Weekend Wrap-Up
by Richard Salmon
Weekend Wrap-Up A recap of SHOEBIZNESS and the best links from around the web this week William Weiss rants about “wat” or “what” in his Notes From the Field… It’s been a little while since we have heard from our friend Alan, but worth the wait! What a great article with a great message for us all!! Give It Time… Ahhh picking the right partner…yes definitely not the easiest thing…
Weekend Wrap-up
by Richard Salmon
This has been an interesting week here at Shoebizness.com! A lot of big things on the horizon and big moves in process. Here is the week in review....
Exciting News!
by JULIA
Model – Elize Tomas Photographer – Doug Peterson As a few of you may know….Apart from running this website, I also do several other things which recently includes developing my own fashion brand, Julia Veli in which I make all the peices out of recycled materials, including paper, newspaper, canvas and whatever else I can get my hands on! I want to share this with you because I have some really ex…
Linda Cahan – Jan 6. Radio Interview
by JULIA
Our Friend Linda Cahan the Visual Merchandising guru is being interviewed and she wanted to share….see below email and check her out! To bring in the new year I’m being interviewed on: BLOG TALK RADIO about - VISUAL MERCHANDISING, COLOR, VM TRAINING, FENG SHUI FOR RETAILERS Please tune in if you’re interested and, please forward this to anyone you think may find it interesting. When: W…
Happy New Year! See you all in 2010!!
by JULIA
I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season….only a few more days left in this crazy year! We will be back in action beginning next week so for now enjoy yourself and have a wonderful, fun and safe New Year’s!!
Leave it to Zappos to find a creative outlet for advertising!
by JULIA
Ever notice the bottom of your bin as you scurry through security at the airport??? Well if you haven’t that’s probably because you have not been at an airport that has Zappos advertising at the bottom of them. I noticed this a while ago at an airport, but I cannot remember which one. I believe it might have been La Guardia in NYC….anyhoo….I love it and I happened to have my camera with me this l…
Facts about Shoes – From Scott Eddy
by JULIA
I always have to give a shout out to my friends who are kind enough to think of me and send me fun shoe stuff….Thanks Scott!! ‘Scott Eddy’ I saw this on some blog, don’t ask me which one, I forgot, sorry LOL. Facts about Shoes… -Shoes were made over 4000 years ago. -Before the 19th century, there wasn’t a left or right shoe. Both sides were identical. -In Biblical times a sandal was given as a…
Aetrex Halloween Costume Contest!
by JULIA
Faye sent me a lot of pictures and it looks like the team at Aetrex take the holiday seriously! Since it would take forever to post all the pics, I chose the top 10 and a winner!! I love contests. Congrats to Leslie, the ASSISTANT to the CEO who takes the win with an amazing over the top costume! I love it!! Halloween is such a fun holiday!! I will let Faye decide what Leslie’s prize is. The winner!! Scary!! Anthony f…
Twitter Action @msshoebizness It’s a Zappos day!
by JULIA
Damn, what a day for Zappos! First I featured them in my video of the day, then Tony is listed as the 7th most powerful person in the footwear industry, then the announcement that their deal with Amazon officially closed, then Mike is featured on Shoebizness and just now as I logged into Twitter, none other than Bestsey Johnson tweeted this: xoBetseyJohnson Excited to present Zappos.com with the “Retailor of the Y…
From Cracked.com – So funny!
by JULIA
Mike Tidmore just sent me this via cracked.com….so funny and so true! This is why the women’s shoe industry is way bigger than the men’s! All you guys working in ladies shoes should send us big thank yous for paying all your bills! Thanks Mike!!
Fashion Showcase – Grand Opening Miami
by JULIA
One of my best buds in the whole world, Jenni Gordon just opened her vintage store here in Miami and she is throwing a swanky little grand opening get together on November 20th. You might remember a fashion show I posted back in August with beautiful vintage peices, well…they are just a few of the amazing vintage finds one will discover at Jenni’s store. I have seen her pour her heart and soul into this stor…
A Party About Shoes = Fun!
by JULIA
If you are in Miami and love to show of your shoes, you should join me at Q Lounge in Aventura on NOV 14th! Check out the email that Agustina from KOA PR sent me below. Hi Julia, The idea for the event was sparked when my friend Tami (@TamiFromMiami) and I were gushing about our new shoes. We decided to have an event where locals can come show off their sexy shoes – both man and women. I’ll be taking pictures o…
Bonus Video – Zappos Run Brett Run
by JULIA
This video was posted by a Zappos team member on Twitter and of course, as I always do, had to share. Sticking with the marathon theme of the Daily 5…check out the bonus funny video of Zappos employee Brett who is attempting to train for his first marathon! He better do more than run around the office!!
Twitter Action @msshoebizness
by JULIA
You may notice that I stopped putting “daily” in the title….haha I do what I can…okay?? Now, let me just say that Julie’s video posting yesterday got quite the buzz on Twitter today! It was reposted almost 10 times, which is awesome! Great work JFrench (her new name…just made it up…maybe it will stick!) I realize when working on the daily five we should just take it t…
Paper Nike’s – Not very wearable, but super cool.
by JULIA
This is cool! I am currently producing a fashion show where we are using all recycled materials, like paper, so I love this! I also love the site www.kicksonfire.com …. I have found a lot of cool info there!! Twitter is so useful when it comes to discovering cool stuff. Love it! Check out more pics of the paper designs HERE!
