Honestly, what’s more fun than light up sneakers? Sometimes, for a split second, I find myself yearning for the Velcro light up graphic shoes of my childhood (I’m a kid at heart in case you couldn’t tell), and then I think about the Louboutin’s in my closet and snap back to reality. But now, BBC International, a leading children’s footwear company, is introducing talking shoes! These tiny sneaks hold speakers in the tongue of the shoe. According to childmode.com, “To give an example, the company has created Disney Princess shoes, that will broadcast a character’s voice whenever the magnetic wand is waved by the shoe.” This sure beats the pants off of my light up shoes that I used to stomp around in.

Shoe metro is proving that opening new stores in this economy can be successful. Located in San Diego, the store is celebrating the one year anniversary of it’s brick and mortar store. The store had doubled it’s inventory in the past year from 90,000 to 180,000 pairs of shoes. According to i-newswire.com, the company originated as an e-commerce site and has expanded their sales and most importantly their community involvement by ambitiously branching out and opening a storefront. And guess who their favorite charity is: Soles 4 souls! The store also takes part in improving local science programs, beach clean ups, and fashion shows for Dress For Success. What’s the moral of the story? Give back to your community, and they’ll give back to you.

PR.com tells us that grapevinehill.com, the online discount shoe e-tailer, is up and running again. The site boasts a better shopping experience for the customer with information about the brands, sizing, new styles and trends, and maintenance of the shoes. New features also include videos, which are linked to social media. Oh, and did I mention that there’s free shipping!

As a basketball player in middle school and high school, I remember having to buy men’s basketball shoes, because women’s shoes were not even on the market. This lead to weird sizing and ill-fitting sneakers. Nonetheless, they were the only option. However, things are starting to change. Almost every brand now offers women’s basketball kicks. Of course, the two most important things when picking athletic shoes are comfort and style. Bignews.biz features a new website called Womens Basketball Shoes that can help with finding the right shoe for running up and down the court and jumping to catch those rebounds. This online directory provides all of the information to compare different brands and find the best performing shoe. What did we ever do before all of these helpful Internet guides?

As if Sex and the City wasn’t enough to make you fall in love with all of fashion and footwear, there’s a new movie in the works: Shoe Addicts Anonymous. Just by the name of the movie, I know it’s going to be amazing, and very relatable. Halle Berry is said to star in the new film, which is set to release in about a year familyvideo.com tell us. Images of heels, platforms, and strappy flats dance in my head. Who will be the featured designers? Probably the most coveted and high fashion brands if I were to guess.