shoe industry
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2.5
- noun
- /ʃuː ˈɪndəstri/
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industria del calzado
- If the window had not been broken, the shoe industry (or some other) would have received six francs' worth of encouragement; that is what is not seen.
Examples
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He learned the ins and outs of the shoe industry by working in several different companies over the years.
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For example, in the shoe industry, better shoes may be made in place of inexpensive shoes that sell at five or six dollars a pair.
Academic text (1991) -
It was it's, it's almost kind of worse than that because, you know, it's common in the shoe industry, unfortunately, to have these reduction classes.
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The athletes typically are sponsored, always sponsored, by only the shoe industry.
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Does any country have an industrial policy to create an embryonic shoe industry or an embryonic chair industry?
Academic text (1995) -
In the severe squeeze on profits, competitive collectivism in the shoe industry gave way to fierce competition.
Academic text (1998) -
I don't think you all realize that Steve Madden is the hottest person in the women's shoe industry, with orders going through the roof at every department store in North America right now.
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The shoe industry is constantly evolving to meet consumer demands for comfort and style.
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Many innovative companies are entering the shoe industry, offering sustainable options made from recycled materials.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the business sector involved in making and selling shoes' is directly and compositionally derived from 'shoe' (foot covering) + 'industry' (sector producing goods). This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic compounding pattern in English and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun shoe industry joins shoe, what you wear on your feet, and industry, the work done by many people or factories, to give a clear picture of shops, workshops, and machines making shoes. That's why it means 'the business of making and selling shoes'.