The Daily Five – It’s All About The Good News!
by Elizabeth Snoddon
Alice + Olivia has found its wonderland, they have partnered with Shopbop.com! Their footwear collection for spring ’11 will debut on the site. The styles, priced at $195 for the flat and $245 for the wedge, are sold at Shopbop. Alice + Olivia previously partnered with Payless ShoeSource on a lower-priced line of footwear, but this marks its first independent offering of shoes. So all of you Alice + Oliv…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
Kurt Geiger for House of Fraser Is it better to stay true to classic polished styles or jump in to the newest trend? Monolo Blahnik favors the first option. On CBSnews.com he reports his suspicion for platforms and says they are the wrong shape for the leg. He knows how to stay true to his aesthetic and this resonates with his loyal customers throughout every season. Collective Brands, holding company for Payless ShoeS…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
The infamous Concept 1 sneaker from NBA Fanhouse If you haven’t started thinking about the holiday season, well, you should. Halloween is in 10 days and before you know it Thanksgiving, and everyone’s favorite holiday Black Friday is approaching fast. According to marketwatch, Payless is starting their giving season early and asking non-profit agencies to join them in their “Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids” initiati…
The Daily Five, It’s All About the News!
by Mary Krajick
The Fabulous Rebecca Minkoff shoes from WWD Rebecca Minkoff makes such fabulous hand bags (my favorite are the studded ones) and she is now entering the wonderful world of footwear! I’m so excited to see her debut spring collection which will be presented during fashion week in September. Check out the NBC New York blog for more info. So, do you remember when you were learning how to tie your shoes when you were a kid and h…
The Daily 5 – All About the Good News!!
by Richard Salmon
The Daily 5 All About the Good News!! size? has been busy working with Nike and Adidas to make 3 special shoes to celebrate their 10 year anniversary. Keds has a new Web site that had its debut on March 9, TheOriginalSneaker.com features an opening page laid out like a monthly calendar that changes daily and features tidbits about the brand and cultural highlights from the last nine decades. Bigshoebazaar.com multi-b…
Video of the Day – Student Payless Commercial
by JULIA
I thought this is cute. A couple of girls created a commercial for Payless for a school project. Not bad. I wonder what grade the received?? via YouTube: This commercial was shot, thought up, edited, and created by myself and a girl named Lisa. The model is Lisa’s sister, Kelsey. This was done for a commercial project for school and is not affiliate…
The Daily Five, It’s All About The Good News!
by JULIA
Let Me Upgrade You ! Congratulations to Michael Spillane for being named new CEO at Converse. He’ll be taking over after Jack Boys’ retirement this year. Converse has been around for a while. Nike made the decision on Monday and know that Michael is the perfect candidate. He had been working with Jack for over two years and knows all duties very well. Read more about it HERE. Shoes 4 Kids… Payles…
Why Footwear? By Alan Lugo
by Alan Lugo
I would like to introduce our newest Shoebizness.com contributor, Alan Lugo. Alan is a designer at Hush Puppies/Wolverine World Wide and he stumbled across Shoebizness thanks to William Weiss. He sent me an interesting email asking me “where are my men’s designer contributors”? Well, I had just finished discussing with someone how I wished designers were as outgoing as sales reps because I de…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!
by JULIA
Payless is entering the Russian retail world and has plans to open their first stores in 2010. They have plans to open more than 5 stores by the end of next year and more than 90 over the next 5. They feel that the Russian market is perfect for them in its current state. Read the full article on FootwearNews.com. Wolverine World Wide has made some executive changes recently with the hopes of improving their Outdoor Grou…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!!
by JULIA
Nina has been busy moving so sorry about the lack of Daily 5′s lately. I am taking over for now!! (Slight TECHNICAL difficulties….The Daily 5 will return to regular home tomorrow) Ethiopia is looking to export shoes to the US through ”a special export promotion program launched jointly by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the USAID funded Agribusiness and Trade Expansion Program, USAID &#…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Heehee-Nina modeling for my Barbie Fashion Show! Snuck this in. -Julia Attention Golf lovers, FootJoy is stepping strong in the field with their new innovative and stylish line. “FJ ICON is a new, premium, high-performance category of golf shoes that exemplifies tradition and performance and is the new flagship product of the FootJoy brand,” said Jack Erickson, Vice President of Golf Footwear, Foo…
First YP Meeting – You need to read this!
by JULIA
Ross Evans, Peggy Kim Meill, Pamela McCarthy of Two Ten Our first Young Professionals Group meeting for Two Ten seemed to be quite the success. There were more than 20 of us there to begin the initiatives to not only become the next faces of the charity but to raise awareness now. I was not quite sure what to expect as I was heading to the Deer Stags showroom, and since I still don’t know my way around the fabulous city of New Y…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
I want to start this news saluting the peruvian community in the U.S and all over the world for the celebration of Independence Day. VIVA PERU!! Red Wing shoe is celebrating its anniversary, and they are going BIG!!!!! it took 13 months and 60 men to build the largest boot ever, 16 feet tall and size 638 1/2 D. Talking about big feet…Read more about Red Wing Shoe HERE If they don’t come to you, just go where they…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Every weekend as I stroll at night through the streets of South Beach on my bike, I witness the pain and sorrow of many girls that became victims of fashion and I always swear to myself: No matter in how much pain I would be, I would NEVER take of my shoes to walk barefoot in this party town! Any solutions?? Yeap, how about a pair of foldable beautiful ballerinas that match your night party outfit and that perfectly fit in your…
The Daily 5, All about the Good News!!
by JULIA
Good news for Steve Madden today! According to FN he boosted his earnings by 68% in the first quarter thanks to the success of Madden Girl and L.E.I. They recorded a total profit of $6.6 million. I noticed last year that they had started to produce better looking shoes and their price points are reasonable. Edward Rosenfeld, the company’s chairman and CEO, said “We believe that our performance speaks to the strength of…
