On 5 June, the Soares dos Reis National Museum will host the conference ‘Luxury business: a vision for the footwear industry’, organised by APICCAPS – Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association.
‘The Portuguese footwear industry occupies an important place in the Portuguese economy, particularly in what concerns to exports. Portuguese footwear exports amount to 1.9 billion euros, equivalent to around 90 per cent of global production. To be internationally competitive, the footwear sector must continue to prospect new markets and extend its intervention area to other higher value-added segments.
‘Luxury business: a vision for the footwear industry’ will be the starting point for the conference that APICCAPS will promote as part of the Bioshoes4all project.
The meeting will be used to present the ‘Case Study on the Luxury Footwear Sector’, by international consultancy Ernest&Young, and the study ‘New and Old Markets: a new approach’, by the Porto Catholic University Research Centre.
There will also be a debate on the perspectives of four different organisations. Ana Maria Vasconcelos, from Belcinto, Fátima Oliveira, from Mariano Shoes, João Esteves, from DiVERGE, and Paulo Martins, from Ambitious, will discuss the businesses of the future’.