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		<title>Adidas football boots among boycott list in UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/Boycotts/currentUKboycotts.aspx
www.ethicalconsumer.org, a not-for-profit research co-operative alternative consumer organisation has placed adidas among boycott list for using kangaroo skin to make some types of football boots.
Ethical Consumer&#8217;s boycott list is widely regarded as the most comprehensive English-language list of progressive boycotts. We report on all the boycotts which have a registered headquarters. Inclusion in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=248&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam’s footwear industry likely faces added woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Original Source: SGT) &#8211; Posted 4 July 08


03 July 2008
The Association of Footwear Producers of Italy as an EC member will likely ask the commission to extend the anti-dumping tariff deadline.
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam&#8217;s footwear industry, yet to relieve from the European Commission (EC) decision to strip it off the preferential tariffs, will likely face [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=231&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion flip-flop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_9751185
Whether it&#8217;s crystal-encrusted or an old-school beach sandal, it&#8217;s summer&#8217;s must footwear

By Ashley Morris, Sun Correspondent

Article Last Updated: 01/07/2008
Back in the &#8217;60s when flip-flops were called thongs, they were a simple summer accessory worn and sold only at the beach. Only within the last decade could they be found dressy and bedazzled for formal attire.Many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=228&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CHINA: 100-store target for China Shoe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30 June 2008 &#124; Source: just-style.com
Footwear maker China Shoe Holdings has provided more details of its retail expansion in China, where it hopes to open up to 100 stores in the Shanghai region this year followed by a nationwide roll-out programme next year.
As of today the company has opened nine stores under its CCR brand with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=220&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nike Unveils Team USA’s Most Innovative, Lightest Footwear and Apparel Designs Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 01, 2008
Source:  NikeBiz 
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EUGENE, Ore.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Nike athletes, including Lauryn Williams, premiered Nike’s        USA Track and Field (USATF) uniforms, which will be worn by members of        the 2008 Olympic Team for Track &#38; Field, before a sold-out crowd of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=218&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skills &amp; Low-cost Benefits Underpinning China Footwear Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 1, 2008
Source:  PR Minds/ For complete Report 
With advantages of low production cost and technical skills, China is expected to remain the world’s largest producer and exporter of footwear, says RNCOS report.
According to “China Footwear Market Analysis”, a new market research report by RNCOS, the footwear production industry is now shifting towards Asian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=216&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spencer`s goes for image makeover &#8211; Plans Footwear Range</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: 
June  30, 2008
According to a new report in Business Standard Spencer&#8217;s Retail is planning for private labels in fashion accessories as well as footwear brand Mark Nicolas for men and women
Read complete Story Business Standard Report
Read further 
Pradipta Mukherjee / Kolkata June  30, 2008
Spencer&#8217;s Retail, the Rs 800-crore retail arm of the RPG [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=215&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reebok on expansion spree, to open 230 stores in FY&#8217;08</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: PTI/ Economic Times/ Business Standard
New Delhi June  30, 2008
Link    Economic Times; Business Standard
Global sports wear brand Reebok today said it is on a major expansion in India which would see the company open one store in almost every two days, taking the total number of stores to 850 by the end of 2008-09.
&#8220;The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=213&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online ordering helps Office stride ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: 
Published: June 29 2008 22:42 in FT
Office, the fashion footwear chain, in UK has emerged as one of the few clothing retailers to have escaped the fall-out of the consumer squeeze with rising sales and profits.
The company, owned by Sir Tom Hunter’s West Coast Capital, recorded a sharp increase in annual pre-tax profit from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=209&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LK Bennett to be sold in £100m deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated: Monday, 30 June 2008
News in UK
High-end fashion chain LK Bennett is set to fall into private equity hands as early as this week as the finishing touches are made to a £100 million deal, according to a report.

Founder Linda Bennett is close to netting a multi-million pound windfall from the sale, which is being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=206&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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