November 23rd, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

from offthemark.com Black Friday is a important date for all retailers. It can make or break your bottom linen for the year. Stores prepare for the day for weeks. It is soon upon us, and the promotions are bigger and better than ever. Many store are extending their sale periods from Black Friday throughout the weekend until Cyber Monday. For example, Heelys is giving away a free ipod nano with a purchase of their regular…

 
November 19th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

Original Heelys. Image from youmustlearn It looks like Amazon is trying to keep up with Google. They are adding a visual search component where customers can search by style and design of the shoe according to cnet.com . The consumer will click either men’s or women’s and then filter their searches down by shoe shape and silhouette. This is Amazon’s own visual search technology called A9, which uses algorithms. Acco…

 
September 3rd, 2010

The Daily Five, It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

Phillip Lim is debuting a line of footwear to compliment his ready-to-wear collection. Prices range from $395-$875. A little bit on the pricey side for someone  like me, but hey, a girl can dream. Aren’t they a-ma-zing! These shoes speak for themselves. Read more at Fab Sugar. I’m not someone who usually watches the stock market, but this sounds like good news to me. According to Business Week,  after the reces…

 
July 29th, 2010

The Daily Five, It’s All About the Good News!
by Mary Krajick

Plastic surgery for your feet? Image from Fox News. High heels look amazing however some women go a little too far to make them work. According to Fox News, a new trend in cosmetic surgery includes shortening toes, making feet narrower, and “foot-tuck fat pad augmentation” all to make wearing heels more bearable and make women’s feet more attractive. New York City podiatrist Oliver Zong says his “pinky tuck” busines…

 
May 3rd, 2010

THE DAILY 5 – ALL ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS!!
by Richard Salmon

The Daily 5 All About the Good News!! The Air Max 97 gets a very luxurious makeover in fine Italian leather. Each pair is individually numbered out of 1695 pairs and made in Italy. SNS has them. Bed|Stü footwear is consistently handcrafted from a range of high quality materials. Making no exception for their Spring/Summer line for this year, Bed|Stü have just released a series of models with distressed and washed eff…

 
August 28th, 2009

Finally More Trivia
by JULIA

Thank you to  Marcelo Schmidt all the way in CHINA who correctly answered ALL the trivia questions this week! He is the first person in Shoebizness history to do so!! Thank you Marcelo and stay tuned for new questions next week!!  ….I think I am going to have to make them a bit tougher!   What was the name for Nine West in the year 1988? 1/Jerome Fisher and Vincent Camuto formed the Fisher Camuto Corporation 1977 an…

 
April 28th, 2009

The daily 5, All about the good news!!
by JULIA

Pop stars Megan & Tara, together with Macbeth Footwear, presented their new Nolan’s line, created by The young singers themselves. The Tegan “Nolan” is constructed from black denim and features a hand-drawn wave on the outer ankle accompanied by the initials “TRQ” (Tegan Rain Quin) on the inner ankle. The Sara “Nolan” is made from white denim and contains a large artistic “S” on the outer ankle and the ini…

 
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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