German footwear giant Adidas is once again making shoes at home. No, not by hand, but rather with the help of some speedy new robots. The new 4,600 square meter Speedfactory, located in Ansbach, Germany, uses intelligent robots to create shoes at faster speeds, and...
The elevation of street style has been a hot-button topic as the athleisure movement barrels into the luxury space. Enter Konus, a high-end lifestyle apparel brand. For the first Konus footwear collection (which debuted last month), the brand collaborated with Unnown Footwear, makers of fashion-forward...
Ready to say “I do”? Earlier this week, Blossom Footwear debuted its first wedding shoe collection, De Blossom Bridal. Just in time for wedding season, the couture-inspired designs add a sexy, modern twist to traditional bridal shoes....
CL King & Associates analyst Steve Marotta said Thursday that he walked away from meetings with Crocs Inc.’s management, at the FFANY shoe show in New York this week, feeling positive. Marotta met with Crocs CEO Gregg Ribatt and CFO Carrie Teffler and said he...
Fueled by the thought that he can’t be the only sneaker lover in his town, Vittorio Tomasella opened Habitat in March, in the historic center of Treviso in Italy’s Veneto region. “Only the big retail chains were here, and it was not easy to find...
Imagine Dubai. Imagine miles of luxury shopping real estate, high-rise buildings that continue into the sky, all sprawling outwards into the endless heat trap of the Arabian Desert. Now contrast this stereotypical picture of the Emirate city with that of a frigid afternoon in the...
As any true Yeezy Boost fan knows, the shoes are hard to come by. Most retailers are only given a few pairs each release, spurring them to run raffles to randomly choose lucky winners to purchase Kanye West and Adidas Originals’ kicks. This time around,...
Nike signed the predicted NBA top draft pick Ben Simmons to an endorsement deal. The announcement came via a short video on Uninterrupted with the 19-year-old later tweeting that he has ‘one team figured out and one more to go’....
Few things get upper management more excited than hearing about new tactics to boost their company’s sales and profits. Commonly touted strategies for improving profit margins range include fine-tuning product assortment, improving customer service and trimming administrative expenses. But the answer might be a little...
One of the major challenges footwear industry leaders discussed during Monday’s FN Summit in New York is one that keeps coming back: shoe returns. True Fit’s chief executive officer, William R. Adler, revealed to attendees just how the company uses data to help people buy...