New footwear conference to take place in June

26/03/2015
Footwear innovation and education institute SLEM will organise a new event called the Future of Footwear Business Conference at its headquarters in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, on June 4.

“The relationship between producers, retailers and consumers is rapidly changing,” SLEM said on announcing the new conference. “Consumers expect more transparency and opportunities for input, and their loyalty is short term. This has consequences for everyone in the value chain.”

It said “internationally renowned speakers” would be present at the event to address these questions and said it would present footwear professionals, retailers, manufacturers, agents, designers and investors with “an outstanding opportunity” to gain new insights.