On February 18, 2014, ecVision will be facilitating an industry-wide event at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong for apparel, footwear and other soft line brands, retailers, manufacturers and major suppliers. This event, SourceTrends 2014: Tackling Compliance and Sustainability, the first of what will...
Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse will increase their number of stores and sales at an accelerated pace beginning in 2014. In preparation for this goal, the company has hired Kirk Light as real estate director for Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, and Scot...
Ecco appointed Paul Janssen as its branding director, external sourcing. Janssen has previously worked for Hugo Boss Shoes & Accessories as managing director for more than a decade. He joins Ecco from Sioux G.m.b.H Walheim, where he holds the position of COO since 2010....
To celebrate her arrival as a Skechers ambassador, the brand’s president Michael Greenberg released a statement saying: ‘Danielle is a breakout star, and we are thrilled to have Skechers at the starting gate of her incredible career. The Bobs brand that she is set to...
Melissa Potter, CEO at The Clarks Group, said: “We are delighted to appoint Thomas to the role of chairman. His extensive experience working with global retail brands in the USA, Europe and Asia combined with his in-depth knowledge of the Clarks business make him a...
FDRA was a major sponsor of the FN Achievement Awards this past week. In addition to Jessica Simpson, designer Vince Camuto, Kristin Cavallari and Olivia Palermo attended the event. ...
The CEO Economic Outlook Index, compiled by the Business Roundtable, increased to 84.5 in the fourth quarter from 79.1 in the previous quarter. It was the highest level since the second quarter of 2012....
The technology could dramatically alter the resource-gobbling process currently used to dye fabric. The introduction, at a contract factory in Taiwan, was the latest step in the water-less, fabric-dyeing path for the world's largest footwear and apparel brand. Here are six questions The Oregonian posed...
"We're really looking to become the destination in online luxury shopping," Jennifer Sidary, head of couture at Zappos Couture, told WWD. "For us, we still have a lot of brands we're looking to acquire for the site and we hope that with André's partnership it...
Online sales surged 20.6 percent compared with the same day last year, with the most active e-shopping cities including New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Atlanta, according to IBM....