US Footwear Group Sees Risk of Product Shortages
Matt Priest, president & CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, says companies in the sector are seeing a lot of orders getting cancelled, particularly for products sourced from China, as the tariff war escalates. He discusses how the trade war is affecting the footwear industry and consumers on Bloomberg: The China Show. He speaks with David Ingles and Annabelle Droulers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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