Geox, a casual-footwear brand, is based in the sports-shoe cluster in Montebelluna but manufactures abroad.

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Geox, an innovative and successful shoemaker, produces most of its goods abroad, as does Luxottica, the world's leading maker of sunglasses.

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It competes against brands such as Geox, Ecco, Crocs and Belle.

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