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50 Italian brands take part in trade fair held in Kazakhstan
Fifty Italian brands are taking part in La Moda Italiana@Almaty, an event organized by the Italian footwear association, Assocalzaturifici, in partnership with the Italian fashion industry association, Ente Moda Italia, and with the collaboration with the Italian furriers’ association, AIP, and the Italian leather goods association, Assopellettieri. The event also ...
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ArticleItalian self-assessment ESG program to start beta trials
A software package allowing the self-assessment of companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) performances is scheduled to be rolled out for beta tests at several Italian companies over the coming weeks. The indicative number of companies involved in the trials could be four to six, according to the developers of ...
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Assocalzaturifici's general manager to leave on April 5
Tommaso Cancellara, the general manager of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici, will be leaving on April 5 to join Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) and manage their wholly-owned North American unit, IEG USA. Cancellara also oversaw Assocalzaturifici’s Milan-based trade show Micam. Assocalzaturifici still has to announce Cancellara’s replacement. IEG noted that ...
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ArticleItalian shoemakers ask for aid to mitigate the impact of Ukrainian war
The Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici is asking for state aid to mitigate the negative impact Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on business. “We feel like we are back in March 2020, in the middle of the pandemic,” said the president of Assocalzaturifici, Siro Badon, during a roundtable at Micam, ...
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ArticleItalian footwear industry revenues rise more than expected in 2021
Revenues of Italian footwear manufacturers rose by 18.7 percent in 2021 to €12.7 billion, according to an estimate made by Confindustria Moda’s research center. The estimate is above a prior forecast of a 16.2 percent rise for 2021, but remains 11 percent below the revenues achieved in 2019, the last ...
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ArticleItalian shoemakers' revenues seen rising 16.2% in 2021
Revenues for Italian footwear manufacturers is expected to rise by 16.2 percent in 2021, but would remain about 10-15 percent below the levels registered in 2019, before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey carried out in October by Confindustria Moda’s research center among the members of ...
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ArticleItalian footwear industry faces 2 years of M&A activity
The Italian footwear industry could undergo a couple of years of “significant” merger and acquisition activity as foreign investors, especially French and Chinese firms, large Italian groups and investment funds seek specialized manufacturers, according to Tommaso Cancellara, general manager of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici. “Foreign investors are welcome because ...
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ArticleItalian footwear output rises 12.9% in H1
Italian footwear production rose by 12.9 percent in the first half of 2021 against the same period in 2020, when the industry was affected by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. But, output remained 26.3 percent below the level seen in the first half of 2019, according to data from ...
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ArticleItalian footwear production down 6.4% in Q1
Despite a 47.9 percent year-on-year surge in output in the month of March, Italian footwear production fell by 6.4 percent in the first quarter compared with the previous year as the industry continued to be affected by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decline reached 29.9 percent when compared ...
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Italian shoe makers renew labor contract to end 2023
The Italian association of footwear manufacturers, Assocalzaturifici , and the unions Femca-Cisl , Filctem-Cgil and Uiltec-Uil signed a new labor contract, replacing the one that expired on Dec. 31, 2019. The new contract, which concerns about 80,000 workers and nearly 5,800 companies, will start retroactively from Jan. ...
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Italian footwear industry beyond “critical level”
The situation of the Italian footwear industry is beyond the “critical level” because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Siro Badon , the chairman of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici . Last year, the production of Italian shoe makers fell by 27.1 percent in volume and ...
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ArticleItalian footwear production down by a quarter in 2020
Footwear production in Italy fell by 24.6 percent in value to €6,023 million in 2020 and by 27.1 percent in volume to 130.5 million pairs due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data released by the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici . Overall revenues for the ...
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ArticleItalian fashion industry still expects sharp declines in H1
The Italian fashion industry still expects sharp declines in sales during the first two quarters of 2021, after falling by 26 percent in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey released by Confindustria Moda , the umbrella association which comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups ...
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ArticleBrexit will lift the cost of exporting Italian shoes to the U.K.
Brexit will inevitably increase the cost of exporting Italian shoes to the U.K., explains Siro Badon , chairman of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici , in an interview with Shoe Intelligence . But, fortunately, the U.K.’s departure of the customs union and single market has not significantly affected the supply ...
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ArticleItalian shoe makers hit by Christmas shopping restrictions
The Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici warned that restrictive measures introduced over the Christmas shopping period in various countries to combat the propagation of the Covid-19 virus will have “serious repercussions” on an already weakened industry. In Italy, the government had to reintroduce restrictions with the resurgence of cases and even ...
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ArticleMost Italian shoe makers expects sales to fall by more than 20% this year
More than two-thirds of Italian shoe makers expect their revenues to fall by over 20 percent this year, assuming no worsening of the Covid-19 situation this autumn. In a survey carried out in July by Confindustria Moda ’s research center, and released by the footwear association Assocalzaturifici , showed ...
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Moda Made in Italy show cancelled
The Moda Made in Italy footwear trade show, that was scheduled to be held Sept. 27-29 in Munich has been cancelled. The March edition of the show had already been abandoned due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Italian footwear association, Assocalzaturifici , which organizes the event, said that ...
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ArticleCirillo Marcolin takes over presidency of Confindustria Moda
As planned, Cirillo Marcolin has taken over the rotating presidency of Confindustria Moda , the umbrella organization of the Italian fashion industry, replacing Claudio Marenzi . Confindustria Moda comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups the textile and apparel firms operating in the country; Assocalzaturifici , the ...
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ArticleItalian shoe exports down by 9.2% in value in Q1
Italian shoe exports fell by 9.2 percent year-on-year in value to €2.43 billion in the first quarter of 2020, and by 14.7 percent in volume to 52.7 million pairs as the industry was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data released by the footwear association Assocalzaturifici. In March alone, ...
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ArticleHow are retailers managing excess stock in Covid-19 times?
Managing stock has always been a tricky part of any business. But it becomes even more so when demand evaporates overnight as occurred with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns worldwide, prompting manufacturers and retailers to be nimble and explore various different solutions.
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