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A pair of shoes from the Ted Baker
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4. People
People making industry footprints.
10. Baby steps
The Peruvian government has launched an
initiative to supply 2.3 million children with
shoes to boost the country's manufacturing
industry, following similar strategies in
Argentina and El Salvador.
2. World News
Some recent highlights from around the world
of footwear. For continuous news coverage of
footwear matters, go to www.footwearbiz.com
every day.
6. Products and Services
Details of innovations from across the industry.
8. BackTrack
Some of the recent headlines from
footwearbiz.com that you can still access.
12. Space invader
US retailer DWS is expanding rapidly, and
hopes it can use a drop-ship method from
next year to further boost sales.
14. Keep in the loop
The revolutionary manufacturing processes
behind Nike's flyknit running shoe could
transform the way this type of footwear is
produced the world over – but it is not the
only company in on the act.
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