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Italian footwear industry hopeful despite “triple dip”

17/02/2015

While official numbers are still to be confirmed, reports from Italy say production levels fell below the “critical threshold” of 200 million pairs produced in 2014, the first time they have been under that level since 2009. In December, Cleto Sagripanti, president of Italian footwear manufacturers association Assocalzaturifici, warned about...

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