December 9th, 2010

Advice from the Lion
by Ken Proctor

    Awe shucks….Ken dedicated this weeks article to me which is really kind of him!  It seems there are so many lessons to be learned from the Wizard of Oz….ask me about a great book sometime!   To what Ken says below, I understand playing it safe, but I am just terrible at it! For me when I get an idea or I decide to do something, I am just sick with it until I do it and therefore anything that has to be done to accompl…

 
November 19th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

Original Heelys. Image from youmustlearn It looks like Amazon is trying to keep up with Google. They are adding a visual search component where customers can search by style and design of the shoe according to cnet.com . The consumer will click either men’s or women’s and then filter their searches down by shoe shape and silhouette. This is Amazon’s own visual search technology called A9, which uses algorithms. Acco…

 
October 1st, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

A Kobi Levy design from beauty.bgfashion.net The athletic shoe business is doing more than just providing customers with a more shapely backside, it’s also increasing profits for many companies and manufacturers. Yue Yuen, the world’s largest manufacturer of athletic footwear, and home of Nike and Adidas, reported a 10.4% increase in production volume compared to last year and turnover rose by 10.2% year-on-y…

 
August 6th, 2010

The Daily Five, It’s All About the Good News!
by Mary Krajick

The new Eternal Diamond Stilettos. Image from Stylediggers.com Eternal Diamond Stilettos are taking luxury footwear to a whole new level. The diamond-covered shoes are the most expensive shoes in the world at $170,000 per pair and they are on sale now in the UK. Check out the details of these incredible shoes at the Herald Sun. Italian based footwear company, Vibram has a shocking website for their Five Fingers shoe…

 
September 16th, 2009

The Daily 5, It’s All About the Good News !
by JULIA

  Casadei 50th Anniversary-a half century of fabulosity As Style exactly quoted: “Unless you’re a foot fetishist, it’s not often that you’re looking at spreads of nude models and can’t seem to peel your eyes away from their feet.” But indeed it is the case in this Ellen von Unwerth image featured in Casadei’s coffee-table book to commemorate the Italian footwear label’s 50th anniversary. This piece of…

 
Trivia by Celo
November 11th, 2009

Says Marcelo, “A former Dynasty footwear colleague (Natalie Repp) did it a while back… supposed to be me juggling shoes!”      -I love it!! ...

The Daily Five – It’s All About The Good News!
April 21st, 2011

Flip Flop Shops is heading north! Very exciting news for a small Atlanta based company, at the moment they have 40 stores. Their deal states the businessman...

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