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…
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…
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…
The Daily Five – All about the good news!
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Jimmy Choo wants his company back! After selling half of his company in 2001, then in 2007 was bought by Tower Brook for a rumored price of $284 million. Mr. Choo is looking to offer a bid to get the company back now that he has a handful of new design ideas! If I were him and all these great things were implemented into the business I would be fighting for it back too. So good luck Mr. Choo, we hope you get it! Jimmy Choo is all ov…
The Daily Five – All The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
This is something that all artists will appreciate, a Chicago company lives by a beautiful motto: Buy a shoe, build a community. Founders Aaron Firestein and Raaja Nemani recently launched BucketFeet, a company that creates one-of-a-kind shoes together with local artists, and then donates a percentage of each sale to one of three innovative, child-focused charities. What is going on with all these companies h…
The Daily Five – All The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Travel to London often? Find yourself bored in the airport? Well next time you plan on flying to London Heathrow Airport make sure you’re on Virgin Atlantic! The Clubhouse lounge offers a 360-degree, 3D digital foot-scanning device, courtesy of the Left Shoe Company, a luxury men’s brand out of Finland. Prices start at $325 and there are more than 100 styles to choose from, including two golf versions. As I hav…
The Daily Five – All The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
] With today’s snow here in Connecticut I can imagine many of us don’t have flip-flop season on the forefront of our minds, so I was a little surprised this morning when I got an email from a flip flop company. I thought it would be something nice to get us excited for the season that, keep your fingers crossed, will be coming any day now!!! The other day I decided to “like” the face book page of Footw…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About The Good News!
by Elizabeth Snoddon
But does it have a shoehorn? To promote Kang shoes, the company is producing 40 two-person shoe cars. Each car can go up to 30 miles per hour and is made from five bull hides. While spring is here the weather is not too convincing of it! I mean, snow yesterday morning, and rain all afternoon, what’s next! As the weather is not so good for us its just what the rain boot was looking for. According to Port Washington, N.Y.-based N…
The Daily Five – All The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
If you’re in the market for a new pair of walking shoes it looks like Asics is the way to go! 25 models of walking shoes tested by Consumer Reports, the $100 Asics Gel-Tech Walker Neo tops the rankings for both men’s and women’s shoes in the September issue. Full tests and ratings for walking shoes appear in the September issue of Consumer Reports, which goes on sale August 3. The reports are also available…
The Daily 5 – Its All About The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Every morning when I wake up first thing I do is grab my computer from my bedside and check out what’s going on in the world, whether its face book, WWD or The New York Times its just a good way to start the day, helps me to slowly motivate myself to start the day. (So not a morning person!) The only problem is news can be pretty depressing, and well just not always fun and exciting. So this morning I decided to start off with somet…
The Daily 5 – Its All About The Good
by Elizabeth Snoddon
It’s so a great when a solid business idea can be made a reality all while helping a good cause. Soles4Souls is at it again helping out in Japan. I hope everyone is following in their footsteps and giving a helping hand anyway you can. Soles4Souls is specifically reaching out to the footwear industry asking for any donations of footwear and money to continue the recovery efforts. So everyone lets help out and do…
The Daily 5 – All About The Good News
by Elizabeth Snoddon
They must be thinking of their fans on a budget! Nike Inc., the world’s largest athletic-shoe maker, debuted a collection of sneakers for women exclusively at Payless ShoeSource Inc. Timberland Company opens their first store front in India in 2011. The authentic outdoor footwear and apparel brand, announced the opening of its first store in South India at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai. Is your target cus…
The Daily 5 – All About The Good News
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Reliance Brands Ltd. and Steve Madden Ltd. have signed a deal to bring Madden footwear and accessories to India! The first standalone store is expected to open in the first quarter of 2011. “India and its diverse consumer base is a very important and strategic market for us,” said Edward Rosenfeld, CEO of Steve Madden. “Our association with Reliance Brands culminates a long-cherished goal of entering this unique ma…
The Daily 5 – All About the Good News
by JULIA
I love this! Canadian born Tal Dehtiar launched a footwear line last year, called Oliberte Shoes and has become the first international company to market casual shoes that are made in Africa! His goal is to provide quality made shoes at a reasonable price and while Africa is not the first place that comes to mind when attempting to do that, he is determined to show the world the potential the continent has for manufactu…
The Daily 5 – All About The Good News
by JULIA
I know quite a few of my fashion loving guy friends who will be loving this news! Jimmy Choo just announced he will be launching a new men’s line for Fall/Winter 2011. The line will consist of sneakers, biker boots, loafers and Chelsea boots, using cashmere, velvet and leather in all kinds of fun prints. I cannot wait to see more of the line and I am sure it will be a smash success!! Aetrex is giving their FB fans a sn…
