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    Brazil's shoe production may fall by 30% in 2020

    2020-06-03T15:54:00Z

    The Brazilian footwear trade association, Abicalçados, forecast that production in the sector should fall by 21 percent to 30 percent in 2020, adding up to 191 million to 265 million fewer pairs of shoes compared to last year and dropping to the level last seen 16 years ago. In a ...

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    Pakistan footwear exports rose by 15.86% in July-March

    2020-05-19T12:59:00Z

    In the first nine months of its fiscal year that runs to the end of June, Pakistan’s footwear exports grew by 15.86 percent to $104.351 million. Leather footwear exports represented 84.55 percent of the total and increased by 11.26 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). During the ...

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    ​Italian footwear sales drop by 38.4% in Q1

    2020-05-17T17:49:00Z

    In the first quarter, the Italian footwear industry suffered a 38.4 percent year-on-year drop in sales, representing a €1.7 billion loss in revenues, and a 46.2 percent decline in orders due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the means seen necessary to relaunch the industry is the organization ...

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    March shoe and clothing retail sales down 38.9% in Eurozone

    2020-05-12T12:41:00Z

    Retail sales of clothing and footwear fell by 38.9 percent year-on-year in March across the Eurozone, according to the statistics office Eurostat, due to the widespread retail lockdowns across the region. The drop in total eurozone retail sales amounted to 11.2 percent, including a decline of 23.1 percent in the ...

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    Consumers are buying less footwear, while re-evaluating the internet

    2020-04-28T06:24:00Z

    Consumers are reducing spending on non-essential goods such as apparel and footwear because of Covid-19, but they are making more use of the internet for their purchase during the lockdown, developing new habits and creating new opportunities for the brands, based on research conducted by McKinsey & Company.

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    ​France faces a significant rise in bankruptcies

    2020-04-14T14:23:00Z

    A French legal information provider Infolegale, said that France faces the risk of experiencing a first “significant” wave of corporate bankruptcies from the end of April as the most fragile companies succumb to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on bankruptcy rulings issued between April 1 and 3, ...

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    Global bankruptcies expected to rise by 25% this year

    2020-04-07T21:23:00Z

    Global bankruptcies are expected to rise by 25 percent this year because of an economic recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new forecast released by Coface. The French credit insurer’s forecast assumes a gradual economic recovery starting in the third quarter and rules out a second wave ...

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    The casual shoe market grows by 4.7%

    2019-10-22T00:00:00Z

    This exclusive chart shows the sales development of the largest casual shoe companies (2019 to 2018). This is exclusive data and analysis for Professional Members.

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    The casual footwear market speeds up

    2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

    Like the athletic brands, the more casual footwear brands enjoyed stronger growth in 2017 than they had done in the previous year, boosted by increased demand for comfort and good looks. According to our annual study of the segment, the casual branded shoe market enjoyed a sales increase of 7.2 ...