What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | Company registries, environmental permitting authorities (e.g. EU IED permits for tanneries/finishing), trademark and design registries… | Per legal entity, per site permit, per design/trademark filing | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and labour ministries, factories' HR systems, social-audit bodies (SEDEX, Better Work ILO/IFC in Vietnam… | Per factory headcount and wage records; sectoral monthly/annual aggregates | public |
| financial filings | Listed footwear manufacturers (Pou Chen, Feng Tay, Ching Luh, Apache), national company registries, data vendors (Orbis, Capital IQ) | Quarterly/annual per entity; monthly revenue disclosures for Taiwan-listed OEMs | public |
| transactional/sales | Brand owners and contract manufacturers (order books), wholesale/retail customers, POS/sell-through data vendors (NPD/Circana, GfK)… | Per order line / per SKU per week; aggregated market panels monthly by category | purchasable |
| pricing | Manufacturers' price lists and cost sheets, retailers, price-scraping vendors (Edited, DataWeave), commodity price services for… | Per SKU per season for wholesale; daily scraped retail prices; monthly raw… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | E-commerce platforms (Amazon, Zalando, Zappos), review aggregators, social listening vendors (Brandwatch) | Per review per product; daily sentiment aggregates by brand/model | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities, bill-of-lading data brokers (Panjiva, ImportGenius, Datamyne), freight forwarders, UN Comtrade / Eurostat trade… | Per shipment/container with HS 6403-6405 codes; monthly trade flows by country… | purchasable |
| customer demographics | Brand DTC/CRM databases, retail loyalty programmes, consumer panel vendors (Circana, Kantar) | Per customer record; panel-weighted segment aggregates | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Manufacturers' ERP (SAP, Infor), brand supply-chain teams, tier-1/tier-2 supplier lists published by brands (Nike, adidas, Pou Chen factory… | Per SKU per warehouse; supplier factory records per site | partnership |
| energy consumption | Factory energy management systems, utilities, Higg FEM submissions, national industrial energy surveys | Per site monthly (kWh, thermal); metered sub-hourly internally | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Labour inspectorates (OSHA-equivalents), factory EHS records, social audit reports, workers' compensation insurers | Per incident; per factory audit; annual injury rates by site | partnership |
| waste & emissions | Facility environmental reports, E-PRTR / national pollutant registers, brand sustainability reports, Higg Index / Cascale FEM facility… | Per facility per year; per-product LCA for some brands | partnership |
| production output | Footwear manufacturers (ERP/MES systems), national statistical offices (PRODCOM), industry associations such as CEC, FDRA, APICCAPS, CLIA | Per production line/shift and per SKU internally; monthly or annual… | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Brand marketing teams, ad platforms, media measurement vendors (Nielsen, Similarweb) | Per campaign per channel, daily | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Testing labs (SGS, Intertek, TÜV, Bureau Veritas), brand QC teams, EU RAPEX/Safety Gate, REACH/CPSIA enforcement authorities | Per test report per batch/style; per recall notice | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Manufacturers using automated cutting/lasting/injection-moulding machinery, machine OEMs (Desma, Comelz, Atom) with connected equipment | Per machine per second/cycle | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Factory maintenance/CMMS systems, machinery OEM service organisations, mould manufacturers | Per machine/mould per work order and cycle count | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.