LEON, MEXICO — Shoes are to this industrial city what cars are to Detroit. And like the Motor City, Mexico’s footwear capital is feeling the heat of foreign competition. The threat might not be ...

LEÓN, Mexico --Late one Friday night, more than a dozen men make tiny Mary Jane-style shoes that fit on the palms of their hands. As they work at the Popitos shoe factory, they shout out the chorus of ...

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Monterrey, Mexico – Juan Alvarado has owned a small shoe manufacturing business in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico’s shoe manufacturing capital, for more than 15 years. But the current trade and political ...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, claiming that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional ...

The Leonese sports shoe brand Court turned 30 years old in September. Over the years it has grown from a small family business to a renowned brand throughout the country. Due to the pandemic, they can ...