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How a Ukrainian footwear expert is helping her country and rebuilding her business
Krystyna Mandrykina In an exclusive interview with Shoe Intelligence, Krystyna Mandrykina, a Ukrainian-born footwear manager and consultant currently working in Turkey, explains how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shattered her personal and professional life. She also provides a riveting account of how the Ukrainians are reorganizing ...
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German shoemakers write off the Russian market
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the businesses of many German shoe and leather goods manufacturers, which had been built up over the past few years. “The consequences of this massive unrest are not foreseeable at this point in time,” said Manfred Junkert, general manager of HDS/L, the federal ...
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EU to guarantee convertibility of Ukrainian currency
European Union authorities are studying the possibility of guaranteeing the convertibility of Ukraine’s currency, the hryvnia, into the currencies of EU member states, according to the French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire. France currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. Le Maire noted that many Ukrainians fleeing the Russian ...
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Job portal for Ukrainian refugees
Thousands of refugees from the war zone in Ukraine are currently forced to settle in new places and are looking for a way to earn a living. To help with this, www.jobaidukraine.com, an initiative for Ukrainian refugees, was launched by the German initiative Händler helfen Händlern (retailers support retailers) as ...
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Ukraine introduces sanctions against Wildberries
The Ukrainian government has imposed sanctions on Russia’s e-commerce leader Wildberries and its subsidiaries in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and other countries, freezing the company’s assets for three years, banning capital withdrawal, business contacts and exchange of technologies among other things. In a statement, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Oleksandr ...
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FLO enters the Ukrainian market
The Turkish footwear brand FLO Mağazacılık is opening its first store in the Ukraine, in the Ocean Plaza shopping center in Kiev. The company will sell its own and third-party brands, including Kinetix , Polaris , Lumberjack , Butigo , Dockers by Gerli , and Mercedes . In ...
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Wildberries faces sanctions in Ukraine
Ukraine may impose sanctions against Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries , according to a proposal by the Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Information Policy, Oleksandr Tkachenko . The recommendation was made after Wildberries announced plans to begin sales in Ukraine. The minister called on the government to consider the ...