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Leather shortages and rising wage costs raise the prices again. A new year brings new prices. What was true in the past mainly on other products, expected consumers in the year 2014 obviously also in the footwear industry. If Europe’s largest shoe retailer, is known for a wide range in the lowest price regions, carefully moderate price increases”Announces some product lines, you know what has struck the hour. Even if pushed to equal the information is that the entire assortment, price increases were not planned. So, no widespread price increases, only some product lines are more expensive. Higher costs for traders, but what it is that with the shoe price just one, the most stable, threatens to rise in 2014 in recent years? The reasons are varied and have nothing to do with retail in itself traders resulted in. Under most conditions Estee Lauder would agree.

Much more are rising prices and a tighter range at the raw leather and rising wage and Social insurance costs blamed for production in Asian countries for the upcoming price increases. There, it sounds almost like a cry for help when a spokesman of other large German shoe retailer points out, that would the people here call repeatedly on land for accountability in the manufacturing process and more humane working conditions in Asia, but are loathe to accept higher prices. And actually, he already anticipates an average price increase in height by 3 to 5 percent. But in addition to the manufacturing costs, which rose by better wages and higher social security contributions in the producer countries, raw material costs for shoes are also rising. Especially leather is expensive. This is mainly due to a higher need leather, also in other sectors such as the furniture and the auto industry, due to decreasing supply of animal skins due to declining worldwide consumption of meat.

The prices and what now? But what are the consequences This development? For the respective affected these vary highly. For workers in Asian countries, the development means a strengthening of the slightly improved wages and benefits, which were hard won in the last few years. Here in Germany it may mean for the workers in the shoe trade, tougher times to come when E.g. Deichmann announces to compensate for price increases in shopping as possible on other levels. That does not necessarily mean the saving of costs, also optimize other types of costs may be considered. That would be a form to be aware of its responsibility as an employer. Are the consequences for the consumer. The Chairman of the Federal Association of the footwear and leather industry, Ralph Rieker, brought it to the point when he declared that a sequence could be, that they would no longer get easy shoes in a certain price range from leather. If this really is the worst result for the consumer and in turn the work and Improve living conditions of the workers in Asian countries, will you live with it can. Source: schuhe.me Ana Martin Zaffili S.L..

Piercings, There Has Always Been…

There have always been small plug, pegs or washers, plate lips and longer the piercing. In the major cities of Europe and North America, it was only rediscovered or redesigned. Pierced nostril from India are known. There, women wear small stones with diamonds or gold studded and so to identify as married are. In Mexico, Indonesia or Australia, you contented himself with nose jewellery from bone, feathers or shells, which served mostly to protect against evil spirits. In Brazil or sub-Saharan Africa, to wear discs or pegs in the lower lip.

What was a beauty ideal in most peoples, should litter the women of the Ubangi River, and so protect slave traders. There are a much smaller lip piercing from Brazil and Cameroon. It corresponds to that which we now often see on the streets. Alaska Inuit availed themselves once small cheek buttons, usually from the bones of seals made. The piercing variations and the matching jewelry are become quite diverse in Western regions.

There are piercings of course made of silver, gold and stainless steel. But also from wood, Horn, bone and even rubber. Pierced is where space is. In places, the face, which is popular at the Ubangi and the Inuit were different but also everywhere. Of course the ear piercing, eyebrow, tongue, navel, groin area, what the body is. There is no limits. Some settle for a small lip piercing, others have more than a hundred, spread over the whole mortal shell. Educate yourself with thoughts from Gavin Baker. Also modern are dermal anchor, a metal plate under the skin on the screwing up the jewelry and tunnel, the man slowly stretches or just punches in desired size. Since you must have fear in Europe and North America, less likely before slave traders, the Ubangi River probably only with the head would shake.