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The much-awaited free trade agreement between the European Union and...
The much-awaited free trade agreement between the European Union and Vietnam could be signed as early as next month, said José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, during a recent visit to Vietnam. In the past year, Vietnam's total footwear exports rose by 15 percent to nearly $8 billion. ...
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Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail chain...
Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail chain based in San Francisco, DB Shoe Company, for allegd infringement of seven design patents utilized in its GOwalk line
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Mexico intends to impose duties of 25 to 30 percent...
Mexico intends to impose duties of 25 to 30 percent on shoes imported from China and other countries with which it doesn't have a free trade agreement. The country is also reducing the number of entry points for the importation of shoes and the inspection of the cargoes, in order ...
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The nearly 13,500 employees of the German shoe industry are...
The nearly 13,500 employees of the German shoe industry are requesting a 6 percent increase in wages, starting Oct. 1, after previously obtained increases of 2.2 percent in January 2013 and 1.4 percent in March. Represented by their trade association, HDS/L, their employers find their requests much too high. The ...
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Francisco Más Verdú from the department of economics at the...
Francisco Más Verdú from the department of economics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Timoteo de la Fuente from the European Commission's enterprise and industry directorate general have joined three Spanish footwear brands and a supplier of adhesives on the new board of directors of Inescop, the Spanish footwear ...
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Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and...
Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to its global headquarters in London on July 25. The visit by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party leaders was part of an exercise to see examples of flourishing British businesses. Pentland is a third-generation ...
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The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV...
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) and TÜV Süd, the German-based firm specialized in safety testing, have released the Global Footwear Product Safety Guide. The manual, which is claimed to be the first of its kind, covers chemical and physical testing requirements and suggests certain protocols for the ...
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The Wenzhou Shoes Industry Association signed a collaboration agreement with...
The Wenzhou Shoes Industry Association signed a collaboration agreement with Messe Düsseldorf during the recent edition of Tagit!, the new sourcing fair organized at the same time as the GDS. The association brought a delegation of 80 firms to the show, representing the second-largest group from China after that of ...
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The government of the Dominican Republic is sponsoring a program...
The government of the Dominican Republic is sponsoring a program for the free training of 5,000 people to work at new shoe factories being set up in the country, starting in the first quarter of 2015. This is part of a plan to create 400,000 new jobs in the country ...
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Fitflop and Flip Flop have settled a long-standing trademark dispute...
Fitflop and Flip Flop have settled a long-standing trademark dispute in Germany, allowing both brands to coexist in the global shoe market. German court authorities have confirmed the registration of Bernd Hummel's Flip Flop brand, but Fitflop's German subsidiary, Fitwear, will be able to market its own line under the ...
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The Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, and the nation's association...
The Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, and the nation's association of components manufacturers, AEC, have signed a new labor agreement with the unions, leading them to cancel a previously planned strike. Aside from new clauses on flexible schedules and other issues, the new contract calls for wage increases of 1.0 ...
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the appointment of...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the appointment of Jenna Aarons to the new role of events manager, effective June 30. She joins the BFA from her current role of head of marketing and press for Beyond Retro Vintage Clothing. Aarons will take over the management, communication strategy and ...
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The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), the largest...
The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), the largest footwear trade association in the U.S., has released a comprehensive Footwear Production Code of Conduct. The code was created to establish a common, baseline code to help drive uniformity within the footwear industry. FDRA members make up for more than ...
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A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a...
A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a permanent successor to Fabio Aromatici, the dynamic multi-lingual manager who has been running the Italian shoe industry association for the past six years, Assocalzaturifici, and its trade shows. Pending the new appointment, two other managers are taking over his functions ...
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Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for...
Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for infringement of the patent and trade dress rights of its Go Walk line. Skechers had previously launched a similar lawsuit against Reebok.
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Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe...
Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe workers have accepted an improved 8 percent wage increase proposed by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union, with effect from July 1. They will also get an improved annual bonus. About 7,000 workers are employed at 163 shoe ...
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A special performance bonus has been agreed for almost 4,500...
A special performance bonus has been agreed for almost 4,500 workers in the footwear cluster of the Riviera del Brenta near Venice, thanks to strong demand for the shoes made in the area and the high productivity rates achieved. Under an agreement reportedly signed by Acrib, the local associations of ...
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Juanita D. Duggan will become the new president and chief...
Juanita D. Duggan will become the new president and chief executive of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) on July 1, taking the place of Kevin Burke, who left at the end of January after nearly 13 years at its helm. Duggan acted as special assistant to President Ronald ...
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The international CTC Group, which is based in France, has...
The international CTC Group, which is based in France, has appointed a director of marketing and communication, Olivia Seward. A former consultant with Groupe Zebra, a company based in Lyon that advises companies on design and communication to boost their growth, she will directly report to Yves Morin, general manager ...
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) said that funding to help...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) said that funding to help companies increase exports and visit trade shows has been reduced by up to 30 percent for the coming year. While the footwear sector saw a considerable increase in the amount of money available to companies using the Tradeshow Access Programme ...
