Retailers establish World Shoe Trade Organisation
Footwear retailers from all over the world have decided to form a large global organisation, the World Shoe Trade Organisation. The launch of the group was announced recently in
The new organisation was founded through an agreement involving retailers’ associations from 15 European countries (coordinated by CEDDEC – the European Confederation of Specialist Footwear Retailers) and will include amongst others, two leading retail organisations in the United States (the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America - FDRA, and the National Shoe Retailers Association - NSRA) along with the Brazilian Footwear and Leathergoods Retailers’ Association (ABLAC).
Massimo Donda, president of CEDDEC, will initially coordinate the organisation, which will be structured over the forthcoming months and will be headquartered in
