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06 Feb Asics Relaunches Asics Tiger as Sport Lifestyle Brand

Posted at 09:54h in Home, Latest News, Retail

Asics announced the relaunch of the Asics Tiger brand for the sport lifestyle market. Originally designed as competitive sports shoes during the 1980s and early...

06 Feb Phoenix Footwear Reports New Bank Financing

Posted at 09:52h in Economic news, Home, Latest News, Retail

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc., the parent of Trotters and SoftWalk, entered into a new bank financing agreement with NewStar Business Credit, LLC....

06 Feb Adidas Sees Record Results in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Posted at 09:51h in Economic news, Home, Latest News, Retail

Adidas Group reported its combined sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland hit the €1 billion mark for the first time in 2014. The company...

05 Feb FDRA President Outlines What TPP Will Mean for Footwear Industry

Posted at 11:41h in TPP News

From a global perspective, China is the largest manufacturer of footwear in the world and supplies 80 percent of all footwear to the U.S. Vietnam...

05 Feb Under Armour Acquires Endomondo And MyFitnessPal

Posted at 09:22h in Home, Latest News, Retail

Under Armour acquired Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. These acquisitions, which supplement UA's existing MapMyFitness and UA RECORD suite of applications, will further enable the brand to...

05 Feb Under Armour’s Q4 Revenues Jump 31 Percent

Posted at 09:20h in Economic news, Home, Latest News, Retail

Under Armour Inc. reported net revenues increased 31 percent in the fourth quarter to $895 million for the period ended Dec. 31, 2014, compared with...

04 Feb Nike Introduces First CrossFit Shoe

Posted at 09:49h in Home, Latest News, Retail

Nike introduced what many consider its first shoe aimed at CrossFit athletes. The Nike MetCon 1 is designed to "support workouts through the highest levels...

04 Feb Foot Locker Recognized as Favorite Shoe Retailer

Posted at 09:32h in Home, Latest News, Retail

Findings from a national consumer study by Market Force Information revealed that revealed that Foot Locker was American consumers’ favorite shoe retailer, followed by Skechers,...

04 Feb Brown Shoe Appoints New CFO

Posted at 09:30h in Home, Latest News, Retail

Brown Shoe Company named Kenneth Hannah to replace Russ Hammer as senior vice president and chief financial officer effective Feb. 16. “I’m looking forward to...

04 Feb Amazon Fashion Renews Title Sponsorship of Footwear Cares

Posted at 09:28h in Home, Latest News

Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national charitable foundation serving the footwear industry, today announced that Amazon Fashion will return as the Title Sponsor for Footwear...