Executive Retail Insights: An Interview with Mark Lardie of Rack Room Shoes This month FDRA interviewed Mark Lardie, the President and CEO of Rack Room Shoes about this summers top selling brands, footwear sales during the back-to-school season, his opinion on how online sales have changed...
A Chinese individual Zhou sued New Balance for infringing his registered trademark. On April 24, 2015, Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court made a decision in support of the plaintiff and held that New Balance should pay 98 million Yuan (about 16 million US dollars) to Zhou....
Three weeks ago, Skechers USA Inc. announced its patent-infringement suit against Steve Madden Ltd., and last week, Kmart Corp. added its name to the list of companies bowing out of Converse's broad trademark-infringement case....
Altra Footwear, a line of technical running shoes, is introducing its patent-pending Altra IQ powered by iFit shoe for spring '16. It's designed to collect data about your stride as you run, allowing you to stay better informed about your personal biomechanics....
Converse's Chuck Taylor All Star copyright case is heating up in Washington D.C. Over the next five days, Converse and the firms it has accused of copying its design, are in hearings at the International Trade Commission arguing their sides and presenting evidence....
Schwartzman Pictures Inc. wants its "Rad" back. The Los Angeles-based film production company filed suit against Vans Inc. over the unlicensed use of its trademarked "Rad" logo from the 1986 film of the same name....
The Finish Line Inc. will open 10 Puma shop-in-shops across the country and online at FinishLine.com in August in its latest customer experience experiment....
Nine West Holdings, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the business operations of Sherson Group Inc., which previously held the exclusive rights to the Nine West, Anne Klein and Easy Spirit brands in Canada. ...
DSW Inc. reported second quarter sales increased 6.8 percent to $627 million with comparable sales ahead 1.8 percent. Net income from continuing operations increased by 10.7 percent to $37.6 million, or 42 cents a share....
The European Union and Vietnam reached an agreement in principle August 4 for a free trade agreement (FTA), that will remove nearly all tariffs on goods traded between the two economies....