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The International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) will organize...
The International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) will organize its 18th International Technical Footwear Congress in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 13-16, 2013. UITIC has entrusted the organization of the event to the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA). Discussions will focus on “Social Responsibility: A Challenge for the Footwear Industry.” ...
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Indian statistics may be misleading
India's exports of leather, leather footwear and leathergoods declined by 3.4 percent for the first six months of the current financial year, which ran from April through September 2012, compared with the same period in 2011, according to India's Council for Leather Exports.The drop was mainly due to the depreciation of ...
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Moreschi has inaugurated its second store in Moscow
Moreschi has inaugurated its second store in Moscow
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Rebeca Sanver has inaugurated a store in the prestigeous Ocean...
Rebeca Sanver has inaugurated a store in the prestigeous Ocean Palace shopping center of Kiev
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A major reorganization for the JAL Group
JAL Group, the largest company specializing in high-end work and safety shoes in Europe, is going through a major reorganization. A new management team that has been put together over the last few months has launched a cost-saving program and is implementing several projects to reorganize and rationalize its supply ...
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Luxury goods should return to higher growth
At a fashion summit recently held in Milan, the chief executive of Salvatore Ferragamo cautioned that, while he expected the global luxury industry to return to earlier growth levels, the situation is still volatile. Michele Norsa said that the first half of 2013 would see slower growth, but a recovery ...
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Korean shoe production is going up
Shoe manufacturing in South Korea is expected to rise on the back of increasing production costs in China and the recent completion of free trade agreements (FTAs) with the European Union and the U.S. Korea's FTA with the EU came into effect in July 2011, reducing EU import duties of 8 percent on ...
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The Jones Group, which owns Kurt Geiger, Stuart Weitzman and...
The Jones Group, which owns Kurt Geiger, Stuart Weitzman and Brian Atwood, has created a new senior management role to oversee its “people-related initiatives.” Aida Tejero-DeColli has been assigned to this position, labeled chief people officer, to support human resources matters including talent acquisition and management, training, and compensation programs. ...
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Spartoo, the French-based online sales platform for shoes that recently...
Spartoo, the French-based online sales platform for shoes that recently raised new equity, is negotiating with various brands to sell more apparel on its website, in the footsteps of Zalando
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Heelys reports flat sales and a loss
Heelys has reported unchanged consolidated revenues of around $6.6 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, but the net loss increased to $2.4 million from the net loss of $1.5 million booked in the third quarter of 2011. Domestic sales increased by 17.3 percent, mainly due to the new ...
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Modacalzado+Iberpiel will include a number of new features in its...
Modacalzado+Iberpiel will include a number of new features in its 2013 edition, to be held in Madrid on March 9-11. The glamour section, located in the Espacio Glam area, will be moved to the center of Hall 12 for better visibility and to attract the largest number of professionals from the ...
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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, ...
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Sabu expands into the textile sector
The Sabu group, which remains one of the three or four major buying groups for independent shoe retailers in Germany, is further extending the scope of the product categories covered. Nearly four years after striking an interesting cooperation with Intersport Deutschland, which gave the members access to excellent conditions for the ...
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The latest figures from Eurostat show that retail sales of...
The latest figures from Eurostat show that retail sales of all non-food products excluding fuel were off by 1.2 percent in October in the Eurozone area as compared to September, and off by 3.5 percent as compared to October 2011. The decline in total retail sales was particularly acute for ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has opened its second Egyptian store in the...
Salvatore Ferragamo has opened its second Egyptian store in the Katameya Mall in downtown Cairo through its local partner, Nile Projects.
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Pierre Hardy has launched its first e-commerce site for the...
Pierre Hardy has launched its first e-commerce site for the European market. It offers the winter 2012-13 collections for men and women, comprising footwear, bags, small leathergoods and jewelry. The site's simple black-and-white design and basic graphics echo the minimalist design of the French designer's stores. At the moment, purchases ...
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Ecco has opened its second Italian store in the northern...
Ecco has opened its second Italian store in the northern town of Merano, not far from the first store, located in Bolzano
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Vivarte wants to double its international sales
The new management of Vivarte has decided to double from 20 to 40 percent the share of revenues that it is going to generate outside France by the year 2020. This is one of the goals of the business plan launched by Marc Lelandais, the new chairman and chief executive ...
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Novascarpa Group has relinquished the distribution of Joya in the...
Novascarpa Group has relinquished the distribution of Joya in the U.S. to focus on the Terox brand, which is already in more than 400 shops
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Described by Messe Düsseldorf as a “premium European shoe fair,” the...
Described by Messe Düsseldorf as a “premium European shoe fair,” the new GDS Select is expected to feature more than 70 shoe brands in the medium and upper price segments in Shanghai next April 17-19, but the organizers don't wish to mention any company names for the moment. The new fair will ...
