Outdoor footwear brand Forsake, founded in 2013, is expanding the business to debut its inaugural line of women’s footwear. “On the heels of several successful seasons, Forsake is now offering women the same combination of urban styling with outdoor performance that enables anyone to trade...
The Walking Company, a comfort-footwear retailer, has acquired online retailer FootSmart from Benchmark Brands. Founded in 1989, FootSmart, who recently fell under financial distress, is a direct retailer of foot and lower body health products that sold their products through an e-commerce site and mail-order...
Feetures, a performance sock company, is re-launching their “Pair Up” sales contest this September following a successful debut in 2015. The promotion was developed to provide a fun, innovative incentive for run specialty retailers and associates to improve their customers’ in-store experience by educating them...
Ugg (a division of Deckers Brands NYSE: DECK) opened its third Las Vegas location at the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip. The 2,066-square-foot retail space opens as the brand rolls out its new Classic Boot, which will be available at the new...
Connie X Rishwain, former president of the Ugg brand at Deckers Outdoor Corp., has joined Vionic in a new role as president of its global business. Rishwain will oversee product, marketing and sales at Vionic, and she also joins its board of directors. She will...
Sole Technology, manufacturer of action sports footwear and apparel for brands Etnies, Es, Emerica, Altamont and ThirtyTwo, appointed former Ride Shop President Esmail Mawjee as interim president for the company....
Wolverine Worldwide Inc.’s board of directors approved a new, four-year share repurchase program, authorizing up to $300 million in share repurchases and replacing the remaining balance of the company’s 2014 Share Repurchase Program....
Skechers USA Inc. opened a flagship store within the World Trade Center’s new shopping district in New York City. Located along the main level of the West Concourse near the WTC Transportation Hub, the store will be home to more than 350,000 daily visitors in...
Reebok International filed a complaint for two patent infringements on August 10, 2016 with the International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that New York-based TRB Acquisitions LLC, RBX.com LLC and Elite Performance Footwear are violating Section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act… and in turn stepping...
Oboz Footwear of Bozeman, MT opened a product design and development office based in Portland, OR and added two members to its product creation team. Brad Long has been named director of product and Seth Brown senior product developer. Long and Brown join Portland-based Design...