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 […]
Facts & Numbers: everything you need to know
Everything you need to know about the portuguese footwear cluster it’s here. Take a look!
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 […]