It’s starting with shoes, a business that’s more competitive and growing more slowly than handbags. Footwear also presents challenges Coach hasn’t faced much before: While bags will always fit over a woman’s arm, shoes come in sizes, and Coach runs the risk of having too...
The U.S. economy is projected to grow by 2 percent this year, slightly higher than the 1.9 percent that the World Bank projected six months ago. Still, the report notes that a “fairly robust private sector recovery is being held back, but not extinguished, by...
Technological advancements and increasing regard for safety and quality standards mean Chinese manufacturing has made profound strides over the past decade. Within China, improvements are being driven by external pressure from global retailers that have their products made in Chinese factories, and by a growing...
Alberto Moretti's latest creation for the Monaco Grand Prix are made in velvet and covered in gold. (And, we mean real gold, you know, of the 24-carat variety.)...
Who better than the woman most synonymous with shoes to become the namesake of a shoe line. Sarah Jessica Parker’s new shoe line, SJP, will launch in January....
Vietnam earned 3.1 billion USD in footwear export in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 11.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office. Last month alone, export turnover reached 750 million USD due to the stability of traditional export...
Ho Chi Minh City hosted a June 6 trade exchange between representatives and businesses of the Vietnamese and Thai footwear industries. Thailand is one of the Vietnamese footwear sector’s material suppliers capable of meeting strict European Union and Japanese product quality demands....
Barefoot-running enthusiasts long have believed that running without shoes or in minimalist footwear makes running easier, speedier and less injurious. Five separate studies there found no significant benefits, in terms of economy, from switching to minimalist, barefoot-style footwear.The news on injury prevention and barefoot-style running...
The productivity of American workers grew a modest amount from January through March, after having declined in the previous quarter. And a private survey showed on Wednesday that American businesses added just 135,000 jobs in May, the second consecutive month of weak gains....
The planned meeting this week between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping puts a spotlight on major questions that both countries have over one of the world's largest trading relationships. While China is looking for new openings to advance larger national goals of...