Saucony Pop Up in SoHo!
by JULIA
Check this out and if you are in NY, try to stop by! Saucony has a super cool POP UP down in SoHo going on right now….to show off their cool new kicks! Thanks to my friends at Openhouse Gallery who thought to share this with us….I much appreciate!
Don’t Quit!
by Ken Proctor
This guy is always on point! Every week I anticipate reading Ken’s articles and every week he writes something insightful, honest and I can relate it to something currently in my life. I am sure there are many of you out there who feel the same exact way and for that, I say thank you Ken! Thank you for not quitting on Shoebizness and providing inspiration to many in the industry! I certainly appreciate it! I know…
Walk With The Lame And You Learn To Limp
by Ken Proctor
This is certainly truth! As a recruiter I cannot tell you how many conversations I had with companies about employees that were not doing a good job representing themselves or the company but for some reason they would not let them go. At a certain point you have to make a decision and stick to it. It’s like a girl complaining about her jerk of a boyfriend (or vise versa ) to all her friends but she keeps going back t…
RW Footwear – Customer Service Rep.
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Growing Established Footwear Brand seeks qualified, energetic individual for customer order administrative functions. Duties to include: EDI Interface and order processing, inter-company reporting and order management. If you have experience with EDI and are proficient with computer programs, we would love to hear from you. Job is located in Dutchess County, New York. Please send resume and cover lette…
The Daily Five – It’s All About The Good News!
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Flip Flop Shops is heading north! Very exciting news for a small Atlanta based company, at the moment they have 40 stores. Their deal states the businessman Doug Kingston will we in charge of the franchise to open 30 stores throughout Canada in the next ten years! Looks like he’s going to have it plate full for a while, hope fully the Flip Flop Shop will make its way down to New York someday! Is this fall going t…
Spring Is In and Off Broadway Shoes Has a Fresh, New Look!
by JULIA
I used to shop at Off Broadway shoes ALL the time when I lived in NC so making the connection with Beth Konney who is their PR Consultant was so much fun especially because she lives in my home town of Charlotte, NC. The memories immediately came flooding back of me walking into the store by my house and wondering what wonderful delights I was going to find! What I loved about Off Broadway compared to other discount retail…
How Many Yachts Do You Need to Ski Behind
by JULIA
I know this is a topic that comes up often, frustrates many and never seems to change! It’s unfortunate and sad. Why is it that people are obsessed with having more and more and more??? They feel because they accomplished some sort of greatness they are intitled to having whatever they see fit. Additionally unfortunate is that these people are the ones who are the loudest and are in the public eye the most and they…
The Daily 5! Its all about the good news
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Looks like trade shows are perking back up! Thanks to an improved economy that is causing the footwear industry to come out of its recession-induced shell. At almost every trade show held during this Fall ’11 market, organizers reported increases in exhibitors and buyer traffic. When it comes to selling shoes, it certainly doesn’t hurt as a manufacturer to have a former retailer a…
Openhouse Gallery in SoHo – My new favorite venue!
by JULIA
OPENHOUSE Gallery I thought I would share this amazing spot with all my industry PR and Event shoebiz peeps in NYC. OPENHOUSE is located in SoHo and has been the home of my past two pop-up shops in the past month (I know, I know…when did I start doing that?? Well don’t worry about that for now. ). I am such a big fan of the space and the crew who manage the gallery! They host everything from original pop up…
The Daily Five – It’s All About The Good News!
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Alice + Olivia has found its wonderland, they have partnered with Shopbop.com! Their footwear collection for spring ’11 will debut on the site. The styles, priced at $195 for the flat and $245 for the wedge, are sold at Shopbop. Alice + Olivia previously partnered with Payless ShoeSource on a lower-priced line of footwear, but this marks its first independent offering of shoes. So all of you Alice + Oliv…
Do Something Half Assed and You Get Half Good
by Ken Proctor
I wasn’t quite sure where Ken was going with this one at first based on the title and what a shocker that he is speaking to himself! I can definitely respect this decision and have found myself contemplating these things many times myself. Sometimes we think, bigger, bigger, bigger …. we want to appeal to the masses to make more money, but to appeal to the masses it means you have to dumb yourself or your prod…
