Shoe business

Reflection – Don’t be fooled by the “no middlemen” marketing

2020-07-12

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An increasing amount of new brands are introduced which all market themselves as offering shoes comparable to much higher-priced shoes, since they “cut out the middlemen”. This, is more or less just false advertising. These brands themselves are the middleman, and the difference in actual margins compared to the traditional quality shoe brands are small. Here’s why.

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Reflection – How corona affect the shoe industry

2020-06-14

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

It’s certainly a special spring that we all have been through. The impact that the coronavirus has had on the whole society is huge, and for an industry like the manufacturing of quality shoes, it’s meant a whole new reality. Here’s an overview of what has happened to this industry this far, and some thoughts on what might come next.

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Reflection – Improve sustainability

2020-05-29

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The world of quality shoes is in general doing well in many regards when it comes to being sustainable and environmentally friendly. There’s still several areas where things can be improved though, some thoughts around this in today’s article.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 10, Jonathan Church, Cheaney, about leaving private label production

2020-05-22

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Cheaney has more than doubled their turnover and earnings the past decade, after Jonathan and William Church took over the company and moved it away from private label production to producing shoes under its own name, and also selling these themselves to a larger extent. Hear about this topic, the Prada buyout of Church’s, Brexit and more in episode 10 of the Shoegazing Podcast.

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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 9, Robin Chang, about Asian-made quality shoes

2020-04-24

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The Asian quality shoe industry, outside Japan, is much more evolved than what most Westerners tend to believe. And more is happening – fast. In this episode, we hear shoe expert Robin Chang, founder of the Taiwanese shoe store Oak Room, talk about Asian-made classic shoes.
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Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 8, Richard Utting, Loake, about succeeding internationally

2020-03-20

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

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.

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, about brand building

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.

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.

Reflection – Don’t be fooled by the “no middlemen” marketing

Reflection – How corona affect the shoe industry

Reflection – Improve sustainability

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 10, Jonathan Church, Cheaney, about leaving private label production

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 9, Robin Chang, about Asian-made quality shoes

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 8, Richard Utting, Loake, about succeeding internationally

News – New shoemaking school

Reflection – The fashion houses impact on the quality shoe industry

Shoegazing Podcast – Ep. 2, Yohei Fukuda, about brand building

Reflection – New turn for the leather industry

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