All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 21
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The German shoe market declines in volume
According to a study conducted by the Institute for Retail Research (IFH) in Cologne together with the BBE, the German consultancy for the retail industry, the German shoe market did not increase in volume from 2017 to 2018.The volume had increased each year since 2012 by an average of 0.7 ...
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Global footwear trade continues to rise
Exports and imports of footwear continued to grow for the second consecutive year in 2018, reaching an all-time record of $142 billion in terms of value, with an increase of 4.3 percent from the previous year. However, they were up by only 0.8 percent in terms of volume and still ...
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The federations of independent clothing and footwear retailers in France...
The federations of independent clothing and footwear retailers in France have announced that they will start discussing a possible merger in September. Run by Jean-François Bessec, the shoe retailers' federation, FDCF, asked the French government in March for ten measures intended to support their businesses in these difficult times.
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 EU reaches a trade pact with Mercosur
Twenty years after the start of negotiations, the European Union concluded on June 28 a trade agreement with Mercosur. While indicating that it may take two years for the deal to be formalized, the European Commission noted that the EU is the first major partner to strike a trade pact ...
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Détente on the international trade front
Three moves on the international trade front that have taken place in the last few days have given the shoe industry and the world economy positive signals in the direction of free trade.While the U.S. decided not to go ahead with a new set of punitive tariffs on imports from ...
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Dangerous smuggled shoes are sold in Ukraine
All the footwear sold in the stores of a Ukrainian retailer, Konfiscat Obuv, could be dangerous to the health of customers, said the Ukraine shoe industry association, Ukrkozhobuvprom, in a public statement, drawing public attention to a serious smuggling problem in the country.According to the association, this company has been ...
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The family-owned Kienast Group has won a bidding race for...
The family-owned Kienast Group has won a bidding race for a strategic investment in the insolvent Schuhpark Fascies chain of shoe shops in Germany. On June 30, the district court of Münster repealed the chain's bankruptcy proceeding, and the creditors of Schuhpark Fascies have now approved the investment from Kienast. As part of ...
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Attendance keeps steady at Expo Riva Schuh
The 92nd edition of Expo Riva Schuh, held June 15-18, attracted more than 12,000 visitors from 111 countries, largely in line with the score a year ago and with organizers' expectations. The trade show had 1,462 exhibitors, of which 266 were Italian and the rest foreign, the largest delegation being ...
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Andrea Tomat, president of Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, has...
Andrea Tomat, president of Lotto Sport Italia and Stonefly, has settled a legal dispute with Gianni Lorenzato, a former shareholder and vice president of Lotto. Lorenzato has agreed to sell his remaining stake of 24 percent in a holding company, NexTB, to Tomat on undisclosed terms. Tomat will thus be ...
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An American creative agency called OffWhite Co. has launched a...
An American creative agency called OffWhite Co. has launched a trademark infringement suit against Off-White, the agency created in 2012 by Virgil Abloh
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U.S. removes India and Turkey from GSP trade program
The U.S. government has pulled India and Turkey out of its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme, which allows thousands of products to be imported into the U.S. without duties. The U.S. is currently reviewing GSP benefits for Indonesia and Thailand.GSP eligibility ended on June 5 for India and on ...
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President Trump’s special diplomacy shakes up the footwear market
American shoemakers are reassessing their sourcing strategies while U.S. President Donald Trump continues to play hardball with the Chinese government, threatening to raise import duties by a further 25 percent on a number products, including footwear, by Aug. 1. If that happens, duties paid on shoe imports into the U.S. ...
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Brazilian footwear is benefiting from the trade war with China
Things seem to be looking up for Brazilian footwear. From January to April of this year, the industry exported 44.16 million pairs valued at $343.8 million, a 9.4 percent increase in pairs combined with a 0.1 percent decrease in dollars. The chief importer was the U.S., which has been purchasing ...
