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As shown in the report, the market potential for footwear is expected to reach $206,773.48 million by 2005. The distribution of the world market, however, will not be evenly distributed across regions. Europe will be the largest market with $63,982.44 million or 30.94 percent, followed by North America & the Caribbean with $45,651.07 million or 22.08 percent, and then Asia with $42,808.39 million or 20.70 percent of the world market. In essence, if a firm targets these top 3 regions, they cover come 73.72 percent of the world wide demand for footwear.