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Using the money usually budgeted for Christmas presents, Assocalzaturifici has...
Using the money usually budgeted for Christmas presents, Assocalzaturifici has donated ten new beds for patients at a regional hospital of Fermo, in the Marche region where many shoemakers operate, following the earthquake that struck several times the town of Amandola and other towns in the region between August and ...
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Hungary is the 11th country to be represented by CEC,...
Hungary is the 11th country to be represented by CEC, the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry, led by Cleto Sagripanti. On Dec. 15, CEC general assembly in Brussels formalized the membership of the Association of the Hungarian Light Industry (AHLI), which represents manufacturers of shoes and components through ...
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Inescop, the Spanish institute for footwear research, will work with...
Inescop, the Spanish institute for footwear research, will work with the Arsutoria design school to present and demonstrate its design software at international fairs. Arsutoria's teachers have been holding courses at Inescop since the 1990s.
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Juan Carlos Fernández de Salort, chief executive of Pons Quintana,...
Juan Carlos Fernández de Salort, chief executive of Pons Quintana, the footwear brand in the Spanish island of Menorca, is to take up a parallel role as the first-ever president of the organizing committee of the Momad Shoes exhibition in Madrid, which became an independent trade show in 2013. He ...
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Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of...
Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), will assume the title of chief executive of the Washington-based association, which he joined in 2009
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The victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections is...
The victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections is not helping the footwear line of his daughter Ivanka Trunk, which is marketed by Mark Fisher. Shoes.com, the North American online shoe retailer, pulled the line out of its website after a Californian marketing specialist, Shannon Coulter, launched a boycott ...
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A new Italy-China Fashion and Creative Council has been established...
A new Italy-China Fashion and Creative Council has been established to promote the relations between the two countries in the fashion and design sectors. The first committee was launched on the occasion of Expo Milano last year. The project is backed by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, the Italian ...
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The Court of Appeals in the U.K. has confirmed that...
The Court of Appeals in the U.K. has confirmed that the sale of grey market goods, also known as “parallel imports,” is now subject to criminal liability under the country's trademark laws. Parallel imports are authentic goods bought outside of a maker's intended chain of distribution and imported to compete ...
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According to reports in the local media, the Indonesian government...
According to reports in the local media, the Indonesian government may raise excise taxes on exports of unprocessed and semi-finished leather to restrict sales abroad, amid a shortage of the raw material locally. The excise taxes currently range between 15 and 16 percent. The amount of the possible tax increase ...
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Sioux reached an out-of-court settlement with the German Olympic Sports...
Sioux reached an out-of-court settlement with the German Olympic Sports Association, DOSB, and German Sport Marketing (DSM) resolving the dispute about the termination of the sponsorship agreement between DSM and Sioux. The sponsorship contract with DSM was supposed to run to Dec. 1. Sioux dismissed the claim made by the ...
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Several reports published in the last few weeks suggested that...
Several reports published in the last few weeks suggested that the European Union was going to impose new anti-dumping duties of 16.5 percent on certain non-athletic leather shoes from a number of suppliers in China and Vietnam. Following consultations with the Confederation of the European Footwear Industry (CEC) and other ...
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Airwair International has sued an American supplier of women's footwear,...
Airwair International has sued an American supplier of women's footwear, Wanted Shoes, claiming that it infringed its trademarks for the design of the outsole and upper of one of its Dr. Martens models, the Platinum Bootie. The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Northern California.
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Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, was at the opening of...
Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, was at the opening of the exhibition “Crafting the future,” which will be at Milan's Museum of Cultures (Mudec) until Oct. 13. The exhibition, supported by Italy's Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Agency (Ice), is a showcase of Italian craftsmanship and design, ...
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Louis Vuitton has won in the trademark lawsuit filed by...
Louis Vuitton has won in the trademark lawsuit filed by New York-based LVL XIII Brands and its founder Antonio Brown in July 2014. The plaintiff alleged Louis Vuitton sold footwear that was “confusingly similar” to its own. The suit centered on the rectangular toe places that appear on both brands' ...
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Ricosta is participating in a German government program for development...
Ricosta is participating in a German government program for development of innovative projects at three Ukrainian stitching factories that work for the children's shoe company. The project will run until the spring of 2018. Ricosta is also working together with three other companies in the sector to develop a dedicated ...
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Miguel Angel Martinez has been made chairman and director of...
Miguel Angel Martinez has been made chairman and director of Inescop, the Spanish research institute for the shoe industry
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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A U.S. judge has dismissed part of a counterfeit goods...
A U.S. judge has dismissed part of a counterfeit goods lawsuit against Alibaba Group related to claims filed by some luxury brands. The lawsuit, which was filed list year by Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and other brands, alleged that the Chinese e-commerce company and 14 merchants on its platforms ...
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Cotance, the organization that represents the tanning industry in its...
Cotance, the organization that represents the tanning industry in its relations with the European Commission, has elected Thomas Bee as its new chairman for the 2016-18 period. Representatives of Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the U.K., Portugal, Sweden, Rumania and Austria, which took part for the first time, participated in the ...
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The European Commission has expanded the EU Ecolabel scheme to...
The European Commission has expanded the EU Ecolabel scheme to include a series of new sectors including footwear, along with computers and furniture. The EU Ecolabel was established in 1992 to distinguish products and services with reduced environmental impact, as the label guarantees that all stages of production meet the ...
