RETAIL BUYER’S GUIDE
S K AT E S H O E S S S 23
VANS
With the seasons changing and the nights getting longer, brighter shoes are back to accompany the lighter months ahead. We take a look at all things skate shoes with our SS23 Skate Shoes Retail Buyer’s Guide by Dave Morgan.
MARKET The general consensus is that the market is gradually returning to normal functionality, even with the war in Ukraine impacting obviously more than just the material aspects of the industry. The economy is suffering due to this too, but it seems that the market is still pushing on. Globe’s Senior Footwear Designer, Morgan King mentioned their concerns on the current Covid issue now in China, and hopes it won’t have effects on Fall22, but as we all know by now, we live in a rather unpredictable time and it’s still rather challenging to plan for the future. Simone Satragno, Marketing Manager at C1RCA said that even though “the market once again seems good, the real issue now is with shipping costs and delivery times.” Ronnie Mazzei - CEO at Fallen Footwear did say however
“Tech shoes are making a comeback, big pants are still pumping which means larger silhouette shoes, especially mid and hightops” David Atkinson, Vans
that, “we source from China, and it looks like lockdown is still on trend there. This has affected us a lot in the past year, so for Spring 23 we’re moving all of the calendar 30 days ahead.” Bas Janssen, EMEA Sr. Sales and Marketing Manager at Etnies made a very worthy observation, saying that “stock is catching up on demand generally which isn’t a 25
