It's been two decades since Rob Strasser, a former Nike executive, convinced Germany-based Adidas to pick up and move its North American headquarters from New Jersey to Portland. Since then, a number of shoe and sports apparel brands have followed suit -- most recently and...
Ecommerce sales represented 18 percent of the total athletic footwear market, worth $28 billion from May 2012 – April 2013 and up 5 percent from the same time period last year. Online sales outpaced brick-and-mortar with unit sales up 17 percent while brick-and-mortar units were...
Today, Adidas provides the detail, unveiling Springblade, a shoe the company says is "the first running shoe with individually tuned blades engineered to help propel runners forward with one of the most effective energy returns in the industry."...
Currently, TOMS makes its shoes in China, Argentina and Kenya. The company plans to start producing in India for sure, Mycoskie said, and wants to enter Brazil and Haiti, too. "We cant have our most business-critical supply chains attached to these factories said Mycoskie....
The women’s shoe company has been a supporter of industry standards for business to business commerce for over 20 years. This award is presented to companies that develop GS1 standard based systems which result in trading partner efficiencies and supply chain improvements....
House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, has not said whether or when he intends to take up the bill, but he is expected to require a majority of the GOP to support the measure before calling for a vote. Some analysts believe the bill...
Nike used 3-D printing for a football cleat it announced in March. That cleat, the Vapor Laser Talon, used 3-D printing to prototype a lightweight plate attached to the shoe....
The creative team at Cushe has hand-selected patterns from the Hoffman California Fabrics library to pay homage to the SoCal scene with this collaborative collection. A fun but difficult task since the designers at Hoffman create nearly 800 beautifully unique patterns a year....
Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of heavy manufacturing. Some add illegal extra floors atop support columns too weak to hold them, according to a survey of scores...
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...