Zebra Brand: Challenges for Thai exporter

Posted on February 16, 2012 in Dress shoes

One of Thailand's most well-known manufacturers & exporters overcomes challenges: labour costs, hypermarts & cheap chinese goods.

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Zebra Brand: Challenges for Thai exporter

Posted on February 11, 2012 in Dress shoes

One of Thailand's most well-known manufacturers & exporters overcomes challenges: labour , hypermarts & cheap chinese goods.

Tags: exporter, challenges, costs, hypermarts, cheap

Tanzania: Craftsman's Struggle Reflects Woes in Local Leather Sector

Posted on October 16, 2011 in Shoes.com

With an estimated population of 21.3 million cattle, 15 million goats and 6.4 million sheep, as well as being Africa's third largest leather exporter, it is surprising that Tanzania's leather industry is still in a shamble--counting little in terms of job creation and poverty alleviation.

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EU keeps its eye on Viet Nam shoemakers

Posted on October 05, 2011 in Leather shoes

Exporters of leather-upper shoes face new obstacles to accessing the European market, ever though the EU lifted its anti-dumping tariff on April 1, said Viet Nam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) general secretary Nguyen Thi Tong at a workshop held in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

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Nigeria: Once Upon a Vibrant Kano Leather Industry

Posted on August 09, 2011 in Design your own shoes

Tanners and other stakeholders in the leather industry in the country had thought it was a blessing and succour to the industry when the federal government introduced Export Expansion Grant (EEG) as part of its support to the private sector. The EEG was meant to serve as an incentive to exporters of certain non-oil products so as to diversify the economy from the monolithic oil sector.

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The Fresh & Onlys @ Red Palace

Posted on May 27, 2011 in Merrill shoes

By the time The Fresh & Onlys took the stage on Monday night at Red Palace, we had already seen two unexpectedly fun sets from two other California bands -- Crocodiles and Young Prisms . But there's a good reason why the evening's headliners are being considered the leading exporters of San Francisco's New Garage Rock . [ more › ]

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Shoe exporters seize renewed trading opportunities

Posted on May 24, 2011 in Design your own shoes

[Photo: A business woman from Europe examines shoe samples and prices at a trade fair in Dongguan, in South China's Guangdong province.]

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