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14 May Crocs Names Brand President, Continues Turnaround

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Crocs Inc. named consumer brand management expert Andrew Rees president of the Crocs brand. Rees also will assume the role of principal executive officer until...

14 May Under Armour looks to women, running to propel brand in race with rivals

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The less than 2-decade-old sports apparel company is looking to take market share from bigger rivals such as Nike and Adidas by targeting the women's...

13 May Vietnam footwear industry enjoys big surge in exports

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While earnings from footwear exports to traditional markets - the US, Japan, Belgium, Germany and France - increased in the January-April period, the industry enjoyed...

13 May Matt Powell Says Skechers Is the Hottest Sneaker Brand in America

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Powell also reported SKECHERS had a 50 percent gain in brand share for April 2014 and secured the number nine position for the top 25...

13 May Eddie Bauer to launch footwear on July 28

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Set to debut in late July, the new Eddie Bauer footwear collection will launch with six men’s and seven women’s styles. All styles feature ergonomic,...

13 May Vibram, ‘Barefoot Running Shoe’ Company, Settles Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit

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Vibram, the company behind FiveFingers shoes, just settled a $3.75 million class action lawsuit over false claims that its running shoe yields health benefits, Runner's...

13 May Asics Corp. Racks Up Strong Double-Digit Growth for Fiscal Year

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Overseas sales increased 37.9 percent to $2.77 bn, due to strong sales of running shoes in the Americas, Europe and the other regions and the...

09 May Port cargo traffic rises ahead of labor talks

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Big ships packed with containers are flowing into the nation’s major West Coast ports at a frenetic pace as negotiators prepare to begin talks on...

08 May April/Q1 Athletic Footwear Executive Summary

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The late Easter helped push April sales trend up into the mid-single digits, although results were dampened by the severe weather in the South and...

08 May Puma Sees Modest Currency-Neutral Q1 Decline

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Kering said its Sports & Llfestyle segment, which includes Puma, Volcom, Electric, Tretorn and Cobra Golf, had sales of €790 million ($1.1 bn) in the...