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Deckers' latest lawsuit reveals that counterfeiters of its Ugg brand...
Deckers' latest lawsuit reveals that counterfeiters of its Ugg brand boots typically change the name of their domain or marketplace and move funds offshore as soon they realize that a suit is coming. To counter such tactics, Deckers is asking an Illinois District court to grant certain requests before the ...
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Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the...
Ralph Hanus, 64, is retiring as president of Modeurop, the fashion trends platform of the German Shoe Institute (DSI), after 15 years in the post. The German shoe industry veteran ran for many years Sabu, the voluntary group of shoe retailers. He then worked for Gabor Footwear, running its Camel ...
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Deckers Brands has launched yet another lawsuit, claiming infringement of...
Deckers Brands has launched yet another lawsuit, claiming infringement of Ugg's trade dress rights to its Baily Button design. The defendant in the suit, filed in the New Jersey District Court, is Top Glory, a company in that state. At stake is its Dream Pairs boot, and Deckers indicates that ...
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A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the...
A German labor union, IG BCE, and representatives of the footwear industry reached an agreement on a uniform nationwide collective wage agreement for minimum wages last month. According to the German Shoe and Leathergoods Industry Association (HDS/L), the negotiations bundled both commercial and industrial employees together for the first time ...
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Momad Shoes becomes ShoesRoom by Momad
Spain's national shoe show, Momad Shoes, will be changing its format and venue. Somewhat like Gallery Shoes, the new German shoe show that has replaced the big GDS, the future Spanish shoe show will feature smaller, simpler and less expensive modular stands. Like the new show in Düsseldorf, it will ...
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The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth...
The Portuguese footwear industry will benefit from new investments worth €94.4 million as part of Portugal 2020, the name of the Partnership Agreement between Portugal and the European Commission to promote the country's competitiveness and internationalization. According to data from Apiccaps, the country's shoe and leathergoods industry association, there were ...
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The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research...
The Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), the big French research and training institute based in Lyon, is facing another possible cut in its budget of $820,000 next year. This is part of a series of measures proposed by the French government that would result in total savings of around €10 ...
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Brazil exports less, targets China
Brazil's footwear exports declined by 10.7 percent in volume and by 12.0 percent in value in the first nine months of 2018. They went down to 78.9 million pairs worth $700 million, despite the ongoing devaluation of the local currency against the dollar.Higher exports to Argentina, which became the biggest ...
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The Cambodian garment and footwear industries have a new monthly...
The Cambodian garment and footwear industries have a new monthly minimum wage. The country's Labor Minister has announced that the minimum salary will be $182, which represents a 7 percent increase from the current amount of $170. The new monthly minimum wage will be effective Jan. 1, 2019. In 2012, ...
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Naples will host the World Footwear Congress
The 20 national shoe industry associations that form the Confederation of the European Footwear Industry (CEC) have agreed to hold next year's World Footwear Congress in Italy, the country with the largest and most sophisticated production apparatus on the continent. Micam, the world's largest footwear trade show, will be the ...
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Ron Fromm is retiring at the end of this year...
Ron Fromm is retiring at the end of this year as president and chief executive of the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (Ffany) after four years in the post. A veteran of the American footwear sector, he worked for many years for Brown Shoe Co., now called Caleres, building ...
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Italy’s exports grow faster than expected
Italy's shoe production declined by an estimated 1.2 percent during the first half of this year, according to the country's shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici. While the Italian households' consumption retreated by 1.6 percent during the period, the country's shoe exports went up by 4.0 percent in terms of value.Exports declined ...
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Deckers Brands has sued another brand, Pink Label, for knocking...
Deckers Brands has sued another brand, Pink Label, for knocking off its trade dress rights for its Bailey Button boot
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Argentina has issued new labeling requirements for footwear sold in...
Argentina has issued new labeling requirements for footwear sold in the country that update existing legislation. The new requirements will enter into effect on Feb. 6, 2019. Among these, all footwear must be labelled with the importer's or producer's name and tax identification, or alternatively with a duly registered commercial ...
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Skechers USA and three of its top executives including the...
Skechers USA and three of its top executives including the company's founder, Robert Greenberg, are the targets of a class action suit by shareholders who claim that they were not told the whole story about certain foreseeable logistic costs in China. They also allege that Greenberg sold a considerable number ...
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German shoe exports are on the rise
According to the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, HDS/L, German shoe exports went up by 8.9 percent to €3.5 billion in the first half of the year. In terms of volume, they grew by 6.6 percent to 158 million pairs and the average price per pair rose by 2.2 percent to ...
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Portugal invests heavily in its shoe industry
The Portuguese shoe industry decided in 2013 to invest at least €300 million between 2016 and 2020, or about 15 percent of its estimated added value, to improve its competitiveness at the international level under a strategic plan, called Community Support Framework Portugal 2020, that would be aided by the ...
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The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods &...
The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods & Services Tax (GST) on certain products in the fashion, textile and beauty sectors, including relatively inexpensive shoes. The GST on footwear sold at a price of under 1,000 rupees (€12.6m-$14.3m) will be lowered from 18 to 5 percent. More expensive ...
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Legero’s former boss joins the Josef Seibel group
Rudolph Hampl will join the Josef Seibel group as a new joint managing director in September. Hampl, who is now 53 years old was formerly working as managing director of Legero United. At Josef Seibel, Hampl will be responsible for product development, sales and marketing as well as the restructuring ...
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World shoe production resumes growth
After two flat years, footwear production resumed some growth last year, limited to a rate of 2 percent as compared to 2016, reaching an estimated level of 23.5 billion pairs. The figure is still far from the growth pace of 15.4 percent registered between 2010 and 2014, but it marks ...
