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Retail:
FDRA produces numerous reports on footwear sales in the US, Canada and EU. It also produces price reports and employment at shoe stores. Examples:
U.S.
employment: http://fdra.org/u-s-shoe-store-employment/
retail prices: http://fdra.org/footwear-retail-price-monitor/
imports/inventory: http://fdra.org/footwear-imports/
Global
Canada sales: http://fdra.org/canadian-footwear-sales/
EU economy/sales: http://fdra.org/eu-footwear-insight/
EU retail prices: http://fdra.org/eu-footwear-price-update/
– Shoeconomy Snapshots: FY 2017 Here
– Monthly Retail Recap: http://conta.cc/2EpzCfp
– Quarterly NPD Group Report: http://fdra.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/FDRA-Footwear-Market-Drivers-12-ME-Sept17.pdf
– National Sales Survey (at least 2 times per year): http://fdra.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017-FDRA-holiday-shoe-sales-report.pdf
– National Consumer Report (spending habits and patterns): 2017 Here
– A visual look at our footwear industry: http://shoeconomy.us/
Customs/import compliance:
– Rulings Booklet 2017: http://conta.cc/2jbCCAL
– Customs Report (monthly): http://conta.cc/2Et3OWR
– FTDC – annual traffic and customs conference where 200 supply chain and customs professionals network and learn: http://fdra.org/ftdc/
– Total footwear import and customs center – from classification of samples, to labeling requirements to
trade agreement info, its all here, free for members: https://www.footwearcustoms.com/
– Annual Customs Meeting: http://conta.cc/2ErBJ23
– Working Group Calls
– Trade and Politics Newsletter: http://conta.cc/2EqwfVw
– FDRA’s Global Footwear Testing Guide (online): http://globalfootweartesting.com/
– Risk Management (chemical fail rate) report: http://files.constantcontact.com/569ca1a9001/a69dd886-61ae-463b-b526-0e6bfc4e7eeb.pdf
– Compliance Summit: http://conta.cc/2G9dHXB
– Quality Control Center: Coming Soon
other resources:
Design, Product Development and IP:
– Materials and Innovation Summit – over 100 designers, product development/materials professionals (from nearly 30 brands) attended our material summit last year, we expect an increase this year. Click here to see the type of speakers and topics we cover: http://conta.cc/2vIIvNv The 2018 Summit will again be at NC State in September.
– Monthly Design and IP digest: http://conta.cc/2ksP1Av
– Monthly Material costs: http://fdra.org/footwear-materials-cost-report/
– Smart Shoe Series – over 2018 we will hold a number of seminars, webinars and some workshops on 3D design and development to a number of innovations impacting how we design, develop and produce shoes. An example: http://conta.cc/2GPOTUY
– Material Exchange Project – we are helping build a digitial material data base for brands…making it easier to select the right material and communicate with suppliers…cutting costs and man hours, while increasing certainty. video the current demo here: vimeo.com/254915902/034605ddb7
Sourcing, Supply Chain and social compliance:
– Monthly newsletter: http://conta.cc/2kiJXg0
– Material costs: http://fdra.org/footwear-materials-cost-report/
– Import data by category: http://fdra.org/footwear-imports/
– Yearly Sourcing Report: http://fdra.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FDRA-Footwear-Sourcing-Report-2017.pdf
– Factory Training online (FDRA provides members with a set of compliance courses for its compliance team and/or factories): https://store.elevateelearning.com/
– RFP/Code of Conduct: http://fdra.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Code-of-Conduct-Final-March-2015.pdf
– Annual Summit: http://conta.cc/2ueMs7o
– Quarterly update calls: http://conta.cc/2ksXynd
– Trade and Politics Newsletter: http://conta.cc/2EqwfVw