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Global footwear brands get their shoes from India
26 Feb '07
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NEW DELHI:
Possibility of Roger Federer or a Maria Sharapova sweating it out on the lawns of Wimbledon in shoes of Indian make is very real.
Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Puma and Fila, international sports footwear companies presently get their shoes manufactured in India through domestic companies such as Lakhani and M&B Footwear.
"We are using 10 percent of our total production capacity for producing shoes, mainly sports shoes, for multinational brands in India. In the coming year, we hope to double volume of production for global brands," said Inder Dev Singh Musafir, Managing Director of M&B Footwear.
M&B Footwear has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing rights for Lee Cooper shoes in India and is targeting a turnover of Rs100 crore by end of this fiscal.
Adidas has spent a lot of time with Indian shoemaker Lakhani Shoes for past few years training and improving processes.
Specialized sports shoes of global brands, manufactured in India is likely to enter international markets in couple of years, expects Gunjan Lakhani, Director Lakhani Armaan.
"The retail boom is going to drive this growth and many Indian footwear companies are investing in technology and capacity addition to drive this growth," he said.
China based company, Apache, the largest manufacturer of Adidas shoes worldwide, is finalizing plans to set up a large facility in south India in coming 12 to 18 months, industry sources say.
Sajid Shamim, Director of Marketing at Reebok India agrees and said that Reebok's Greg Norman line of world-class golf wear were already being made in India.
Organised shoe industry size in India is about Rs3,000 crore of which about 10 percent is used for manufacturing of shoes for global brands.
Possibility of Roger Federer or a Maria Sharapova sweating it out on the lawns of Wimbledon in shoes of Indian make is very real.
Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Puma and Fila, international sports footwear companies presently get their shoes manufactured in India through domestic companies such as Lakhani and M&B Footwear.
"We are using 10 percent of our total production capacity for producing shoes, mainly sports shoes, for multinational brands in India. In the coming year, we hope to double volume of production for global brands," said Inder Dev Singh Musafir, Managing Director of M&B Footwear.
M&B Footwear has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing rights for Lee Cooper shoes in India and is targeting a turnover of Rs100 crore by end of this fiscal.
Adidas has spent a lot of time with Indian shoemaker Lakhani Shoes for past few years training and improving processes.
Specialized sports shoes of global brands, manufactured in India is likely to enter international markets in couple of years, expects Gunjan Lakhani, Director Lakhani Armaan.
"The retail boom is going to drive this growth and many Indian footwear companies are investing in technology and capacity addition to drive this growth," he said.
China based company, Apache, the largest manufacturer of Adidas shoes worldwide, is finalizing plans to set up a large facility in south India in coming 12 to 18 months, industry sources say.
Sajid Shamim, Director of Marketing at Reebok India agrees and said that Reebok's Greg Norman line of world-class golf wear were already being made in India.
Organised shoe industry size in India is about Rs3,000 crore of which about 10 percent is used for manufacturing of shoes for global brands.
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