What happens when the current workforce does not have the right skill set to perform in a system that is changing faster than anyone could have imagined? What if the need and demand for experience and expertise are greater than supply? This is the current state of the fashion industry. Driven by tra... Read more...
Role & Responsibilities: Research seasonal trends, colors, materials, trims and hardware Create unique seasonal concepts for each brand based on global trend forecasts Design sketches based on seasonal concepts and render the same with appropriate color, prints, materials an... Read more...
Date of posting: 27-01-2021 Job Description: Deputy Merchandiser is responsible for managing the stock and intake of each option within a department throughout its life, ensuring that availability is maintained at all times and in accordance with the assortment plan and to execute agreed actio... Read more...
THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF SNEAKER PRODUCTION Sneaker production is exceptionally carbon intensive, accounting for 1.4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, which is significant given that air travel is responsible for 2.5 percent of all emissions. A study conducted by MIT found that a typica... Read more...
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Virtual Footwear & Leather Expo 2020 has got postponed. The revised event dates are 27th January – 2nd February 2021. Meanwhile, FICCI pleased to invite you all as a business visitor to attend the upcoming FICCI Annual Expo 2020 (FAE 2020), that is com... Read more...
A foreign shoe brand, Bata is still seen by many Indians as homegrown. The company took birth in the Czech Republic in 1894 and entered the Indian market in 1931, in Kolkata. At a time when retail stores were not a concept in India, Bata dominated the scene with a branding primarily “limited to... Read more...
Started in November 2018, Solethreads is a Delhi-based D2C footwear brand that is disrupting the open footwear category for flip flops. It crossed Rs 50 lakh GMV on Amazon in four months after launching on the ecommerce platform. For over a decade, Delhi-based Gaurav Chopra worked closely with f... Read more...
When you think of Atmanirbhar Bharat, an industry that is in full swing to make the most out of the current situation is the footwear industry. Most countries are sharing a common sentiment of resentment against China due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many brands are even withdrawing their manufac... Read more...
Oct 12, 2020 Mr Arun Kumar Sinha, Managing Director, Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India, today announced that the ‘Virtual Footwear & Leather Expo 2020 (VLFE)’, organized by FICCI, jointly with FDDI will be held from 30 Nov... Read more...
Harish Dharamdasani, a 30-year-old second-generation entrepreneur, runs a successful footwear business on Flipkart. His brand Layasa clocks a monthly revenue of Rs. 3 crore on the e-commerce platform. Unlike many businesses that are facing uncertainties as a result of the pandemic, Harish says he is... Read more...
After FDRA and FFANY announced in June they would join forces, the union is now official. The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America has assumed the management of the Fashion Footwear Association of New York operations. FDRA CEO and President Matt Priest is overseeing the new entity, w... Read more...
Despite the presence of well-known brands like Bata, Nike, Adidas, and Puma, the unorganised market produces 75 percent of the footwear in India. With customers’ tastes changing rapidly, here’s how new-age footwear brand Alberto Torresi is innovating to capture the unorganised market. Dominan... Read more...