15 May Brown Shoe sells Avia and Nevados brands for $74 million
Brown Shoe acquired the two brands as part of its Feb. 2011 purchase of American Sporting Goods for $145 million and assumed debt. In October...
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08 May Brown seeks to rewrite Prop 65 toxins law
Responding to complaints from businesses, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing an overhaul of California's 26-year-old landmark clean water and anti-toxins law that he said is...
07 May Senate approves online sales tax; House support isn’t so certain
A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces...
06 May Lean Retail: The Future of Brick and Mortar
Retail is changing. Commercial real estate is evolving. It's an exciting time to be at the intersection of physical space and technology. While some posit...
03 May US employers Add 165,000 Jobs in April
U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment...
03 May Obama Picks Nominees for Commerce Dept. and Trade Representative, FDRA Applauds Picks
President Obama nominated Penny Pritzker, his longtime financial backer and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, to be commerce secretary, and Michael Froman, a...
02 May Footwear CEO Summit on Miami Beach
The Footwear News CEO Summit 2013 was attended by more than 200 executives and designers from top brands in the international footwear industry. FDRA's President...
28 Apr After hiatus, shoe designer Sam Edelman has returned to the top
As he plotted his return to the footwear business about a decade ago, Sam Edelman found himself having to prove he still had his mojo...
26 Apr FDRA Announces AFA, A Bill to Cut Footwear Duties, Reintroduced in the US House
"The federal government is making shoes more expensive for hard working Americans and their families," said Rep. Lynn Jenkins. "The Affordable Footwear Act will...
26 Apr Internet sales-tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared...