The Daily 5, All about the good news!!
by JULIA
Toms Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie and a team of volenteers recently traveled to New Orleans where they gave away 2,000 pairs of shoes to kids at local schools. The best part is he and his 33 volenteers all paid their own way! They spent three days in the city visiting multiple schools in the area where they visited with the kids. I have always been a fan of this company and stories like this are the reason why!! Read the ful…
Video of the Day-1987 Converse- Awesome!!
by JULIA
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird!! Those were the days!! This originally aired back during the 1987-1988 basket ball season. That’s unfortunately about when I stopped paying attention….okay okay….maybe a little later than that, but I certainly know way more about 80′s basket ball stars than I do now. Pretty sad considering I was in elementary school!! haha
The Atlanta Show-Why it Works
by JULIA
Click Above!! After all of the uproar over the WSA show these past couple of months I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the Atlanta show was not only up 16% in attendance, but it was also wildly successful for many vendors! Just ask Charlie Podesta of Miami Based, Italian Shoemakers who said to me over the phone that he literally TRIPPLED his business from last show and did far better than at WSA which they did not do poo…
The Importance of Relationships
by Ken Proctor
I gave Ken this topic because it’s what we talked a lot about when we met last week and of course it is something that is very important to me as well. I agree with everything Ken has to say and have been in the same position he refers to. It always amazes me how people really tend to be transactional and if they are not immediately benefiting from a person, they move on, but what often is overlooked or thought about is tha…
Pres Release-See Kai Run Wins iParenting Outstanding Product Award for 2009
by JULIA
Click Above! The good news keeps rolling in from See Kai Run!! So encouraging to see a new brand doing so well!! I have another great anouncement from them that I will post early next week. So stay tuned!! Press release: for immediate release See Kai Run® Wins iParenting Outstanding Product Award For 2009 Seattle, WA (August 2009) — See Kai Run, popular manufacturer of the perfect first shoe for new walkers, h…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!
by JULIA
Payless is entering the Russian retail world and has plans to open their first stores in 2010. They have plans to open more than 5 stores by the end of next year and more than 90 over the next 5. They feel that the Russian market is perfect for them in its current state. Read the full article on FootwearNews.com. Wolverine World Wide has made some executive changes recently with the hopes of improving their Outdoor Grou…
Brown Shoe Design Contest- Spotlight on Talent!
by Heather Brady
Aryana, Heather and Leila at the FFANY industry party in June Posting this is a bit sad for me because it will be the last posting by my good friend Heather Brady, who up until this past week was a corporate recruiter for Brown Shoe. Heather moved to NYC with her hubby last year because of a job, but then ended up back in her home town of Austin, TX for the same reason. Heather truly enjoyed her position at Brown and loved divin…
Notes From The Field: The Importance of Being Independent
by JULIA
This article brings two pieces of good news, 1. William’s finally back and 2. I am finally back!! Sorry for the couple days off. I am still not 100% but could not bear the thought of letting another day go by without new updates. We have missed Will and so happy he’s back giving props to our independent retailers and rightfully so. What I love about a good independent is that when you walk in, you are typically…
Fun Vote-Who is your favorite designer??
by JULIA
This was posted in the news feed for the LinkedIn Group, Footwear Professionals Network/Shoebizness by one of our members, so I thought I would share. Which, by the way, the LinkedIn group is only 10 members away from being 3,000 with recent people joining from all over the world including, Switzerland, Italy and Bangladesh!! If you still haven’t joined, follow this link: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRe…
Video of the Day-Matt Berson, celebrities love his sandals…
by JULIA
MATTBERNSON.COM How does a construction worker end up designing sandals that are worn by some of the most famous celebrities?? I actually don’t know the whole story….but I want to find out! From the website www.shoebunny.comI was led to this video and then to Matt Bernson’s website, where I found myself intrigued. Matt Berson is based in Tribeca and tags his designs as, “downtown meets t…
