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...
Earlier today, outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland announced a partnership with Thread, a recycled fabric manufacturer that uses recycled bottles from Haiti and Honduras. Going beyond environmental sustainability, Thread also creates social value in the form of cleaner neighborhoods and job creation for thousands of people....
Looking for a job? Two Ten Footwear Foundation has partnered with the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) to create the most comprehensive, online career marketplace available to footwear professionals. ...
EasyJet, the British low-cost airline carrier based in London, is envisioning the future of travel with a new shoe it claims makes walking around Europe easier and less time-consuming. Dubbed the “Sneakair”, the new smart shoe is a part of the airline carrier’s “Barcelona Street...