FDRA Q4 Survey of the Top 100 shoe executives shows supply chain challenges and trade policy have caused a direct drag on future retail sales forecasts.

Key takeaways include:

  • A 20 percent decrease in shoe sales growth expectations by executives for Q1 and Q2 2022 compared to last quarter’s survey;
  • 67 percent reported production and supply chain costs is the biggest issue their companies will deal with over the next six months, a share that has risen for the third straight quarter; and
  • Nearly 90 percent of respondents expect shoe retail prices to continue to increase over the next six months.

To read the survey results, go here.