08 Sep Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker’s half-day in Portland: Nike, bikes and business
While at Nike, Pritzker met with company execs, plus others from Columbia Sportswear and Schnitzer Steel....
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04 Sep Express adds yoga apparel, activewear
For Express, an important part of its competitive strategy is to offer merchandise at much lower prices than Lululemon and others. Yoga pants typically sell...
04 Sep Allen Edmonds expands offerings with new men’s clothing line
Edmonds Shoe Corp., long known for its American-made high-end shoes for men, now wants to clothe its customers from the ground up. Port Washington-based...
04 Sep Ready for new shoes
...and Russellville school districts were fitting for shoes on Thursday thanks to the Russellville Rotary Foundation and its Happy Feet = Learning Feet program. ...
01 Sep ‘Amazon tax’ takes effect Sept. 1
The "Retail Sales and Use Tax" bill passed the Virginia General Assembly earlier this year with an implementation date of Sept. 1, 2013. The measure...
31 Aug ReShoe collecting sneakers for kids
The school district each year has plenty of kids whose families can't afford new shoes....
30 Aug Jeffrey Kalinsky’s Top Fall Fashion Picks
The biggest fashion shock this season, Kalinsky says, is footwear's circumnavigation to a sleeker heel....
29 Aug Express sales, net income rise in second quarter
"Our customers are responding enthusiastically to our assortments, which are trend-right, differentiated and well-edited," said Michael Weiss, chairman and CEO of Express. "We delivered a...
29 Aug Supply Chain Costs: Middle East rumblings boost oil and gas prices
Still, in the week since a suspected chemical weapons attack against Syrian rebels killed hundreds, oil prices have jumped $7 a barrel to $110.10. That's...
27 Aug Grading Colleges on Access to the American Dream
Ultimately, Obama would like to reward colleges that earn good grades - those that graduate more students at lower costs. Demos calculates that to be...