“While we have gone to great pains over the past few weeks to distance ourselves from an unfortunate and unwanted political situation, there have been some more recent developments that have prompted me to share some thoughts and direction,” wrote L.L.Bean CEO Stephen Smith in...
"Domestically, we believe the warm temperatures at the start of the key selling season impacted sell-through in November,” said Powers. “The slow start heightened retailer caution, especially since they carried over product following last year’s warm winter. Sell-through accelerated as the weather turned colder; however,...
Join APICS, Caleres (formerly Brown Shoe Company) and Amber Road's Global Trade Academy for our upcoming webinar, Dialing Into the Supplier Network on Tuesday, February 7th at 2PM EDT as they discuss the challenges of supplier enablement, still very much on the mind of many...
Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) President Matt Priest made the following statement today, following the visit of Ambassador Robert Holleyman, Deputy United States Trade Representative, to Wolverine Worldwide’s factory in Big Rapids, Michigan....
Recently, Boston-based New Balance took a swipe at the Obama administration by announcing its opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Interestingly, the company’s change of position is not based on the merits of the TPP...
We are disappointed at New Balance’s change of heart on this vitally important agreement for the entire U.S. footwear industry over a matter unrelated to TPP. New Balance's position is especially surprising as it is one of the companies that would see significant tariff...
We applaud the Senate for passing the bipartisan Customs reauthorization bill today. This legislation will help facilitate international trade for U.S. footwear companies and modernize U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP). Strengthening trade enforcement through the bill is important to gaining congressional support for approving...
2015 import numbers have just been released from the U.S. government. U.S. footwear imports finished 2015 in impressive form, rising to the highest December dollar and volume totals on record. “Our analysis of 2015 footwear import data shows the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has grown...
Join the industry's top executives as we talk about changes and challenges they are seeing and best practices they are using to adapt to disruptions…...
Today with the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 60 to 38, the final legislative hurdle for this important bill has been cleared as it now heads to President Obama for his signature. ...