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…
My Celebrity Story – Jay Z and Nine West’s Angel Calva
by JULIA
I met Angel Calva a while back and hanging out with him is an absolute priority during each trip to NYC. Not only is he one of the nicest guys I have ever met, but he is also an industry vet who has an amazing perspective on the industry. I love talking to him as he still has a positive outlook and always has a funny story to tell me. He is also responsible for introducing me to Rick Paterno, the President of Nine West who was kind e…
Soles4Souls August Newsletter
by JULIA
When Wayne Elsey, CEO of Soles4Souls sent me the August newsletter, I was defnitely excited to see all the great things the charity is doing this month! Obviouly they are keeping quite busy. I am looking forward to hearing an announcement Wayne will be making soon about something to do with NYC and I am especially excited about the partnership with Green Day bassist, Mike Dirnt. They have always been faves of mine and…
I’m off to NYC!!
by JULIA
So I hope all of you who were out in Vegas for WSA had a great time! I hear it was a little slow compared to even the one in February. I have a couple of industry friends who attended who will be contributing a few articles about the show and hopefully will be able to get them up over the next few days. I personally am sad that I didn’t make it out there and I hear that the Zappos party was really really fun! Oh well….there is always ne…
FFANY-What it’s all about!
by JULIA
The entrance to FFANY in June at the Hilton Hotel When I was in NYC in June and talking to everyone about the re-launch of the new Shoebizness site, I was telling everyone that I would be featuring stories about my week at the FFANY show. Unfortunately the launch took a lot longer than I anticipated, but since FFANY is approaching next week I feel it is still appropriate to feature everything about my last trip. First of all…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Ladies buy one pair of shoes and get all the colors you want! Yadong Yin, a chemist working at the University of California Riverside has developed a new polymer that changes color. Yin plans for practical applications in rewriteable signs, paper, and labels. All such applications would reduce pollution and the need for paper products. Women’s shoes that change color on demand with a variable magnetic field…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Colors, humor, history and art merged and transform into shoes. That’s what you’ll see at “The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories,” an exhibition of shoe-inspired art at the Fuller Craft Museum. “The Perfect Fit” couldn’t be a better fit for the Fuller Craft Museum and for Brockton, once a major leader in the world shoe industry. About a century ago, more than 100 factori…
Shoebiz Trivia!
by JULIA
What would Barbie’s shoe size be if she was real? This is actually quite hilarious…accourding to this WEBSITE, Barbie would have a size 5 shoe……but she would be 7’2″. Wow….that would be funny to see in real life. The statistics are actually quite funny. What year did Stride Rite start and what was the original name of the company? It was founded in 1919 by partners Slosberg and G…
The Daily 5-All about the good news!!
by JULIA
The Nine West/ Two Ten New York golf tournament will be taking place April 5th at the Leewood golf club in Eastchester, New York. Two Ten, the “shoe people” foundation provides free and confidential professional counseling, community resources and financial assistance to those working in the footwear, leather or allied industries and their immediate family members, for almost 70 years!
