In this issue

Footwear is the second most important fashion segment within the retail business. In 2018, the worldwide Footwear market realized a total revenue of $416 billion. At $284 per capita, Luxembourg spent the largest share on Footwear, followed by Austria and the United States.
Demand for athleisure footwear is rising due to the growing aspirations
of young consumers in smaller cities and towns. While the athleisure
trend is already strong in metropolitan areas, there has been a lack of affordable athleisure footwear in smaller cities and towns. Manufacturers are increasingly focusing on women’s footwear as per capita expenditure more than doubled over the review period. With a rising number of women in the workforce and growing disposable incomes, many are buying multiple pairs of shoes....read on to know more

Council For Leather Exports Targets 10% Export Growth

P.R. Aqeel Ahmed, Chairman Council for Leather Exports ( CLE), presented a growth target of 10% of the leather and footwear sector at the Joint Meeting of Board of Trade and Council for Trade Promotion and Development. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, who presided over the meeting, urged the representatives of industry and exports bodies to stop depending on crutches of subsidies and grants from the Central Government and strive to make industry more competitive and self-reliant.

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A Customer-Obsessed Company

Bengaluru-based Rapawalk is the brainchild of Kashif Mohammad and Aravind Maddireddy, batch mates at IIM Ahmedabad. It is an online footwear brand that offers consumers premium quality shoes at affordable prices. Customers can directly shop the curated designs or personalize any style on their advanced 3D configurator and engage in an immersive shopping experience. The founders claim that Rapawalk is the result of extensive research, a rich heritage of artisanal craftsmanship and a passion for personalized footwear, realized with state-of-the-art 3D modeling technology. S&A caught up with the duo to discuss the brand.

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Aditi Govitrikar - The Supermodel Doctor

Aditi Govitrikar is a gynaecologist by profession. However, she started her career as a model after winning the Gladrags contest in 1996. From 1997 until 2004, Dr. Govitrikar remains the only Indian supermodel with the both medical doctor and psychologist qualification. She has done notable roles in many Hindi and South Indian-language films and has also done commercials with several major companies including Coca Cola. She has been touted by a major daily as “Beauty with Brains”. In an exclusive interview with S&A, she shares her opinions on certain aspects of life as well as her fashion taste.

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Banish Shoes Hosts Autumn Winter'19 Collection Preview

Banish Shoes, the manufacturer of a completely utilitarian range of shoes that aims to blur the boundaries of age and gender with their line of casuals and formals, has showcased an extensive range from their upcoming Autumn- Winter’19 Collection at the recently held trade show at Hotel Double Tree Hilton, Agra.

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Colour Shoes To Wear With Your Pants

Men might have fewer options than women but little style tricks can easily help them sport modish looks, writes Anupam Bansal, MD Retail, Liberty Shoes.

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Meet At Agra Turns Thirteen

The 13rd edition of Agra’s only dedicated footwear components and leather show, organized by Agra Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Chambers, will introduce many new exhibitors and trends at the three-day trade event in Agra this November from 8t to 10th, 2019 at the Agra Trade Centre.

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With Belief In Cultural Pillars

Reliance Jewels has a variety of collections across gold, silver, diamond and platinum categories. You can discover exquisite designs from Reliance Jewels which are uniquely hand-crafted and exclusive in every sense. The product collections include traditional as well as the modern contemporary form of jewellery pieces and solitaires. In an exclusive with S&A’s N Bobo Meitei, its CEO, SuNil Nayak said, “We believe in cultural pillars like respect and equality, ownership, innovation mindset, integrity in our actions.”

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IndIa's Jewellery Industry

Based on its potential for growth and value addition, the Government of India has declared the Gems and Jewellery sector as a focus area for export promotion. The Government has recently undertaken various measures to promote investments and to upgrade technology and skills to promote ‘Brand India’ in the international market.

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S&A continuously presents new concepts, designs, materials and innovation for constant betterment, updates key professionals on business information, consumer behaviour, market studies, industry reports and trade events. For the fashion conscious consumers, it provides information on trends and trend-setting products covering all categories in shoes, bags and fashion accessories.