Portuguese footwear industry invests 600M€ in the next 8 years
APICCAPS presents «strategic shock» and plans new decade of growth “To be the international benchmark of the footwear industry and reinforce the Portuguese exports, combining successfully sophistication and creativity with productive efficiency, based on technological development and management of the international value chain, thus ensuring the future of a national productive basis, sustainable and highly […]
The return of production to Europe is a great illusion
Although there is much talk of reshoring or nearshoring, terms that essentially mean the return of industries to their country of origin, official figures do not seem to confirm this trend. “It is not possible to prove this movement”, considers Joana Vaz Teixeira. According to the coordinator of the World Footwear Yearbook, an initiative of […]
APICCAPS promotes leather footwear in foreign markets
There are several arguments used on an international scale to examine the impact of leather on the environment and particularly in footwear production. Within the scope of the recently launched INSURE.Hub – Innovation in Sustainability and Regeneration, which joins the Catholic University of Porto (Biotechnology and Business Schools) and the Planetiers New Generation, APICCAPS challenged […]
Portuguese footwear with the best results ever in international markets
In the first half of the year, Portugal exported 40 million pairs of shoes, worth 957 million euros. On a comparable basis to the same period of last year, footwear exports grew by 22% and 27.5% in volume and value, respectively. These results translate the best performance of Portuguese footwear ever recorded in foreign markets, […]
Portuguese footwear grows more rapidly than the competition
In 2021, footwear production and exports increased by 8.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Portugal grew twice as much. The footwear sector recovered worldwide in 2021, but it is still far from pre-pandemic levels. According to the World Footwear Yearbook, global footwear production exceeded the 22 billion pairs threshold (+8.6%, as compared to the prior year) in 2021, […]
Portuguese footwear tours Europe with eyes set on sustainability
Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid and Paris. Portugal aims to become an international benchmark in the development of sustainable solutions and, for that reason, has toured some main European capitals with the exhibition “Nothing is lost, everything is transformed”. “The achievements of the past are not guarantees of the future”, defends Luís Onofre. For the President of […]
World footwear consumption grows by 6% in 2022
According to the projections of the latest Business Conditions Survey, world footwear consumption should grow by 6% in 2022. The World Footwear panel of experts believes that the biggest growth shall occur in Asia (8.9%), followed by South America (7%) and Africa (6.8%). In Europe and North America, it is expected a growth of 5.2% […]
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Can the footwear industry be carbon neutral by 2050?
Sustainability is becoming more of a real concern for businesses and inhabitants of this world. However, some claim this is just a fashion trend or a marketing tool. The European Union aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. With this in mind, The World Footwear Business Survey asked to international experts […]
Portuguese footwear invests 140 million euros and prepares the industry of the future
The Portuguese footwear industry will invest 140 million euros over the next three years, through the Footwear and Fashion Cluster led by APICCAPS and the Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre (CTCP), to become “the international reference in the development of sustainable solutions”. The sector also intends to “strengthen Portuguese exports based on a highly competitive national […]