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The Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados), the Brazilian Trade and...
The Brazilian Shoe Manufacturers Association (Abicalçados), the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brazil) and the members of the Brazilian Footwear program, maintained by those entities, have recently organized a meeting in which to select target markets for the next two years. The following markets have been chosen as priorities ...
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Strong interest for this week’s UITIC Congress in Porto
About 500 delegates from more than 30 countries around the world - about 240 of them from Portugal - have registered to attend the 20th edition of the UITIC Congress in the Portuguese city of Porto on May 16-18 to learn more about the development of the shoe sector, particularly ...
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The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised...
The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised by 33 percent to the equivalent of US$3.53, following a government decree issued in March that struck a compromise between the positions of employers and labor groups. The last increase in the country's minimum wage took place two and half ...
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Deckers Brands has sued Marks & Spencer in the District...
Deckers Brands has sued Marks & Spencer in the District Court of California for the Central District, accusing the British retailer of copying the Bailey Button Boot Trade Dress of its Ugg boots in its M&S Kids line, sold through its website. In Ugg's proprietary design, which was registered in ...
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Italy’s shoe exports accelerate
After rising by 2.6 percent in 2016, Italy's exports of shoes and components went up by 3.4 percent in value to more than €9.5 billion in 2017. The good performance followed a relatively strong increase of 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of the year, which came after increases of ...
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Yves Morin, 65, is retiring as president of CTC, the...
Yves Morin, 65, is retiring as president of CTC, the French Leather Center, after 20 years of involvement. Under his leadership, the public-private institution has developed its operations globally in the areas of leather, leathergoods and footwear, notably in Asia. His position at CTC has been taken over by Frédéric ...
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The Learn2Work project recently held its final event in Brussels...
The Learn2Work project recently held its final event in Brussels to present a new best practice model for the training in the shoe industry of young people at risk of continued and future employment. Funded by the Erasmus+ program, the initiative is promoted by the European Footwear Confederation ...
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The Eurasia Union limits duty-free e-commerce
The Eurasian Economic Union is introducing new limits on duty-free purchases from the foreign online retailers. The current limit of €1,000 on the combined value of monthly orders by citizens in the economic area is set to be lowered to €500 from Jan. 1, 2019 and to €200 from Jan. 1, 2020. ...
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Vietnam’s exports of footwear and bags on the rise
Exports of Vietnam's shoes and bags reached $18.1 billion in 2017, up 10.7 percent as compared to the prior year, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso). The U.S. was the main market, accounting for 35.9 percent, followed by the European Union (EU) with 30.6 percent, and ...
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Aldo Bensadoun, the founder of the international shoe retailing group...
Aldo Bensadoun, the founder of the international shoe retailing group bearing his name, received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards on April 20. Besides his achievements in the business world, Bensadoun made a $25 million donation last year to create the Bensadoun School of Retail ...
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The newest protectionist measures planned by the U.S. government are...
The newest protectionist measures planned by the U.S. government are triggering complaints on many fronts. Members of Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America are particularly worried about a proposed increase in duties on shoes and other consumer goods imported from China, in response to investigations into the violation of intellectual ...
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A good Micam
The organizers of the Micam trade show announced a total of 44,227 visitors in terms of daily entrances at the world's leading event of this kind for the footwear sector at its 85th edition last month, which compares with 44,610 a year ago.Russia regained the first spot in foreign attendance ...
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Ferragamo sees new trends in luxury
The global personal luxury market is estimated to have grown by 6 percent at constant currency rates in 2017 and is expected to register a similar performance in 2018, with the interception of millennials' demand being key for success, according to a market scenario released by Salvatore Ferragamo.The survey indicated that ...
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The European industry needs new people
One of the most interesting events held during the recent Micam Milano trade show was a conference where a group of about 250 students from all over Italy were invited to check out some of the most stimulating opportunities offered to them by joining the footwear industry. They were told, ...
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A group of investigative journalists led by Mediapart has discovered...
A group of investigative journalists led by Mediapart has discovered a scheme under which Kering may have evaded taxes totalling €2.5 billion since 2002. The bulk of the amount is said to be owed to Italian tax authorities, which started an investigation last November, including €1.4 billion for Gucci and ...
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Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European...
Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European Union. This is what the General Court of the European Union stated in a ruling on March 14. The EU court said that other shoemakers had seen the design of Crocs' clogs long before the company filed for registration, specifically ...
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Salvatore Ferragamo has been handed a default judgment by a...
Salvatore Ferragamo has been handed a default judgment by a New York court in a counterfeit and trademark infringement lawsuit it filed last year against the 60 unidentified holders of dozens of counterfeit-selling websites, after none of the defendants responded to the lawsuit or appeared in court. The court has ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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The German shoe industry’s sales grow by 5.9%
The “sneaker hype” again helped boost shoe exports from Germany in 2017. According to federal statistics, exports of sports shoes with textile and leather uppers rose last year by 22.2 percent to 41 million pairs. Overall sales abroad of shoes with textile uppers went up by 17.9 percent and those ...
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Myanmar has increased by 33 percent the minimum wage for...
Myanmar has increased by 33 percent the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry, which will be of MMK 4,800 (€2.9-$3.6) per day, or MMK 600 (€0.36-$0.44) per hour. The current basic daily salary is MMK 3,600 (€2.7-$3.3), a rate which was established in September 2012. The raise will ...
