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Indian leather and footwear exports up to West Asia and North Africa

Published: December 14, 2022

Footwear and leather exports from Indian to the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region are up by 20%, according to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE).

AICLST New Zealand conference opens registration

Published: July 26, 2022

Registration is open for the 12^th Asia International Conference on Leather Science and Technology (AICLST).

US$11.4bn revenue for Nike in Q2

Published: December 21, 2021

The footwear and sportswear brand has reported its second quarter fiscal 2022 results with US$11.4 billion of revenue, up 1% year-on-year.

Fashion police ban leather coats in North Korea

Published: November 26, 2021

Authorities in North Korea are preventing citizens from wearing leather trench coats, claiming that it is disrespectful to emulate the fashion choices of leader Kim Jong Un.

Improved Geox results for 2021 so far

Published: November 25, 2021

The Italian footwear and apparel manufacturer has reported its financial results for the first nine months of 2021, showing sales revenue of €463.5 million (US$520 million), +8.9% at constant exchange rates.

10% increase on pre-pandemic revenue for Kering

Published: October 20, 2021

The France-headquartered luxury conglomerate has reported group revenue increases for the third quarter of 2021 of 12.2% on a comparable basis with Q3-2020 and 10% up from Q3-2019.

China produces more than half of all footwear

Published: August 2, 2021

World Footwear has released its World Footwear 2021 Yearbook, in which China is identified as the world’s largest footwear producer (54.3%). However, the Asian footwear hub reduced its production by more than two billion pairs and continued to lose world market share, reflecting a shift of production into other Asian countries.

North American operations boost Marfrig’s third quarter results

Published: November 23, 2020

For the third quarter of 2020, consolidated net revenue for the Brazil headquartered meat processor totalled R$16,833 million (US$3.12 billion), advancing 32.1% from the same quarter in the previous year.

U.S. footwear sector remains under pressure

Published: July 17, 2020

U.S. trade association Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has released latest data from the North American shoe marketplace, revealing a continued difficult trading climate for the sector.

Nike’s revenue down 38% in fiscal fourth quarter

Published: June 26, 2020

The global sportswear manufacturer posted revenues of US$6.3 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2020, ended May 31, a decline from the prior year as the majority of Nike-owned and partner stores in North America, EMEA and APLA were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.