"We are very pleased that Michael, a seasoned industry veteran, will lead us forward in China," said Gary DeStefano, president of Global Operations. "His strong leadership, brand expertise and global experience will be instrumental in driving continued growth for Nike in this very important geography."...
A listing of all footwear covered by the Affordable Footwear Act (AFA), a bill which would eliminate footwear duties on almost 1/3 of all shoes. ...
Mother’s Day is about victory. That’s the message behind Famous Footwear‘s new campaign, A Letter to Mom. The company has launched a new video, celebrating how Mom makes a winning difference in our lives. The seasonal promotion also includes retail discounts that extend through Mother’s...
On Wednesday, Democratic Reps. George Miller (Calif.) and Sander Levin (Mich.) sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to take the lead with U.S. retailers and the European Union in preventing more factory tragedies. Notably, the congressmen told the president that any plan needs...
The Footwear News CEO Summit 2013 was attended by more than 200 executives and designers from top brands in the international footwear industry. FDRA's President Matt Priest spoke at the conference about how tariffs on footwear are taking almost $2.5 Billion a year from the...
The report, called "Chemicals Revealed," identified more than 5,000 products such as footwear, car seats and arts and crafts supplies that include developmental or reproductive toxins and carcinogens. Those include such toxic metals as mercury, cadmium, cobalt, antimony and molybdenum. Manufacturers also reported using phthalates...
“FDRA really does deliver when it comes to making the footwear industry’s voice heard in Washington. We had a lot of high level meetings and I think we made a clear case that lowering footwear duties will help consumers and strengthen our industry,” said...
Now that Baucus has announced his retirement from Congress, presumably he has motivation to establish as part of his distinctly mixed legacy a wholesale repair of what he and Camp called a “broken” tax code...
For years, conservative Republican lawmakers have been influenced heavily by the antitax activists in Washington, who have dictated outcomes and become the arbiters of what is and is not a tax increase. But on the question of Internet taxation, their voices have begun to be...
The magazine collected 120 pairs of running shoes for the cover, and every owner was interviewed. Fifteen runners’ stories were featured in the print edition of the magazine, while the rest are set to be published online....