Leadership of the China footwear market was retained by Belle International Holdings Ltd, securing 7% of the retail value share of the industry. Second place in the market is Nike (China), which is aided by its domination of the domestic sports footwear sector, along with...
Congress is back from recess today to begin a busy month with measures that would reauthorize farm programs and avert a scheduled doubling of student loan interest rates. Lawmakers will also begin moving the first of the fiscal 2014 appropriations bills dealing with homeland security...
Now, calling for IRS reform is a popular part of the public conversation. Republicans and Democrats alike are on the record as strong advocates of change, denouncing the agency’s actions as “unthinkable” and “an outrageous abuse of power.” It’s brought the pressing flaws in the...
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) -- Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And in September the smallest and cheapest 3-D...
The 26-year-old Serb has long worn the German brand’s footwear – claiming all six of his Grand Slam titles in the Barricade shoe – and debuted the latest model, the Barricade 7, at the French Open this week....
Agents seized 3,082 fake designer shoes and purses with an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1 million in the raid, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said. Among the items were fake Nike shoes, and bogus Louis Vuitton, Prada and Coach merchandise....
Founded in 1879 in Syracuse, N.Y., Nettleton outfitted military officers and U.S. presidents such as Teddy Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge during its first century in business. Edward Tognoni ran Nettleton for nearly a decade in the 1970s and 1980s, before selling the brand to U.S....
The tenuous state of the economy is a major reason for the earlier arrival of back-to-school campaigns. The goal is to encourage purchases now because of uncertainty over what the future may bring....
Imagine cutting a garden hose into two or three-inch sections, then gluing these tubes across the bottom of a conventional running shoe, perpendicular to the heel to toe orientation. What you would have would resemble a running shoe with springs – and this is exactly...
The singer arrived at the BBC Radio 1 in London studios wearing bright red ankle boots that were covered in metallic studs. ...