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Supershoe helps athletes make history at London Marathon

Two athletes, Sabastian Kimaru Sawe from Kenya and Yomif Kejelcha from Ethiopia, have broken the time of two hours for a marathon, the first time this has happened in competition conditions. At the London Marathon on April 26, Sabastian...

Rocky Brands sales rise 9%
US shoe group Rocky Brands has reported a 9.1% rise in first-quarter net sales to $124.4m (€114.4m), supported by...
ASICS to establish technical lab in Kobe for elite footwear
Japan-based sports group ASICS has announced plans to open the ASICS Technical Lab (ATL) in Kobe, Japan, with...
Nike to shed 1,400 jobs
Sports group Nike has announced that it is cutting its workforce by 1,400. In a statement on April 23, chief...
BFA appoints new chief executive
The British Footwear Association has appointed Ian Cartwright as chief executive officer, effective May 6, 2026....
US brands to co-chair WFSGI
Senior figures from New Balance and from Nike have been elected co-chairs of the World Federation of the Sporting...
Anniversary celebration for Bata Shoe Group
The chief executive of the Bata Shoe Group, Panos Mytaros, has marked the 150 th anniversary of the birth of the...

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Own-factory advantages

As the whole business world tries to find ways to navigate tariffs and turmoil, footwear group Rocky Brands says its policy of keeping at least some production in house has brought benefits. In the hard-to-predict business world of...

UITIC Congress bets on AI
Twelve out of 16 technical presentations at the 2025 UITIC Congress...
Complex journey to biocircularity
After decades of looking after Asian manufacturing for big brands,...
A decade of discoveries
Lenzing’s innovations in the footwear sector means its wood-based...
From the ground up
Twenty-five years of learning about the footwear industry from the...
Sustainability race
Covestro has been working with Huafeng since 2023 on what the...