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Thailand has started talks about a bilateral trade agreement with...
Thailand has started talks about a bilateral trade agreement with the European Union, similar to the one recently signed by the EU with South Korea and Singapore. Meanwhile, mirroring developments in China, some 10,000 migrant workers in Thailand have not returned to their jobs at the country's shoe factories and ...
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An Italian bankruptcy court rejected last Feb. 28 the proposal...
An Italian bankruptcy court rejected last Feb. 28 the proposal made last October by Lones, the parent company of Fly Flot, for a settlement with its creditors, but officials of the company said the rejection was due to an inappropriate presentation of the preliminary proposal, which called for the reimbursement ...
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Crocs has revealed that it is being investigated by federal...
Crocs has revealed that it is being investigated by federal authorities in the U.S. and Mexico in relation to its suspected failure to pay a total of $36.3 million worth of taxes and import duties during the 2006-10 period. The U.S. Customs & Border Protection agency is charging that Crocs ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear brand,...
W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear brand, have put an end to their disputes regarding Gore's Surround technology and have agreed on a settlement in the case. After Gore's introduction of Surround to the market in 2009, there have been legal quarrels between the two companies in ...
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Cambodian trade unions representing over 335,000 workers have rejected an...
Cambodian trade unions representing over 335,000 workers have rejected an 18 percent wage increase, equivalent to US$11 monthly, offered by apparel and footwear factories. Union groups reportedly called the offer too law to accept due to the rising cost of living in the country. The proposed raise would have brought ...
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HDS, the German shoe industry federation, wants to upgrade the...
HDS, the German shoe industry federation, wants to upgrade the presentation of the members' interests outside Germany. An important step in this direction was taken last July with a cooperation agreement with the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation, Fesi. The two organizations want to recover some of anti-dumping duties paid by some their members on imports of ...
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The British Footwear Association changed its management structure at the...
The British Footwear Association changed its management structure at the end of last year, following the retirement of its previous secretary, Elaine Davis. The BFA, which continues to develop new activities under its very dynamic chief executive, Richard Kotter, has created the post of general manager and assigned it to ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced in his State of the...
U.S. President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address last week the start of discussions with the European Union about a so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership that would go beyond the classic format of removing tariffs and opening markets. A high-level working group is being set ...
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Anci is supporting “Napoli Shoes,” a project in which footwear...
Anci is supporting “Napoli Shoes,” a project in which footwear companies in the area of Naples, in the south of Italy, are joining forces in a network to reinforce competitiveness. The project, which is also backed by local authorities, currently involves 15 companies, combining total revenues of €150 million and ...
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The Spanish Association of Footwear Components (AEC) has written to...
The Spanish Association of Footwear Components (AEC) has written to the country's central tax authority to complain about delays in refunds of the value added tax (VAT) to exporting companies. According to the association, some of its 600 member firms are owed a combined total of more than €6 million. ...
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According to the Swedish press, a Swedish court has ruled...
According to the Swedish press, a Swedish court has ruled that Mats Nilsson, chief executive and owner of Vagabond, is guilty of taking roughly SEK 3.8 million (€0.4m-$0.6m) in undeclared income during the 2005-09 period. The Swedish tax authorities accuse Nilsson of avoiding taxation by utilizing a complex setup of ...
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A new technical and professional hub for the footwear industry...
A new technical and professional hub for the footwear industry will be built in Vigevano, near Pavia, in Italy's northwest. The project has been officially launched with the signature of a letter of intent by representatives of local authorities, Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano, and Anci. The hub will be ...
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India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has announced a plan...
India's Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has announced a plan to build a testing laboratory at the leather cluster of Ranipet in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The laboratory, which will test the quality of the exports prior to shipment, is currently under construction. According to the Indian Department ...
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The Italian shoe industry association, Anci, is supporting “Napoli Shoes,”...
The Italian shoe industry association, Anci, is supporting “Napoli Shoes,” a project in which footwear companies in the area of Naples, in the south of Italy, are joining forces to form a network intended to reinforce competitiveness. The project, which is also backed by local authorities, currently involves 15 companies, with ...
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Abicalçados and Assintecal, the Brazilian associations of shoe manufacturers of...
Abicalçados and Assintecal, the Brazilian associations of shoe manufacturers of suppliers of materials and components, launched a new « Sustainable Origin Program » at the Couromoda and Inspiramais trade shows in São Paulo last Jan. 15 and 16. Developed over the past two years in partnership with the University of São Paulo ...
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The Portuguese footwear industry wants to expand in growing markets...
The Portuguese footwear industry wants to expand in growing markets such as South Africa, Brazil, China, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Japan and Russia, and it will pay for it. This year, Portugal plans to invest €12 million to promote its footwear brands outside the domestic market. The country already ...
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The international trade committee of the European Parliament has endorsed...
The international trade committee of the European Parliament has endorsed a proposal to ask the European Commission and the European Council for new regulations on origin labels for shoes, clothing and other products imported into the European Union. The committee asks European authorities to set new norms that would allow European ...
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The southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the...
The southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the country's best-known region for leather and footwear production, is losing part of its share of exports to the northeast, according to Abicalçados, the footwear industry association. In 2005, the companies in Rio Grande do Sul contributed 69.3 percent of Brazil's ...
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Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe...
Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe and garment manufacturers, be exempted from adopting the new minimum wage that is due to come into force in 2013 in an attempt to boost the industries and in view of the country's expected industrial growth. According to the Jakarta ...
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Hundreds of workers at the Global Footwear factory just outside...
Hundreds of workers at the Global Footwear factory just outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, have been on strike since Nov. 15, demanding a pay raise of $9 per month. The union says 1,000 workers are participating in the strike, while the factory gives the figure as 300. With the pay increase, ...
