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Micam becomes more selective
The Milan trade show, which ran from Feb 10 to 13, closed with over 43,000 visitors, in terms of daily entrances, compared with 44,227 in the February edition of 2018. However in terms of individual entries, this edition registered a 2.5 percent increase as a higher number of Italians more ...
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CEC kicks off with a new Erasmus program
The European Confederation of Footwear Industry (CEC) has announced the start-up of a new research project under the European Erasmus+SciELD program entitled “Footwear in the 21st century: New skills for the design of drastically improved comfort, sustainable, fashion-oriented and scientifically-led footwear products,” which aims to find new methods of assessing ...
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Mixed trade figures from Italy’s footwear sector
The latest available trade statistics show that Italy's footwear exports grew by 3.9 percent in value during the first ten months of 2018, while dropping in volume by 6.4 percent. The country exported a total of 176.4 million pairs priced at nearly €8.1 billion during the period. The average export ...
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GBG takes the Bikkembergs license from Zeis
Zeis Excelsa, the once-flourishing and now troubled Italian shoemaker from the Marche region, has lost the Dirk Bikkembergs footwear license to the big Hong Kong-based Global Brands Group (GBG). The license agreement starts with the 2019-2020 autumn/winter collection. GBG has already worked with other fashion brands including Calvin Klein, Juicy ...
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Mixed figures from the Indian subcontinent
A string of export data from the Indian subcontinent have painted a mixed picture of the recent performance of local leather industries. But overall, regional players are increasingly ambitious and the Indian powerhouse is openly gearing up to lure manufacturing away from China.Bangladesh missed its exports target for footwear, leather ...
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Brexit or no Brexit, the industry wonders
The European shoe industry has been thrown into a period of increased confusion and uncertainty about future strategies by the overwhelming defeat by the British Parliament last week on the agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May had painfully negotiated with the European Commission on the terms of the U.K.'s divorce ...
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Expo Riva Schuh holds steady
The 91st edition of Expo Riva Schuh, held Jan. 12-15, attracted about 13,000 visitors, roughly in line with the numbers registered a year earlier. The tally includes the visitors to the two main fairgrounds of the international trade show: the Gardabags show near Lake Garda, which was in its second ...
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A new chairman with a modern vision will head up India’s CLE
Aqeel Ahmed Panaruma, chairman and managing director of Florence Shoe Company in the state of Tamil Nadu, became on Jan. 17 the new chairman of India's Council for Leather Exports, taking the place of Mukhtarul Amin. Sanjay Leeka will serve as vice chairman.The organization, which is sponsored by the Indian ...
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Brazilian shoemakers are optimistic
The recent election of a new president in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is expected to improve the country's battered economy and to generate more competition by opening up the Brazilian market, says Heitor Klein, executive president of the Brazilian shoe industry association, Abicalçados.He says the cost of making shoes in Brazil ...
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Italy made 5% fewer shoes in Q3
Italy's shoe production fell by 5.0 percent in volume in the third quarter of 2018, resulting in a 2.4 percent decline for the first nine months of the year, according to a survey released by the Italian shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici.The association noted that domestic demand was not showing any ...
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Ukrainian shoe industry sees threats in growing foreign trade
In the first ten months of 2018, Ukraine exported shoes worth $149 million, 23.1 percent more as compared to the same period of the previous year, says the Ukraine Light Industry Association (UkrLehProm). It pointed out, however, that the country's international trade in the sector is bringing not only opportunities, ...
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Italy’s exports grow faster than expected
Italy's shoe production declined by an estimated 1.2 percent during the first half of this year, according to the country's shoe industry association, Assocalzaturifici. While the Italian households' consumption retreated by 1.6 percent during the period, the country's shoe exports went up by 4.0 percent in terms of value.Exports declined ...
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Brazil exports less, targets China
Brazil's footwear exports declined by 10.7 percent in volume and by 12.0 percent in value in the first nine months of 2018. They went down to 78.9 million pairs worth $700 million, despite the ongoing devaluation of the local currency against the dollar.Higher exports to Argentina, which became the biggest ...
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Naples will host the World Footwear Congress
The 20 national shoe industry associations that form the Confederation of the European Footwear Industry (CEC) have agreed to hold next year's World Footwear Congress in Italy, the country with the largest and most sophisticated production apparatus on the continent. Micam, the world's largest footwear trade show, will be the ...
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Momad Shoes becomes ShoesRoom by Momad
Spain's national shoe show, Momad Shoes, will be changing its format and venue. Somewhat like Gallery Shoes, the new German shoe show that has replaced the big GDS, the future Spanish shoe show will feature smaller, simpler and less expensive modular stands. Like the new show in Düsseldorf, it will ...
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German shoe exports are on the rise
According to the German shoe and leathergoods industry association, HDS/L, German shoe exports went up by 8.9 percent to €3.5 billion in the first half of the year. In terms of volume, they grew by 6.6 percent to 158 million pairs and the average price per pair rose by 2.2 percent to ...
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Portugal invests heavily in its shoe industry
The Portuguese shoe industry decided in 2013 to invest at least €300 million between 2016 and 2020, or about 15 percent of its estimated added value, to improve its competitiveness at the international level under a strategic plan, called Community Support Framework Portugal 2020, that would be aided by the ...
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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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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 ...
