As the first images emerged in recent days of practice sessions by the area's newest professional sports franchise, the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League, close observers noted something on the athletes' shirts, shorts, socks and pullovers: Swooshes. Nike's symbol was all over...
At the forefront of luxury footwear, six designers making beautiful, covetable shoes have gained traction with consumers, established accounts with fashion-forward stockists, and racked up a handful of industry awards....
And you'll continue to see cork wedges, as well as wedges covered in color. The ikat pattern will be found on a lot of shoes this spring. Flat, strappy sandals, of course, are not going anywhere. Find them in the above-mentioned popular colors or in...
When the teens ran barefoot or in flat-soled racing shoes, they generally landed on the front halves of their feet, the researchers say. But when the young athletes put on standard-issue running shoes with thick, cushioned heels, they instantly switched to a radically different gait,...
The NPD Group, Inc., a global information company and FDRA member, reports in 2012 basketball footwear sales* increased 14 percent in dollars, compared to the year prior. This makes basketball footwear one of the fastest growing athletic footwear categories. ...
Belle International Holdings, China’s biggest footwear retailer, warned in a report published yesterday that the country is shifting to a slower path of economic growth. ...
Throughout the U.S., long lunchtime lines on urban sidewalks have become no surprise with an emergence of trendy food trucks. But a steady stream of entrepreneurs around the country are now taking their retail businesses on the road. Fleischmann, of Columbia, Mo., wants to catch...
Men have discovered what the ladies have known all along. Now, more than ever, it's all about your shoes...
A measure to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes from online purchases received key support in the United States Senate Friday, with 75 senators voting to include a version of the legislation in the budget resolution....
More than half of those sales were for heels over 3 inches high "High heel shoes contribute to my practice," says Dr. When I'm wearing my heels, I'm always happy and feeling sexy because I'm on top of the world. They're wedges." Men...