The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) today announced the selection of a new leadership team. Greg Tunney, President, CEO and a member of the board of directors at the RG Barry Corporation, will now serve as the new Chairman of FDRA. ...
Congress is back from recess today to begin a busy month with measures that would reauthorize farm programs and avert a scheduled doubling of student loan interest rates. Lawmakers will also begin moving the first of the fiscal 2014 appropriations bills dealing with homeland security...
Now, calling for IRS reform is a popular part of the public conversation. Republicans and Democrats alike are on the record as strong advocates of change, denouncing the agency’s actions as “unthinkable” and “an outrageous abuse of power.” It’s brought the pressing flaws in the...
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) -- Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And in September the smallest and cheapest 3-D...
The 26-year-old Serb has long worn the German brand’s footwear – claiming all six of his Grand Slam titles in the Barricade shoe – and debuted the latest model, the Barricade 7, at the French Open this week....
Founded in 1879 in Syracuse, N.Y., Nettleton outfitted military officers and U.S. presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge during its first century in business. Edward Tognoni ran Nettleton for nearly a decade in the 1970s and 1980s, before selling the brand to U.S....
The White House is expected to name Jason Furman, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, as the chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, according to a person familiar with the matter who declined to comment on the record....
Nike is the third most popular brand in China, behind No. 1 General Motors and No. 2 Apple, says USA Today. Reuters says Puma is catching up to Adidas and Nike in soccer sales....
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that the free-trade pact now under discussion with the United States exempt “audiovisual” industries so that countries like France could shelter their movie businesses from foreign competition....
Under a 1941 federal law known as the Berry Amendment, the military is generally required to supply personnel with uniforms and equipment made domestically. But the Army and the Air Force issue vouchers or give allowances to new recruits to purchase athletic footwear for physical...