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		<title>Notes From The Field – Clarity Borne Back Ceaselessly From My Past</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/08/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-clarity-borne-back-ceaselessly-from-my-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
One thing comes to mind&#8230;It takes a big person to not only admit jealousy but speak about it and commend the person who caused this stir of emotion. We all have an idea of who we thought or think we want to be and there is often someone out there who defines that image we have in our head. What I have found is that rather than focus that jealousy (which is  actually admiration) on trying to compete with that person or try&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field &#8211; The Relevance of Magazines, and What&#8217;s Your Paradigm?</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/08/notes-from-the-field-the-relevance-of-magazines-and-whats-your-paradigm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blackberry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=9874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that I LOVE magazines! I do a few searches and check out some things online but with my busy schedule making decisions about which website and what information I want to read about is not an easy thing to do and I often get distracted by my email, facebook or whatever may pop up somewhere&#8230;It makes me sad that print media is struggling because to me there is nothing better than picking up a magazine and disc&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Field &#8211; Capsule Trade Show</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/07/notes-from-the-field-capsule-trade-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/07/notes-from-the-field-capsule-trade-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Athletic/Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade  Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capsule trade show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hush Puppies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=9790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Click for show website!
I have never been to the Capsule show, so I really enjoyed reading this article!! Refreshing coming an old shoe doggie such as Will to because we all know he is somewhat hard to impress! haha&#8230;Okay, I had to give him a little bit of sh*t because if I didn&#8217;t he would think something was wrong.    I love how PBR is making its way into the footwear industry&#8230;this is the second post in a row&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field: An Important, Crucial, Potentially Life-Changing Update</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/05/notes-from-the-field-an-important-crucial-potentially-life-changing-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/05/notes-from-the-field-an-important-crucial-potentially-life-changing-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hush Puppies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vibram five fingers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=8981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from the most amazing fun trip to the Zappos.com warehouse in Kentucky and I will be sharing my fine adventure with you all tomorrow!! For now, I have to say that I can&#8217;t believe how many times Vibram Five Fingers have been a subject of Will&#8217;s writings. I think he is bit obsessed&#8230;Nice to know that we can trust Will to honestly convey the pros and cons of things he loves, which is the trait of&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From the Field: To Have And To Make, To Give And To Take</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/05/notes-from-the-field-to-have-and-to-make-to-give-and-to-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/05/notes-from-the-field-to-have-and-to-make-to-give-and-to-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=8823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow Will must have had an inside scoop on my life. While I am a little pissed at him for NOT making the time for little ole Shoebizness lately, I am very pleased with his topic of choice. I am a living breathing examply of someone who has sacrificed and worked my little tush off to &#8220;take&#8221; opportunites that allow me to do what I love. The reward of not feeling like I am working when  I am working is very much wort&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – Imma Be…Wat?</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/03/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-imma-be%e2%80%a6wat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/03/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-imma-be%e2%80%a6wat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black eyed peas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=7850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
So funny! Okay so I was born right on the cusp of the generation that Will refers to in the below &#8220;rant&#8221; (Sheena will be proud!) and I cannot fully commit to the misspelling of words in texts although, from time to time I find myself conforming. Why?? Well, for me being 30 years old, I find myself right smack dab in the middle of the Will Weiss&#8217;s of the world who have distain for text talk and the younger ge&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – The Intrinsic Value of A T-Shirt, and What Price Authenticity?</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/01/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-the-intrinsic-value-of-a-t-shirt-and-what-price-authenticity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/01/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-the-intrinsic-value-of-a-t-shirt-and-what-price-authenticity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=7327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great article and so true! I have to agree with William a hundred percent. I have never been a trend seeker&#8230;.I actually despise the word &#8220;trendy&#8221; because to me someone saying I am &#8220;trendy&#8221;, means I must look like someone else because I am following the direction of what society says is cool at the moment.  No thank you. I see shoe companies do this same thing and feed the trend to the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – A Better Mousetrap, or How Not To Make A Lightbulb</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/01/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-a-better-mousetrap-or-how-not-to-make-a-lightbulb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2010/01/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-a-better-mousetrap-or-how-not-to-make-a-lightbulb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crocs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google.]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=7272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
I love this article! So good to hear other people have wacky ideas running through their heads on a regular basis&#8230;I love it and I love putting them to action! You never know when you will get your next best idea, so it&#8217;s best to keep thinking&#8230;.for example who would have though that making dresses out of paper would become one of my businesses??? Definitely not me. Now&#8230;as for those crazy shoes W&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field: Five Fingers</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/12/notes-from-the-field-five-fingers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/12/notes-from-the-field-five-fingers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=7102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay&#8230;.sometimes Will leaves me without the ability to comment on his articles and this is one of them&#8230;..well except that these shoes are (I&#8217;m sorry Will) hideous! haha But HEY&#8230;.who am I to judge&#8230;I have horrible feet when it comes to running and if these were to correct that maybe I would wear them (doubtful! haha). Poor Will&#8217;s wife&#8230;.I wonder if they will end up missing on&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – China Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/11/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-china-memories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/11/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-china-memories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=7022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ha&#8230;check out the PBR thrown in the mix.  

Now I definitely have to go to China&#8230;at least if I want to become as smart as Will! I love these kinds of stories&#8230;I really really do! I have not traveled out of the country much (I WILL!!), but I think it is so amazing to visit places in order to understand other cultures as well as to learn to appreciate mine. The bottom line is that&#8230;EVERY culture has good and b&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – A Revelation in the Kentucky Bluegrass…Catching the Long Tail</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/11/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-a-revelation-in-the-kentucky-bluegrass%e2%80%a6catching-the-long-tail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=6954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks back to back! Will&#8217;s on a roll and with this article comes a point that I totally agree with. Sometimes we can get all wrapped up thinking about the glamor factor to our businesses and who and where we are seen, but at the end of the day, that&#8217;s not what pays the bills and not only that, but in the big city markets, people can be jaded and very hard to impress. I was actually just having this conversation w&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field – Sobering Thoughts From The Minds of Garmentos</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/11/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-sobering-thoughts-from-the-minds-of-garmentos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/11/notes-from-the-field-%e2%80%93-sobering-thoughts-from-the-minds-of-garmentos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Apparel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=6885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Woohoo&#8230;I always get excited to get one of Will&#8217;s articles&#8230;this one maybe a little bit of reality, but he leaves it with a motivating point, which is that out of these times, new businesses/products/people will emerge and exciting things will happen. I just know it!!  Now Will you are going to get yourself in trouble if you keep intruding on Ken&#8217;s day by sending your article late! I&#8217;m j&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From The Field &#8211; The Indignities of Air Travel…Juggling on a Plane…And For What?</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/10/notes-from-the-field-the-indignities-of-air-travel%e2%80%a6juggling-on-a-plane%e2%80%a6and-for-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=6417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Hahaha&#8230;.this might be one of the funniest stories by Will yet, because of this, I will forgive him for his absense writing for us. Of course I miss him every single week and this story is a great indication as to why! The reference to High Times magazine, a hippy kid and use of the word dude all leading to a lesson on business in the footwear industry. Priceless.    Glad to have you back dude!! -Julia
 
Notes From The Fie&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes From the Field: NOT My First Job in the Shoe Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/09/5728/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/09/5728/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=5728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ha! This is true&#8230;.either that or each time I seem to get close, someone moves it back a few miles! 

This is quite interesting what our dear William writes as the moral to this story and oddly it is a statement that I literally just made to Ken in a conversation we had about his article for tomorrow&#8230;.I won&#8217;t give away too much but read the last line that Will writes and apply that to Ken&#8217;s article tomo&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from the Field&#8230;but is it Art?</title>
		<link>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/09/notes-from-the-field-but-is-it-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shoebizness.com/2009/09/notes-from-the-field-but-is-it-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Panoptical Perspectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has been a little funky, so I apologize&#8230;.I will blame it on the holiday, two new interns and a fashion show if that&#8217;s an acceptable excuse!! So it&#8217;s Friday and instead of Sheena you get Will.   I  have to say, Will always gets me thinking and I like it. It took me a second to get where he was going with this one, but once I got it I liked it. From my point of view, passion is art no matter what the passion&#8230;]]></description>
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