Mary Enweasor, who runs a tiny shop selling drinks and snacks in Nigeria’s biggest city, had saved up for some new shoes but was unsure where to buy them. With Internet use growing fast, Amazon-style Web sites such as Konga and Jumia are fulfilling close...
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The iPhone Mashup Shoe was created by Alan Nguyen of Freedom of Creation, a 3D-printing house in Amsterdam. The shoe was designed around iPhone cases from 3D-printed accessories site FreshFiber. You can see the cases in the base of the heel....
Sales of minimalist shoes declined more than 10% in the first quarter of 2013, according to data from industry watcher SportsOneSource....
This short synopsis covers the highlights of this year's first quarter sports footwear sales. It was produced by Matt Powell, analyst at SportsOneSource....
Chinese factory activity and retail sales picked up a notch in April, according to data released Monday, regaining some steam from weak showings the previous month. But expansion remained underwhelming, analysts said, and underlined the fact that the once red-hot Chinese economy is in the...
Lower-priced gasoline allowed Americans to step up their spending at retailers in April, from cars and clothes to electronics and appliances. The rebound from a weak March suggests that consumers remain resilient in the face of higher taxes and could continue to drive economic growth...
A recent study, by Seattle-based group Placed, found 40% of the shoppers participated in showrooming and concluded the threat to retailers may be more serious than they realize. The study was based on survey results from nearly 15,000 people. In addition to Best Buy and...
Late last month, as the weather began to warm into a semblance of spring, teens and bargain hunters who had spent months crunching their spending surged into retailers to shop. Their activity helped push up a monthly measure of same-store sales by 3.8% in April,...
The Politics of a tax overhaul: The conventional wisdom has long been that a large-scale tax overhaul that scraps the current tax code for one with fewer deductions, credits and exemptions would be too controversial for any party to tackle on its own. Recent...