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…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About The Good News
by JULIA
Color blocking is a trend we will be seeing a lot of at the shows and I am definitely a fan if it’s done properly. I can’t wait to see what all my favorite brands are doing with this trend at the show next month! Congrats to Chinese Laundry who just announced they will be the official sponsor for the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. I am sure this will get them some great press! I am happy to see Aetrex reci…
1 year anniversery!! Let’s celebrate this week!
by JULIA
A bottle of Champagne from on a dress I made! haha Seems appropriate for our Happy Anniversary! Wow, I really cannot believe it has already been one year since the launch of shoebizness.com. I remember walking the floor at WSA last year attempting to explain to people what my little site is all about. Honestly, at the time I didn’t even really know yet, but I knew I was on to something! At WSA I met Sheena and then in…
Press Release – AETREX INTRODUCES BERRIES COLLECTION
by JULIA
Go Aetrex!! Speaking to Larry’s goals from my interview with him, they just introduced a new collection and will be showing at WSA and MAGIC. For all you comfort shoe retailers, be sure to check them out and….. we will check them out and give you a review after MAGIC! SL38 Burgundy Mary Jane AETREX INTRODUCES BERRIES COLLECTION, A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE, NEW CONCEPT IN WOMEN’S FASHION COMFORT New Women’s Lin…
The Keys to Success – Chatting with Larry Schwartz from Aetrex
by JULIA
Leslie Segan and Larry Schwartz of Aetrex The Keys to Success – Chatting with Larry Schwartz from Aetrex Right around the holidays, I had the wonderful pleasure of spending some time with Aetrex, CEO - Larry Schwartz. I figured since Julie was interviewing his assistant I might as well see if I can get him too. Lucky for me…he was up for it. The reason I wanted to speak with him was because of the positiv…
My interview with Leslie Segan of Aetrex
by JULIA
Leslie Segan and Larry Schwartz of Aetrex What a great way to kick off the new year with an interview conducted by Julie. She spoke with a fun and facinating lady named, Leslie Segan who is the Executive Assistant to Larry Schwartz the CEO of Aetrex. Leslie won a Halloween costume contest and her prize was being feature here on the site. Lucky for me I was also able to snag an interview with Larry himself, which I will be pos…
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…
Trivia of the Week
by JULIA
Thanks to Nicole Rivers from FFANY and Faye Rapoport DesPres from Aetrex who responded to my plea on Twitter yesterday asking for help with the trivia this week. From Nicole: Where are most shoes manufactured? What is the difference between between the d’orsay and an espadrille? What’s a choncleta? From Faye: Where did the name “sneaker” originate? From Shoes.com via Twitter: Ap…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Making that Money!! Under Armour posted an earnings increase for 3rd quarter which is credited in part to a 16% increase in sales. Specifically their footwear business has doubled! Up last year from $13.1 million to $33 million according to FOOTWEAR NEWS. Their CEO, Kevin Plank credits the success to product inovation and agressive communication. Can’t argue with him there! They are certainly doing som…
Twitter Action of the Day @msshoebizness
by JULIA
Sorry I have been bad this past week….I am back in action and will make sure to be getting the site updated every single day! Here is the Twitter action for the day….some fun stuff!! I suppose I have to select a winner….and I think I am going with Reebok Canada this time. I loved the pump when I was little!! Congrats on 20 years! It’s crazy how things come back in style! ReebokCanada Reebok is ce…
Aetrex and Twitter: It’s all about People By Faye Rapoport DesPres
by JULIA
Our new friend Faye Rapoport Des Pres Gosh I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but I just have so much fun meeting interesting people in so many random ways and how cool that I can now say I have had a published writer for The New York Times contribute to my site! (see bio below) I came up with the Twitter Action idea only on Monday and just thought “why not?”….so I browsed through my feed an…
Twitter Action @msshoebizness
by JULIA
This is why Simple won! haha Scary! Just to remind you….I go through my twitter feed and choose the feeds that stand out the most, post them here and then choose my favorite for the day. Also, keep in mind that I have summerized the “tweets” in my own words so you have to click on the brand/person to see all of their action!! I have decided to only choose 10 a day because if not, I would be surfing Twitter al…
Daily Twitter Action @msshoebizness
by JULIA
So this is how it goes….you all do your thing on Twitter, then at the end of the day I go through and see what everyone is up to, post a summery of the tweets with my own words and input and then I decide who wins the Twitter Action of the Day award. The prize you might want to know???? Well the prize is the opportunity to be featured on Shoebizness.com which will get you or your company a bit of industry props and PR. Soun…
Twitter Action – @msshoebizness : )
by JULIA
I thought it might be fun to provide a daily summery of what’s going on in the world of shoes according to my Twitter feed….I have found a lot of cool brands, stores and companies and I only wish I would have jumped on the bandwagon sooner! I had no idea what a great source for information that Twitter was. So here’s what buzzing today and each day I plan to choose a Twitter Winner whose “tweets&#…
