All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 27
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The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), in partnership...
The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA), in partnership with Elevate Global, has developed a new factory wage map to help footwear firms track in real time Chinese wage rates by city and province. The tool is meant to help footwear companies get better insights on matters related to ...
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Ivanka Trump must testify in a lawsuit over knock-off shoes...
Ivanka Trump must testify in a lawsuit over knock-off shoes against her apparel company. A New York District, Judge Katherine Forrest, rejected the assertion that Trump should be exempt because of the demands on her time as a senior White House official advising her father, U.S. President Donald Trump. Aquazzurra, ...
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Ugg Australia's parent company, Deckers Outdoor Corp., is suing Gap...
Ugg Australia's parent company, Deckers Outdoor Corp., is suing Gap for alleged trade dress and patent infringement. According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Deckers in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on July 5, Gap is sued for unfair competition, trade dress infringement and ...
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Dieter Spiess, president of the Swiss shoe retailers association (SSV),...
Dieter Spiess, president of the Swiss shoe retailers association (SSV), resigned from his office after 33 years at the end of June. Lukas Kindlimann, former vice president of the SSV, will replace him. Sabine Völlmin will remain as managing director. Like Spiess, Kindlimann is a shoe retailer. He runs Schulthess, ...
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Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has...
Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear and shoe components industry association, has elected Fortunato Federico as honorary president. The Portuguese entrepreneur, who controls Fly London and other assets through his holding company, Kyaya, had been the president of Apiccaps for 18 years. He was succeeded in the post by a new president, ...
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Ed Rosenfeld, the chairman and chief executive of Steve Madden,...
Ed Rosenfeld, the chairman and chief executive of Steve Madden, has been elected chairman of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the main shoe industry association in the U.S., as part of an executive reshuffle. Mike Jeppesen, president of the Global Operations Group and the Wolverine Heritage Group at Wolverine ...
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HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, voted for...
HDS/L, the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, voted for a new management at its annual general meeting that was held on May 31 in Düsseldorf. Carl-August Seibel, chief executive of Josef Seibel, was elected as the new chairman, replacing Ralph Rieker, CEO of the Ricosta shoe company, who held ...
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Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has launched...
Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has launched a new campaign to attract young talent in the main production centers of the country's footwear sector. The campaign is entitled “Capture a New Generation of Talents,” and its slogan is “Feeling Sexy – Join the Sexiest Industry in Europe.” ...
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Footwear Friends is moving to a new address in London...
Footwear Friends is moving to a new address in London
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The Mexican state of Jalisco will be taking action to...
The Mexican state of Jalisco will be taking action to promote the footwear industry. The new president of Jalisco's Chamber of the Footwear Industry (CICEJ), José Isabel Arias Frías, said the agency will promote major projects to support the development of micro, small and medium enterprises in the industry. In ...
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The Ivanka Trump brand has rejected charges of abuse relating...
The Ivanka Trump brand has rejected charges of abuse relating to conditions at a Chinese factory, according to a report in Footwear News. Abigail Klem, president of the brand, has stated that its footwear licensee, Marc Fisher Footwear, has not worked with the Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co. since ...
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Cleto Sagripanti, president of the European Confederation of the Footwear...
Cleto Sagripanti, president of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), recently met Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, to lobby for the reindustrialization of the footwear sector and the conclusion of new free trade agreements by the European Union. For the European shoe industry, FTAs with Japan ...
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The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, and various trade unions,...
The Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici, and various trade unions, Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil, have agreed on a new labor contract for Italy's footwear sector, after a year of discussions. The previous contract expired on March 31, 2016. The new one covers the period from 2016 through 2019, and involves ...
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The French Shoe Industry Federation (FFC) has appointed two vice-presidents,...
The French Shoe Industry Federation (FFC) has appointed two vice-presidents, a treasurer and a secretary to work with Claude-Eric Paquin, the former chief executive of JB Martin, who has been confirmed as its president for the next two years. The two vice-presidents are Hubert de Chaisemartin, former president of Plastigom, ...
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Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has announced...
Apiccaps (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) has announced the election of Luís Onofre as its new president. Onofre, 45, succeeds Fortunato Frederico, who has led the national trade body for the past 18 years. Founded in 1975, Apiccaps is headquartered in Porto. The Portuguese footwear sector exports more ...
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Portugal's footwear industry and trade unions have signed an historic...
Portugal's footwear industry and trade unions have signed an historic agreement that formally establishes, for the first time, equality of salary for the women and men working in the industry. Women must now receive the same wage as their male counterparts when they carry out the same work at the ...
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Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU)...
Members of the Development Committee of the European Union (EU) Parliament are urging the European Commission to propose binding human rights rules for all the players in the apparel supply chain. The Members of the Committee have suggested a series of measures including: a binding due diligence system based on ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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The European Commission has released the results of a custom...
The European Commission has released the results of a custom investigation showing that companies in the U.K. committed “large-scale fraud” by declaring false prices for shoe imports from China. The findings were made public on March 7 within the ongoing debate on the terms of the Brexit, although the investigation ...
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Argentina is introducing new regulations for footwear and textiles. Manufacturers...
Argentina is introducing new regulations for footwear and textiles. Manufacturers and importers of these goods are now required to present a Product Composition Sworn Declaration (DJCP) to the Bureau of Trade of the Ministry of Economy and Production in which they describe the percentage composition of the fibers, or of ...
