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Viva China acquires Testoni footwear brand

Published: November 5, 2021

Viva China, a venture company controlled by Chinese Olympic gold medalist Li Ning and the largest shareholder of his namesake sportswear brand, is to acquire the loss-making Italian shoemaker Amedeo Testoni for HK$81.57 million (US$10.48 million).

Saint Laurent could manufacture in Tuscany

Published: June 21, 2019

French luxury conglomerate, Kering is said to be in talks to with Italian authorities to lease an industrial complex located in the outskirts of Florence, Italy.

Pou Yuen Vietnam workers go on strike

Published: April 1, 2015

Thousands of workers at a major factory in southern Vietnam went on strike for a fifth day on March 31 in protest over social insurance cover, in a rare show of labour unrest in a country positioning itself as a future Asian manufacturing powerhouse.