US footwear manufacturing up 12% in 2012
07/01/2014
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has published its annual ShoeStats report, which reveals US footwear consumption by volume for 2012 dropped 0.6% to 2.31 million pairs but remained 10.5% higher than the recession-level consumption experienced in 2008 and 2009. Consumption grew by 4.9% by value in the year to a record $72.4...