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ArticleSpanish footwear exports rose in value but slipped in volumes in 2023
Spanish footwear exports totaled €3,260 million in 2023, up by 6.6 percent compared to the previous year when exports breached the €3 billion threshold for the first time. In 2022, exports rose by 22 percent to €3,056 million, according to data released by Fice, the Spanish footwear association. However, in ...
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ArticleHow after a stellar 2022, Spanish shoemakers are facing a challenging environment
Last year, the Spanish footwear industry returned to levels similar to the pre-pandemic period. Exports exceeded €3 billion for the first time, with almost 160 million pairs of shoes sold abroad. But, export growth has slowed down early 2023 and the Spanish industry continues to struggle with structural shortcomings while ...
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ArticleShein is about to roll out its market place in Germany, Spain, France, Italy
Shein, the Singapore-based fast-fashion online retailer, announced that it is expanding its marketplace to Mexico, and that launches in Germany, Spain, France and Italy “will soon follow suit.” The marketplace was previously rolled out in Brazil and the U.S. Shein noted that the local marketplaces offer products from third parties ...
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ArticleSpanish footwear exports at record levels in 2022
The year 2022 marked a record for Spanish footwear exports. For the first time, exports exceeded the €3 billion mark at €3.059 billion, up by 22.0 percent over 2021. In volume, exports increased by 6.1 percent to 159 million pairs. The average price was €19.26 a pair, up by 15.0 ...
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ArticleHow Spanish espadrille makers expect to bank on their holy city’s jubilee
In 2024, Caravaca de la Cruz, the fifth holy city of Catholic Christianity with Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela and Camaleño, will be celebrating a jubilee year that is expected to attract more than a million pilgrims and tourists. As part of the event, local shoe makers have launched a ...
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Spanish footwear exports exceed €3bn in 2022
Spanish footwear exports rose 22 percent in 2022 to €3.28 billion, according to the industry ministry. In volume, exports nearly reached 160 million pairs, up by 6 percent, added the Spanish footwear association, Fice. Compared with 2019, the year before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, exports ...
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Spain clears paid menstrual leave
The Spanish parliament has approved legislation authorizing a paid menstrual leave for women suffering severe period pain. It is the first European country to introduce such a measure. Lawmakers also cleared legislation allowing anyone aged 16 or more to change their gender on their national identity card with a simple ...
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Spain introduces Covid controls for passengers from China
Spain is introducing Covid-19 controls in its airports for passengers coming from China, announced the health minister Carolina Darias. Passengers will have to prove that they have been tested negative or are fully vaccinated, she said. Other countries including, Italy, have also introduced mandatory tests on travelers coming from China, ...
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ArticleHow reshoring to Spain is being hampered by labor and capacity shortage
Demand to reshore footwear manufacturing from Asia to Southern Europe, and especially to Spain, is growing, but the Iberian country is lacking the capacity needed to significantly boost production, while exports of Spanish made shoes are back to pre-pandemic levels. “We are at full capacity and there is no more ...
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Spanish exports up 19.2% in first five months of 2022
In the first five months of 2022, Spanish exports rose by 19.2 percent year-over-year to €1,225.3 million. The data is also 3.3 percent above the first five months of 2019, before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Spanish footwear association Fice. Year-over-year, exports rose in all main ...
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Lululemon enters Spanish market
Lululemon Athletica Inc. has announced its expansion into the Spanish market. Spain is the brand’s first new market in Europe since 2019. A dedicated Spanish-language e-commerce platform will go live at the end of July. In addition, two new brand stores will open in September on Calle Serrano in the ...
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ArticleEurope, U.S. reach a deal defusing their trade dispute
The U.K., France, Italy, Spain, Austria and the U.S. have reached an agreement under which the European countries will drop their national digital services taxes as they prepare to implement a new global corporate tax defined through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A two-year transition period for ...
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Spanish minimum wage to be above 60% average in 8 regions
Spain’s minimum wage, referred to as salario mínimo interprofesional (SMI), will already exceed 60 percent of the average regional wage in eight regions, including Valencia, where the footwear cluster of Elche is located, according to the daily Cinco Dias. The government is expected to approve in the coming days an ...
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Spanish government and unions agree on minimum wage hike
The Spanish government and trade unions have reached an agreement on a slight increase in the minimum monthly salary, which will increase by 15 euros a month to a gross 1,125 euros a month over a 12-month period. The increase is retroactive, going into effect as of Sept. 1, 2021. ...
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Spanish consumers like shopping both online and in stores
According to the “ Estudio E-Commerce 2021 ,” a study put out by IAB Spain and Elogia , the distinction between e-tail and physical retail has blurred this year in Spain to the point of indifference for 58 percent of the country’s consumers. This is an increase of six ...
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Mall operator in Spain sees worrying decline in July traffic
After a significant improvement in June, the footfall in Spanish malls managed by MVGM , the Dutch property management company, dropped sharply in July, raising concern that the sector may not enjoy a rapid recovery. Data released by the company, which oversees 1.1 million square meters of shopping space ...
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Spanish footwear employers, unions call for more help
The Spanish employers association Fice and the trade unions CCOO and UGT met on June 16 to analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the footwear industry and have called on the authorities to help by extending the temporary lay-off mechanism ERTES at least until the ...
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Spain permits large stores to open in “Phase 1” regions
Spain’s Ministry of Health has revised its initial guidelines for stores re-openings in Phase 1 regions. By the estimate of the Spanish daily El País , about 70 percent of Spain is currently in Phase 1 of the country’s “de-escalation” of the Covid-19 lockdown. Madrid, Barcelona, certain other populous cities ...
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Camper supports regional health services
Camper has embarked on numerous initiatives to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The Spanish shoe brand has started to use its own 3D printers to manufacture components for medical protective visors. One hundred pieces can be printed each week at its facilities in the Balearic Islands to be given ...
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Spain, Portugal to benefit from accelerated reshoring
The novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an acceleration in the reshoring of manufacturing to Europe. Alicia Garcia-Herrera , senior fellow at the European think tank Bruegel , said in an interview with Exame magazine that the shift could be significant for countries such as Spain and Portugal. ...
