March 8th, 2010

Amazon River Experience
by mike normart

 We are kicking the week of with an article written our friend Mike from Zappos who recently got engaged in the Amazon! How cool is that??? I asked him to share his story and let’s all send him a big congrats!! I wish him and his new fiance nothing but happiness!! Seems she is a lucky girl. -Julia   Amazon River Experience   I was fortunate to take a cruise to the Amazon River recently which was an amazing trip. I have bee…

 
January 6th, 2010

Why I LOVE Zappos
by mike normart

 I am terrible and did not see this lovely story in my inbox from our Zappos contributor Mike. What a great way to spend a birthday and a great display of why Zappos is such a great company! The people make the company…..and the execs at Zappos have provided an environment for people to be themselves and express their true personalities. You have to be a certain type of person to be able to handle and environment like…

 
November 11th, 2009

Zappos Private Label Venture in China
by mike normart

The first conversation I had with Mike, we somehow got on the subject of China and the weird food him and his team eat there and I asked him if he would share the experience with us. Being that he was heading to China a couple of weeks later, it was perfect timing!  I have not been yet myself, but cannot wait until I can. Like it or not, China is a HUGE part of this industry and outside of the amazing cultural elements I can only ima…

 
Trivia by Celo
November 11th, 2009

Says Marcelo, “A former Dynasty footwear colleague (Natalie Repp) did it a while back… supposed to be me juggling shoes!”      -I love it!!...

The Daily 5 – All About the Good News
March 9th, 2010

 The Daily 5 – All About the Good News!! FootwearNews.com brings us an article with a review of ‘Shoes on Red Carpet’. Though voluminous...

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