 million, according to data released by the Brazilian footwear industry association, Abicalçados. For the whole of 2023, exports dropped by 16.6 percent in volume to 118.34 ...
