A bill that would authorize states to collect sales taxes for online purchases easily passed the Senate on Monday with bipartisan support, but it faces a tougher hurdle in the House of Representatives. Supporters of the bill say the change is needed because brick-and-mortar...
Retail is changing. Commercial real estate is evolving. It's an exciting time to be at the intersection of physical space and technology. While some posit that physical retail will die, I subscribe to the belief that software will help retail evolve and become more efficient...
Two of the factories inside the building had undergone audits overseen by a monitoring group, the Business Social Compliance Initiative, which was created by a European industry group, the Foreign Trade Association. Workers are left without a choice. Business Social Compliance Initiative didn't respond to...
President Obama nominated Penny Pritzker, his longtime financial backer and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, to be commerce secretary, and Michael Froman, a law school friend and White House adviser on international economics, as trade representative. FDRA supports these nominations. In a release,...
"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...