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China’s Peak establishes sports science lab

Skechers launches Our Planet Matters recycled collection

Dutch companies develop shoelaces from recycled jeans

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Virgil Abloh dies at 41

US footwear and fashion designer Virgil Abloh died in Chicago on November 28, aged 41, following a more than two-year private battle with a rare cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma. At the time of his death, Mr Abloh was artistic director of Louis...

Most luxury resellers also buy new: McKinsey
A new report on the luxury resale market by specialist consultancy firm McKinsey has suggested that the segment is ...
Santa Croce tie-up for CTC
Specialist French research and testing body CTC has announced a new partnership with Ars Tinctoria, an Italian...
University team to work with INESCOP on design technology tools
Spanish footwear technology institute INESCOP has signed a new partnership agreement with a research group called...
Texon joins TransFIRe consortium
Footwear component supplier Texon recently joined the TransFIRe (Transforming Foundation Industries Research and...
Dow Jones lists ASICS as sustainability leader for seventh year running
Athletic footwear brand ASICS has earned inclusion on the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Asia-Pacific Index....
September dates confirmed for Simac
Italy’s tanning technology providers’ association, Assomac, has confirmed autumn dates for the...

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World Footwear Archive

Doctor’s orders

Few storied footwear brands have kept pace with the times as well as the seemingly ever-present Dr Martens, which remains fashionably relevant following wave after wave of popular culture. World Footwear catches up with the company’s ...

Welting points
Footwear brand Paraboot’s ongoing use of Goodyear-welting and...
Accuracy and flexibility
Since its introduction in the late 1960s, polyurethane (PU) has...
Benefits of instability
Portuguese outsole developer Aloft has worked with technology and...
Circularity on track
Two rival safety footwear suppliers in the Netherlands have teamed up ...
Alternatives to leather fall short
Many parts of the fashion industry, supported by the vegan lobby,...