Luxury shoe sales were depressed over the last several years, but a Bain & Co.-Altagamma luxury goods study expects improvement in 2026.

Following years of depressed sales, luxury brands are expected to see an uptick in their shoe sales starting in the back half of 2026.

That’s according to the spring update of the Bain-Altagamma Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Report, which also said luxury shoe sales were flat for the first half of 2026.

“Footwear is the category that suffered the most in the last couple of years,” Claudia D’Arpizio, senior partner and global head of fashion and luxury at Bain, said in an interview on Wednesday. D’Arpizio is also a co-author of the report. “We expect a rebound, maybe starting from the second half of this year. It’s a category where there is a lot of strategic focus from the brands and the [luxury] industry overall.”

By: Footwear News