Weekend Wrap-up
by Richard Salmon
This has been an interesting week here at Shoebizness.com! A lot of big things on the horizon and big moves in process. Here is the week in review....
Video of the Day!!
by JULIA
Video of the Day!! I wish I could run like she does…
Video of the Day!!
by JULIA
Video of the Day!! Cooperation between Alexander McQueen and Puma = Sick, sick sneaker!! Please, give a peek…
The Daily 5 – All about the good news!!
by JULIA
The Daily 5 – All about the good news!! The Italian brand Fratelli Rossetti stuck to their roots for spring ’10. Check the Women’s Spring preview, it’s a classic collection which ranges from sandals and platform heels to ballet flats including suede and hammered leathers. The collection is carried in Fratelli Rossetti boutiques, as well as Zappos.com. Congrats for them! The preview is awesome, can’t wai…
The Daily 5, All About the Good News!
by JULIA
Cork this! According to the NY Times, a cork recycling company and footwear maker will join forces in an effort to remove corks from the countries landfills. The program tagged, ReCorkAmerica launched in 2007 and collected 500,000 corks in its first year!! Now they will be partnering with Canadian footwear company, SOLE which has developed a “cork blend for its footwear products.” In exchan…
The Daily 5, It’s All about the Good News !
by JULIA
Mona Moore finally “heating” Los Angeles ! A new concept shoe store as we love them just opened in Venice Beach, California: Mona Moore. The first Mona Moore opened in Montreal 7 years ago, and got its name from the french words Mon Amour (meaning “my love”). Then, they launched Mona Moore website to shop online (about 40% of store sales are online), and now they decided to open a store in Los An…
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…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
There is no need to go to those crazy cheap knock-off copies of designer shoes that you can find online (that actually maybe dangerous since they are poorly made in China) for supposedly half price of what they really cost. Beautiful Hollywood superstar look-alike heels can be found at Miashoes.com, Amiclubwear.com, GoJane.com and Baker Shoes online for less than 75 dollars and with all the guaranties of getting go…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Hello everybody!!! What a pretty monday in South Florida, it should be sunday actually! Well, lets start the week with good vibes and good news Summer is the perfect time for golfing. Golfing is the perfect entertainment for a business meeting, and that’s why you should not only look stylish but also be on top of your game. Golf shoe companies have done a lot to improve shoe choices, which used to be mostly about co…
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…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!
by JULIA
Puma named a new SVP of North American Sales this week. Congrats to Curtis Charles for landing the top spot! Curtis has a long history in the fashion and footwear industry. His last position was as the CEO of Kemistre 8. In an article from Footwear News he talks about his goals joining the company and where he sees the brands success going….read it here! Consumer confidence is up and it’s showing in the stock markets! Yest…
The daily 5- All about the good news!
by JULIA
Collaborations and partnerships are the trend for the footwear industry this year. This spring, Raf Simons updated classic Dr Martens, while Junya Watanabe put his own spin on Trickers kicks; for fall, several other designers are also locking step with well-shod partners including Duckie Brown for Florsheim, Rack & Bone with Gerson, Ralph Lauren and Puma, among others. Check this out THEMOMENT
Tom Cassidy and the story of how Nike began…..
by JULIA
I was planning on posting the results to my “trunk of car” question, which has received quite a bit of attention, tomorrow but I have a couple of emails that I want to share a little early. This one is from Tom Cassidy. Tom is a true veteran of the footwear industry with more than 23 years experience. His expertise is quite broad with sales and marketing management with global experience in footwear, apparel, and accesso…
Meet Ryan Dowd from Blue Sky Creative Group….a great story!!
by JULIA
Ryan Dowd was nice enough to respond to last week’s posting regarding companies that started out of the trunk of a car (http://www.shoebizness.com/?p=949) . In his email he had a link to his website which of course I had to take a peek at. I immediately noticed that there was a cool story there. Two brothers designing footwear together….I asked Ryan to share his story with you all and he kindly agreed. I hope it inspire…
