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    CORRECTIONS: Waalwijck is in the Netherlands. The exact name of...

    2014-01-21T00:00:00Z

    CORRECTIONS: Waalwijck is in the Netherlands. The exact name of the outgoing president, chief executive and board member of Crocs is John McCarvel.

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    A huge fire broke out at the Pou Yuen Vietnam...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    A huge fire broke out at the Pou Yuen Vietnam factory in Ho Chi Minh, on August 28. The blaze, which was tackled by over 500 firefighters, destroyed about 4,000 square meters of the factory, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Pou Chen Group. The fire started on the fourth floor and ...

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    Fire broke at the Zamagni footwear factory in Italy, in...

    2013-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Fire broke at the Zamagni footwear factory in Italy, in the shoe-making town of San Mauro Pascoli, near Forlì. According to local authorities, the fire occurred when a bottle of solvent came into contact with a naked flame. The incident left three people burned, one of whom was seriously injured.

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    Correction: The new internet domain operated by ANWR in behalf...

    2013-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Correction: The new internet domain operated by ANWR in behalf of its retail members in Germany is called www.schuhe.de. As previously reported, Skechers is running a TV advertising campaign where it is pointing consumers to ANWR's website to locate the retailers nearest to them who are carrying Skechers' special offer. ...

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    Garant Germany and Sabu Schuh & Marketing announced support for...

    2013-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Garant Germany and Sabu Schuh & Marketing announced support for retailers affected by the flood and severe weather conditions in Eastern and Southern Germany. Affiliated retailers of Garant Germany are advised to contact the executive board in Düsseldorf or regional offices of Garant, if they are concerned. Depending on the ...

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    Hanni Merete Toosbuy Kasprzak, owner and chairman of Ecco Holding,...

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Hanni Merete Toosbuy Kasprzak, owner and chairman of Ecco Holding, came in ninth place on the 2010 list of Denmark's richest people, keeping the same rank as in the previous year. Her fortune was assessed at 11,300 million Danish kronor (€1,517m-$2,076m). Her father, Karl-Heinz Toosbuy, founded Ecco in 1963, and ...

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    The family also has a big interest in horses and...

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    The family also has a big interest in horses and bought a horse stud farm for DKK 3.45 million (€463,200-$634,000) in 1997. Ecco is the world's fifth-largest leather producer with a presence in more than 90 countries.

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    The German press has reported on the premature death at...

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    The German press has reported on the premature death at the age of 62 of Michael Prange, who led the German shoe retail group bearing his family's name since 1962, following the death of his father. The German press also reports that another 62-year-old German manager, Jürgen Klimmek, has passed ...

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    +++ Lanxess is announcing price increases ranging between 10 and...

    2011-03-02T00:00:00Z

    +++ Lanxess is announcing price increases ranging between 10 and 40% on a variety of leather chemicals based on acrylic acid because of the steeply rising raw material costs +++