Festive cheer toys, textiles & footwear basking in GST shineSmall businesses are experiencing a welcome boost, with GST rate cuts and the festive season driving demand in sectors like toys, textiles,...
10 Oct, 2025, 12.00 AM IST
Budget 2024: R&D boost, Indian shipping line will give an impetus to exports, says industryWith India’s target of achieving $1 trillion in exports by 2030, introducing policy provisions that give a push to the sector becomes cruci...
19 Jul, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Netherlands pips China on India’s export list, but don’t bring out the champagne yetCommerce ministry data shows the order of export destinations has changed in FY23. But does this reflect the diversification of industry th...
04 Nov, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
Why footwear makers and exporters are divided over quality standardsWhile all stakeholders say the quality control order is beneficial for the industry, manufacturers say the implementation is trampling over...
04 Nov, 2023, 09.52 AM IST
Footwear brand Attitudist aims Rs 100 crore annual sales by 2025Attitudist does not own manufacturing set-up but has partnered over 100 local artisans and craftsmen in and around Agra to make vegan leath...
11 Jul, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
Not so festive: Why winter orders are not bringing in any cheer for exportersMerchandise exports shrunk to 12.7% in April on the back of sluggish demand and recession enveloping major markets. This has led to cancell...
07 Jun, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
Indian leather shines abroad, witnesses' exports boomAs international footwear brands look to source their production needs, and with many also looking to diversify outside of China, the world...
18 Feb, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Agra shoemakers squeezed by costs, fading demandAgra has been India's biggest shoe making centre since the Mughals ruled from the city centuries ago. The local industry, which employs 400...
02 Jun, 2022, 06.47 AM IST
With US-China relations tense, Indian footwear makers are eyeing share in American marketIndia has a minuscule 1% share of the footwear market in the US, but Agra’s exporters are trying to expand their presence in the country, s...
19 Oct, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
Leather manufacturers, traders urge govt to impose anti-dumping duty on Chinese footwear“Even though the import duty on footwear was increased to 35% in 2019, the flow of Chinese footwear has not come down a bit,” Ramesh Juneja...
23 Jun, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
Tanneries in tatters: Country’s leather sector on the verge of collapseWith payments worth crores stuck overseas, the Indian leather sector has been hit hard by the economic fallout of the pandemic. Without gov...
18 Jun, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
German shoe brand walks out of China, sets foot in AgraVon Wellx, owned by Casa Everz Gmbh, has announced the shifting of its entire production in China.
20 May, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
Naukri.com invests Rs 3 crore in ShoeKonnectThe funding will be deployed for strengthening its technology base to scale up operations and expansion in terms of the userbase of footwea...
23 Apr, 2018, 09.38 PM IST
Beef scare hits leather industry hard, many lose jobsThe beef scare is hitting the leather industry hard. Importers from Germany, France, Italy and the US, unsure about supplies from India, ar...
17 Nov, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Agra to host leather, footwear components fair from November 7Around 170 manufacturers from all over India and from Germany, France, Italy, Thailand, Taiwan and Pakistan would put up stalls.
19 Oct, 2014, 02.46 PM IST
- Reliance sees Rs 3,000 cr turnover in footwear biz
Reliance Footprint, the multi-brand footwear format of Reliance Retail, is expecting a turnover of Rs 3,000 crore from 100 stores in the ne...
17 Nov, 2007, 12.33 AM IST
- India targets $7 bn from leather exports
Government said it has set an export target of $7 billion for leather and leather products during the current financial year.
14 Jun, 2007, 06.15 PM IST