Footwear Industry Analysis

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The footwear industry is one of the most successful industries over the years, coming under the apparel umbrella. The footwear sector has a lot of promise and scope of growth, not only globally, but in India as well.
Many local and international firms are now focusing on the footwear industry, seeing the fast growth and the potential this industry offers. The footwear industry is growing at a CAGR of about 2% and is expected to grow at this rate for a long time. In the year 2011, the footwear market of the world was $185.2 billion, which is touted to grow up to $211.5 billion by the year 2018.
The Asian-Pacific population, which amasses more than half of the population of the world, is the global leader when it comes to consumption and the …show more content…

The continuous development of this industry because of the multiple marketplaces, which are easily accessible, increased cultural and health knowledge have resulted in more and more demands for footwear designs that are fresh and innovative.
India, alone accounts for a huge 13% share of the world production of footwear, with 16 billion pairs, second only after China. The production of footwear can be further segmented into three, being the leather footwear, which account for 909 million pairs, uppers of leather show which account for 100 million pairs and non-leather footwear which account for 1056 million pairs.
Though the production of the footwear is massive, but the Indian brands of footwear, find it tough to make an impact in the overseas market. The year 2011, the Indian footwear industry grew from strength to strength producing more than 2 billion pairs of footwear, but unfortunately not much of the production was exported to other nations. The amount of footwear pairs exported in the year 2011 were a 115 million pairs, which is a very small number as compared to the footwear produced by …show more content…

Though the exports of footwear sector are slow for India, but they are seeing a constant rise since the last four decades. During the financial year 2011-12, the footwear industry of India valued at US$ 2077.27 contributing a major share in the country’s GDP.
The footwear sector of India holds a very strong future and is expected to be one of India’s strongest links, both domestically and export wise. The support of government to enhance this sector, seeing the bright prospects insures a lot of confidence in the manufacturers and the retailers. This industry is poised for steady growth and studying and understanding the consumer patterns and the fashion involvement in the footwear industry is thereby important.
The top class infrascture systems, and the manufacturing plants facilitate and encourage the industry to grow leaps and bounds. The automatic machinery, coupled with skilled Indian manforce is a sureshot way to innovate new footwear fashion and approach the market driven

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