All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 18
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Micam becomes more selective
The Milan trade show, which ran from Feb 10 to 13, closed with over 43,000 visitors, in terms of daily entrances, compared with 44,227 in the February edition of 2018. However in terms of individual entries, this edition registered a 2.5 percent increase as a higher number of Italians more ...
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The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president,...
The French shoe retailers' association (FDCF) has a new president, Sandrine Lacotte Garcin. She replaces Philippe Daquai, who served as FDCF's president for six years. Daquai will become honorary president of the association. Lacotte Garcin is the owner of three shoe shops in Marseille, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, in southern France. ...
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Mixed trade figures from Italy’s footwear sector
The latest available trade statistics show that Italy's footwear exports grew by 3.9 percent in value during the first ten months of 2018, while dropping in volume by 6.4 percent. The country exported a total of 176.4 million pairs priced at nearly €8.1 billion during the period. The average export ...
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Mixed figures from the Indian subcontinent
A string of export data from the Indian subcontinent have painted a mixed picture of the recent performance of local leather industries. But overall, regional players are increasingly ambitious and the Indian powerhouse is openly gearing up to lure manufacturing away from China.Bangladesh missed its exports target for footwear, leather ...
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Carlo Ferro, president since January of the Italian trade promotion...
Carlo Ferro, president since January of the Italian trade promotion agency, Ice, indicated that the Italian industry ministry is setting up a national scheme based on blockchain technology to ensure the traceability of Italian products in order to protect brands and fight counterfeiting. Blockchain is a shared database fueled by ...
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GBG takes the Bikkembergs license from Zeis
Zeis Excelsa, the once-flourishing and now troubled Italian shoemaker from the Marche region, has lost the Dirk Bikkembergs footwear license to the big Hong Kong-based Global Brands Group (GBG). The license agreement starts with the 2019-2020 autumn/winter collection. GBG has already worked with other fashion brands including Calvin Klein, Juicy ...
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Christian Louboutin has won a long-running legal battle over its...
Christian Louboutin has won a long-running legal battle over its famous red soles with Van Haren, a Dutch footwear brand. In 2012, Louboutin initiated a trademark infringement lawsuit against Van Haren after it launched a collection of high-heeled shoes featuring red soles. The French shoe designer argued in their complaint ...
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Kering said that an audit carried out by Italian tax...
Kering said that an audit carried out by Italian tax authorities claims that the French group owns €1.4 billion in corporate taxes for activities carried out in the country by its Swiss Luxury Goods International (LGI) subsidiary between 2011 and 2017. The audit relates to an investigation on fiscal matters ...
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The new free trade agreement between the European Union and...
The new free trade agreement between the European Union and Japan became effective on Feb. 1, and it will have a significant impact on European shoe exports. The Economic Partnership Agreement, also referred to as Jefta, immediately eliminates over 90 percent of tariff duties on European exports, gradually increasing the ...
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The planned free trade agreement between the European Union and...
The planned free trade agreement between the European Union and Vietnam is in the doldrums. According to our sources, the draft of the agreement is practically ready, but it will be very hard for the European Commission to get it translated into all the languages of the EU for approval ...
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On Jan. 31, Mexico reduced to 20 percent its maximum...
On Jan. 31, Mexico reduced to 20 percent its maximum tariff on footwear imported from countries with which it lacks alternative trade agreements, including China. The decision has drawn criticism from Mexico's footwear industry. According to Luis Gerardo González, president of the Guanajuato Footwear Industry Association (CICEG), the lower tariff ...
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Expo Riva Schuh holds steady
The 91st edition of Expo Riva Schuh, held Jan. 12-15, attracted about 13,000 visitors, roughly in line with the numbers registered a year earlier. The tally includes the visitors to the two main fairgrounds of the international trade show: the Gardabags show near Lake Garda, which was in its second ...
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A new chairman with a modern vision will head up India’s CLE
Aqeel Ahmed Panaruma, chairman and managing director of Florence Shoe Company in the state of Tamil Nadu, became on Jan. 17 the new chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports, taking the place of Mukhtarul Amin. Sanjay Leeka will serve as vice chairman.The organization, which is sponsored by the Indian ...
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Brexit or no Brexit, the industry wonders
The European shoe industry has been thrown into a period of increased confusion and uncertainty about future strategies by the overwhelming defeat by the British Parliament last week on the agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May had painfully negotiated with the European Commission on the terms of the U.K.'s divorce ...
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Brazilian shoemakers are optimistic
The recent election of a new president in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is expected to improve the country's battered economy and to generate more competition by opening up the Brazilian market, says Heitor Klein, executive president of the Brazilian shoe industry association, Abicalçados.He says the cost of making shoes in Brazil ...
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The Provincial Court of Madrid has ruled against JD Sports...
The Provincial Court of Madrid has ruled against JD Sports in the lawsuit it filed in February 2016 against the Spanish chain Oteros Sport over the “Sneakers for All” logo. Founded in 1995, Oteros operates 25 stores under the “Sneakers for All” name, selling sports apparel and shoes, and 60 ...
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Celebrating its 120th anniversary, the British Footwear Association (BFA) has...
Celebrating its 120th anniversary, the British Footwear Association (BFA) has relaunched its website, featuring a searchable database of British footwear companies. Members get information on BFA reports, apprenticeship programs and the organization's lobbying efforts. A series of articles will be released each month about the 12 decades of the BFA, ...
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Ukrainian shoe industry sees threats in growing foreign trade
In the first ten months of 2018, Ukraine exported shoes worth $149 million, 23.1 percent more as compared to the same period of the previous year, says the Ukraine Light Industry Association (UkrLehProm). It pointed out, however, that the country's international trade in the sector is bringing not only opportunities, ...
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The tax evasion inquiry involving Gucci, part of the Kering...
The tax evasion inquiry involving Gucci, part of the Kering luxury conglomerate, is reportedly leading to a formal request for a trial. According to reports by Reuters, which quote “a judicial source,” Milan prosecutors have wrapped up their investigation into alleged tax evasion of around €1 billion, paving the way ...
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A customer, Sherry Foster, has filed suit in New York...
A customer, Sherry Foster, has filed suit in New York District court against Skechers, claiming that the batteries in her son's S-Lights sneakers leaked and gave him second-degree burns. She is attempting to gain class certification for all buyers of footwear containing Ni-Cad batteries since Nov. 7, 2015. The suit ...
