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The Portuguese footwear association, Apiccaps, expects the country's shoe exports...
The Portuguese footwear association, Apiccaps, expects the country's shoe exports to fall by 5 percent in 2019, marking the second annual decline in a row after 10 years of growth. In an interview with the daily Jornal de Negócios, Apiccaps' communications director, Paulo Gonçalves, said that exports were affected by ...
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Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of...
Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of sneakers and sports shoes, Munich, regarding the use of a cross on its footwear. In a ruling issued in June, but only made public recently, the General Court of the European Union rejected an appeal made by the German company ...
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The AAFA appeals to Trump on tariffs
While acknowledging problems in the trade relations between the U.S. and China, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) stands opposed to the Trump administration's policy of imposing high tariffs on imports of footwear and other products from China. On Dec. 12, Rick Helfenbein, president and chief executive, addressed a ...
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Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the...
Assocalzaturifici has announced the appointment of Elisa Lanciotti as the new chair of Assocalzaturifici Gruppo Giovani, the young entrepreneurs' section of the Italian trade organization. Lanciotti, who is taking over the role from Carlotta Bachini, has been elected for the 2019-2023 period. Lanciotti, 32, is in charge of international sales ...
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Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of...
Deichmann has lost a lawsuit against a Spanish producer of sneakers and sports shoes, Munich, regarding the use of a cross on its footwear. In a ruling issued in June, but only made public recently, the General Court of the European Union rejected an appeal made by the German company ...
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According to the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Twinkle Toes,...
According to the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Twinkle Toes, Bobs, Daddy'$ Money and Hydee Hy-top collections produced by Skechers do not infringe Nike's trademark on the Converse Chuck Taylor midsole. The judge in the case, Charles E. Bullock, has further found that the midsole trademark had not acquired its ...
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Italian shoe exports rise by 7%
Italian shoe exports rose by 7.1 percent in value to €5.081 billion in the first six months of 2019, while falling by 0.9 percent in terms of volume to 106.9 million pairs, according to the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici. The average price increased by 8.2 percent to €47.55 a ...
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Spanish shoe exports drop by 2%
Without putting out a press release, the Spanish shoe industry association, Fice, has informed us that the country's total exports of footwear declined by 2 percent to €1,364.3 million in the first six months of this year.Imanol Martinez, Fice's director of marketing and international business development, blamed Brexit, the trade ...
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Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with...
Skechers says it has won a protracted trademark dispute with Converse. An International Trade Commission judge found that Skechers' Twinkle Toes and its BOBS designs did not violate the trademark rights of Converse's Chuck Taylor midsole. According to Skechers, the judge also ruled that Converse's trademark had not acquired any ...
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Micam will highlight contract manufacturing
Assocalzaturifici, the powerful Italian shoe industry association, is studying the project of a match-making process for future editions of its Micam trade show, to foster better connections between Italian contract manufacturers and potential clients from all over the world. As it was last month, the fair will also continue as ...
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The Cambodian workers of the textile and footwear sectors will...
The Cambodian workers of the textile and footwear sectors will see the minimum wage rise to $190 per month in 2020, representing an increase of 4.4 percent
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British shoemakers lose their footing with Brexit
British shoemakers, like much of the country's economy, are largely unsettled by the uncertainty created by the ongoing saga of the U.K.'s planned departure from the European Union, known as Brexit.A soap opera that witnessed a new twist on Saturday, when the British parliament voted an amendment that could postpone ...
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Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new...
Muhammad Younas of Starlet has been elected as the new chairman of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association (PEMA) until September of next year, replacing Hassan Javed. His election comes at a time when Pakistan's exports are growing briskly. More than 60 percent of the exports are due to Servis, a ...
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In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their...
In mid-September, with the unanimous approval of both of their respective memberships, the U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (USHSLA) and Leather Industries of America (LIA) merged at a joint annual meeting in Chicago. As of Jan. 1, 2020, they will be known as the Leather and Hide Council of ...
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The minimum monthly wage in Cambodia's footwear and apparel industry...
The minimum monthly wage in Cambodia's footwear and apparel industry will be raised by 4.4% to US$190 next January, and the raise will be accompanied by new fringe benefits for transportation and regular attendance
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Gucci has lost the legal battle against Silvano Lattanzi over...
Gucci has lost the legal battle against Silvano Lattanzi over the horsebit trademark that it has long been using on its leather goods. In 2011, Italy's financial authority confiscated a number of horsebit-bearing loafers that were being sold by a retailer in Tuscany under the Silvano Lattanzi brand name. In ...
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has addressed a...
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has addressed a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to request that Amazon's marketplaces for France and India be added to an annual list of “Notorious Markets” that abet counterfeiting and piracy. Last year, the trade group made the same request regarding ...
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After a 40-year stint, Amilcare Baccini has stepped down as...
After a 40-year stint, Amilcare Baccini has stepped down as managing director of Assomac, Italy's association of footwear and tanning-machinery manufacturers. His departure was announced in June, after the general meeting. Baccini helped modify the Simac-Tanning Tech trade show after the concomitant Lineapelle show for leather moved from Bologna to ...
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Vietnamese footwear exports rose by 13.5 percent to $13.3 billion...
Vietnamese footwear exports rose by 13.5 percent to $13.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to the local leather, footwear and handbags manufacturers' association. During the whole of 2018, the country exported $16.3 billion worth of footwear, up by 11.0 percent from the previous year.
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From Nov. 1, 46-year-old Lene Tanggaard will be the new...
From Nov. 1, 46-year-old Lene Tanggaard will be the new principal of the Kolding School of Design, which hosts Denmark's leading footwear department. The diligent and extroverted researcher from Aalborg University has worked in educational psychology and creativity innovation and is highly regarded among companies, organizations and authorities. She takes ...
