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A dozen cartons with Louis Vuitton products worth about €300,000...
A dozen cartons with Louis Vuitton products worth about €300,000 was stolen at one of Paris' airports a few nights ago
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Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, proposed actions to fight...
Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, proposed actions to fight various kinds of counterfeiting at a hearing of a dedicated committee of the Italian Parliament's House of Deputies. Besides requesting higher sanctions against counterfeiters and mandatory labels of origin for shoes imported into the European Union, Anci called for legislation ...
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LaCrosse Footwear is in litigation in Denmark against a local...
LaCrosse Footwear is in litigation in Denmark against a local hunting company, Sealand, which it has accused of copying the designs of its rubber boots
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At its annual convention in Milan a few days ago,...
At its annual convention in Milan a few days ago, the Italian shoe industry association, Anci, signed a contract with an Italian credit insurance company, Sace BT, to provide special rates for its members, many of whom have suffered from the late payments made by Italian and foreign clients. The ...
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Leather tanners in Algeria are complaining that hide smugglers, sneaking...
Leather tanners in Algeria are complaining that hide smugglers, sneaking raw material out over the western and eastern borders, are hurting their business. Some tanners say that their No. 1 problem right now is a lack of hides caused by this smuggling. Algerian law prohibits the export of raw hides ...
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A court of appeals in Paris has ruled on fines...
A court of appeals in Paris has ruled on fines of more than €60,000 against Minelli, one of the shoe retail chains of the Vivarte group, for counterfeiting the Queenie Derby style of Free Lance, the brand of women's shoe belonging to Rautureau Apple Shoes. Minelli will also have to ...
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A committee of the European Parliament has approved a decree...
A committee of the European Parliament has approved a decree for the use of €1.4 million from the European Globalization Adjustment Fund to help 680 of the 974 workers who have lost their jobs due to the shutdown of Rohde's factory in Portugal. The plant employed more than 3,000 people ...
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The second round of collective bargaining of the German shoe...
The second round of collective bargaining of the German shoe industry, which took place recently in Offenbach near Frankfurt, has not been resolved. Representatives of the German shoe industry claim that the high expectations of the employees' representatives are not realistic. HDS, the federation of the German footwear industry, underlines ...
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Collective Brands is recalling one style of its Keds shoes...
Collective Brands is recalling one style of its Keds shoes because parts can come loose, causing cuts and scratches to the wearer. The voluntary recall affects style No. KY40098A, which is printed on the underside of the tongue. The shoes are black and pink rubber-soled with white trim, and metal ...
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Crocs is suing the retailer Walgreens, saying that Walgreens is...
Crocs is suing the retailer Walgreens, saying that Walgreens is copying its footwear designs. Walgreens has a collection called Caribbean Cartel, which Crocs says are obvious copies of its trademarks such as the Crocband design.
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Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility...
Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility in Guandong Providence because of a strike by its workers. According to China Labor Watch, more than 7,000 workers walked out of their jobs at the Yucheng shoe factory in the Yue Yuen Industrial Park of Hungjiang, near Dongguan, leading ...
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J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy...
J. Sampaio & Irmão, the Portuguese manufacturer of the trendy Eject line of shoes, has won a counterfeiting lawsuit against its former German importer, Riekkers, but the damages assessed in the German court's verdict will hardly cover its legal expenses, according to a report from Portugal. Confirming that Riekkers had ...
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Indicam, an Italian institute fighting against counterfeiting that is part...
Indicam, an Italian institute fighting against counterfeiting that is part of the Centromarca, an association of brand owners, has asked the European Union to open an infringement procedure against the Italian government for its introduction in 2009 of origin-labeling rules for Italian products. The law stated that products bearing the ...
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The Brazilian government has reportedly launched a formal investigation into...
The Brazilian government has reportedly launched a formal investigation into claims that Chinese shoe exporters are circumventing the anti-dumping duty of $13.85 a pair imposed on their products last year. The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and External Trade said there were substantiated suspicions that Chinese companies have been shipping ...
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Gucci has immediately responded to charges that it ran a...
Gucci has immediately responded to charges that it ran a “sweatshop” at one of its 42 Chinese stores, located in Shenzhen. Five former employees of the store had published an open letter alleging that they had been forced to work overtime until 3 AM to run inventory checks without adequate ...
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A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing...
A group of young models is suing Skechers USA, accusing it using their images without proper payment. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles, say that Skechers paid a small fee for limited use of the models' images, but then built a global branding campaign around the photos, ...
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Brazil has come up with a plan intended to help...
Brazil has come up with a plan intended to help local manufacturers and cut down on cheap Asian imports. The “Bigger Brazil” plan includes tax cuts and exemptions, financing, and trade incentives for players in industries including textiles, clothing and footwear. Many of these companies have been hurt by international ...
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Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a...
Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a Massachusetts retailer selling Waldies clogs are going to be forbidden from selling foam shoes like those of Crocs in the U.S. if President Obama endorses a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Crocs has thus won a ...
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Christian Louboutin's request for an injunction forbidding the sale of...
Christian Louboutin's request for an injunction forbidding the sale of one of Yves Saint Laurent's shoes has been denied by a federal U.S. judge in Manahattan. Acting on the basis of a trademark registration obtained in the U.S. in 2008, the designer filed a lawsuit against YSL last April, claiming ...
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The Italian Financial Police have reportedly accused the Mastrotto Group...
The Italian Financial Police have reportedly accused the Mastrotto Group of setting up a system to avoid paying sales taxes on millions of euros. With the complicity of local shoe merchants, the Mastrotto Group allegedly had €106 million in undeclared revenues. It also is charged with paying part of the ...
