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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 ...
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Cleto Sagripanti, president of the European Confederation of the Footwear...
Cleto Sagripanti, president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), recently met Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, to lobby for the reindustrialization of the footwear sector and the conclusion of new free trade agreements by the European Union. For the European shoe industry, FTAs with Japan ...
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Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU)...
Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU) Parliament are urging the European Commission to propose binding human rights rules for all the players in the apparel supply chain. The Members of the Committee have suggested a series of measures including: a binding due diligence system based on ...
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Portugal's footwear industry and trade unions have signed an historic...
Portugal's footwear industry and trade unions have signed an historic agreement that formally establishes, for the first time, equality of salary for the women and men working in the industry. Women must now receive the same wage as their male counterparts when they carry out the same work at the ...
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The new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the...
The new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada, which was recently approved by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, could have positive repercussions on Italy's footwear industry. The vote of the Canadian Parliament is scheduled for this coming April. The agreement will then have ...
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Argentina is introducing new regulations for footwear and textiles. Manufacturers...
Argentina is introducing new regulations for footwear and textiles. Manufacturers and importers of these goods are now required to present a Product Composition Sworn Declaration (DJCP) to the Bureau of Trade of the Ministry of Economy and Production in which they describe the percentage composition of the fibers, or of ...
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The European Commission has released the results of a custom...
The European Commission has released the results of a custom investigation showing that companies in the U.K. committed “large-scale fraud” by declaring false prices for shoe imports from China. The findings were made public on March 7 within the ongoing debate on the terms of the Brexit, although the investigation ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) has obtained...
The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) has obtained funding from the European Commission under its Erasmus+ program for a new project to establish a qualification profile for “luxury footwear manufacturing technicians.” A few companies will be invited to follow selected modules for the related training program in a ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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DJP Holdings has reached a settlement with Donald J. Pliner,...
DJP Holdings has reached a settlement with Donald J. Pliner, founder and former designer of the eponymous brand, and his wife, Lisa Pliner, in a lawsuit filed against the couple last year. DJP Holdings, the new parent company of Donald J Pliner footwear lines, filed a suit against the Pliners ...
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The European Union (EU) is supporting the footwear industry in...
The European Union (EU) is supporting the footwear industry in Pakistan with a new e-learning tool on shoe-pattern making in Urdu. The tool was inaugurated by Anne Marchal, the EU deputy head of mission to Pakistan, alongside the Pakistan Mega Leather Show 2017 in Lahore on Jan. 29. Marchal handed ...
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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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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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Deckers Brands has attacked H&M in a federal court in...
Deckers Brands has attacked H&M in a federal court in Los Angeles, charging that boots sold in its stores imitate Ugg's Bailey Button style
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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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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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 ...
