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French footwear exports down 4% in Q1
French exports of footwear totaled €1.318 billion in the first quarter of 2025, down by 4 percent year-over-year, while imports were flat at €2.086 billion, but Asian producers increased their market share, according to data released by Alliance France Cuir, the trade association representing the country’s leather and leather goods ...
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Pakistani footwear exports up nearly 12% in first 10 months of fiscal year
Between July 2024 and April 2025, which corresponds to the first 10 months of the Pakistan’s fiscal year, the Asian country increased footwear exports by 11.79 percent year-over-year to $148.4 million, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PSB). The export of leather footwear grew by 14.14 percent to $115.3 ...
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French footwear sales up by 0.7% in April
In April, French footwear retail sales rose by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.7 percent month-on-month, according to the Bank of France. Overall, retail sales in France grew a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.5 percent from March, when they were stable.
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Global luxury goods sales seen down 2-5% in 2025
In 2025, the global market for personal luxury goods is expected to fall by 2 to 5 percent after declining by 1 percent last year, according to a survey released by the consultancy Bain & Company. Bain’s previous forecast released in November 2024 was for the market to increase by ...
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Indian leather goods and footwear exports up 25% in 2024/2025
India’s exports of leather products and non-leather footwear increased by about 25 percent in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 to $5.7 billion, according to the Council for Leather Exports. Exports exceeded by $1 billion the target set up by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry ”and going ...
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French footwear sales up by 3.9% in March
In March, French footwear retail sales rose by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 3.9 percent month-on-month after falling 1.8 percent in February, according to the Bank of France. Overall, retail sales in France dipped a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.1 percent from February, when they rose by 0.6 percent. ...
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ArticleFrench footwear exports down 1% in 2024
In 2024, the exports of footwear from France fell by 1 percent in value to €5.409 billion. In volume, exports were up slightly to 126.8 million pairs from 126.3 in 2023, according to data released by Alliance France Cuir, the trade association representing country’s leather and leather goods industry. France ...
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Italy’s population continues to decline
Italy’s population fell to 58.934 million people at the end of 2024, 37,000 less than a year earlier, according to data released by the Italian statistics office Istat. The country’s population has been declining consistently since 2014. Foreign immigration totaled 435,000 people in 2024, about 5,000 less than the previous ...
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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 improves slightly after the general election
Germany’s consumer climate is expected to improve to -24.5 points in April from -24.6 in March, 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). It was the first survey after the ...
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Pakistan footwear exports up over 15% in 8 months to February
Pakistan’s footwear exports rose by 15.48 percent to $126.4 million between July and February, corresponding to the first eight months of the country’s fiscal year, from $109.5 million a year earlier, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Leather footwear exports rose by 14.94 percent to $98.12 million in the ...
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French footwear sales down by 1.8% in February
In February, French footwear retail sales fell by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 1.8 percent month-on-month, according to the Bank of France. Overall, French retail sales grew by a seasonally and working-day adjusted 0.5 percent month-on-month, after falling 0.1 percent in January. Food sales rose by 1.4 percent after falling ...
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ArticleGerman footwear retailers struggle as sales plummet
Separate surveys painted a mixed picture of the health of the footwear sector in Germany, as the industry faces global shifts amid continued economic and geopolitical uncertainty, bureaucratic and regulatory hurdles and the growing competition from Asian e-commerce platforms. A recent survey by Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade ...
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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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ArticleItalian footwear manufacturers’ revenues drop by 9.4% in 2024
In 2024, revenues of Italian manufacturers totaled €13.2 billion, down by 9.4 percent compared to the year earlier, according to a survey carried out in January by Confindustria Accessori Moda among members of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici. The decline is in line with a previous estimate released in January. ...
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ArticlePortuguese footwear exports rise in volume, fall in value
The Portuguese footwear industry exported 67 million pairs of shoes worldwide in 2024, up 3.3 percent from 2023. However, in value, exports fell by 6.5 perdent to €1.702 billion, according to the Portuguese footwear association Apiccaps citing preliminary data from the country’s statistics institute, INE. Portugal exports more than 90 ...
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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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Brazil will have a delegation of 76 brands at Micam
Brazil will be represented by 76 brands at Micam’s 99th edition, held from Feb. 23 to 25 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center on the outskirts of Milan. The brands are supported by Brazilian Footwear, an export promotion program maintained by the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados in partnership with ApexBrasil, ...
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Cambodia’s footwear exports up 23% in 2024
In 2024, Cambodia’s footwear exports rose by 23 percent to $1.68 billion, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Exports of garments, footwear and travel goods also grew by 23 percent to $13.92 billion. Garment exports increased by 24 percent to $9.79 billion and travel goods exports surged by 19.6 percent ...
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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 ...
