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21 December 2022
New leadership at Foot Locker - footwearbiz, world footwear New leadership at Foot Locker
With Richard Johnson retiring, new Foot Locker CEO, Mary Dillon, might be exactly what the sportswear and apparel retailer needs.
15 December 2022
Robotic bagging of insoles - footwearbiz, world footwear Robotic bagging of insoles
Jesús Arregui, M. Dolores Fabregat, José Francisco Gómez and Eduardo Calabuig, INESCOP, Spain
07 December 2022
A new day is dawning - footwearbiz, world footwear A new day is dawning
Brands are giving themselves plenty of time to bring circular footwear programmes to market, but, for innovative companies in the shoe supply chain, work to develop the materials those programmes will need is...
30 November 2022
From forests to footwear midsoles - footwearbiz, world footwear From forests to footwear midsoles
It only became a player in the $30 billion global market for MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) recently, but UPM Biochemicals is determined to drive change immediately by using bio-based raw materials to make this...
23 November 2022
A brand reborn - footwearbiz, world footwear A brand reborn
A safety footwear brand that pioneered the widespread use of steel-toe boots in the 1940s has been relaunched and is reclaiming its Northamptonshire roots.
16 November 2022
Texon – 75 years of innovation - footwearbiz, world footwear Texon – 75 years of innovation
The pace of change in the footwear industry is relentless, so to survive 75 years and continue to grow requires real stamina.
09 November 2022
A mission of sustainability - footwearbiz, world footwear A mission of sustainability
Stanbee, a global manufacturer of box toes and heel counters was founded by Manny Berkson and his son Stan in Roseland, New Jersey in 1948.
03 November 2022
Bio-based 3D printing - footwearbiz, world footwear Bio-based 3D printing
3D printing is beginning to make more of an impact on the footwear industry as new ideas and materials continue to come to market.
28 July 2022
Footwear’s history safe for the future - footwearbiz, world footwear Footwear’s history safe for the future
The Netherlands’ important shoemaking and leatherworking heritage will be preserved in a spectacularly revamped museum after a turnaround by Waalwijk’s officials.
21 July 2022
Long-lasting and repairable - footwearbiz, world footwear Long-lasting and repairable
The European Union wants new rules that will give consumers the right to know how durable and easy-to-repair products are before they buy them.
14 July 2022
Sustainable footwear, the 2030 Agenda and the Green Deal - footwearbiz, world footwear Sustainable footwear, the 2030 Agenda and the Green Deal
Unless there are immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to 1.5°C will be impossible, with catastrophic consequences for people and the planet on which we...
07 July 2022
Eco-friendly torsion plates - footwearbiz, world footwear Eco-friendly torsion plates
In the same way that Formula 1 racing cars serve as test beds for new automotive materials and technologies, so the sports shoe sector of the footwear industry has been instrumental in formulating new concepts ...
30 June 2022
The fifth industrial revolution is here - footwearbiz, world footwear The fifth industrial revolution is here
Companies have become familiar with the concept of Industry 4.0, the fourth stage in the evolutionary path that, starting at the dawn of industrialisation, transformed manufacturing into the digital process...
23 June 2022
Out in the open - footwearbiz, world footwear Out in the open
Running and ski mountaineering star Kílian Jornet has launched a new footwear, clothing and accessories brand with Mallorca-based footwear group Camper.
16 June 2022
Out of this world - footwearbiz, world footwear Out of this world
Adidas’ director of footwear innovation, Arnau Sanjuan, tells World Footwear how software program Gravity Sketch is changing his approach to shoe design.
10 June 2022
Shoes on song - footwearbiz, world footwear Shoes on song
Technical staff and stage-crew stayed safe at Rome’s 2022 First of May Concert thanks to a successful shoe duet between Diadora and Vibram.
27 May 2022
Upcycling waste foam - footwearbiz, world footwear Upcycling waste foam
The US footwear market is huge. It also creates a huge amount of waste, with an estimated 300 million pairs of shoes thrown into landfills annually.
03 May 2022
Eco-conscious fabrics - footwearbiz, world footwear Eco-conscious fabrics
Nowadays, it is hard to believe that 40 years ago, shoe linings were very much of a secondary item with regard to shoe uppers.
26 April 2022
An economist’s message of hope - footwearbiz, world footwear An economist’s message of hope
Some of Italy’s 4,000-plus footwear manufacturers are small and, at times, a little fragile, but Milan-based economist Enrica Baccini insists that the Italian shoe industry as a whole is “anti-fragile”.
21 April 2022
Spikes at the flick of a switch - footwearbiz, world footwear Spikes at the flick of a switch
More than 70 years after its launch, Sievi of Finland remains devoted to helping workers stay safe in difficult conditions. One recent innovation is a patented system that lets wearers gain extra stability on...
19 April 2022
New life for old ski boots - footwearbiz, world footwear New life for old ski boots
With funding from the European Commission’s LIFE programme, footwear group Tecnica has launched an ambitious ski boot recycling project that it believes could help it change its business model.
08 April 2022
Erem’s biocircular ambitions - footwearbiz, world footwear Erem’s biocircular ambitions
The CEO of a new brand, and great-grandson of the Timberland founder, tells us how leather and sustainable materials are central to his desire to demonstrate a new way of working.
01 April 2022
Coping with the pandemic - footwearbiz, world footwear Coping with the pandemic
The world had hoped that the pandemic would have been beaten before the summer of 2021. Gradually the realisation came that we were in a longer game and that we would have to live with it, certainly in the...
25 March 2022
Data-driven design - footwearbiz, world footwear Data-driven design
Assa Ashuach is a most interesting man. Born in Israel in 1969, he studied for a BA in product design at the Betzalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. After graduating, he opened a design studio that...
18 March 2022
Enabling a more sustainable future - footwearbiz, world footwear Enabling a more sustainable future
Paola Faoro, Huntsman

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