ITALIAN SHOEMAKERS TV FEATURE
by Richard Salmon
Japanese TV Show to Feature Italian Shoemakers This summer, “Made in Italy” is making its way to Japan. Due to the growing popularity of ladies’ Italian footwear in the Japanese market, The Jupiter Shop Channel in Tokyo has invited Italian Shoemakers sales executive Charles Podesta to be a guest speaker on a May 3 live TV broadcast. “The simple elegance of our shoes transcends borders,&…
Press Release-Italian Shoemakers Opens New Showroom in ATL
by JULIA
I would like to send a big congrats to my friends at Italian Shoemaker for the opening of a new showroom in Atlanta! I met Charles Podesta who does many things at IS out in Vegas over a year ago and I stay in touch with him as much as possible. He is always so enjoyable to talk to because he is positive, excited about his company and just an all around nice guy. I can’t seem to find the pics from our recent visit, but hopefull…
The Atlanta Show-Why it Works
by JULIA
Click Above!! After all of the uproar over the WSA show these past couple of months I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the Atlanta show was not only up 16% in attendance, but it was also wildly successful for many vendors! Just ask Charlie Podesta of Miami Based, Italian Shoemakers who said to me over the phone that he literally TRIPPLED his business from last show and did far better than at WSA which they did not do poo…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!
by JULIA
I have heard many people say how amazing the Atlanta show was this time around, including Laura Conwell-O’Brien the shows Executive Director who said in an email that it felt like the “good old days”. This was confirmed by the number in attendance which according to FootwearNews, was up by 16% from last year! Exciting and I love the optimism!! I will be speaking with Laura on Friday to talk to her ab…
Results for Companies that Started out of the Trunk of a Car!!
by JULIA
Last week I posted a question about what companies are known to have started out of the trunk of a car….and even better what kind of car?? Well, I received quite a few emails and here is the list: Kenneth Cole-Actually started out of a truck. It’s a pretty cool story. Apparently the reason the company is called Kenneth Cole Productions is so they could park a big truck on the street in front of the Hilton duri…
Shoe companies that started out of the trunk of a car…
by JULIA
It seems to be the story I hear often… “Our company started out of the trunk of a car”. It got me thinking about how many companies started this way and when discussing it with a new shoebiz contributor yesterday, she took it one step further and said, “wouldn’t it be fun to know what kind of car they started in?” YES it would! So here are the 4 companies I know started out of the trun…
