All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 22
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World shoe production resumes growth
After two flat years, footwear production resumed some growth last year, limited to a rate of 2 percent as compared to 2016, reaching an estimated level of 23.5 billion pairs. The figure is still far from the growth pace of 15.4 percent registered between 2010 and 2014, but it marks ...
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Legero’s former boss joins the Josef Seibel group
Rudolph Hampl will join the Josef Seibel group as a new joint managing director in September. Hampl, who is now 53 years old was formerly working as managing director of Legero United. At Josef Seibel, Hampl will be responsible for product development, sales and marketing as well as the restructuring ...
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The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods &...
The Indian government has reduced its new nationwide Goods & Services Tax (GST) on certain products in the fashion, textile and beauty sectors, including relatively inexpensive shoes. The GST on footwear sold at a price of under 1,000 rupees (€12.6m-$14.3m) will be lowered from 18 to 5 percent. More expensive ...
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Uzbekistan sets sights on the leather shoe industry
The manufacture of leather shoes in Uzbekistan is set to double its production in the next two years from last year's level of 17 million pairs, according a development program recently adopted for the industry by the government of this former Soviet country, headed up by Shavkat Mirziyoyev since February ...
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Spanish footwear is stable in value, but decreases in volume
According to the latest data by the Spanish footwear industry association (Fice), shoe production in Spain totaled nearly 98 million pairs and €2.004 billion in value in 2017. These figures represent a 4 percent drop in volume and an increase of 0.6 percent in value as compared to 2016. The ...
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Will Brazilian exports stop declining?
Brazil's shoe exports fell in the first half of the year by 6.7 percent in volume, from 59.36 million to 55.37 million pairs, and by 7.9 percent in value, from $528.7 million to $486.9 million. According to the Brazilian shoe manufacturers' association, Abicalçados, which presented these estimates, it is difficult ...
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Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide...
Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree prohibiting rawhide exports from the country without special permission from the government's agencies. The decision has been taken in order to support the domestic shoes industry, and to help support exports of products with a higher added value. The government has invested ...
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Ukraine’s shoe manufacturers sell more at home and abroad
In 2017, Ukrainian factories released 24.5 million pairs of shoes, up by 5.2 per cent as compared to 2016, while imports into the country declined by 1.9 per cent to 48.8 million pairs. Ukraine's shoe manufacturers have been taking advantage of the devaluation of the national currency over the past ...
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The Walking Co. Holdings has emerged from Chapter 11 after...
The Walking Co. Holdings has emerged from Chapter 11 after filing for bankruptcy protection in March. The retailer said that a new $10 million-plus of equity as well as support from an enhanced financing package from Wells Fargo Bank will provide it with sufficient capital to achieve its long-term growth ...
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Iran is ready to ban imports of 1,339 products that...
Iran is ready to ban imports of 1,339 products that could instead be produced within the country, according to reports in Iran's Financial Tribune newspaper, quoting an official document. The list of banned imports includes footwear and leather products as well as home appliances, textile products, furniture, healthcare products and ...
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Giuseppe Zanotti's headquarters in San Mauro Pascoli, in Italy's Emilia...
Giuseppe Zanotti's headquarters in San Mauro Pascoli, in Italy's Emilia Romagna region, have been robbed for the sixth time in three years. The burglars stole 100 boxes containing 300 pairs of shoes from the company's warehouse. The shoes, valued at around €270,000, were ready to be shipped to the U.S., ...
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Confindustria Moda inaugurates new offices
Confindustria Moda, the umbrella organization of the Italian fashion industry, inaugurated on May 15 its new 3,800 square-meter offices hosting more than 100 employees at Via Riva Villasanta 3 in Milan.Confindustria Moda comprises Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which groups the textile and apparel firms operating in the country; Assocalzaturifici, the ...
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Christian Louboutin is claiming victory in a five-year-long trademark dispute...
Christian Louboutin is claiming victory in a five-year-long trademark dispute over its signature red soles involving Van Haren. The European Court of Justice has issued a favorable ruling for Christian Louboutin, supporting its argument that a specific shade of red on the soles of its shoes can be considered as ...
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Cheers for the UITIC Congress in Portugal
The 20th Congress of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC), which was held in Porto on May 16 to 18, was described by its organizers as an “incredible” event because of the record number of delegates, the high level of the presentations and interesting visits to Portuguese shoe ...
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Satra Technology Europe has been designated by the Irish government...
Satra Technology Europe has been designated by the Irish government as a Notified Body for Regulation (EU) 2016/425 Personal Protective Equipment. The company, based in Dublin, has been issued with the Notified Body Number 2777, and now appears on the European Commission's website for New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations ...
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Valencia's shoe industry association, Avecal, is collaborating with Banco Sabadell...
Valencia's shoe industry association, Avecal, is collaborating with Banco Sabadell to support the growth of footwear companies in Spain's Valencian region. The three-year agreement is meant, among other things, to improve the access by local shoe companies to financial services. The partnership will make financial products such as business loans, ...
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Americans buy more sneakers, and more online
According to a report issued by Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the leading footwear trade association in the U.S., 35 percent of Americans planned to buy shoes online this spring, up from 31 percent in 2017. The latest nationwide survey on the purchasing habits of U.S. footwear consumers ...
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Ecco filed a patent infringement complaint against Skechers in a...
Ecco filed a patent infringement complaint against Skechers in a U.S. court in Delaware on May 16, claiming infringement of four U.S. patents through its Go Golf Drive – Classic and Go Golf Drive – men's golf shoes. The Danish company is seeking an injunction, damages and fees.
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Clarks starts manufacturing again in England
Clarks is inaugurating a modern, new shoe factory this month near his global headquarters in the Somerset region of England. Taking some inspiration from the systems used in the autommotive and aerospace industries, it will use robots to assist its initial staff of 80 workers.The plant will have a capacity ...
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According to this year's Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, which was...
According to this year's Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, which was published in May, online sales of fake luxury goods accounted for 31 percent of total counterfeiting-related losses in 2017, which were estimated at $98 billion in the high-end consumer goods sector around the world. In its examination of the luxury ...
