The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
NFL gets pretty in pink. Image from Just Judy If you watch football at all, or even if you have walked past the TV while a game was on, then I’m sure you have seen the players outfitted in pink cleats, gloves, etc. It’s hard to miss it. The NFL is doing this to support breast cancer awareness. This popular idea is trickling down to high school as well. Most women are already involved with supporting the cause by participating…
THE DAILY 5 – ALL ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS!!
by Richard Salmon
The Daily 5 All About the Good News!! Simple Shoes (a division of Deckers), a sustainable footwear company, happily celebrates Earth Day 2010 with its BIO.D Footwear Collection, offering consumers and eco-fashion lovers footwear that won’t leave a mark on the environment. Moris Kalinsky, founder of Bob Ellis, died Saturday. He was a prominent figure in retail footwear…read more Check out Commune D…
Twitter Action @msshoebizness It’s a Zappos day!
by JULIA
Damn, what a day for Zappos! First I featured them in my video of the day, then Tony is listed as the 7th most powerful person in the footwear industry, then the announcement that their deal with Amazon officially closed, then Mike is featured on Shoebizness and just now as I logged into Twitter, none other than Bestsey Johnson tweeted this: xoBetseyJohnson Excited to present Zappos.com with the “Retailor of the Y…
Twitter Action @msshoebizness
by JULIA
This is why Simple won! haha Scary! Just to remind you….I go through my twitter feed and choose the feeds that stand out the most, post them here and then choose my favorite for the day. Also, keep in mind that I have summerized the “tweets” in my own words so you have to click on the brand/person to see all of their action!! I have decided to only choose 10 a day because if not, I would be surfing Twitter al…
Eric Meyer is Awesome :)
by JULIA
Eric Meyer I had an interesting and fun conversation with Eric Meyer who was one of the original founders of Simple Shoes last week and I just want to share. He has been following my site since the launch (which is very cool on its own) and after seeing a few comments from him, I decided to reach out and see if he would like to talk. Fortunately and to my full benefit he was willing and last week I spent a considerable amount of ti…
Video of the Day – Planet Walkers by Simple Shoes
by JULIA
I spent some time on the phone with Eric Meyer one of the co-founders of Simple Shoes….I am going to write more about that shortly, but for now enjoy this video.
K.I.D.S. Honors Three Exemplary Women at June 2 Fundraising Luncheon….I was there!
by JULIA
I had such a great time at the K.I.D.S. luncheon on Tuesday. The long day was totally worth it. It was truly inspiring to be sitting in a room with so many successful, charitable and wonderful women. Janice was so thankful to all that traveled to make the event. She never stopped looking around the room to make sure everyone was happy and taken care of. It is always inspiring to see how much she appreciates everyone who p…
The Daily 5, All about the Good News!
by JULIA
It’s all about the grassroots these days! Events, contests, fliers, media partnerships are all techniques that independent retailers are using to increase their brand awareness and it works. There is no better cost effect way to increase your presence in a community than being a part of fun events where you have direct contact with your new potential consumers. This article from FootwearNews highlights a couple…
Shoes for a Happy Planet-The Simple Shoes Story
by JULIA
I found this video and thought it was great! The advertising and marketing team at Simple should keep up the good work…even though the video is a few months old. You might remember a little posting I did a while back about shoe companies that started out of the trunk of a car, well this was one of them! Simple Shoes is a name that I hear come up in conversation a lot and in my lil ol’ opinion I believe they are currently th…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!!
by JULIA
Happy Monday everybody!! After a great weekend celebrating Earth Day we are going back to bizness of course in a good mood and with good news! As green as it gets would be a nice slogan for this seriously ecological company. Simple Shoes is a business with deserved admiration for establishing sustainable material suppliers through a combination of programs. They appropriately describe themselves as a “nice little…
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…
5 Sustainable Brands Worth Checking Out..Now!
by JULIA
Take a gander at the following 5 Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Footwear brands – all making a huge footprint in the industry! 1. TOMS Shoes – www.TOMSshoes.com – Wonderful brand with a great philosophy: buy a pair and they donate to a person in need. Vegan options available! 2. Melissa Plastic Dreams – www.melissaplasticdreams.com – Their chosen medium is plastic, which immedia…
