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Sneaker cleaning services are multiplying in France. Brandon Mariadi, 24,...
Sneaker cleaning services are multiplying in France. Brandon Mariadi, 24, launched the first-ever service of this kind in Lille, in France's North-East, in December. Since then, Mariadi has reportedly cleaned more than 500 pairs of shoes. His service is called BBB Shop and customers can have their sneakers or other ...
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The Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, Oregon, has...
The Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, Oregon, has announced the launch of the 2017 World Sneaker Championship. In order to participate in the contest, a designer must submit one page showing a side and bottom view of their original sneaker design. The proposed design must be sketched in ...
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Amazon's sale of rubber sandals bearing the face of Mahatma...
Amazon's sale of rubber sandals bearing the face of Mahatma Gandhi, India's independence icon, has triggered an outcry in India and calls for the items to be removed from the website. India's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Amazon “should respect Indian sensitivities and sentiments.” Amazon's country manager for India, ...
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A new museum dedicated to the footwear industry and its...
A new museum dedicated to the footwear industry and its history has been inaugurated in Portugal. The Footwear Museum, which opened its door on Nov. 5, is located in S. João da Madeira, a region of historic significance for the Portuguese shoe industry. Besides an exhibition of 500 shoe models ...
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CORRECTION: We misspelled the name of Gérard Biotteau, the former...
CORRECTION: We misspelled the name of Gérard Biotteau, the former chairman of the French Eram group, who passed away on Dec. 4 at the age of 92 years. He was the son of the group's founder, François Biotteau. We apologize for the mistake.
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Footwear entrepreneurs in Italy's Marche region are protesting against the...
Footwear entrepreneurs in Italy's Marche region are protesting against the funds that Italy's cooperation has recently allocated to support the development of the footwear industry in Ethiopia. In this case, Italy's funding is provided to an international €2.8 million project of Unido, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. According to ...
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The Skechers Foundation has announced that its 8th annual 2016...
The Skechers Foundation has announced that its 8th annual 2016 Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk has raised more than $1.6 million for children with special needs and education. Celebrities at the event included Brooke Burke-Charvet, a longtime Skechers supporter, as well as boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, actor Ian ...
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A new online course on sustainable footwear manufacturing has been...
A new online course on sustainable footwear manufacturing has been launched by Step2Sustainability, the program to promote sustainability in the footwear industry co-financed by the European Commission. The new e-learning course can be followed for free by companies and workers during the pilot period. The course is supposed to favor ...
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CORRECTION: The GDS fair is scheduled to take place in...
CORRECTION: The GDS fair is scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf from July 26 to July 28. It will not occupy the same halls as before. Only about 600 brands have registered so far to show, more or less the same number as a year ago, but the organizers hope ...
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GMS, the German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers, offered...
GMS, the German-based buying group for independent shoe retailers, offered support for shoe retailers affected by the recent rainstorms in Germany. The buying group sent out a letter to all affiliated retailers, asking them to get in contact if they were affected by the severe weather and also called retailers ...
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The U.K. Leather Federation and the University of Northampton have...
The U.K. Leather Federation and the University of Northampton have announced a joint initiative to set up a doctoral program focusing on hexavalent chromium, or Chrome VI. The project, funded by a three-year grant, is expected to start by the end of the year. The university's Institute for Creative Leather ...
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Sotheby's sold a collection of Andy Warhol shoe prints at...
Sotheby's sold a collection of Andy Warhol shoe prints at £293,000 (€366,827-$416,806) in London on March 22. The auction house originally estimated the sale price at between £100,000 (€125,215-$142,210) and £150,000 (€187,850-$213,375). The collection, titled “A La Recherche du Shoe Perdu” (“In Search of the Lost Shoe”), comprises 16 offset ...
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Gimmi Baldinini, at the head of the Baldinini shoe brand,...
Gimmi Baldinini, at the head of the Baldinini shoe brand, was honored with a Triumph International award - in the category “Economy” - from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) during a ceremony that was held at the Russian Embassy in Rome on Jan. 29. Alessandro Cabella, the general ...
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CORRECTION: Danish tax authorities are asking Ecco to pay taxes...
CORRECTION: Danish tax authorities are asking Ecco to pay taxes of 22.12 million Danish kroner (€2.96m-$3.22m) for 2005 on a gross income of DKK 79 million (€10.59m-$11.50m) by its subsidiaries in Indonesia and Thailand. We had mentioned a higher amount. The company is appealing the ruling.
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Satra will soon release the results of a major international...
Satra will soon release the results of a major international foot measurement survey it has been conducting in the last three years among people in the U.K., the U.S. and China. The survey, which will tell us about the most common shoe sizes around the world, is believed to be ...
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Roger Maes, the Belgian shoe industry expert who started up...
Roger Maes, the Belgian shoe industry expert who started up Shoeinfonet.com back in 1995, when very few people in the shoe industry used the internet, has re-launched his relational website with a better structure, better filters and search functions that seem to be appreciated by visitors. The website is probably ...
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The Kering Foundation and Women's Aid have signed a joint...
The Kering Foundation and Women's Aid have signed a joint charter to fight and prevent domestic violence in the U.K. The Charter will engage 1,260 U.K.-based employees of the French conglomerate in a two-year program intended to raise awareness among them of this issue and to enable them to become ...
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Correction: Europe represented 35.9 percent of world trade in footwear...
Correction: Europe represented 35.9 percent of world trade in footwear last year, according to the World Footwear Yearbook compiled by Apiccaps. This includes a share of 31 percent from individual European countries to others within the European Union.
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CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, has announced...
CTC, the French leather research and testing organization, has announced the release of the English version of “La Chaussure sous toutes ses coutures” under the title “Shoes from heel to toe.” The original French publication dates back to 2008. The book examines the subject of whether shoes are mere accessories ...
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CORRECTION: Timberland has about 120 people working for the brand...
CORRECTION: Timberland has about 120 people working for the brand VF Corporation's European office in Stabio, Switzerland. Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart, who is running Timberland's European operations, was previously in charge of European sales and brand management for The North Face.
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