As a footwear industry veteran with brands such as LA Gear, Skechers and Nike, D’Wayne Edwards founded the Pensole Academy to fill a need in the industry and give young designers a tuition-free opportunity to learn the entire footwear design process, not just the dress...
Steve Madden’s exclusive collaboration with rapper Ja Rule, called Maven x Madden, for pre-fall ’15 is now available for purchase. ...
Liberty Interactive Corporation, which sold Backcountry.com to a private equity group for $350 million in July, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Zulily...
As the number of bullying incidents continues to sweep across the nation, one footwear company is stepping into the fight. Slipper maker Dearfoams, owned by RG Barry Brands, said it plans to partner with a top anti-bullying and cyberbullying group...
Yet another department store has bucked the d-store lull. Today, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. pulled off a better-than-expected Q2 finish, with gains in comparable-store sales and revenues....
Under Armour has signed a multi-year participation agreement to exhibit at the annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando and the PGA Fashion & Demo Experience in Las Vegas through 2018....
Steve Madden Ltd., Wolverine World Wide Inc., and Columbia Sportswear are among the footwear and apparel companies insiders say may be impacted by draft restrictions for vessels utilizing the Panama Canal....
For the second day in a row, China has cut its yuan rate, and global markets were quick to react negatively....
City Sports, a 26-store specialty retail chain, is launching a campaign with Soles4Souls to collect thousands of shoes from its customers to help fight poverty and support those in need....
Macy’s, Inc. has formed a free-standing joint venture with Hong Kong-based Fung Retailing Limited that will begin selling in China in late 2015 through an e-commerce presence on Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global....