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Inescop, the Spanish technical institute, has set up a working...
Inescop, the Spanish technical institute, has set up a working group to study all the aspects of the children's feet and the manufacture of children's shoes in order to ensure that their use does not involve any risks. Inescop is an active participant in the committees of the European and ...
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Zalando has reportedly recalled 1,500 pairs of women's shoes that...
Zalando has reportedly recalled 1,500 pairs of women's shoes that were found to contain excessive levels of chromium VI, in spite of the company's “General Instructions” to its suppliers. In some cases the amount of chrome VI in the shoes was 13 times higher than the tolerated maximum. Aside from ...
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European importers may be able to recover some of the...
European importers may be able to recover some of the anti-dumping duties that they had to pay for shoes sourced in China and Vietnam. Responding to a complaint filed by a German company, the financial court of Munich has formally asked the European Court of Justice to issue a verdict ...
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A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has...
A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has been inaugurated in the Punjab as part of the Indian government's Leather Development Program for the 2012/17 period, which is backed by total grants of US$158 million. The new campus is set to train between 850 and 1,000 students, starting ...
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Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation...
Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has indicated plans to introduce a new certification program for clothing and footwear later this year to show that their producers have made minimum environmental and social responsibility standards. The program would be voluntary in an initial stage, ...
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The Innovative Footwear Cluster of La Rioja, which groups more...
The Innovative Footwear Cluster of La Rioja, which groups more than 100 companies in one of the most important shoe manufacturing areas of Spain, has obtained the “Bronze Label” for the high quality of its management from the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA). It is the only cluster specializing ...
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The European Parliament is set to vote on April 16...
The European Parliament is set to vote on April 16 on mandatory labeling of imports for shoes and other products imported into the European Union, but Italy's shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, is urging the parliament to bring the vote forward because the date would be the closing day for the ...
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The Russian government has decided to ban exports of raw...
The Russian government has decided to ban exports of raw and semi-finished beef and horse hides for a period of six months to help national shoe manufacturers
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Yves Morin has been re-elected president of the International Union...
Yves Morin has been re-elected president of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC). He remains chief executive of the French Centre Technique du Cuir (CTC), which has been strongly expanding its activities in the Far East lately. UITIC's executive committee has representatives from ten countries. Malek Khelif from ...
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At the opening of the 29th edition of India International...
At the opening of the 29th edition of India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai, on Jan. 31, the chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports, Rajendra Kalan, said the country's leather sector registered an increase in value of 17 percent in the first nine months of the current financial ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo Group said it has discovered and blocked 345...
Salvatore Ferragamo Group said it has discovered and blocked 345 websites and recovered 91 domains using the Ferragamo name to attract potential customers for counterfeit products. Anyone who now arrives at one of the 91 fake domains is automatically taken to a legitimate web page owned by the company, which ...
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the winners of...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) has announced the winners of its second Accelerated Development Programme, its annual mentoring scheme. The selected companies this year are Govan Originals and Gothenburg Boots. The winners were chosen after an interview process from a shortlist of some of the best emerging footwear brands in ...
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The regional sections of Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry federation...
The regional sections of Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry federation that was previously called Anci, are collecting signatures from their member companies to help support the demand for mandatory labels of origin for shoes imported into the European Union. Assocalzaturifici estimates that such a regulation would raise Italy's shoe production ...
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The regional court of Düsseldorf obliged Esprit to pay €900,000...
The regional court of Düsseldorf obliged Esprit to pay €900,000 per year until 2019 to continue to sponsor the Arena in Düsseldorf, which will thus continue to be called “Esprit Arena.” Located across from the Düsseldorf's fairgrounds, the Arena is used for concerts, football matches and other major events. This ...
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Fink Schuhe + Sport, a German retail chain of 54...
Fink Schuhe + Sport, a German retail chain of 54 shoe and sporting goods stores, has applied for insolvency proceedings. A temporary receiver, Georg Bernsau from the law firm of BBL Bernsay Brockdorff, has been appointed, and the company will continue to operate normally. The bankruptcy petition became necessary because ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is looking for...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is looking for a new president and chief executive to take the place Kevin M. Burke, who is quitting the job as of next Jan. 21. Burke has held the post for almost 13 years. Another lobbying organization, Airports Council International, has announced ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation has vigorously reacted to an allegation, made...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation has vigorously reacted to an allegation, made through a website hosted by Yahoo, that Ugg boots are made with skins pulled off from live animals. Deckers states that Ugg doesn't use sheepskin unless it's a byproduct of the meat industry. Unlike mink and other animals that are ...
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Assocalzaturifici has struck a deal with Unicredit to help finance...
Assocalzaturifici has struck a deal with Unicredit to help finance the participation of small and medium-sized members of the Italian shoe industry association in theMicam Milan and other trade shows. The loans may also be granted to fund the production of the orders collected at the fairs.
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Auchan, the big French hypermarket chain, has received a total...
Auchan, the big French hypermarket chain, has received a total fine of €250,000 in a counterfeiting suit launched by Feiyue, the growing French brand of sneakers. Apparently, Auchan used the photo of an authentic Feiyue shoe and bought a lot of copies of the model in various colors, made in ...
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Gucci has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against Guess? in...
Gucci has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against Guess? in China, filed in a court in Nanjing. The Italian brand already had won a suit against Guess? over its Double G logo in the U.S. last year, but another court reverse the decision in May. Similar cases are in litigation ...
