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Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an...
Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an organization that belongs to the German shoe industry association, HDS/L, through its Deutsche Schuhinstitut. She has decided to continue to predict fashion trends and to provide advice to shoe designers and buyers through her own new company, the Fashion Trend ...
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Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a...
Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Myanmar, one of the lowest-cost sourcing alternatives to China. Employers object that the proposed increase to $3.53 (€2.95) a day from March onwards is far too high, imposing a heavy burden that will ...
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The Russian government is pushing for the use of barcodes...
The Russian government is pushing for the use of barcodes on footwear, starting on June 1 with a voluntary test conducted by Zenden and other major Russian shoe retailers. An alternative project for the use of RFID chips has been dropped, at least for the time being. The use of ...
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Christian Louboutin has been awarded damages by the Delhi High...
Christian Louboutin has been awarded damages by the Delhi High Court in a case for infringement of trademark of its famous red sole by Kamal Family Footwear and Adra Steps, two dealers in women's footwear in Delhi. Louboutin had found Kamal and Adra Steps using its signature design “red sole” ...
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The Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) is urging the government to...
The Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) is urging the government to improve infrastructures and reduce taxes to make the local footwear industry more competitive and attract new investments. Projecting an increase of only 6 to 7 percent in the country's shoes exports in 2018, remaining below the 10 percent growth level ...
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Little growth for Italy’s shoe industry
The revenues of the Italian footwear industry rose by an estimated 2.1 percent in the first nine months of this year, while production went up by 0.7 percent in volume, according to its trade association, Assocalzaturifici, but the third quarter was largely flat.The latest available trade statistics for the first ...
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End of the rope for Rebeca Sanver?
Florencia Marco, the Spanish shoe company that owns the brands Rebeca Sanver, To Be and Pimientos, is reportedly facing liquidation after being given bankruptcy protection from its creditors last Sept. 19. Officials of the company and its judicial administrator, Carlos Felipe Ros Álvarez, could not be reached for comment, but ...
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Gucci was swept up in a tax dragnet when police...
Gucci was swept up in a tax dragnet when police raided its Florence office and Milan head offices at the end of November. The fast-growing Italian fashion house, owned by Kering, issued a statement after La Stampa, an Italian daily newspaper, reported that police spent three days searching the offices ...
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Indian children stitch shoes for the global market
Children as young as eight are reportedly missing school to labor in hazardous conditions in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, to supply shoes for the global market. A report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA), iMentor and the Stop Child Labour Coalition (SCL), investigated conditions and called on ...
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Internet marketplaces lose a case in the ECJ
A ruling issued by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg in favor of Coty earlier this month could help build up a case for other brands premium or luxury brandsagainst the unauthorized sale of their products on third-party online retailing platforms like Amazon or eBay.Asked for its opinion ...
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Frank Boehly has been re-elected for a three-year mandate to...
Frank Boehly has been re-elected for a three-year mandate to lead the French Conseil National du Cuir (CNC). Claude-Eric Paquin, president of Fédération Française de la Chaussure, and Jean Pierre Gualino, chief executive of ATC Tannery Chemical and president of the French Comité Professionnel de Développement Economique Cuir Chaussure Maroquinerie ...
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A court in Neubrandenburg opened insolvency proceedings for Anika Schuhhandels...
A court in Neubrandenburg opened insolvency proceedings for Anika Schuhhandels GmbH on Dec. 1. Christian Plail, an attorney with SGP Schneider Geiwitz, was named trustee. In a letter to its suppliers, the German shoe retailer confirmed orders for the spring/summer 2018 season and their financing. A decision will be made ...
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Amazon is facing legal problems in Europe
Birkenstock's action against Amazon in Europe comes will the American online giant is getting other types of legal challenges. The French government has filed a complaint in the Paris Tribunal de Commerce, charging that it is abusing its dominant position with some suppliers. It is seeking a fine of €10 ...
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A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and...
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc of countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) is unlikely to be concluded before the end of this year, as previously expected. The negotiations have been going on for almost two decades. According to Reuters, the European Commission ...
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Deckers Brands is taking new action against websites and online...
Deckers Brands is taking new action against websites and online marketplace that sell counterfeit Ugg products, seeking to have their domains and accounts seized even if the operators cannot be identified. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asks for it to order ...
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The Czech Leather and Footwear Association (COKA) has been accepted...
The Czech Leather and Footwear Association (COKA) has been accepted as the 12th member of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) at its general assembly in Brussels, commencing in January. Hungary had become a member last year. With the addition of the Czech Republic, CEC will represent almost ...
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The Indian government is reportedly getting ready to support the...
The Indian government is reportedly getting ready to support the leather manufacturing sector. As part of this program, the sales tax for finished leather is set to decline from 12 percent to 5 percent, and the tax on leathergoods and leather garments from 28 to 18 percent. Other measures will ...
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Italy’s shoe exports recover in the CIS area
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, reports an excellent response to the Italian shoemakers' collections shown at the recent Obuv Mir Kozi fair in Moscow and the Shoes from Italy exhibitions organized in concert with the Italian Export Commission (Ice) in Almaty and Kiev.Ice has given further assistance to the ...
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Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against...
Aquazzurra has dropped the counterfeiting suit it had launched against Ivanka Trump one year ago, alleging that the brand's licensee, Marc Fisher, had copied the design of one of its sandals. It could not be determined whether the two parties have reached an out-of-court settlement
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J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line....
J.M. Weston is launching Ultra Weston, its most luxurious line. The Ultra Weston collection, which the brand describes as a “celebration of the quintessence of shoemaking savoir-faire,” includes four models featuring special details such as petit point stitching in pearl grey, hand-painted sole arches and hand-pegging with W decoration.
