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How Covid-19 is being felt in Africa and Latin America

Premium ContentMar 19, 2020 / Coronavirus - Covid19

While countries in Europe seem to be in the midst of the pandemic, Africa and Latin America are facing the early stages of the Covid-19 diffusion in their territories

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Mexico: imports from Brazil growing by more than 60%

Jan 21, 2020 / Mexico

Data gathered by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) reveals that in 2019 sales of Brazilian footwear to Mexico increased by 62.5% in value and by 74.4% in value

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Brazilian exports cross the 965 million US dollars threshold

Jan 10, 2020 / Brazil

Data gathered by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) indicates that 114.55 million pairs of shoes were shipped abroad between January and December, generating 967 million US dollars in exports in 2019

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Reef signs new EMEA distributors

Jan 8, 2020 / United States

Reef Lifestyle, LLC announced it has entered into several new distribution agreements with leading footwear distributor partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

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Growth of Brazilian exports driven by US market

Dec 17, 2019 / Brazil

Between January and November this year 104.2 million pairs of shoes were exported by Brazil, resulting in revenue of 886.3 million US dollars. The US market continues to grow

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Argentina: CIMA is calling for protectionism

Nov 21, 2019 / Argentina

The Chamber of the Leather Industries in Argentina is worried with the state of the industry and have asked for protection

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Nike is sizing down production in Argentina

Oct 17, 2019 / Argentina

According to reports by Argentina-based newspaper Pagina 12 the US-based sportswear giant is reducing its local production. Replacing the local capacity by imports might be on the pipeline

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Umbro extends South America license

Oct 15, 2019 / South America

The owner of the brand, Iconix Brands Group, has announced a ten-year extension of Umbro’s licensing agreement with long-time partner Grupo Dass

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US is the main destination of Brazilian footwear exports

Oct 10, 2019 / Brazil

According to data prepared by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados), 9.47 million pairs were shipped in August, 7.4% more than in the same month of 2018

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Chilean retailers impacted by fall in Argentine tourism flow

Sep 20, 2019 / Chile

In recent years citizens from Argentina have choosen Chile as a shopping and tourism destination taking advantage of a more open economy on the other side of the border. Now things seem to be changing

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Alpargatas downsizes business in Argentina

Jul 25, 2019 / Argentina

The Brazil-based footwear manufacturer sold its operations in Argentina. The amount of the deal should amount to roughly 3.3 million euros (14 million Brazilian reais)

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CEC: getting close to free access to Mercosur

Jul 23, 2019 / CEC

European footwear companies can start counting down to export their leather shoes to Mercosur countries free of import duties. Luís Onofre, CEC's President, comments the agreement

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Double digit fall in Argentina's production

Jul 12, 2019 / Argentina

Bad news continues for the Argentinian industry. According to the latest technical report issued by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC), production in the country fell by 6.9% in the month of May, in comparison to similar period in 2018

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EU and Mercosur reach agreement on trade

Jul 2, 2019 / European Union

The European Union and Mercosur announced the new political agreement for a new trade framework as an important tool for the consolidation of the strategic partnership of both parties and as having the ability to boost sustainable growth

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