Latest News Briefs – Page 238
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Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to...
Footwear sales in the U.S. are not growing. According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the demand in 2017 is set to grow at its slowest rate since the 2008 recession. Sales between January and July have been flat with 2016. Faced with struggling sales, shoe stores ...
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French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,”...
French women consider September, the annual back-to-school season or “rentrée,” to be the ideal month to renew their wardrobe, including their shoe closet. This is the opinion of 40.5 percent of the French women, a percentage that climbs to 54.2 percent when looking at the group aged 18-29, according to ...
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Sterling Footwear in the U.S. has been fined $1.57 million...
Sterling Footwear in the U.S. has been fined $1.57 million in unpaid duties plus interest for “grossly negligent” product misclassification. The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled in favour of the U.S. government, finding that the shoe importer incorrectly classified 337 of 363 entries of footwear between 2007 and 2009. ...
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Starting in Poland, partners in a program called “Shoes Made...
Starting in Poland, partners in a program called “Shoes Made in EU: The European Shoemaker,” are launching an online course promoted by the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) and funded by the European Commission. Shoemakers and young students are encouraged to register for free to access the material ...
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Cambodia's footwear and garment workers have won an 11 percent...
Cambodia's footwear and garment workers have won an 11 percent increase in monthly wages to top off an 180 percent increase in pay over six years. Trade union representatives, government officials and footwear and garment workers recently agreed that from the start of 2018, the minimum salary will rise from ...
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Brussels has continued its crackdown on tax avoidance by big...
Brussels has continued its crackdown on tax avoidance by big multinationals by ordering Amazon to repay €250 million in illegal state aid to Luxembourg. The penalty issued earlier this month, follows on from the record €13 billion demanded from Apple for Irish back-taxes last year, in a case that is ...
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Colombia has suspended a 35 percent tariff surcharge on shoe...
Colombia has suspended a 35 percent tariff surcharge on shoe imports from the Mercosur region. Columbia is currently an associated country of the trade bloc. The Brazilian Footwear Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados) welcomed the decision by Colombia's Ministry of Commerce to end the Colombian Decree 1744. Brazil exported to Colombia around ...
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Cotance (Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of...
Cotance (Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community) is urging the European Commission to implement specific regulations on leather authenticity labelling within the EU market. The topic of “leather authenticity” was part of the agenda of Cotance's Autumn Council on Oct. 6. According to the ...
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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear with annual...
Digel, a big German brand of tailored menswear with annual sales of more than €100 million and a presence in 45 countries, has launched its own line of footwear, made primarily in India and China. Shown for the first time at theMicam in Milan last month, it will be offered ...
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A.F. Vandevorst has announced that it will discontinue its ready-to-wear...
A.F. Vandevorst has announced that it will discontinue its ready-to-wear line to concentrate on shoes. The founders and designers of the 20-year-old Belgian fashion label, An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx, said they will now focus on more extensive footwear collections, with a strong focus on craftsmanship, and on apparel capsule ...
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Joya has launched its first limited edition of 365 pairs...
Joya has launched its first limited edition of 365 pairs of women's shoes and 365 pairs of men's shoes, being sold by only ten dealers, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The Swiss company is currently sold at 1,200 stores, with dealers in Russia, Greece and Kuwait joining the distribution network ...
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J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line....
J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line. The Ultra Weston collection, which the brand describes as a “celebration of the quintessence of shoemaking savoir-faire,” includes four models featuring special details such as petit point stitching in pearl grey, hand-painted sole arches and hand-pegging with W decoration.
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Gianvito Rossi is launching its first men's collection and is...
Gianvito Rossi is launching its first men's collection and is opening two new men's boutiques to house the new line. The shoes of the new men's 2017 collection are said to be made from specifically naturally-tanned leathers. The new men's boutiques of the Italian luxury shoe designer will open at ...
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Fabletics is launching its first shoe collection. The retailer will...
Fabletics is launching its first shoe collection. The retailer will offer 11 styles of athletic and lifestyle shoes including training shoes, booties, slip ons, high tops and lifestyle sneakers. The footwear capsule collection will be exclusively available to members on Fabletics' e-commerce site in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, France, ...
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Hewlett Packard has stepped into the footwear market with FitStation,...
Hewlett Packard has stepped into the footwear market with FitStation, a system for 3D foot-scanning, dynamic gait analysis and personalized shoe production. Powered by HP hardware and software, FitStation captures 500 measurements per second to create a one-of-a-kind digital profile of each foot. Hewlett Packard has worked with a group ...
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More than 1,500 guests turned up at the celebration of...
More than 1,500 guests turned up at the celebration of Analpa's 25th anniversary in Moscow a few weeks ago, coming from Russia and many foreign countries including the U.K., France, Germany, China, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates. Leading celebrities and key figures from the fashion world participated in the ...
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Realizing the strong potential it has for the development of...
Realizing the strong potential it has for the development of its brand in China, where it enjoys a 50 percent recongnition rate, Birkenstock participated in the recent Shanghai Fashion Week with a special event on Oct. 13. It presented a special edition of embroidered loafers designed in collaboration with a ...
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An Oscar-winning actress, Emma Stone, will become the face of...
An Oscar-winning actress, Emma Stone, will become the face of Louis Vuitton for the next two years for a figure reported to be $10 million. LMVH had reportedly been chasing Stone for a year and the actress will now appear in television campaigns, as well as in advertisements and at ...
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For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the...
For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the Best UK Family Business of Excellence award from Ernst & Young as part of its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Founded in 1932, Pentland is a third-generation family-owned company that employs 28,000 people across 20 countries. It has received ...
