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Kirstin Deutelmoser, GDS Director, live on World Footwear
The interview focus on the next edition of the GDS fair, taking place between 30th of July and 1st of August
New footwear event for private label in Spain
The first edition of the Co-Shoes Workshop will take place in Alicante in October
Portuguese leather goods with booming exports
During the last 4 months sales abroad increased significantly. Two digits growth was registered across all regions
Jean Pierre Renaudin, CEC’s President, live on World Footwear
The interview covers some of the pressing topics impacting the footwear industry worldwide, with a focus on the views of the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry
European Union imposes restrictions to chromium
Additional restrictions on hexavalent chromium (Cr VI) in leather items that come into direct and repeated contact with the skin should be in effect next year in the European Union (EU)
schuhkurier with a special edition dedicated to GDS
The German footwear magazine issued a new edition focusing on the next edition of the GDS trade fair
Disputes in South China Sea impact footwear industry
Footwear factories operating in Vietnam halted production and shut their doors after anti-China protests
Workers at a footwear factory in Vietnam hospitalized after drinking water
Employees of Taiwan-invested Hong Fu Vietnam Footwear Company were hospitalized with poisoning after drinking water at work
Vibram settles a 3.75 million USD lawsuit over shoes with alleged health benefits
The maker of the famous FiveFingers barefoot-style running shoes has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement over the shoes’ declared health benefits
APICCAPS launches new fashion and lifestyle TV channel
The new platform is available at www.portugueseshoestv.pt and is dedicated to the promotion of Portuguese footwear, covering the latest fashion news
EU and US working on a wide scale innovating trade agreement
Last summer, EU and US started negotiations for a free trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). If negotiations succeed and the agreement is implemented in full, it will represent the most relevant regional free trade area and it will be the most impactful deal of its kind
GDS fair closes surrounded with positive expectations
From the 12th to the 14th of March the shoe world gathered in Düsseldorf, Germany, for the GDS fair, the international event for shoes & accessories. Global Shoes, the sourcing trade fair kicked off a day earlier.
“SmartSoles” designed to help tracking Alzheimer’s patients
GTX Corp., a company working with wearable technologies and Andrew Carle, professor at George Mason University (US), have teamed up to produce the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) SmartSoles, a footwear system designed to monitor people’s movements.
Themes of the 2014 World Footwear Congress announced
A recent communication from the Confederation of the Footwear Industry unveils the themes to be discussed at the 5th World Footwear Congress in Mexico.
theMICAM closes with visitor attendance down
The recent edition of theMICAM, run between the 2nd and 5th of March in Milan, closed with an attendance figure of 33.372 visitors, including 17.606 international operators, which reflects a decline in line with the recent trend (36.049 in 2012 and 35.389 in 2013).
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