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Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, has persuaded its members...
Assocalzaturifici, the Italian shoe industry association, has persuaded its members and a laboratory, Cimac, to collect 2,500 pairs of shoes that have been sold in Africa or through charity shops to help finance a primary school project in Malawi. Conducted in partnership with a non-profit organization, Humana People to People, ...
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Christian Louboutin has been awarded damages by the Delhi High...
Christian Louboutin has been awarded damages by the Delhi High Court in a case for infringement of trademark of its famous red sole by Kamal Family Footwear and Adra Steps, two dealers in women's footwear in Delhi. Louboutin had found Kamal and Adra Steps using its signature design “red sole” ...
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The Russian government is pushing for the use of barcodes...
The Russian government is pushing for the use of barcodes on footwear, starting on June 1 with a voluntary test conducted by Zenden and other major Russian shoe retailers. An alternative project for the use of RFID chips has been dropped, at least for the time being. The use of ...
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World Footwear notes that Belgium remains one of the main...
World Footwear notes that Belgium remains one of the main trading platforms for footwear in Europe. It produced only one million pairs in 2016, according to the World Footwear Handbook, but in the first half of 2017 it exported 133 million pairs of shoes worth €2.97 billion, up by 3.9 ...
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Peter Cuneo, chairman of the board of directors at the...
Peter Cuneo, chairman of the board of directors at the Iconix Brand Group, has assumed the role of executive chairman. He has been on the board since October 2006 and served as interim chief executive from August 2015 to April 2016. In his new role, he will focus on evaluating ...
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Bruno Magli, the Italian luxury shoe brand, was one of...
Bruno Magli, the Italian luxury shoe brand, was one of the sponsors of this year's Beach Polo World Cup in Miami, the world's largest beach polo tournament, which was held on the sands of South Beach on Jan. 6-7. The event saw the participation of top polo players such as ...
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A Spanish footwear brand, Sixtyseven, has made a donation of...
A Spanish footwear brand, Sixtyseven, has made a donation of €5,087 to finance a study into the benefits of physical exercise to prevent breast cancer. The donation represented 5 percent of the proceeds from the sale of two models from the firm's autumn/winter 2017/18 collection.
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The management of Deckers Brands, parent company of Ugg, Teva,...
The management of Deckers Brands, parent company of Ugg, Teva, Sanuk and Hoka One One, won a 10-month fight against one of its investors at the company's annual meeting on Dec. 14, where all its directors were re-elected. The activist investor, Mercator Capital Management, had proposed that some or all ...
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Santander U.K. is partnering with JD.com, one of China's largest...
Santander U.K. is partnering with JD.com, one of China's largest B2C e-tailers, to help British brands expand into China's retail and consumer market. The announcement comes after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2016. The agreement will allow small and medium-sized business customers at Santander with turnover ...
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A Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi, is the leading contender for...
A Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi, is the leading contender for the acquisition of Bally International, according to Bloomberg. The other three candidates are two other Chinese firms and the Itochu group from Japan. JAB Holding, which already sold Jimmy Choo to Michael Kors last summer, has put a price tag ...
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With the financial of the Italian Trade Commission (Ice), Expo...
With the financial of the Italian Trade Commission (Ice), Expo Riva Schuh has invited 26 buyers to attend the 89th edition of the international trade show, taking place at Riva del Garda near Verona from Jan. 13 to 16. The buyers are coming from 11 European countries: Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, ...
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Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft...
Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a raft of luxury goods brands, has appointed a new “chief client and digital officer,” Grégory Boutté, who has had an interesting career. After working in brand management at Procter & Gamble, Boutté joined a French online auction start-up that was acquired ...
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Move On, the Portuguese shoe company controlled by the Indian...
Move On, the Portuguese shoe company controlled by the Indian Tata group, is coming out with a new brand of comfortable men's and women's shoes, called Saydo, which stands for extreme light weight. Made in Portugal with the company's typical stitch & turn technology, it will be shown for the ...
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Crocs told investors at a recent conference that it performed...
Crocs told investors at a recent conference that it performed better than expected in the fourth quarter of 2017, thanks to a strong holiday season in the U.S. Sales reached a level of between $180 million and $190 million, with a gross margin of around 45 percent. However, the company ...
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Global fashion sales are expected to continue to grow in...
Global fashion sales are expected to continue to grow in 2018. According to the report The State of Fashion 2018, released by McKinsey & Company, fashion sales will increase by between 3.5 and 4.5 percent in 2018, and by 4-5 percent in the luxury segment, to reach around €2.1 billion. ...
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Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a...
Representatives of employers and employees are at loggerheads over a proposed increase in the minimum wage in Myanmar, one of the lowest-cost sourcing alternatives to China. Employers object that the proposed increase to $3.53 (€2.95) a day from March onwards is far too high, imposing a heavy burden that will ...
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Görtz is planning to open a flagship store in the...
Görtz is planning to open a flagship store in the center of Munich in May. Spanning over more than 2,500 square meters, it will take the place of the present Zara store on the Kaufinger Strasse, near Marienplatz. The Hamburg-based retailer reinforced its focus on the northern part of Germany ...
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Michael Kleine, who left Gabor Shoes last spring, has joined...
Michael Kleine, who left Gabor Shoes last spring, has joined the Portuguese brands Kyaya, Fly London and Softinos, as sales manager for the German-speaking countries. The brand portfolio represented by Kleine will also include Asportuguesas, a line of sandals and slippers. Kleine had been with Gabor for 17 years, including ...
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Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an...
Marga Indra-Heide has left as the head of Modeurop, an organization that belongs to the German shoe industry association, HDS/L, through its Deutsche Schuhinstitut. She has decided to continue to predict fashion trends and to provide advice to shoe designers and buyers through her own new company, the Fashion Trend ...
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In Italy, a new sanctioning regime is now in place...
In Italy, a new sanctioning regime is now in place against the violations concerning the labeling of the materials used in footwear and in the fibers for textile products. The law (published in Gazzetta Ufficiale no. 296 of Dec. 20, 2017), which is in effect from Jan 4, 2018, makes ...
