September 30th, 2009

DSW PRESENTS: STEP UP & STEP OUT
by JULIA

A really cool thing happened a couple weeks ago when Janelle Lin the Managing Director for Step Up Women’s Network (SUWN) emailed me regarding a recent event they had in NYC sponsored by DSW. SUWN is a 10 year old organization that has several programs that benefit women all accross the US including, professional mentorship and teen emporment. They have 50K members including several celebrities and they have…

 
April 29th, 2009

Shoebiz Trivia!
by JULIA

Who designed the Air Jordan IV and what year was it released? -The Air Jordan IV came out in 1989 and was designed by Tinker Hatfield. I tried to find the exact number of Jordan’s that have been produced since Micheal signed with Nike for 2.5 million dollars way back in 1984, but couldn’t find an exact number. Source: www.theshoegame.com How many pairs of athletic shoes did Americans buy in 1996? -340 milli…

 
March 30th, 2009

The Daily 5-All about the good news!
by JULIA

1.       According to Big Research, the most frequented shoe stores are Wal-Mart, Payless, Kohl’s, DSW, JC Penney and Famous Footwear! The list is based on a survey of 8,000 consumers.  Congrats to these stores…visit the link for the rest of the list! http://www.wwd.com/footwear-news/#/article/footwear-news/shoe-selection-consumers-name-most-frequented-stores-2084989?navSection=footwear-ne…

 
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 Five – It’s All About The Good News!
April 21st, 2011

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...

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