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Veja has announced a lawsuit against Primark for copying the...
Veja has announced a lawsuit against Primark for copying the design of its V 10 Extra White Nautico Pekin sneakers. The trademark of the V 10 shoe consists of the “V” on the upper area of the shoe, a rubber sole and insole, upper and panels in leather, the word ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has appointed Gary...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has appointed Gary Simmons, director of Intradeco Apparel, as its new chairman. He replaces Thomas Glaser of VF Corp., who is stepping down at the end of his one-year term.
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The Eighth Commercial Court (Juzgado de lo Mercantil número 8)...
The Eighth Commercial Court (Juzgado de lo Mercantil número 8) of Madrid has ruled that Scalpers' white vintage-style sneakers are not a “disloyal copy” of Adidas' Stan Smith sneakers. As the court explained, there are many similar sneakers on the market, the Stan Smith model does not enjoy a “competitive ...
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Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the...
Italian footwear manufacturers operating in the industrial cluster of the Marche region have launched a “Shoes Valley” project, which aims to entice local entrepreneurs to join forces and to promote their region. The project, which has the support of local authorities, replicates similar initiatives already undertaken in the neighboring region ...
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Luís Onofre is CEC’s new president
Luís Onofre, the fashion designer who heads up the Portuguese shoe and leathergoods industry association, Apiccaps, has been elected as the new president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), which represents more than 21,000 companies employing over 278,000 people all over Europe.He will take over the reins ...
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CEC kicks off with a new Erasmus program
The European Confederation of Footwear Industry (CEC) has announced the start-up of a new research project under the European Erasmus+SciELD program entitled “Footwear in the 21st century: New skills for the design of drastically improved comfort, sustainable, fashion-oriented and scientifically-led footwear products,” which aims to find new methods of assessing ...
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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 ...
