U.S. retail footwear prices in January climbed 2.0 percent, the most since 2022, according to the latest data report from the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA).
Retail prices for footwear in December 2025 climbed 1.1 percent after easing 0.1 percent year-over-year (y/y) in November 2025. Retail prices have increased in five of the last six months.
“Perhaps driving these footwear prices higher, the average landed, duty-paid cost of footwear imports rose at a double-digit year-over-year rate for the ninth straight month,” said Gary Raines, chief economist at FDRA, in e-mailed comments. “This lengthening streak of sharp gains in landed cost supports our earlier view of price pressure permeating the footwear supply chain that may be reaching store shelves and into footwear shoppers’ pockets. An ominous sign for 2026.”
By category, men’s retail footwear prices climbed 3.4 percent, the most in 20 months; children’s prices were up 1.5 percent last month, the highest gain in more than one year; and women’s retail footwear prices grew 1.1 percent, marking an increase for the sixth straight month.
Image courtesy DSW/ Chart courtesy FDRA
