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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Italy made 5% fewer shoes in Q3
Italy's shoe production fell by 5.0 percent in volume in the third quarter of 2018, resulting in a 2.4 percent decline for the first nine months of the year, according to a survey released by the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici.The association noted that domestic demand was not showing any ...
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The European Commission has approved a set of free trade...
The European Commission has approved a set of free trade and investment agreements with Vietnam, submitting them to the member states and the European Parliament for final endorsement. Under the free trade agreement, both Vietnam and the European Union will eliminate 99 percent of their import duties on each other ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoemakers, expressed satisfaction with the...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian shoemakers, expressed satisfaction with the European Parliament's approval on Dec. 12 of the European Union's free trade agreement with Japan. It will reduce Japanese import duties on footwear from 30 percent to 21 percent when it is implemented, most likely by Feb. 1. They will ...
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Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian footwear manufacturers, is supporting a...
Assocalzaturifici, the association of Italian footwear manufacturers, is supporting a project called “Chi semina raccoglie,” the Italian for “You reap what you sow.” The project is organized by Ca'leido, an Italian non-profit association that helps autistic children. Assocalzaturifici will help build a new facility for autistic children in Altivole, a ...
