All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 29
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The German shoe industry’s sales grow by 5.9%
The “sneaker hype” again helped boost shoe exports from Germany in 2017. According to federal statistics, exports of sports shoes with textile and leather uppers rose last year by 22.2 percent to 41 million pairs. Overall sales abroad of shoes with textile uppers went up by 17.9 percent and those ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has been handed a default judgment by a...
Salvatore Ferragamo has been handed a default judgment by a New York court in a counterfeit and trademark infringement lawsuit it filed last year against the 60 unidentified holders of dozens of counterfeit-selling websites, after none of the defendants responded to the lawsuit or appeared in court. The court has ...
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Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European...
Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European Union. This is what the General Court of the European Union stated in a ruling on March 14. The EU court said that other shoemakers had seen the design of Crocs' clogs long before the company filed for registration, specifically ...
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A group of investigative journalists led by Mediapart has discovered...
A group of investigative journalists led by Mediapart has discovered a scheme under which Kering may have evaded taxes totalling €2.5 billion since 2002. The bulk of the amount is said to be owed to Italian tax authorities, which started an investigation last November, including €1.4 billion for Gucci and ...
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The European industry needs new people
One of the most interesting events held during the recent Micam Milano trade show was a conference where a group of about 250 students from all over Italy were invited to check out some of the most stimulating opportunities offered to them by joining the footwear industry. They were told, ...
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Ferragamo sees new trends in luxury
The global personal luxury market is estimated to have grown by 6 percent at constant currency rates in 2017 and is expected to register a similar performance in 2018, with the interception of millennials' demand being key for success, according to a market scenario released by Salvatore Ferragamo.The survey indicated that ...
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A good Micam
The organizers of the Micam trade show announced a total of 44,227 visitors in terms of daily entrances at the world's leading event of this kind for the footwear sector at its 85th edition last month, which compares with 44,610 a year ago.Russia regained the first spot in foreign attendance ...
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The newest protectionist measures planned by the U.S. government are...
The newest protectionist measures planned by the U.S. government are triggering complaints on many fronts. Members of Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America are particularly worried about a proposed increase in duties on shoes and other consumer goods imported from China, in response to investigations into the violation of intellectual ...
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Italian shoe production rises by 1.0% in volume
Italy's shoe production inched up by 1.0 percent in volume to 189.5 million pairs and by 1.0 percent in value to €7,748 million in 2017 thanks to higher exports, which absorb about 85 percent of the country's output, according to an estimate released by the Italian shoe industry association Assocalzaturifici, ...
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The shoe industry in the Balearic Islands, and particularly in...
The shoe industry in the Balearic Islands, and particularly in Menorca, where it is traditionally strong, is expected to benefit from an overall plan for the Balearic Islands to boost the manufacturing sector. The plan, which was announced by the President of the regional government, Francina Armengol, on Jan. 22, ...
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Louboutin, best known for its stiletto heels and red sole,...
Louboutin, best known for its stiletto heels and red sole, has suffered a setback in its bid for exclusive rights to put red soles on high-heeled shoes. The French designer went to court in the Netherlands to prevent VanHaren, a Dutch high street shoe retailer, from selling its own version ...
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Cotance, the European Union (EU) leather industry representative body, sent...
Cotance, the European Union (EU) leather industry representative body, sent a letter to Dr. Martens on Jan. 18, in which it complains about the company's references to “leather” in its description of shoes in its current collection, while the shoes are actually made from synthetic materials. In 2017, Dr. Martens ...
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Europe exports more, China’s role declines
Exports of footwear from the European Union to the rest of the world increased by 12.5 percent in the first half of 2017, according to a preview of the World Footwear Yearbook prepared every year by Apiccaps, the Portuguese shoe industry association. The biggest increases were recorded in Germany and ...
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New programs to revitalize skills and jobs in Europe
The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) is activating two new programs intended to prepare European shoe companies for a positive generational change. It is participating with other stakeholders in the broader textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) sector in a strategic four-year project, funded by the European Commission ...
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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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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 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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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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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 ...
