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Unpacking US Tariffs: A First Look at the Impact Version 1 5 April 2025 The latest report explores a pressing issue facing Bangladesh’s leather and…
The Bangladesh Leather and Footwear Business Insight Survey 2025 offers a compelling look into the current state of the industry, capturing valuable perspectives from professionals…
In light of recent post-election developments in the United States, which signal significant increases in tariffs and duties for China-based manufacturers, the Bangladesh Investment Development…
_________________________________________________________________ Mr. Shah Mohammad Mahboob – Executive Member (Additional Secretary), BIDA Leather & Footwear TALK _________________________________________________________________ Bangladesh is rapidly emerging as a key destination for…
As part of Bata Group’s dedication to establishing a responsible leather supply chain, reflecting its commitment to sustainability, conscientiousness, and responsibility, it has recently announced…
The floor is set to welcome visitors and exhibitors for showcasing cutting edge technology, innovative materials, sustainable chemicals and accessories on Leather, Footwear and Leather goods…
Positive Signs for Bangladesh’s Leather & Footwear Exports in March! All sub-segments of leather and footwear exports from Bangladesh showed positive growth in March, giving…
We are thrilled to introduce the Top 14 Campus Ambassadors for 2025! These talented and passionate individuals will represent our brand, drive engagement, and inspire…
CMEVA (Compression Molded EVA) soles are widely used in the footwear industry due to their lightweight, comfortable, and durable properties. The production process involves several…
We mourn the passing of Syed Manzur Elahi, a pioneering entrepreneur and a pillar of Bangladesh’s leather and footwear industry. As the Chairman of Apex…
Eid is a time of heightened demand for footwear in Bangladesh, as consumers flock to stores and markets to purchase new shoes for the festive…
Leading footwear brands have introduced their Eid Campaign 2025, featuring exclusive discounts, cashback offers, and special promotions. Leta’s have a look enhance the festive mood.…
Footwear Exchange conducted a research survey among key stakeholders of the Bangladesh leather and footwear industry to assess the current business landscape. Titled the Bangladesh…
Mohammad Ali Bappi has been elected as the President and Md. Majedul Haque Majed as the General Secretary in the triennial (2025-28) election of the…
While we choose a shoe or try a shoe in fact when the shoe is finally checked in the production line, the outer dimension (such…
Congratulations to the Newly Elected Leaders of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) for 2025-2026 Footwear Exchange extends heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected office bearers and…
Bangladesh’s Leather & Footwear industry – exports have surpassed $1 billion, showcasing significant growth and global competitiveness! But while this achievement is commendable, the journey…
As the world observes International Women’s Day on March 8, it is essential to recognize the growing role of women in Bangladesh’s workforce. Women’s participation…
According to the Export Promotion Bureau of the Government of Bangladesh, Jul – Jan of fiscal 2024-2025, total leather and footwear exports reached 987.12 million…
India’s Union Budget 2025, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2025, has introduced game-changing policies for the leather and footwear industry. These…
BATA Bangladesh has received ‘Corporate HR Excellence Award 2024’ by the Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Organizations acknowledging its outstanding contributions to human resources management.…
As we enter 2025, the leather, footwear, and allied industries in Bangladesh face a series of pressing challenges. From political uncertainty surrounding the upcoming elections…
The Q4 edition of our quarterly magazine Leather and Footwear Hive is out now! Stay tuned for exclusive insights and contact us to get your…
The payment period for importing raw materials and agricultural inputs has been extended from 180 days to 360 days, offering greater flexibility in managing working…
PROGRAM STRUCTURESTRAININGThe core program comprises 5 module. Each module will have a 2-3 hours interactive live video training, delivered every 2 months. The structure is…
Adopting standards and certification systems helps the leather industry to ensure compliance with relevant criteria and acknowledge good industry practice. Different standards and certification systems…
LONE TANNER OF CHATTOGRAM, SURVIVES ITS STYLE RIFF LEATHER LIMITED, is a 100% export-oriented crust and finished leather manufacturer in Bangladesh, residing in Chattogram the…
Footwear Industry’s biggest event ‘4S Advance Footwear Expert Meet-up 2022’ held at Lakeshore Hotel Gulshan Friday, 25th March. LFMEAB President and Apex Footwear’s Managing Director…
A top footwear manufacturer is setting up a shoe industrial park, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, to supply import substitute raw materials…
M. SYED NASIM MANZUR, NEW PRESIDENT OF LFMEAB Mr. Syed Nasim Manzur, Managing Director, Apex Footwear Ltd., has been elected as the new President of…
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Bangladesh’s exports have scaled new heights for FY 2021-22, injecting fresh impetus into the economy as it shakes off a pandemic-driven slowdown. Around $160.20 million…
Bangladesh’s exports have scaled new heights for FY 2021-22, injecting fresh impetus into the economy as it shakes off a pandemic-driven slowdown. Around…
যোগাযোগ দক্ষতা (Communication Skills) যেকোন পেশায়, যেকোন অবস্থানে যোগাযোগ দক্ষতা প্রয়োজন। যোগাযোগ দক্ষতা বলতে আমরা অনেক সময় কেবলমাত্র কিভাবে অন্যের সাথে যোগাযোগ করি তা…
হার্ড স্কিল বনাম সফট স্কিল হার্ড স্কিল হার্ড স্কিল প্রধানত কারিগরি কিংবা বুনিয়াদি শিক্ষা। এটা কাজ এবং পদ সম্পর্কিত শিক্ষা। উদহারনঃ একজন সুইং লাইনের অপারেটরের…
Portugal bans the term ‘vegan leather’ in marketing Portugal has banned use of the term ‘vegan leather’ and other leather prefixes in marketing because they…
২০১৯ সালে World Footwear এই সেক্টরের বিশেষজ্ঞদের নিয়ে একটি প্যানেল তৈরি করে এবং এখন তাদের মাধ্যমে প্রতি সেমিষ্টারে আন্তর্জাতিক ব্যবসা জরিপ করে থাকে। আন্তর্জাতিক ব্যবসা…
In 2020 footwear production and exports fell by 15.8% and 19% respectively. Data are taken from the World Footwear 2021 Yearbook just released by APICCAPS,…
About LFMEAB Leathergoods And Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) is an association established and registered in August 2003. At present, a total…
গত কয়েক বছর ধরে আমাদের চামড়া ও জুতা শিল্পে দক্ষ জনবলের অভাব নিয়ে কম-বেশি আলোচনা চললেও বর্তমানে এই সংকট অনেক বড় আকার ধারণ করেছে। বৈশ্বিক…
Call for papers ahead of 10th Freiberg Leather Days Organizers are calling for speakers to submit lectures ahead of the 10th Freiberg Leather Days in Chemnitz,…
Business Of Fashin (BoF) এবং McKinsey & Company ২০২২ সালে ফ্যাশন ইন্ডাষ্ট্রি কি কি নিয়ামক দ্বারা প্রভাবিত হবে তা বের করার জন্য একটি জরিপ পরিচালনা…
সাধারনত জেনারেশন বা প্রজন্ম বলতে আমরা এমন একটা বয়স গ্রুপকে বুঝি যারা মোটামুটিভাবে একই সময়কাল এবং যায়গায় জন্মগ্রহন করেছে, যাদের বেড়ে ওঠার পারিপার্শিকতা একই রকম…
বেসরকারি গবেষণা সংস্থা সেন্টার ফর পলিসি ডায়ালগ (সিপিডি) গত বছর এপ্রিল থেকে জুলাই পর্যন্ত বাংলাদেশে ব্যবসার পরিবেশ নিয়ে ব্যবসায়ীদের মতামতভিত্তিক এক জরিপ পরিচালনা করে। ঢাকা,…
Bangladesh’s exports have scaled new heights in 2021 on the back of a lucrative holiday shopping season in the West, injecting fresh impetus into the…
সেক্টর কি ঘুরে দাড়াচ্ছে? গত দেড় বছরের করোনা এবং তার আগে বিভিন্ন পারিপার্শ্বিকতার কারনে গত কয়েকবছর লেদার সেক্টর কাঙ্ক্ষিত ফলাফল দেখাতে পারে নাই। কিন্তু ২০২১-২২…
Footwear Eco-design strategy is part of ‘The Eco Design Guide for Footwear Industry’ develop under the Life Greenshoes4all project, supported by European Commission in the…
The task force formed to formulate an action plan and make development recommendations for the country’s leather industry sector has proposed forming a leather industry…
The Chinese company Hangshou JY Supply Chain – submitted the investment proposals to the Bangladesh embassy in Beijing that has been forwarded to Bangladesh Investment…
To inspire the brands of the country, Bangladesh Brand Forum has been honoring the most loved brands through the best brand award for the last…
Picard Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Apon Wellbeing to ensure more support for its workforce, which will include a “fair price…
Apex Footwear Limited and Edison Footwear Limited have received the ‘Green Factory Award 2020’ in recognition of its improved green efforts to protect the environment…
The solid waste from Savar leather industrial city will now be converted into organic bio-fertilizer through implementing a waste management project, said Bangladesh Small and…
Swiss entrepreneurs are interested to invest in Bangladesh’s leather sector, Switzerland’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard said. The Swiss envoy shared the information in a…
Bangladesh’s exports have scaled new heights in 2021 on the back of a lucrative holiday shopping season in the West, injecting fresh impetus into the…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The beginning of the calendar year is always exciting, and we always look for a new start every year. It is also…
Overview Bandits Assault is an RPG. You play as Rachel, a female bandit who lives in a camp with other bandits. The action takes place…
Emerging from the Pandemic to business in the “New Normal”, the main challenge become to know, how the end customer has changed & what they…
Leather Industry Segment The major leather production hub of Bangladesh has been in Dhaka, moved from Hazaribagh to the industrial park in Savar. The Hazaribagh…
Stitching is a complex process that allows to join two layers of material by passing through a needle and thread. The seam joining of two…
LEATHER II LEATHER PRODUCTS II FOOTWEAR (All Data Source: Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh)
There may have lot of controversy and speculation due to Michael Jackson’s changing appearance, relationship, behavior and lifestyle but there is no doubt that Michael…
Md. Mizanur Rahman was born in 1973 in Babuganj, Barishal. He has completed his master in Physics from Chattogram University. A er completing his education, he…
What is GEMBA and GEMBA walk? Gemba (or genba “現場”) : a Japanese word meaning “the real place”. : It’s where value creation happens, but…
A SHOE BRAND OF NAZMA KHATUN’S KUSHUM KALI SHOE FACTORY If you knew Kushum Kali Shoes Factory already, a small local shoes factory who even…
BANGLADESH FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY AT CROSS ROADS angladesh footwear industry is at an X crossroads and the next 2 years will define if Bangladesh can taste…
efore initiating the topic of footwear and the ‘S’ curve, it’s important to go through the memory lane of leather industry of Bangladesh. What has…
Aiming for rural development, women empowerment and to get strategically shipping advantage, Fortune Shoes is located its state-of-the-art facility at the heart of Barisal city…
Recently a study was published in MDPI – A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, Based in Basel, Switzerland named Comparison of the Technical Performance…
What you have in your hands is the very first issue of a brand-new magazine of ‘Footwear Exchange’. Congratulations! It is with great pleasure that…
Bata’s commitment to health care workers, community organizations, volunteers and their families during this pandemic is stronger than ever. Last year Bata made a commitment…
World Footwear published 1st Semester 2020 report of International Footwear Trade: The Impact of the Pandemic. This report describes the evolution of footwear trade worldwide…
To inspire brands of the country, Bangladesh Brand Forum hase been honoring the most loved brands through Best Brand Award for the last 12 years.…
The Leather Working Group’s flagship environmental certification is evolving, with the release of an updated auditing standard for leather manufacturers, featuring more robust criteria and…
Leather Engineers and Technologists Society, Bangladesh (LETSB) is none other than the bonafide organization of Leather, Footwear and Leather Products Engineers / Technologists in Bangladesh,…
opens its first international outlet in Nepal. Apex Footwear, the leading Bangladeshi footwear manufacturer, retailer and exporter, has launched its first international outlet, finding…
LightCastle Partner, in association with Centre of Excellence for Leather Skill Bangladesh Limited (COEL) published ‘ Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Leather and Footwear SMEs’…
The 129th China Import and Export Fair will be held online between April 15 and 24. Continuing to hold the 129th session online will consolidate…
According to export promotion bureau report for Bangladesh Leather, footwear and allied sector, February 2021 can consider as recovery month for leather and leather product…
According to export promotion bureau report for Bangladesh Leather, footwear and allied sector, January 2021 reportedly tough month. Year started with a bad result for…
So, how do we break this LOOP OF FRUSTRATION? One of the most difficult questions to be answered. And, probably my answer will not be…
As soon as we start talking about BANGLADESH FOOTWEAR industry, we start with a long list of personal, professional and industrial problems, mostly personal; Long…
Industrial training in the field of engineering and technology is an integral part of the curriculum as it is considered to be the first job…
(The whole article is prepared based on a $10 sports shoes (Factory Price) retailed $50) This time, let’s start with some quick practical case from…
IN THE REPORT Sectoral Highlight Leather export report Leather Products export report Leather Footwear export report Others footwear export report Sector HIGHLIGHT Second quarter (Q2)…
According to export promotion bureau report for Bangladesh Leather, footwear and allied sector Jul-Dec 2020 export; leather, leather product and leather footwear slowly minimizing gap…
Chapter: Flying geese of ‘FOOTWEAR’ Let’s start with an explanation of this interesting theory of ‘Flying geese paradigm’ (Japanese: FifliffMa Hepburn: GankO keitai-ron); a theory…
According to export promotion bureau report for Bangladesh Leather, footwear and allied sector Jul-Nov 2020 export; leather, leather product and leather footwear slowly minimizing gap…
LWG can now offer a temporary solution for when travel restrictions exist and there is no auditor present in the same country as the leather manufacturer wishing…
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is one of the most complete and rigorous scientific tools for measuring a product’s environmental impact. In other word, A Life…
Categories of Risk Risk Category Description Financial risk Risk Associated with financial loss Operational risk Risk associated with organizational strategy or affecting organization at strategic…
PROGRAM DETAILS DELEGATE PROFILE This learning program has been specifically designed to develop the abilities of selected Footwear Exchange’s Campus Ambassador Program. PROGRAM STRUCTURESTRAININGThe core…
Leather sector supply chain is complex and dynamic. Increasing product complexity, out-sourcing and globalization in leather sector of Bangladesh are the reasons that have enhanced…
The HIGG Index is a set of tools that allows brands, retailers and companies of any dimension – at all stages of their sustainability journey…
Understanding BATNA & ZOPA BATNA is an acronym that stands for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement. It is defined as the most advantageous alternative…
Bangladesh Leather, footwear and allied sector steadily coming back track. According to recent report of Export Promotion Bureau total export for the sector is 228.69M…
SUSTAINABILITY It is not easy to measure how conscious or aware consumers are as compared with how they were a few decades ago. However, regardless…
A circular, regenerative process versus A linear, polluting process It is so simple … the difference between a circular, regenerative process versus a linear, polluting process. It describes a core difference…
Regardless of the industry, sector or function Commercial Negotiation is a key skill for Procurement & Supply chain professionals. Procurement & Supply chain professionals may…
What is Campus Ambassador program? Campus Ambassadors are Footwear Exchange’s informal position to students is not working from office and purely task-based assignment as per…
Human rights Human rights are the statutory ways in which individuals expect to and should be treated The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – the…
SMART goal setting is most practiced goal setting process. Everybody knows what SMART stand is. S – Specific / Simple / Sensible Goals that are…
Climate change and sustainability are the topics of the day. The climate change is a real problem that affects the worldwide population and needs to…
NEW GLOBALISATION With the internet and the massification of communication, access to information and knowledge was also facilitated, as most global information flows through mass…
The leather industry has been identified as a priority sector of Bangladesh based on its considerable growth and investment potential. Bangladesh has major advantages in…
General Incentives The following have been updated as per Finance Act 2020. Tax exemption A business in Bangladesh can enjoy tax exemption on a…
IN THE REPORT Sectoral Highlight Leather export report Leather Products export report Leather Footwear export report Others footwear export report Sector HIGHLIGHT Leather, footwear and…
বাংলাদেশের পাদুকা শিল্প সংকুচিত হচ্ছে কিসাইদ শাহীন তৈরি পোশাকের পরই রফতানিতে সম্ভাবনাময় খাত হিসেবে দেখা দিয়েছিল চামড়াজাত পণ্য পাদুকা। কয়েক বছর ধরে রফতানিতে ধারাবাহিক প্রবৃদ্ধি…
The rebalancing of the economy is a trend fundamentally linked to economic growth and to the realignment of powers caused by the dynamics of development.…
THE LEAN is an approach based on thoroughly evaluating any design, manufacturing, distribution, and customer service processes to find what doing rightly and remove or…
Being the shoe lovers, one of the first attraction that me and my wife visited, was the Bata shoe museum Located in Toronto when we…
China was the source for almost two out of every three pairs of shoes exported in 2019. However, its market share has been steadily declining…
Some 15 billion pairs, or 62% of all footwear produced, were exported in 2019. Unsurprisingly, Asia is the origin of most of these exports with…
Nonetheless, there are still important geographic differences in consumption patterns: per capita footwear consumption varies between 1.6 pairs in Africa and 5.6 pairs in North…
Nonetheless, there are still important geographic differences in consumption patterns: per capita footwear consumption varies between 1.6 pairs in Africa and 5.6 pairs in North…
The footwear industry is strongly concentrated in Asia where almost 9 out of every 10 pairs of shoes are manufactured. Asia slightly reinforced its dominance…
Footwear production worldwide has increased by 21.2% since 2010 at an average yearly growth rate of 2.2%. In 2019 the industry slowed down, growing only…
The global leather goods market size is expected to reach USD 629.65 billion expanding at a CAGR of 5.4% by 2025, according to a new report by…
The global market for children’s footwear is expected to grow by $8.65 billion between 2020 and 2024, representing an average annual increase of almost 4…
Brazil’s footwear production could fall by between 21.0 and 29.2 percent this year to 643.4-717.5 million pairs due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
IN THE REPORT Sectoral Highlight Leather export report Leather Products export report Leather Footwear export report Others footwear export report Covid impact analysis Sector HIGHLIGHT…
I have read an article named ‘The New Supply Chain Challenge: Risk Management in a Global Economy’ by FM global through internet and try to…
Due to my job responsibility, lot of time I need to discuss with different people from Bangladesh footwear industry – from investor to top/mid management.…
I met some people who want to invest on footwear manufacturing, and they are new investor. They believe it is not saturated yet like garments…
Recent market surveyed showed that speed (lead-time) and flexibility (adapting changes) become more important than low cost for world footwear retailer and manufacturers in order…
Product design is the first step for any new product. A well designed product has always higher possibility to get success in the market. Whether…
চামড়া সস্তা, জুতা কেন নয়রাজীব আহমেদ পবিত্র ঈদুল আজহায় কোরবানি দেওয়া লাখ টাকা দামের গরুটির চামড়া বিক্রি করতে হয়েছে সাড়ে তিন শ টাকায়। শুধু এ…
