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.
Tags: exporter, challenges, costs, hypermarts, cheap
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.
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.
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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