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Gallery SHOES & Fashion is postponed Gallery SHOES & Fashion NEW DATES: 18 – 20 April 2021 Accompanying Showroom Concept NEW DATES: 16 – 20 April 2021

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 13:59English

“Due to yesterday’s prognosis from the German government about the further foreseeable COVID-19 measures for the coming weeks and our subsequent talks with the responsible authorities, it is becoming clear that the important planning security we need to hold an event at the beginning of March 2021 is unfortunately not yet guaranteed. We have therefore decided at short notice to postpone the dates of the next physical edition of Gallery SHOES & Fashion.” Ulrike Kähler Managing Director of Igedo Company

THE ITALIAN FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY: THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2020 SEE A DROP IN PRODUCTION (-29.4%) AND IN SALES (-33.1%)

Thursday, December 31, 2020 - 11:22English

Siro Badon: “Reintroduction of restrictive measures, compromised Christmas shopping and postponed recovery of demand will have serious repercussions for a sector that has seen a further drop in the number of active enterprises (-101 in the first 9 months of the year) and employees (down by about 2,600) in 2020. If component manufacturers are taken into account, the balance is even more negative: -231 enterprises and -3453 employees”. In the third quarter the dynamics recorded in the Italian footwear industry were somewhat less unfavourable, but still far from positive. This is the picture that emerges from the figures processed by the Confindustria Moda Research Centre on behalf of Assocalzaturifici, revealing a double-digit drop in the turnover of the companies surveyed during the period under examination (-26.6%). Only 14% of interviewees declared that they had exceeded, or at least matched, their turnover in the third quarter of 2019, while more than half of the panel reported a drop of -20 to -50%. These figures were matched by Istat's industrial production index, which registered -17.4% in the months between July and September. The drop since the start of the year is considerable, in all forms.

INDUSTRIA CALZATURIERA ITALIANA: NEI PRIMI NOVE MESI DEL 2020 IN CALO SIA LA PRODUZIONE (-29,4%) CHE IL FATTURATO (-33,1%)

Thursday, December 31, 2020 - 11:14Italian

Siro Badon: “La reintroduzione di misure restrittive, gli acquisti natalizi compromessi e la ripartenza della domanda di nuovo rinviata avranno gravi ripercussioni sulle capacità di tenuta del settore, che ha visto ridursi ulteriormente nel 2020 il numero di imprese attive (-101 nei primi 9 mesi) e di addetti (sceso di circa 2.600 unità). Considerando anche i produttori di componentistica, i saldi negativi salgono a -231 imprese e -3453 addetti”. Il comparto calzaturiero in Italia ha sperimentato nel terzo trimestre dinamiche un po’ meno sfavorevoli, ma comunque ancora non positive. E’ quanto emerge dai dati elaborati dal Centro Studi di Confindustria Moda per Assocalzaturifici, che evidenziano nel periodo esaminato cali a doppia cifra nel fatturato delle aziende raggiunte dall’indagine (-26,6%). Solo il 14% degli intervistati ha dichiarato di aver superato, o quantomeno eguagliato, il fatturato del terzo trimestre 2019, mentre più della metà del panel ha denunciato un calo compreso tra il -20 e il - 50%. Dati che trovano riscontro nell’indice della produzione industriale di Istat, che ha registrato in luglio-settembre un -17,4%. Il calo da inizio anno resta considerevole, in tutte le variabili.

MICAM MILANO WINS THE ICMA AWARD AND RENEWS ITS IMAGE AND CONTENT

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 - 20:59English

Scheduled for March 21 through 23, 2021 at Fieramilano (Rho), MICAM Milano, the world’s leading footwear trade show, promoted by Assocalzaturifici, is ready to serve a market that is responding with resilience, attempting to provide the right amount of space for all sectors of the industry. At this time of great change, MICAM has reinvented itself, representing itself with irony and imagination and obtaining plenty of approval and consensus, thanks in part to contributions from the ITA Agency, Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development and the Region of Lombardy.

Gallery FASHION & Shoes - from 30 January – 1 February 2021 - Plus: additional digital hybrid version from 28 January – 15 February 2021

Monday, December 21, 2020 - 18:33English

“We have extended our digital services for exhibitors and professional visitors. Along with the physical event in January 2021, we are also offering an additional virtual hybrid format that can be accessed from 28 January until 15 February 2021. This is our way of supporting our exhibitors, brands and professional visitors with an alternative option.” Ulrike Kähler Managing Director of Igedo Company Gallery Project Director

Ausschreibung für HDS/L Junior Award 2021 läuft

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 15:49German

Es gehört nicht nur zu einer langen und guten Tradition des Bundesverbands der Schuh- und Lederwareindustrie kreative Nachwuchskräfte für ihre besonderen Leistungen auszuzeichnen. „Mehr noch, es ist uns gerade in schwierigen Zeiten ein besonderes Anliegen, junge kreative Menschen zu unterstützen“, betont der HDS/L Hauptgeschäftsführer Manfred Junkert. Daher schreibt der Verband auch im kommenden Jahr wieder den HDS/L Junior Award aus. Mit dem Preis werden junge Menschen geehrt, die das Produkt Schuh durch außergewöhnliche Kreativität und Innovationskraft aufwerten und in Szene setzen. Das Motto des HDS/L Junior Award 2021 lautet ,RECYCLING / UPCYCLING - CREATE A NEW STYLE WITH USED MATERIALS!’ Gefragt sind neue, kreative Ideen im Bereich Recycling.

ASSOMAC - AN INTERLOCUTORY YEAR FOR A RENEWING SECTOR

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 15:10English

• The new ASSOMAC President has been elected: Maria Vittoria Brustia, President of Brustia Alfameccanica and President of “Lomellina-Vigevano” Assolombarda Pavia. (Regional branch of Confindustria – National Association of manufacturing and service companies in Italy). Today ASSOMAC, the Association of manufacturers of Footwear, Leather goods and Tannery technologies, met for its annual plenary assembly, under the leadership of the outgoing president Gabriella Marchioni Bocca.

THE DiaSHOE PROJECT: IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES THROUGH PREVENTION AND SKILLS

Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 12:30English

On Dec. 4, 2020, the European Footwear Confederation and its partners from Czechia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Romania kicked off the new Erasmus+ project DiaSHOE. Diabetes currently affects 463 million people worldwide and complications in the lower limbs caused by the disease are frequent: it is estimated that 15% of people suffering from diabetes either suffer or risk suffering from such complications. One of the main causes of the so-called Diabetic Foot Syndrome (DFS) is closely associated with footwear: 80% of DFS complications are linked to the use of inappropriate footwear. The project intends to support footwear manufacturers, patients, healthcare workers, and shoe-store clerks to tackle this issue through two main avenues: prevention and skills development.

El CTCR premiado con el máximo galardón de Expoquimia en Biotecnología

Saturday, December 5, 2020 - 22:15Spanish

Este reconocimiento avala que el Centro Tecnológico riojano está en pleno auge y, concretamente, por a su contribución a la investigación, el desarrollo y la innovación, así como por su apuesta por la sostenibilidad en un entorno de claro compromiso por el incremento de la competitividad en el sector calzado El Centro Tecnológico del Calzado de La Rioja, CTCR, ha sido galardonado con el Premio en Biotecnología I+D+i que anualmente otorga Expoquimia y Equiplast, en reconocimiento a los importantes avances conseguidos, como resultado del gran esfuerzo realizado por sus biotecnólogos y químicos en los últimos años. A los galardones se presentaron decenas de candidaturas, siendo “nuestro trabajo de obtención de celulosa bacteriana biodegradable de origen biológico, el merecedor de todo alago posible, al plantearse actualmente como la alternativa al cuero más viable sosteniblemente”, añade el Director-Gerente del CTCR, Javier Oñate. No siendo un sustitutivo de este tipo de piel, el más utilizado en la fabricación de zapatos, cumple a la perfección el objetivo perseguido al erradicar los graves problemas ambientales que surgen durante su proceso de curtición. Es este hito, entre otros, el que ha servido al jurado para valorar especialmente en positivo esta innovadora propuesta,

RELAZIONI, BUSINESS E DIGITALE: EXPO RIVA SCHUH E GARDABAGS RIPARTONO A GENNAIO CON UN’EDIZIONE SPECIALE

Saturday, December 5, 2020 - 21:37Italian

Expo Riva Schuh e Gardabags tornano dal 16 al 19 gennaio 2021 con una edizione speciale, un unicum che segnerà un momento di ripartenza del settore grazie a nuove dinamiche e nuove possibilità digitali, vista l'impossibilità di organizzare eventi in presenza. L'obiettivo è dare continuità al core della manifestazione: leggere le evoluzioni del mercato per offrire ai professionisti strumenti, riflessioni e soluzioni mettendo in relazione i più importanti player della calzatura a livello internazionale.