Sourcing Upheaval Is Giving Mass Retailers a Reason to Bypass Shoe Wholesalers

Shoe firms manufacturing private label lines for mass discounters could see challenges ahead. For the better part of 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies and reciprocal tariffs have had shoe firms zigging and zagging as they navigated uncertainties connected to duties on imports. And while late summer saw many countries reach an agreement with the U.S. on parameters for reciprocal trade agreements, the last one to do so was China. In that deal, Trump promised not to raise tariffs at least th ...