Paring its retail stores and reworking its brand portfolio paid off for Brown Shoe Co. last year, with the Clayton-based company reporting improved profitability and revenue gains. The footwear retailer reported Friday that profit rose 12 percent to $27.5 million, or 64 cents a share,...
American footwear brand Skechers plans to introduce lower price points (below Rs 3,000) once it starts manufacturing in India. The brand has recently availed of the provisions for single brand retail to set up a joint venture in the country....
Any fashionista worth her salt knows the importance of shoes, so perhaps it's not surprising that speculation has already surfaced about what Pope Francis's choice of footwear could mean for his papacy. ...
Nike employs 44,000 people around the world, about half in the United States and 8,000 of them in Oregon. Nike is one of two Fortune 500 members in the state, with employment in Oregon that has grown 60 percent since 2007. In December, Brim-Edwards told...
The business group found that 72 percent of the 144 CEOs said they expected sales to pick grow this year, up from 58 percent in the final quarter of 2012. The CEOs project an 2.1 percent economic growth rate this year, roughly in line with...
Lawmakers who are marking up fiscal 2014 budget resolutions this week say they hope to reach a compromise on spending and taxes. But in her calculation, she includes a combination of spending cuts and revenue increases that she proposes to replace the $1.2 trillion, nine-year...
There were so many interesting discussions to share from the recent Stream unconference, but the one that inspired me most was on the future of retail. Around 50 retailers and those passionate about the industry came together on the Phuket Club Med lawn to reflect...
Many of the nations involved in the TPP already have free-trade pacts with the United States, including Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore and Peru. U.S. officials argue that a true economic opening between the nations would provide a massive benefit for U.S. manufacturers, agribusiness, financial companies...
... Nana's Kidz, a program affiliated with Grandma's House of Hope and dedicated to helping children in low-income families, partnered with Payless Shoe Source to provide 75 local kids with a new pair of shoes....
by Massimo Gatto Romans knew that the timetable for the papal conclave would be a quick one when the three sets of vestments prepared for the new pontiff—in small, medium, and large sizes—had already disappeared from the display window of Gammarelli, the ecclesiastical tailors, on Friday,...