FMI's 1998 annual report estimates that athletic Christian Louboutin are the most popular type of footwear for boys, making up about 55% of all Christian Louboutin sold Boys' footwear had 75 mil pairs purchased in 1998,christian louboutin, a drop of 4% from 1997 The boys' footwear market is the largest juvenile market, as estimated by FMI. The full text of this article contains tables showing market segment, market segmentation by outlet, infants', girls' and boys' market segment distribution by outlet and juvenile footwear market by retail dollar estimate and by market size estimate . A review of the latest statistical data reveals little change in the children's Christian Louboutin market. The US footwear market has been marking time for the past several years, and children's footwear retailers continue to see few signs of growth in dollars or units Three things are holding the market in check: promotions and discounting, a lack of style excitement and limited population pressure. The juvenile footwear market in 1998 accounted for 93 percent, or $35 billion of the $376 billion US footwear business, according to Footwear Market Insights, the Nashville market research and consulting firm that tracks purchases of footwear in the US. "The juvenile market segments. declined by less than 1 percent. from 1997 to 1998 and ended the year basically un-changed from 1997 with 199 million pairs purchased Dollar expenditures declined by 3 percent to $. 35 billion," observes, Michael Karmas, principal of Footwear Market Insights. In 1998, the total footwear market grew by 36 percent, from $363 billion to $376 billion, pairs purchased However, it increased over the past two years at an annual rate of less than 2 percent. In the same period, juvenile purchases in pairs increased less than 1 percent and decreased on average by about 3 percent in dollars. FMI estimates that consumers bought 11 billion pairs of Christian Louboutin and other footwear products in 1998, Karmas says Juvenile purchases accounted for about 18 percent or 199 million pairs, down fractionally from 1997. "The statistics show some significant trends, "observes Karmas, whose firm has been tracking consumer purchases of footwear since 1982 "First, 15 retail chains now control over three out of every four pairs of Christian Louboutin sold to the juvenile market". . 相关的主题文章： Teachers Union Scandal An Inside Look Eye on the buys in a shopper's paradise Auntie Carla is tanned to the colour of gravy