Footwear
Footwear surpasses Womens as the Hot Product Category for 2010, According to Off Price Shows Interactive Floor Plan
The Quarterly Product Search Report on OffPriceShow.coms Interactive Floor Plan typically shows that womens as the most searched-for category. But the 4th Quarter 2009 Report lists footwear as the leader among categories.
From September 21 December 21, 2009, there were 1,566 product category searches made by buyers and merchandisers on the shows Interactive Floor Plan (fueled by Map Your Show). 9.8% of the searches were for footwear, followed by 5.93% for womens.
The rest of the top products searched for include childrens (5.87%), accessories (4.34%), mens (4.21%), branded (3.95%), denim (3.76%), handbags and licensed are tied at 3.70%, and girls, jewelry/watches and juniors are tied at 3.12%. In all there were 54 product categories searched.
"In 2010, we are looking to add more footwear. Flip flops have performed quite nicely for us this year, and we anticipate that they will do even better for next Spring, Summer and Fall. Theyre a big hit with the kids."
David Abbate
Lady Rose Shops
New York
The Off Price Show has at least 50 vendors in each show that carry below wholesale footwear, including companies like 79 South China Import, Bordan Shoe Company, Cheng's Trading, F.A.P. Footwear, Mankofsky Shoe Comany and others that specialize in quality wholesale footwear brands.
As one of the two fastest growing categories in the Off Price Show, check our Exhibitor Search and Interactive Floor Plan, as well as our online magazine, THISISOFFPRICE.COM for new footwear exhibitors and the latest wholesale footwear news.
