2024 Merchandising Insights for Footwear Industry

2024 Merchandising Insights for Footwear Industry

From athletic fields to high fashion, footwear, once designed solely for function, has transformed into a global symbol reflecting individual expression and cultural trends, now at the intersection of design innovation, technological advancements, and worldwide commerce.

We analyzed over 1 million footwear from the global fashion market to identify key trends. The analysis revealed the most popular colors, styles and features defining the footwear fashion category.

Using Woven Insights' Market Insights solution, you get easy access to colour, assortment, price and demand insights specific to the fashion industry.

While the research and analysis process would normally take months if done manually, Woven Insights makes real-time fashion retail market and consumer insights readily available to users at the click of a button.

Here is a breakdown of the most popular colours for Footwear items:

The most popular colours for Shoes are Black (33%), White (10%), Brown (5%), Grey (5%), and Blue (4%).

Source: Woven Insights' Market Insights Module

The most popular Sandal colours are Black (27%), White (10%), Beige (6%), Brown (5%), and Pink (5%).

Source: Woven Insights' Market Insights Module

The most popular colours for heels category are Black (28%), White (8%), Silver (5%), Pink (4%), and Red (4%).

Across all fashion brands and retailers around the world, Black and white dominate the color palette with the third most popular color varying significantly.

Source: Woven Insights' Market Insights Module

This suggests that while there is a strong demand for neutral colors, there is also an opportunity for differentiation by offering a wider range of third colors.

Here is a breakdown of the most popular features of items that fall in the Footwear category:

The most popular print and pattern types featured in the footwear category are Leather (36%), Rubber (14%), Suede (8%), Breathable (8%), and Lightweight (7%).

Source: Woven Insights

The most popular season in the footwear category are Summer Time (40%), Winter Time (32%), Spring Time (24%), and Fall Time (8%).

Source: Woven Insights


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