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ent from Canada into the Italian market last year.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The first Expo Riva Middle East show, held in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates in January, proved positive for the 13 Brazilian companies that exhibited at th
onths.
AUSTRALIA
K-9 Concepts, Inc. has completed its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding membership interests of Australian casual footwear company Aussie Soles International LLC. The new company intends to build itself into
yor of the city, Jair Foscarini, is analysing the proposal, which includes a request that the city authorities provide premises for the new factory. The company says it would use the new facility to produce footwear for different brands, startin
get for the programme will be around $50 million. The minister said half of this would go into a federal government fund while the other half would be in the hands of state governments throughout the country. He said the most likely use of
r this year remains positive. Currency-adjusted global brand sales grew more than 3% to reach
€
2.7 billion, even brand sales in euros fell slightly. Footwear sales climbed 1.9% on a comparable basis to reach
€
1,477.9 million.
FRANCE
The
that sat just outside the collection of fashion events known as ‘Paris Capitale de la Création’, which yearly draws around 600,000 buyers. The next time Midec is held, in September, it will form part of this mega-event.
ITALY
Sports brand
nce in March. They have predominantly blue uppers to match Italy’s colours, but have an amazing design on the sole. Inspired by the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican, the boots depict the creation of mankind from one of Miche
n of Le Marche has revealed that it invited the Russian delegation to travel south after the exhibition to attend a special workshop on local footwear offerings in a famous monastery in Fiastra. The Russian market has become one of the mo
h general elections in Spain. The opening day of the fairs, Friday, March 7 attracted 1,500 more visitors than the corresponding day last year. The organisers, Ifema, believe that this pattern repeated itself on the middle day, Saturday, leavin
ll picture for the industry looks far from positive. According to the latest figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, year-to-date exports for the first seven months of the fiscal calendar (July 2007 to January 2008) fell 2.3% to 7.9 m
ntry. Bata, which currently has 237 retail outlets in Bangladesh, has announced that it will open 40 new stores in the course of this year. And rival Apex Adelchi has said it will open 20 new outlets to add to the 70 it has already.
CHINA
W
ong-based Yue Yuen Industrial and owned by Yue Yuen’s parent company, Pou Chen Group of Taiwan—is now around $210 a month. The average footwear worker’s monthly wage in the area is $135. There are 27,000 people working at th
w selling our footwear to Costco, this is untrue,” said Ron Snyder, Crocs president and chief executive, in a statement. “We have not sold Crocs-branded products to Costco nor have we authorised any of our customers to sell our products
a, with leather footwear—along with wine—leading factors in the growth east-to-west. The government office said the two nations traded goods worth ?5.6 billion in 2007, an increase of 12.4% on the year before. Canadian imports of Itali
e United Arab Emirates in January, proved positive for the 13 Brazilian companies that exhibited at the event, generating a possible $8 million-worth of business. According to a report published by the Arab Brazilian News Agency (ANBA)
asual footwear company Aussie Soles International LLC. The new company intends to build itself into a “globally known brand of footwear and accessories for the fashion, surf, travel, and medical industries”.
BRAZIL
A footwear manuf
factory. The company says it would use the new facility to produce footwear for different brands, starting with 1000 pairs per day and 200 workers.
MEXICO
Mexico’s economy minister, Eduardo Sojo, has confirmed in a radio interview th
ther half would be in the hands of state governments throughout the country. He said the most likely use of the money would be to construct modern business parks to house new and existing manufacturing firms.
GERMANY
German athlet
ros fell slightly. Footwear sales climbed 1.9% on a comparable basis to reach
€
1,477.9 million.
FRANCE
The new organisers of the Midec footwear event in Paris have declared themselves satisfied with the latest edition of the Paris event in
yers. The next time Midec is held, in September, it will form part of this mega-event.
ITALY
Sports brand Le Coq Sportif has designed a new boot for the captain of Italy’s national rugby team, Sergio Parisse. The Number 8, who was act
y the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican, the boots depict the creation of mankind from one of Michelangelo’s paintings there.
RUSSIA
The impressive delegation of Russian footwear buyers attending the Micam exhibition in Mila
on local footwear offerings in a famous monastery in Fiastra. The Russian market has become one of the most important for high-end Italian leather shoes in recent years.
SPAIN
The organisers of the spring edition of Madrid’s leather an
ng day last year. The organisers, Ifema, believe that this pattern repeated itself on the middle day, Saturday, leaving lower numbers on Sunday as buyers from Spain wanted to be at home to vote.
PAKISTAN
Although Pakistan’s footwear
, year-to-date exports for the first seven months of the fiscal calendar (July 2007 to January 2008) fell 2.3% to 7.9 million pairs worth $ 63.4 million, down from 8.6 million pairs worth $64.9 million in same period of the previous year.
BAN
f this year. And rival Apex Adelchi has said it will open 20 new outlets to add to the 70 it has already.
CHINA
Workers in a factory in southern China who make footwear for Nike have been given a big increase in their salaries. According t
month. The average footwear worker’s monthly wage in the area is $135. There are 27,000 people working at the site, producing 14 million pairs of Nike shoes a year.
UNITED STATES
The maker of colourful plastic shoe brand Crocs has
ve not sold Crocs-branded products to Costco nor have we authorised any of our customers to sell our products to Costco ” He added that when Crocs had found instances of resellers supplying it had ended its relationship with those cus
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ITALY
The Italian footwear manufacturers’ association,
ANCI, has predicted that the country’s footwear output in
2011 will exceed 205 million pairs when the final figures
come in.
In a statement at the start of 2012, ANCI projected total
production for the previous year of 205.2 million pairs, an
increase of 1.4% compared to 2010.
Based on this estimate, it said the value of shoes
produced in Italy in 2011 would be greater than
€
7 billion,
4.2% higher than in 2010.
ANCI predicted a lower level of domestic consumption of
183.9 million pairs, 3.4% down on 2010.
UK
British cyclist Mark Cavendish and
athlete Mo Farah might be accepting
any London 2012 medals in bare feet
to avoid breaching contracts with
personal sponsors, as the British
Olympic Association (BOA) has stated
that British medal winners can only
wear adidas shoes at medal
ceremonies.
Mr Cavendish and Mr Farah, who are
both sponsored by US brand Nike, will
wear adidas clothing as part of Team
GB at the Olympics, but will be
permitted to wear their own footwear
during competition, because footwear
is classified as technical equipment.
FRANCE
The prime minister of
France, François Fillon, has toured the
factory that high-end footwear brand
Mephisto runs in Sarrebourg in the
east of the country.
After touring the facility, which
produces 20,000 pairs of handmade
Mephisto shoes every day, Mr Fillon
said the footwear company was an
example that showed it was still
possible to manufacture in France
products that attract high levels of
demand from overseas markets.
Mephisto exports 80% of its output
and currently has customers in 86
countries. It was the favoured footwear
brand of the tenor Luciano Pavarotti up
to his death in 2007.
PORTUGAL
National footwear industry association
APICCAPS has said that Portugal’s footwear
manufacturers achieved sales of
€
1.23 billion in the first
nine months of 2011.
The organisation said that this amounted to almost the
same amount as the Portuguese footwear industry achieved
in the whole of 2010 and represents growth of 17%.
Almost all (95%) of the shoes produced in Portugal go
for export, with retailers in 130 countries sourcing some of
their footwear stock from there. APICCAPS said
Portuguese shoe brands, including Dkode, Nobrand,
Camport, Eject, Mack James, Softwaves and Fly London,
had made a particularly positive impression on markets in
northern Europe.
BELARUS
Reports from Belarus say
that the prime minister, Mikhail
Myasnikovich, has given his backing to
a tannery in Gatovo that is aiming to
increase its production levels by 50%.
Mr Myasnikovich has said he would
like more of the footwear Belarusian
consumers buy to come from domestic
manufacturers and the tannery will
need to increase its production to
supply the necessary leather. The
tannery was set up in the 1980s with
support from Italian contractors.