Nov 7 (Reuters) - Steven Madden executives said
on Thursday the company was working quickly to shift product
sourcing out of China to other countries after Donald Trump's
U.S. presidential election victory.
In February, Trump said if he came to power, he would impose
tariffs on China again, which could exceed 60%, putting a lot of
strain on retail companies that heavily rely on imports from the
region.
Steven Madden executives said on a post earnings call the
company had already been working on the potential scenario that
would lead it to move good out of China more quickly, and been
developing factory bases in other countries such as Cambodia,
Vietnam, Mexico and Brazil.
"Just under half of our current business would be
potentially subject to tariffs on Chinese imports (if Trump
decides to impose tariffs when he takes office in January)," a
company executive said.
"Our goal over the next year is to reduce the percentage of
goods we source from China by approximately 40% to 45%," the
executive added.
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by
Shinjini Ganguli)