Browse Features 2019 January - footwearbiz: Leading site for glob

06 December 2019

Micam celebrates sports shoe success - footwearbiz, world footwear

29 November 2019

Shoes help Kipchoge smash barrier - footwearbiz, world footwear

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has said running a marathon in under two hours, which he managed to do in October, sends a message to the world that “no human is limited”.

22 November 2019

Vosk believes charity begins at home

South Africa’s answer to TOMS overcomes setbacks to secure manufacturing in the country, and aims to tackle poverty and foot-borne disease with its buy-one-get-one strategy.

15 November 2019

Tod’s takes steps to stand out

High-end Italian footwear group Tod’s is striving to halt a trend of descending revenue figures. Changes in the luxury shoe segment have affected the group but some new initiatives are in place to turn its...

06 October 2019

Writing on the wall

Messages of appreciation for its products that safety and work footwear brand Red Wing Shoes has received, from millers, miners, loggers, farmers and other workers who have to brave challenging conditions,...

29 September 2019

Online tools spark start-up success

The experience of a Berlin footwear start-up shows that a strong social media output and securing the help of key influencers could be more important these days than finding bricks-and-mortar stockists.

22 September 2019

Better safe than sorry

US-based company Honeywell is better known for its work in the aerospace and technology sectors, but for a number of years it has run a successful multi-brand safety shoe business.

15 September 2019

DSW takes control of its own destiny

Now is not an easy time to be a footwear retailer in the US. Designer Brands Inc. (formerly DSW) has put plans in place to ensure it doesn’t suffer a similar fate to former rival Payless ShoeSource, the most...

05 August 2019

Beautiful comfort

The chief executive of Manolo Blahnik’s company explains the designer’s aversion to athletic shoes. The brand has always had comfort as well as beauty at the heart of its designs and believes it simply does...

29 July 2019

A night that can launch careers

The 2019 Cordwainers’ Footwear Student of the Year competition took place in London in June with a total of 15 footwear design students presenting their ideas.

22 July 2019

VF’s new London HQ ‘shows commitment’

Timberland, Vans and Altra tell World Footwear about upcoming launches and strategies, as well as how the seven-storey Axtell Soho will boost their standing in Europe.

15 July 2019

Positive approach in the face of climate change

By measuring its greenhouse gas emissions and then deliberately overcompensating when offsetting them, Swedish outdoor footwear brand Icebug can now claim to be “climate positive”.

12 June 2019

Futurecraft.Loop takes a stride

By creating a shoe from a single material, adidas claimed to have made a 100% recyclable product – but it is still some way from a true ‘closed loop’.

05 June 2019

Happy feet

When it comes to making shoes for the feet of a child, compromising on quality is out of the question for Spanish brand Dechics.

29 May 2019

Solutions for filling the shoe skills gap

Digital skills are needed on factory floors if footwear manufacturers in Europe are to enjoy success in the future.

22 May 2019

Trends in children’s footwear for spring-summer 2020

The Micam Fashion Square, located in one of the two halls that the Milan-based shoe exhibition dedicates to luxury footwear, is always a hub of activity.

15 May 2019

Stand-out shoes from CES

The self-described “largest and most influential technology event on the planet” is not the first place one typically goes to find the latest trends in footwear, but CES 2019 revealed that some of today’s most ...

05 April 2019

The king of shoes

Considered by many to be the greatest women’s shoe designer of the past century, the career of eccentric genius Manolo Blahnik has been celebrated with a travelling exhibition that showcased some of his finest ...

29 March 2019

ISPO goes outdoors: Penny Leese

The outdoor segment of the ISPO exhibition is getting stronger, with more exhibitors, especially from Scandinavia. Ski and snow sports remain an important category of this winter sports fair.

22 March 2019

Leather project will boost jobs and exports

A start-up venture that aims to build a world-class leather and finished product operation in Nigeria launched in early 2019.

15 March 2019

If the shoe fits

Video calling, virtual reality headsets and autonomous vehicles – Nike’s newest innovation means self-lacing shoes could be the next science fiction prediction that becomes a reality.

05 February 2019

Lexus-inspired sports shoe

A new handmade shoe from sports brand Norman Walsh takes its inspiration from automotive brand Lexus, including its use of upholstery leather in the upper.

29 January 2019

There’s no business like shoe business

Whether it be to capture skills and expertise they feel is lacking from in their business, to gain a greater foothold in a specific geographical market, or simply to boost their revenue—outdoor

22 January 2019

Home and dry

Footwear group Ecco made a splash at the 2018 World Water Congress in Tokyo when its tanning division, Ecco Leather, announced a breakthrough that promises important savings in chemicals...

15 January 2019

A new shoe production method

After six years’ hard work, partners Simplicity Works, DESMA and Huntsman Polyurethane have perfected a new footwear construction method.