Inside the Fila Museum in the company’s new brand experience center. Courtesy of Fila Fila‘s footwear franchise model is resonating in South Korea. According to the South Korean company, fourth-quarter revenue reached 915.2 billion won, increasing 6.3 percent year-over-year. The results were driven by profitability-focused operations, the restructuring of its U.S. business — and continued solid […]
A worker pulls a pair of shoes from a production line in a factory located in the Chengdu West Shoes Industrial Development Zone on Jan. 19, 2026. Chengdu is one of the four largest shoe-making districts in China. China Photos/Getty Images Yue Yuen Industrial Ltd.’s 2025 annual results show some data points connected to how […]
Manebí’s store in Dubai. Courtesy of Manebí MILAN — Italian resort brand Manebí has opened its first store in Dubai, kickstarting a broader retail expansion across GCC countries as part of its overall international push. Located inside The Dubai Mall, the unit is the result of a tie-up with Almarri Investment — Manebí’s strategic retail partner […]
Erin and Sara Foster sport new styles from Favorite Daughter’s debut shoe collection. Courtesy of Caleres After teasing fans with its Dr. Scholl’s collaboration, Favorite Daughter’s first full range of footwear is here. The debut shoe collection by cofounders and sisters Erin and Sara Foster features a range of styles including boots, pumps, loafers, flats, […]
Topo Athletic founder Tony Posts cuts the ribbon to the brand’s new HQ. Courtesy of Topo Athletic Topo Athletic has expanded its headquarters. According to the Designer Brands-owned performance and outdoor footwear, its new office space at 39 Grant St. in Framingham, Mass., is in the very same campus as the old one, now in […]
The US and EU have in place the parameters for a trade deal at a 15 percent duty rate across most EU imports to the US. VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images The devil is always in the details. Still, the parameters for the new U.S.-European Union trade deal might just provide the glimmer of hope for footwear firms […]
A shoe factory in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in April 2025. Adriana Adie/Nur Photo via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump‘s increase in trade pressures has resulted in a new deal with Indonesia, the first since he sent out the flurry of tariff letters last week. Trump revealed the move Tuesday morning on his Truth […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, attend a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. and India are still hoping to […]
A worker on a production line of rubber rain boots at Guanhong Plastic Industry Co. Ltd, in Jieshou, China, on Sept. 27, 2024. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The threat of higher tariffs may have provided footwear firms with an unintended benefit as they took charge of rethinking their supply chains. That’s because U.S. President Donald […]
Tobe Nwigwe at Moncler’s Studio Ascenti event in New York. Courtesy of Moncler High above the streets on the 41st floor of a Manhattan skyscraper, Moncler hosted its third open-format experiential footwear space, Studio Ascenti, to showcase its new fall/winter 2025 collection. The roving, multi-station event, featured story-telling moments that highlighted next season’s shoe collection […]