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Venezuela sees significant drop in shoe consumption

03/01/2018

The President of the Venezuelan association of footwear and component manufacturers (Cavecal), Luigi Pissella, has said the country’s footwear sector experienced a 30% drop in consumption in 2017. Speaking at the end of December, Mr Pissella said despite the industry’s best efforts it had been unable to “escape inflation”. It means 2017 ended “in ...

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