Gerry Hadden

Gerry Hadden

Gerry Hadden reports for The World from Europe. Based in Spain, Hadden's assignments have sent him to the northernmost village in Norway to the southern tip of Italy, and just about everywhere else in between.

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Spain’s Troubled Shoe Industry in Comeback Mode

October 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Rosana Pedan of Pikolinos Shoes (Photo: Gerry Hadden)

Rosana Pedan of Pikolinos Shoes says her company has survived globalization by creating its own fashion brand and thinking creatively. She stands by a display of Pikolinos sandals decorated by Maasai artisans, from Tanzania. (Photo: Gerry Hadden)

The Spanish town of Elche is at the heart of a manufacturing revival of sorts.

Elche was a shoe making capital that lost a lot of jobs to cheaper Asia.

But now Elche’s shoe companies are starting to come back.


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