Town Shoes is the market leader in branded footwear in Canada, with sales of CAD $291 million in its fiscal year ending January, 2014. Town operates 182 locations across Canada primarily under The Shoe Company, Shoe Warehouse and Town Shoes banners. ...
March retail sales, released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, which include categories such as automobiles, gasoline stations, and restaurants, increased 1.1 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month ($433.9 billion). The Census also reported that retail sales increased 3.8 percent adjusted year-over-year....
Sales of Sport Footwear for March 2014 declined in the low singles in dollars and declined mid singles units resulting in a low-single digit increase in average selling price. One bright spot was that the last week of March, as the weather opened up, posted...
It's not clear why sizes are growing, but customers seeking larger shoes look online, not in stores....
“We know the customer who shops in multiple channels has a much greater value and provides us an opportunity for growth as we bring new lines to market and expand the brand,” said Harvey Bierman, vice-president of global e-commerce at Crocs....
New shoe uses Bluetooth & GPS technology to guide person to their destination - Shoes emit a discreet vibration in either foot telling you when and where to change direction....
Timberland continued to utilize Social Accountability International's (SAI's) Social Fingerprint tool for benchmarking and guiding factories in developing best-in-class social/labor management systems. Seventy percent (70 percent) of Timberland's global footwear and apparel production was sourced from factories meeting "Level 3" criteria of SAI's benchmark, exceeding...
"The Central Distribution Center in Kunshan demonstrates our commitment to continued growth in China and persistent focus on operational excellence in our global supply chain," said Wiseman. "With the expectation that our business in China will nearly double during the next four years...
Net sales for the 52 weeks of fiscal 2014 totaled $4.04 billion, an increase of 2.1 percent, compared with net sales of $3.96 billion in the 53 weeks of fiscal 2013. On a comparable store basis, which included comparable 52-week periods this year and last,...
Nike on Thursday unveiled its Nike+ Fuel Lab in San Francisco, a development announced last October. The company keeps its Digital Sport Team at its World Headquarters campus near Beaverton....