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In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their...
In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their respective memberships, the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) merged at a joint annual meeting in Chicago. As of Jan. 1, 2020, they will be known as the Leather and Hide Council of ...
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Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new...
Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new chairman of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association (PEMA) until September of next year, replacing Hassan Javed. His election comes at a time when Pakistan's exports are growing briskly. More than 60 percent of the exports are due to Servis, a ...
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British shoemakers lose their footing with Brexit
British shoemakers, like much of the country's economy, are largely unsettled by the uncertainty created by the ongoing saga of the U.K.'s planned departure from the European Union, known as Brexit.A soap opera that witnessed a new twist on Saturday, when the British parliament voted an amendment that could postpone ...
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The Cambodian workers of the textile and footwear sectors will...
The Cambodian workers of the textile and footwear sectors will see the minimum wage rise to $190 per month in 2020, representing an increase of 4.4 percent
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Micam will highlight contract manufacturing
Assocalzaturifici, the powerful Italian shoe industry association, is studying the project of a match-making process for future editions of its Micam trade show, to foster better connections between Italian contract manufacturers and potential clients from all over the world. As it was last month, the fair will also continue as ...
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Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with...
Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with Converse. An International Trade Commission judge found that Skechers' Twinkle Toes and its BOBS designs did not violate the trademark rights of Converse's Chuck Taylor midsole. According to Skechers, the judge also ruled that Converse's trademark had not acquired any ...
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Italian shoe output drops by 2.3%
The rate of decline is softening. Italy's shoe production fell by 2.3 percent in volume in the first half of 2019, compared with a 3.3 percent decline for the whole of 2018, when the output totaled 184.3 million pairs. The trend is expected to remain roughly the same for the ...
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The Italian government is expected to grant €20 million to...
The Italian government is expected to grant €20 million to €30 million in aid to financially distressed shoe companies in the areas of Fermo and Macerata, in the Marche region, naming it a “complex crisis area.” Regional authorities and other various funds are expected to participate in the program. Hit ...
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German shoe retailers recover amid online growth
German shoe retailers' sales grew by 2.5 percent in the first half of this year, recovering from the decline last year, which was due to unfavorable weather, according to the Federal Association of Shoe Retailers, BDSE.The weather played a role again in the growth, according to BDSE's president, Brigitte Wischnewski, ...
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Rick Helfenbein is resigning as president and chief executive of...
Rick Helfenbein is resigning as president and chief executive of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) on Dec. 31. Stephen Lamar, the association's executive vice president, will replace him the following day. Helfenbein has spent 14 years at the AAFA, serving for two years as chairman and for four years ...
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Russia may drop preferential taxes for shoe retailers
All the shoe stores in Russia must be transferred to the common tax regime under a draft bill that has recently passed first reading in the Russian Parliament. They would not be eligible any longer to just pay a single small tax of 15 percent on their profits or to ...
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Germany exports more outsourced shoes, imports less from EU
The revenues from the sales of footwear made in Germany, a large portion of which consists of safety and sports shoes, increased by 2.8 percent in the first six months of 2019 to €1.60 billion. As last year, they were essentially driven by the domestic market, where sales by manufacturers ...
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Uzbekistan targets full self-sufficiency in footwear
Uzbekistan is meeting almost 100 percent of the domestic demand for men's shoes and 70 percent of the domestic demand for women's shoes, according to recent comments by Dilobar Zufarovu, a spokesperson for the national shoe industry association. Moreover, the national government has indicated its support for new protectionist measures. ...
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While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10...
While confirming its intention to impose an additional punitive 10 percent import duty on many still unspecified footwear categories and other products originating in China, the administration of President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 13 a postponed implementation for some of the products from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. There ...
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The partners behind the “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint” have...
The partners behind the “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint” have announced that the European project has entered its second phase, according to the Confederation of the European Shoe Industry (CEC). Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers across Europe are invited to contribute to defining qualification profiles and to shape the ...
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Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute...
Skechers and Adidas have reached a settlement in their dispute over footwear stripes. A filing by Skechers on July 29 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California asked for the dismissal without prejudice of a lawsuit brought by Adidas, which had claimed that Skechers' Goldie-Peaks shoe infringed its Three Stripes ...
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Assocalzaturifici announces new board roles
Assocalzaturifici, Italy's shoe industry association, has announced new roles on its executive board, following the election of Siro Badon as chairman of the organization earlier this year, previously reported in Shoe Intelligence (Vol. 21 n°7,8 of 18/04/2019). Badon's tenure, which will run through 2023, started at the recent annual meeting ...
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Brazil exports more footwear to the U.S.
Brazil shipped some 58.3 million pairs of shoes, worth $480.7 million, in the first half of 2019, according to the Brazilian footwear-industry association, Abicalçados. Compared with the same period of 2018, this represents an increase in volume of 5.3 percent, but a decrease in value of 1.3 percent.In June, the ...
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A new head for the Brazilian shoe industry
Haroldo Ferreira has become the new executive president of Abicalçados, Brazil's association of footwear manufacturers. The 52-year-old manager has been dealing with Abicalçados for some time as president of the Union of Footwear Companies in Brazil's state of Bahia. He was offered the post late last year by Rosnei Alfredo da ...
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The chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE), Shri...
The chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE), Shri P.R. Aqeel Ahmed, led a delegation of 14 industry representatives to East African countries – including Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – from July 21 to July 27. The visit was part of a series of initiatives to promote bilateral trade ...
