All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 15, Issue 20-21 – Page 4

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    Garvalin, the Spanish brand of children's shoes, sold about two...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Garvalin, the Spanish brand of children's shoes, sold about two million pairs of shoes in over 40 countries worldwide in 2012. In the U.S., the brand sold 25,000 pairs and it expects to increase sales there by 30 percent, as compared to 2012, by the end of this year. With ...

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    Oliberté's factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has been Fair Trade...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Oliberté's factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has been Fair Trade certified by Fair Trade USA. The factory, which employs 59 workers, celebrated its first anniversary in August and is expected to produce over 25,000 pairs of shoes over the next year. To become Fair Trade Certified, the facility had to ...

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    The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the public policy...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the public policy and political voice of the apparel and footwear industry in the U.S., has just released the thirteenth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), in conjunction with the International Product Safety & Restricted Substances Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on ...

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    Airstep is changing its name to A.S. 98, starting with...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Airstep is changing its name to A.S. 98, starting with the current autumn/winter collection. The name change is necessary because the Airstep name is registered by others in China, the U.S. and Canada.

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    Euro Shoes Premiere Collections counted a total of 5,500 daily...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Euro Shoes Premiere Collections counted a total of 5,500 daily visits for the duration of the Moscow fair in August, including 1,500 on the first day. Only 15 percent of the visitors came from Moscow. While 7 percent came from other CIS countries, practically all the others came from other ...

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    Italy’s shoe exports go up by 4.9%

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    They increased by 4.9 percent to €3,265 million in the first five months of 2012, according to the figures released by the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, during theMicam show. They went up by 1.4 percent in volume to 98.2 million pairs, and their average export price increased by 3.5 ...

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    Skechers has lost a court case started in April 2013...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Skechers has lost a court case started in April 2013 against Cortina in Düsseldorf. The U.S. company alleged that some models of the Belgian-based trading company were infringing on one of its registered designs and its trade model in the Twinkle Toe range. On July 5, the Regional Court of ...

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    On the occasion of its 120th anniversary, Bata France has...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    On the occasion of its 120th anniversary, Bata France has asked a Parisian designer, Florian Wernert, to create a capsule collection for autumn/winter 2013-14 highlighting the masculine world of both the brand and the designer. Wernert and Bata France's team first met at the 2006 young designers contest that the ...

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    Prada is getting ready to invest €10 million in Ancona,...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Prada is getting ready to invest €10 million in Ancona, in the Italian region of the Marche. The luxury firm has chosen the industrial area of Baraccola, where other brands like Bally already have their offices, to set up its creative hub for fashion collections as well as its logistics ...

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    India's exports of leather shoes grew by 10 percent to...

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    India's exports of leather shoes grew by 10 percent to $617 million in the April-July period, as compared to the same period a year ago, according to India's Ministry of Commerce. Exports of footwear components rose at a faster rate of 30 percent to $110 million. Total exports of leather ...