US footwear sales, 2005-2007

NPD released 2007 sales results for the US Footwear Market. The dollar volume sales for the total US footwear market (combined fashion and athletic footwear) totaled 44.4 bln dollars.

  Sales Growth Growth
Market 2005 2006 2007 2006 vs. 2005 2007 vs. 2006
Footwear Market 41,765,960 43,656,840 44,364,590 5% 2%
Men’s 15,979,110 16,823,720 16,766,900 5% 0%
Women’s 20,666,970 21,364,670 21,945,470 3% 3%
Children’s 5,119,878 5,468,445 5,652,223 7% 3%
Source: The NPD Group