so sorry-Julia’s not feeling well
by Nina
Hello everybody, Happy Monday! Poor Julia is under the weather today so she apologizes that there will not be updates. There must be something going around! Please come back tomorrow and things will be hopefully back to normal. Ciao Ciao, Nina
Nylon Mag + Melissa Shoes
by JULIA
Melissa Shoes are those funky plastic shoes that are leather free and environmentaly friendly….Great publicity for the Brand and a cool video! I met the sales team out in Vegas this year and they are great!!
PrettyBOY’s Sneakers of the Week!
by JULIA
After following Brandon’s blog for a couple of weeks, I saw multiple postings for all these amazing sneakers, some very rare and some not even released and it got me thinking that it would be great to put all the links to his sneaker postings from his website throughout the week in one spot here on shoebizness every Friday! Including his top pick of the week….this is so that buyers, boutique owners, and e…
Matisse Sheena’s Weekly Rant-The Dreaded Markdown
by JULIA
Honestly I really don’t have a whole lot of comentary for this one. I do not know a whole lot about this subject except that I hear reps complain about it a lot. For the record, I gave her the topic “markdowns”, she added the dreaded part. The disclaimer reads: “Sheena’s Weekly Rant is meant for entertainment purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of all Shoebizness contributor…
Press Release-Draven Signs Licensing deal with Silver Star Casting Company
by JULIA
Congrats to both brands, it’s great to see people out there working it! I hope the partnership is successful!! We will have to follow up and see how they do at MAGIC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Draven Signs Licensing Deal with Silver Star Casting Company Draven has been tapped by Silver Star Casting Company as the global licensee for a premium collection of men’s and women’s footwear for an early 201…
Press Release – Boutique Branding Agency Focuses on the Specialized Needs of the Footwear Industry
by JULIA
Congrats to Chris and Syndi for starting their own company! Hope they have as much fun (and less stress haha) as I am. I know they will do great!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOUTIQUE BRANDING AGENCY FOCUSES ON THE SPECIALIZED NEEDS OF THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY (August 28, 2008) Boston, MA – Chris Langathianos, a footwear marketing veteran for more than thirteen years, has partnered with Syndi Hirsh, an experienced creati…
Video of the Day – Famous Footwear 2 years ago
by JULIA
Posted on You Tube Aug. 2, 2007 Sometimes it’s fun to look back only a couple years ago to see the changes! This commercial ran in 06 – 07….definitely a little different than the commercials for Famous out now, but also still some similarites.
Finally More Trivia
by JULIA
Thank you to Marcelo Schmidt all the way in CHINA who correctly answered ALL the trivia questions this week! He is the first person in Shoebizness history to do so!! Thank you Marcelo and stay tuned for new questions next week!! ….I think I am going to have to make them a bit tougher! What was the name for Nine West in the year 1988? 1/Jerome Fisher and Vincent Camuto formed the Fisher Camuto Corporation 1977 an…
My Celebrity Story – Jay Z and Nine West’s Angel Calva
by JULIA
I met Angel Calva a while back and hanging out with him is an absolute priority during each trip to NYC. Not only is he one of the nicest guys I have ever met, but he is also an industry vet who has an amazing perspective on the industry. I love talking to him as he still has a positive outlook and always has a funny story to tell me. He is also responsible for introducing me to Rick Paterno, the President of Nine West who was kind e…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!!
by JULIA
Nina is still on hiatus and I am starting to think she is up to something! I think we need to tell her that her fans miss her and you hear enough from me! Let’s hope she starts delivering the news again soon, because I don’t think I do it quite as well as she does. Oh well here it goes…. A diamond ring was found in a shoe donated to the store Foot Solutions in Florida. The owners Linda and Malcom Barry were colle…
JOB ADS!!
by JULIA
If you look to the right of the home page you will see a Brown Shoe logo and now a Skechers logo…BOTH companies are looking to fill positions, so please check them out! This is my creative way of posting jobs!! I will be adding several over the next week or so as the developers continue to make progress on the job board. My prices for job postings will be VERY competitive and what is nice about posting here is while you a…
Purple Shoe Sponsors!!!!
by JULIA
September 19th will be my next fashion show/charity event at the Setai on South Beach. This months charity that I will be collecting donations for is Soles4Souls (did you notice I like them?) and the color theme is purple. I thought of a fun idea and fortunately the designer I am working with, Delilah Johnson loved it. The idea is to have different shoe brands donate one or two pairs of purple shoes to be used in the show, s…
Press Release! Oboz Picks Make to be Creative Agency
by JULIA
Do you remember that company I featured that plants a tree every pair of shoes they sell?? No?? Well CLICK HERE for a refresher!! Boo Turner emailed me the following press release and I am happy to help spread the news! What a great company and a great idea! Thanks Boo!! Click above!! Oboz Picks Make to be Creative Agency Portland, Maine agency has several Montana clients 08.27.2009 – Oboz (http://www.obozfootwear.co…
Video of the Day-Mike Dirnt for MACBETH and Soles4Souls
by JULIA
Mike Dirnt talking about his shoe the 45RPM with proceeds benefitting S4S Wayne is keeping me busy with all his amazing fun celebrity partnerships! With him and Angel, this might as well be a celebrity gossip site. haha Congrats….I dig the Kellie Pickler thing, but this is certainly way cool! I grew up with Green Day and am a huge fan! Nice job Wayne!! You can learn more on the Soles4Souls website OR at www.ma…
Meeting Julia
by Ken Proctor
Ken and me at my favorite place to take industry friends…Sushi Samba. Love them!! South Beach, NYC, Vegas and Chicago. FYI I really don’t know what to say…..I am never speechless, okay so I am not speechless, but I am certainly blushing a whole bunch. I was really excited to finally meet Ken, who until yesterday was the only contributor I had never met in person. I have to say that his observation h…
