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November 2017

30 November 2017
US Deckers seeks advisers to defuse boardroom tension
RU Upswing in orders from Russia for Italian shoe brands
29 November 2017
US Rocky Brands offloads Creative Recreation
GB Blahnik praises Bonner (and drops Brexit bombshell)
NL Cordura helps Magnum upgrade the Spider boot
BR Huntsman TPU hits the spot for Brazilian footwear brand
DE The future of OutDoor may lie away from Friedrichshafen
28 November 2017
ES Inescop event will focus on latest cutting innovations
US Caleres keeps its eye on the weather
27 November 2017
US Footwear chief is the latest to leave Under Armour
MX Mexico’s minimum wage to go up: still no comparison with US rates
24 November 2017
US Floorplan for Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show unveiled
VN Vietnamese exporters to the EU must improve quality and beware of anti-dumping
23 November 2017
US Payless to expand its e-commerce business
US Shiekh Shoes shaken by consumers’ move away from malls
22 November 2017
FR Special celebration for French footwear group
US Aquazzura dismisses case against Ivanka Trump
CA Lululemon takes another stride into footwear
FR Paris tops list of new luxury store openings
ET Pittards adds shoe factory to its Ethiopia operations
21 November 2017
IT Assomac says Simac-Tanning Tech 2018 will be bigger
IT Wholesale drags down revenue at Ferragamo
20 November 2017
US Payless mulls further restructuring of business
DE New faces for adidas in key European markets
17 November 2017
BR Decline of Alpargatas continues in third quarter
IT Zero Impact leather helps Aku achieve environmental certification
16 November 2017
GB Ignore the naysayers, say Gandys brothers as they open Covent Garden store
DE Running Centre to return at OutDoor 2018
15 November 2017
CA Hunter chooses Toronto for its third own-brand store
TW Another 10% rise for Yue Yuen
US Wolverine aligns itself to trades with Project Bootstrap
FR Jordan Brand signs up to help French basketball to expand
NG Nigerian leather institute to manufacture boots for the military
14 November 2017
US Sensoria unveils its first smart running shoe
JP ASICS becomes first Japanese bluesign system partner brand
13 November 2017
BR Brazil’s shoe exports set to exceed 100 million pairs
GB Pentland picks up family business award
10 November 2017
ES FICE celebrates success of Shoes from Spain B2B
US Wolverine announces its third-quarter results
09 November 2017
US Investor accuses Deckers board of “failed business strategy”
DE BASF invests in new technology to challenge fluoropolymers
08 November 2017
US Payless Shoesource closures hit Steve Madden results
ID Quality improvement and brand-building are what Indonesia needs
VN US companies eye post-TPP opportunities in Vietnam
BD Dhaka to host new footwear and leathergoods show
IT Revenues continue to fall at Tod’s
07 November 2017
ES Elche gets new leather and footwear testing lab
CN Parx Plastics to set up joint venture in China
06 November 2017
CO Colombian industry prepares for high-level seminar programme
DE Kering considers selling Puma brand
03 November 2017
GB Michael Kors finalises $1.35 billion deal for Jimmy Choo
US Under Armour says new cushioning system will give shoes ‘zero-gravity’ feel
02 November 2017
LK Sri Lankan bootmaker seeks growth outside its military mainstay
US Nike aims to halve time to market in five years
01 November 2017
ES More than half of Valencia’s shoe companies use recycled material
CO Colombian company aims to boost export business
DE Gallery Shoes lays down plans for 2018
FR French leather industry appeals to young people
US New Balance apprenticeship on offer for Pensole students

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