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The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), in partnership...
The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), in partnership with Elevate Global, has developed a new factory wage map to help footwear firms track in real time Chinese wage rates by city and province. The tool is meant to help footwear companies get better insights on matters related to ...
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Assomac, the Italian association of manufacturers of footwear, leather goods...
Assomac, the Italian association of manufacturers of footwear, leather goods and tanning technologies, has opened the first Italian-Vietnamese Technology Center in Vietnam. The primary objective of the center is to further develop the local footwear industry. Meanwhile, the center features a complete line of Italian machinery and equipment for footwear ...
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Luxury companies can block online sales. This is emerging in...
Luxury companies can block online sales. This is emerging in the unfolding of the dispute between the German unit of Coty, the U.S. maker of beauty products, and Parfümerie Akzente, Coty's distributing partner in Germany, which sells Coty's products on e-commerce sites including Amazon against Coty's wishes. Coty had asked ...
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Politecnico Calzaturiero in Padua, Italy, has recently hosted a group...
Politecnico Calzaturiero in Padua, Italy, has recently hosted a group of 14 designers and footwear technicians from five European countries for a two-week pilot training in luxury footwear manufacturing. The program was made possible by the High End Shoe (HES) project, funded by EU's Erasmus+. Participants from Italy, France, Spain, ...
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Cleto Sagripanti was unanimously re-elected to a second two-year term...
Cleto Sagripanti was unanimously re-elected to a second two-year term as president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) at its general assembly in Venice on June 29. The Italian entrepreneur, who previously headed up the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, wants to continue to promote the digitalization ...
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Vietnam's National Wage Council has decided to raise the minimum...
Vietnam's National Wage Council has decided to raise the minimum wage in the country by 6.5 percent in 2018, representing the smallest increase in 11 years. It will grow to the equivalent of between US$121 and US$175 depending on the region. Vietnam's Labor Confederation had requested an increase of 13.3 ...
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A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit...
A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit by Adidas against Skechers over its Stan Smith shoe go to trial, denying a request by Skechers to overrule the claims. He has accepted most of the claims, though not all of them. In the case, Adidas sued Skechers in ...
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Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has...
Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has elected Fortunato Federico as honorary president. The Portuguese entrepreneur, who controls Fly London and other assets through his holding company, Kyaya, had been the president of Apiccaps for 18 years. He was succeeded in the post by a new president, ...
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Dieter Spiess, president of the Swiss shoe retailers association (SSV),...
Dieter Spiess, president of the Swiss shoe retailers association (SSV), resigned from his office after 33 years at the end of June. Lukas Kindlimann, former vice president of the SSV, will replace him. Sabine Völlmin will remain as managing director. Like Spiess, Kindlimann is a shoe retailer. He runs Schulthess, ...
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Ugg Australia's parent company, Deckers Outdoor Corp., is suing Gap...
Ugg Australia's parent company, Deckers Outdoor Corp., is suing Gap for alleged trade dress and patent infringement. According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Deckers in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on July 5, Gap is sued for unfair competition, trade dress infringement and ...
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Ivanka Trump must testify in a lawsuit over knock-off shoes...
Ivanka Trump must testify in a lawsuit over knock-off shoes against her apparel company. A New York District, Judge Katherine Forrest, rejected the assertion that Trump should be exempt because of the demands on her time as a senior White House official advising her father, U.S. President Donald Trump. Aquazzurra, ...
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The Ivanka Trump brand has rejected charges of abuse relating...
The Ivanka Trump brand has rejected charges of abuse relating to conditions at a Chinese factory, according to a report in Footwear News. Abigail Klem, president of the brand, has stated that its footwear licensee, Marc Fisher Footwear, has not worked with the Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co. since ...
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The Mexican state of Jalisco will be taking action to...
The Mexican state of Jalisco will be taking action to promote the footwear industry. The new president of Jalisco's Chamber of the Footwear Industry (CICEJ), José Isabel Arias Frías, said the agency will promote major projects to support the development of micro, small and medium enterprises in the industry. In ...
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Footwear Friends is moving to a new address in London...
Footwear Friends is moving to a new address in London
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Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has launched...
Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has launched a new campaign to attract young talent in the main production centers of the country's footwear sector. The campaign is entitled “Capture a New Generation of Talents,” and its slogan is “Feeling Sexy – Join the Sexiest Industry in Europe.” ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, voted for...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, voted for a new management at its annual general meeting that was held on May 31 in Düsseldorf. Carl-August Seibel, chief executive of Josef Seibel, was elected as the new chairman, replacing Ralph Rieker, CEO of the Ricosta shoe company, who held ...
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Ed Rosenfeld, the chairman and chief executive of Steve Madden,...
Ed Rosenfeld, the chairman and chief executive of Steve Madden, has been elected chairman of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the main shoe industry association in the U.S., as part of an executive reshuffle. Mike Jeppesen, president of the Global Operations Group and the Wolverine Heritage Group at Wolverine ...
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Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has announced...
Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has announced the election of Luís Onofre as its new president. Onofre, 45, succeeds Fortunato Frederico, who has led the national trade body for the past 18 years. Founded in 1975, Apiccaps is headquartered in Porto. The Portuguese footwear sector exports more ...
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The French Shoe Industry Federation (FFC) has appointed two vice-presidents,...
The French Shoe Industry Federation (FFC) has appointed two vice-presidents, a treasurer and a secretary to work with Claude-Eric Paquin, the former chief executive of JB Martin, who has been confirmed as its president for the next two years. The two vice-presidents are Hubert de Chaisemartin, former president of Plastigom, ...
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The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, and various trade unions,...
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, and various trade unions, Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil, have agreed on a new labor contract for Italy's footwear sector, after a year of discussions. The previous contract expired on March 31, 2016. The new one covers the period from 2016 through 2019, and involves ...
