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EFA welcomes China's request for WTO consultation in to anti-dumping duties
The European Footwear Alliance (EFA) has welcomed the Chinese government’s decision to request a World Trade Organisation (WTO) consultation on EU anti-dumping measures imposed on Chinese and Vietnamese leather footwear.
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Nike third quarter sales up 4% in Western Europe
Sales of Nike footwear in Western Europe, which includes the UK, soared by 8% over the third quarter while clothing sales dropped back by 1%.
FitFlop opens Harrods shop-in-shop
FitFlop, the comfort footwear brand, has opened its first shop-in-shop, in the World of Sports area on the fifth floor of London department store Harrods.FitFlop’s range of footwear at the Knightsbridge store includes boots, clogs and sandals.
Hunter rebuffs ‘too low’ approaches for Office
Retail entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter is understood to have rebuffed a number of unsolicited approaches for young fashion footwear chain Office, which he owns via his West Coast Capital private equity partnership.
Micam hailed a success
The organisers of international footwear tradeshow Micam hailed this season’s edition a success and “one of the first signals of the long-awaited recovery”.
Clothing and footwear sales grow in February
Clothing and footwear sales growth continued in February after the sector benefitted from posptoned January sales.
