All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 36
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A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a...
A recruitment agency will soon begin a search for a permanent successor to Fabio Aromatici, the dynamic multi-lingual manager who has been running the Italian shoe industry association for the past six years, Assocalzaturifici, and its trade shows. Pending the new appointment, two other managers are taking over his functions ...
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Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for...
Skechers USA has filed a lawsuit against Fila USA for infringement of the patent and trade dress rights of its Go Walk line. Skechers had previously launched a similar lawsuit against Reebok.
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Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe...
Putting an end to a two-week strike, South African shoe workers have accepted an improved 8 percent wage increase proposed by the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union, with effect from July 1. They will also get an improved annual bonus. About 7,000 workers are employed at 163 shoe ...
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A special performance bonus has been agreed for almost 4,500...
A special performance bonus has been agreed for almost 4,500 workers in the footwear cluster of the Riviera del Brenta near Venice, thanks to strong demand for the shoes made in the area and the high productivity rates achieved. Under an agreement reportedly signed by Acrib, the local associations of ...
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Juanita D. Duggan will become the new president and chief...
Juanita D. Duggan will become the new president and chief executive of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) on July 1, taking the place of Kevin Burke, who left at the end of January after nearly 13 years at its helm. Duggan acted as special assistant to President Ronald ...
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The international CTC Group, which is based in France, has...
The international CTC Group, which is based in France, has appointed a director of marketing and communication, Olivia Seward. A former consultant with Groupe Zebra, a company based in Lyon that advises companies on design and communication to boost their growth, she will directly report to Yves Morin, general manager ...
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The British Footwear Association (BFA) said that funding to help...
The British Footwear Association (BFA) said that funding to help companies increase exports and visit trade shows has been reduced by up to 30 percent for the coming year. While the footwear sector saw a considerable increase in the amount of money available to companies using the Tradeshow Access Programme ...
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New Balance, the American athletic footwear company based in Boston,...
New Balance, the American athletic footwear company based in Boston, filed a suit in a New York court on June 3 against Karl Lagerfeld, charging that the sneakers introduced by the German designer on the market in April can create confusion among customers. The reason for the mix-up is the ...
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According to a Danish online fashion publication, Fashion Forum, Converse...
According to a Danish online fashion publication, Fashion Forum, Converse is accusing a number of Danish retailers of cheating consumers by selling thousands of pairs of counterfeit All-Star sneakers. The retailers in question include Kvickly, Facts, Lidl and Harald Nyborg who in 2012, allegedly dropped prices and sold thousands of ...
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In concert with Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, Apex-Brasil,...
In concert with Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, Apex-Brasil, the trade promotion agency of the Brazilian government, has decided to add Mexico and Germany to the list of target markets for greater exports of footwear. It was noted that Mexico and Germany import only 0.9 percent and 0.17 percent ...
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Inescop, the Spanish technical institute, has set up a working...
Inescop, the Spanish technical institute, has set up a working group to study all the aspects of the children's feet and the manufacture of children's shoes in order to ensure that their use does not involve any risks. Inescop is an active participant in the committees of the European and ...
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The U.S. plans to withdraw GSP status for Russia. The...
The U.S. plans to withdraw GSP status for Russia. The measure would results in normal duties on nearly $300 million worth of products imported from Russia, but footwear and most types of apparel are excluded from the GSP program that applies to that country.
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Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted...
Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted a preliminary injunction against Geox, authorizing the seizure of certain Amphibiox branded shoes in Italy because they are likely to have infringed a patent held by its OutDry Technologies subsidiary for waterproof and breathable footwear. Similar legal action is pending ...
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Micro-Pak, a manufacturer of anti-fungal product based in Hong Kong,...
Micro-Pak, a manufacturer of anti-fungal product based in Hong Kong, has filed a civil lawsuit against YCM, a competitor based in Taiwan, on allegations that its product contains toxic poisons and chemicals that are contaminating shoeboxes entering the U.S. The suit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court amid ...
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A daily newspaper in Alicante, La Verdad, published an article...
A daily newspaper in Alicante, La Verdad, published an article on April 7 where it reported a police raid on 42 shoe manufacturing firms in the region of Valencia. It said that 60 percent of them were operating without the necessary permits, using undeclared workers including illegal immigrants. Javier Garcia ...
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The Innovative Footwear Cluster of La Rioja, which groups more...
The Innovative Footwear Cluster of La Rioja, which groups more than 100 companies in one of the most important shoe manufacturing areas of Spain, has obtained the “Bronze Label” for the high quality of its management from the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA). It is the only cluster specializing ...
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Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation...
Gerd Müller, Germany's recently appointed federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has indicated plans to introduce a new certification program for clothing and footwear later this year to show that their producers have made minimum environmental and social responsibility standards. The program would be voluntary in an initial stage, ...
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A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has...
A new Indian Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) has been inaugurated in the Punjab as part of the Indian government's Leather Development Program for the 2012/17 period, which is backed by total grants of US$158 million. The new campus is set to train between 850 and 1,000 students, starting ...
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European importers may be able to recover some of the...
European importers may be able to recover some of the anti-dumping duties that they had to pay for shoes sourced in China and Vietnam. Responding to a complaint filed by a German company, the financial court of Munich has formally asked the European Court of Justice to issue a verdict ...
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Zalando has reportedly recalled 1,500 pairs of women's shoes that...
Zalando has reportedly recalled 1,500 pairs of women's shoes that were found to contain excessive levels of chromium VI, in spite of the company's “General Instructions” to its suppliers. In some cases the amount of chrome VI in the shoes was 13 times higher than the tolerated maximum. Aside from ...
