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Stocks of U.S. footwear companies rebound sharply in Q1
The shares of the American footwear companies rebounded sharply in the first quarter of 2021 as the sector recovers from the market turbulence caused last year by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Footwear companies take sustainability in their stride
Hardly a day goes by without a footwear company or a component supplier announcing a more sustainable product, a recycling program or an environmentally-friendly scheme. Such a flurry of initiatives is motivated by growing consumer and regulatory pressure as well as greater corporate consciousness. Nevertheless, the shift to more sustainable ...
Stocks of footwear companies fell by 16.3% in 2020
Well functioning financial markets are providers of information and signals. We are analyzing last year’s performance of footwear companies, but also of luxury goods and e-commerce companies with a strong footwear component, to see how markets perceived some of the key players of our industry.
How Covid-19 has impacted companies’ trade show budgets
It has become commonplace to say that the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated trends that were already underway with the digitalization of the economy and society in general.
Diversity and inclusion are a growing corporate issue
In 2020, the year of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, diversity and inclusion burst onto the public agenda. The theme has emerged on companies’ radars, too. Diversity and inclusion are increasingly criteria by which companies are evaluated. And, while some footwear and sportswear brands have come under fire for ...
Global footwear market to grow 2% a year to 2024 - Technavio
The global footwear market is expected to grow by an annual average of over 2 percent in the period running from 2020 to 2024, according to a report published by the research and advisory company Technavio. The increase would add $42.1 billion to the market’s overall size.
Global footwear demand seen down by 22.2% in 2020
Global demand for footwear is expected to fall by 22.2 percent this year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an updated forecast made by a panel of experts for the latest Business Condition Survey of World Footwear. In its April edition, panelists had estimated the decline ...
U.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.
Italian footwear production down 6.4% in Q1
Despite a 47.9 percent year-on-year surge in output in the month of March, Italian footwear production fell by 6.4 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year as the industry continued to be affected by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decline reached 29.9 percent when compared ...
Stocks of footwear firms benefit from the re-opening of the economy in Q2
In the second quarter, stocks of footwear companies were generally higher as they benefited from the reopening of the economy, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, and a subsequent rebound in the consumption of clothing and shoes.
Russian shoe sales remain weak except in main cities
In March, demand for shoes in Russia was estimated 15 percent lower in volume than during the same period of the previous year, according to a research conducted by the Russian IT firm Evotor.