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UGG owner credits move away from sheepskin for ‘recent success’

06/05/2014

The CEO of footwear group Deckers has credited the group’s move away from high-quality sheepskin for its profit increase in 2013.

Ugg, the group’s biggest brand, announced last year it will replace some of its double-face sheepskin with Ugg Pure – a wool woven into a ‘durable backing’.

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