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Weak exports from Bangladesh’s leather industry
Bangladesh's leather industry recorded an 8.7 percent decline in its export revenues to $837 million for the ten months ended on April 30. This was well short of the turnover needed to meet the government's target of $1.1 billion for the fiscal year ending July 31.According to the Bangladesh Tanners' ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, and a...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, and a German trade union, IG BCE, concluded last month a new collective labor agreement, valid until 2025, for the German footwear industry. In September 2016, IG BCE had terminated all collective agreements as well as wage and salary agreements for the ...
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Russia is not ready for shoe tags
Russian footwear manufacturers and retailers are asking the federal government to postpone the introduction of compulsory tagging of all shoes on the domestic market with RFID chips. The new regulations, which are slated to come into force on July 1, were partly meant to crack down on sales of fake ...
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At his recent meeting in Paris, Modeurop honored MD Sadiq...
At his recent meeting in Paris, Modeurop honored MD Sadiq of India's Central Leather Research Institute for 25 years of steady collaboration in its color meetings, giving the 54-year-old manager a special cup. As at its previous sessions, Sadiq supplied more than 500 samples of leather in different colors from ...
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Two Spanish labor unions, UGT Fica and CCOO Industria, have...
Two Spanish labor unions, UGT Fica and CCOO Industria, have come to a preliminary consent with Fice, the Spanish shoe industry federation, for a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement to cover Spain's footwear industry. Among other points, the parties have agreed to annual wage raises of 2 percent, payroll disbursement in ...
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Régis Feuillet has been elected as the new president of...
Régis Feuillet has been elected as the new president of the French Shoe Industry Federation (FFC), replacing Claude-Eric Paquin. He is the managing director of Richard Pontvert, the French company that manufactures and sells the Paraboot line of shoes, using its own recently modernized factory in France. He joined the ...
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Kering reached a settlement with the Italian tax authorities totaling...
Kering reached a settlement with the Italian tax authorities totaling €1.25 billion, the highest ever agreed by a corporation in Italy and a little lower than what had been expected. The dispute concerned profits and transfer prices applied between 2011 and 2017 by the group's Swiss subsidiary, Luxury Goods International, ...
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Italy's powerful shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, designated Siro Badon as...
Italy's powerful shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, designated Siro Badon as its new president for the next four years at a meeting after last month's World Footwear Congress in Naples. He was the only candidate for the job, replacing Annarita Pilotti of Loriblu from the Marche region. Badon is the president ...
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Louis Vuitton is accusing Belle International with imitating the design...
Louis Vuitton is accusing Belle International with imitating the design of one of its sneakers
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Deckers Brands has been awarded damages of $450,000 by a...
Deckers Brands has been awarded damages of $450,000 by a Chicago District Court in a three-year-old lawsuit against an Australian company, called Australian Leather, which has been using the Ugg trade name, claiming that it is a generic reference to a certain type of Australian boots. The court found that ...
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The distinctive sole of Converse shoes cannot be patented in...
The distinctive sole of Converse shoes cannot be patented in the European Union. The General Court of the EU has endorsed an earlier verdict by the EU's Intellectual Property Office that invalidated a 3D trademark for the sole requested by the brand. Carrefour opposed its registration in 2010. Three other ...
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Lower foreign sales by German shoe companies
The growth of the German footwear industry weakened considerably in 2018, weighed down by lower sales abroad, according to an annual report by the Federal Association of the German Footwear and Leathergoods Industry (HDS/L), presented at last month's Gallery Shoes fair in Düsseldorf.In 2018, the total sales of German shoe ...
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The Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre (CTCP) has established two testing...
The Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre (CTCP) has established two testing laboratories – one at its headquarters in São João da Madeira, south of Porto, and another in the town of Felgueiras, northeast of Porto – to help designers develop and test prototypes and sample collections. The labs are intended primarily ...
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The Indonesian Footwear Industry Development Center (BPIPI) has established the...
The Indonesian Footwear Industry Development Center (BPIPI) has established the Indonesia Footwear Creative Competition (IFCC). The IFCC intends to promote footwear as a promising industry for young Indonesians casting about for a profession. It comprises three competitions. The footwear design competition is looking for innovative designs brought to life through ...
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German shoe retailers hope for a better year
The first few months of 2019 were promising for German shoe retailers, with a combined sales increase of 16 percent in January and February alone, followed by a relatively good month of March. Last month, the retailers' sales were 9.8 percent higher than in March 2018, when they had shown ...
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Siro Badon, an Italian specialist in private label footwear, was...
Siro Badon, an Italian specialist in private label footwear, was endorsed as the new chairman of Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, at a meeting held just after the end of the World Footwear Congress in Milan earlier this month. He was the only candidate for the post, and his ...
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Unic, the association that represents the Italian tanning industry, has...
Unic, the association that represents the Italian tanning industry, has acquired a stake in SprintItaly through Lineapelle, a subsidiary of Unic. The €4 million investment will see Unic own 2 percent of Sicit's capital.
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) has appointed a new chief...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has appointed a new chief executive, Lucy Reece-Raybould, who has been with the Company of Master Jewellers since 2010. She replaces John Saunders, who retired from the post a few weeks ago after serving in the role since November 2015.
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Tom Ford has been appointed as the new chairman of...
Tom Ford has been appointed as the new chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). He will replace Dian von Fustenberg, who is leaving CFDA after a 13-year tenure at the helm of the organization alongside Steven Kolb, CFDA's chief executive. Ford's appointment will take effect on ...
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At its recent annual executive summit in Washington, D.C., the...
At its recent annual executive summit in Washington, D.C., the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) named the winners of its survey-based awards. Wolverine Worldwide was the year's top all-around performer, while Shoe Carnival was the first top performer in e-commerce. Ben Sasse of the U.S. Senate, a Republican ...
