All Shoe Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 21+22 – Page 4

  • Assocalzaturifici
    Article

    C-Suite interview - Trade shows have to speak the same language as exhibitors

    2024-10-10T11:27:00Z

    On Sept. 9, 2024, Assocalzaturifici, the Italian association of shoemakers, announced the appointment of Giorgio Possagno as General Manager. The position had been vacant since the departure of Tommaso Cancellara on April 5, 2022. Aged 53, Possagno started his career with the tire maker Pirelli, where he worked at the ...

  • News briefs

    Austrian trade association files complaint against Temu

    2024-10-10T08:37:00Z

    Austrian retailers are trying to hold their ground against the rapid rise of the Chinese low-cost online marketplace Temu. The Austrian retail association, Handelsverband Österreich, has lodged a twelve-page complaint with the Austrian federal competition authority, BWB, against Temu, citing deceptive business practices and calling on the authorities to ...

  • News briefs

    Eva-Maria Schaffner leaves BTE

    2024-10-10T08:17:00Z

    Business administration advisor Eva-Maria Schaffner will leave BTE, the German textile, footwear and leather goods trade association, at the end of this year. Schaffner, a business administration graduate and former independent shoe retailer, joined the association in late 2022. The separation is amicable, according to BTE. During her ...