The US shoe manufacturing has fallen by 1.4% in the last five years. This estimate was presented by IBISWorld, a leading consultant and market researcher.

Advertisers pay for results and tradition trade exhibitions are proving to be evergreen even in the digital business era. They remain the top rated trade business model, and are only getting stronger.

Leatherbiz reports that automotive tanning group Eagle Ottawa has announced an expansion of its finishing and cutting plant at Szolnok in Hungary “to meet increasing customer demand”.

You can but almost anything in Tesco these days as people who live in the UK will readily arrest to. This includes footwear and now, according to Leatherbiz, reports from Ethiopia say that this leading British retailer is in talks to export footwear from four Ethiopian companies.

Whoever thought London is the world's most expensive retail location, think again. Rents in Hong Kong in key retail locations can be up to four times higher than similar locations in London and Paris.

Clariant has presented a new product called EasyGuard, an aqueous, anti-dirt system for leather. The Company explained that this product is easy to use, sustainable, economic and will be especially welcomed by tanners working for the automotive, upholstery, footwear and fashion accessories sectors.

As a foretaste of the FIFA World Cup in 2014, host-country Brazil is staging the smaller Confederations Cup tournament in June, featuring predominantly the most recent winners of continental football tournaments across the world.

The ICT has unanimously confirmed Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil as its president for a second consecutive term of two years. Rino Mastrotto, current president of COTANCE, was named ICT vice president. The appointments were made during the recent APLF fair held in Hong Kong at the end of March.