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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 8, Richard Utting, Loake

2020-03-20

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How do makers of classic shoes succeed internationally? What are the important success factors, and the pitfalls? How strong is the British shoe heritage around the world nowadays, and what do the growing competition from Spanish, Portugese and Asian-made welted shoes mean? These are some of the topics that Richard Utting, Export Manager at one of Englands largest makers of Goodyear welted shoes, Loake, talk about in episode 8 of the Shoegazing Podcast.

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News – New shoemaking school

2019-12-08

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Next year, a new, comprehensive and very practical shoemaking education will start in the US, which will enable more people to easily get into the desired place in the shoe industry without having to piece together their own education.

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Reflection – The fashion houses impact on the quality shoe industry

2019-11-22

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The big luxury fashion houses often get a lot of crap from us in “menswear” and classic shoes. Sometimes well deserved, but they also do a lot of good. In fact, as things stand today, we probably would have had significantly fewer really good shoes in the world without them.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 2, Yohei Fukuda

2019-09-18

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

For the second episode of the Shoegazing Podcast, I met the famous Japanese bespoke shoemaker Yohei Fukuda, who besides making some of the finest shoes in the world, also have been very successful with creating a brand image, something quite difficult especially for small bespoke shoemakers. It’s around this topic we focused our discussion.

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Reflection – New turn for the leather industry

2019-08-28

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The past few years the demand for regular cowhides has dropped dramatically, and in some places one has started to burry the hides since no one wants them. The reason is that more people want so-called vegan leather, the interest in leather shoes decline in general, and more. So far, premium skins have been spared, but the question is whether this trend will reach here as well.

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In-depth – Why shoes can be copied

2019-08-24

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Every manufacturer of quality shoes has their versions of the classic models – plain cap toe oxford, semi brogues, adelaides, and so on – but also when someone launches a slightly different design you will soon see more or less copies of these from other manufacturers. Here is the explanation for why it is this way.

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Reflection – Brexit’s effect on Northampton

2019-01-13

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Denounced staff, factory workers who are sent home because of lack of job, concerns about the future. Parts of the shoe industry in Northampton is already affected by the uncertainty caused by Brexit and UK’s goodbye to the EU, combined with other factors.

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In-depth – Different business models

2018-12-28

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

There are many different business models that a shoe brand can work with, where everyone has their different advantages and disadvantages. Here I go through these, and also make up with some old myths that often are spread around some of them (not selldom by brands that use a specific business model and want to promote this).

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News – Free-trade agreement between EU and Japan from February

2018-12-16

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Now it’s settled, the world’s largest free-trade agreement, which concerns 30 percent of world trade, between the EU and Japan. It will enter into force in two months, in February, and means that all customs duties are immediately removed on Japanese shoes sold in Europe, and stepped down the other way. Here I go through what it means for the shoe industry in each region.

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Reflection

Reflection – Tougher times await

2018-03-04

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Since 15-20 years, the trend for the classic quality shoe market has been steadily on the rise, and in the last few years factories have been on at full throttle, lots of new brands have appeared on the market, and the number of stores selling this type of shoes are more than for many decades. However, a lot is pointing towards the fact that tougher times await the industry.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 8, Richard Utting, Loake

News – New shoemaking school

Reflection – The fashion houses impact on the quality shoe industry

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 2, Yohei Fukuda

Reflection – New turn for the leather industry

In-depth – Why shoes can be copied

Reflection – Brexit’s effect on Northampton

In-depth – Different business models

News – Free-trade agreement between EU and Japan from February

Reflection – Tougher times await

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