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02 Nov Delving Into the Mind of a Black Friday Shopper

Posted at 06:09h in Home, Latest News

The Black Friday shopper thrives on maximizing this day to find the best deals on the holiday season's best products. Early Birds As part of...

02 Nov Wal-Mart starts offering online holiday deals — a month early

Posted at 06:09h in Home, Latest News

Bargain basement deals normally reserved for Black Friday and Cyber Monday are already emerging -- a month earlier than usual -- as stores race to...

01 Nov FDRA and ecVision Launches New Innovative Footwear App That Will Boost Footwear Company Bottom Lines

Posted at 08:34h in FDRA, Featured, Latest News

For years, FDRA has provided customs classification clarification to assist its members. To enhance and expand its ability to serve the industry, FDRA worked...

01 Nov FDRA PRAISES AFA SENATE REINTRODUCTION

Posted at 08:31h in FDRA, Latest News

The United States imposes a hidden, regressive tax on footwear. AFA will remove this burdensome tax on about one third of all footwear. ...

01 Nov Elan-Polo to Manufacture 20k Shoes per day in U.S.

Posted at 08:22h in Latest News

Elan-Polo, Inc., a global footwear and 35-year Walmart supplier, will start production of injection-molded footwear in March 2014 at a factory in Hazelhurst, Ga., as...

01 Nov Steve Madden’s Q3 Profits Jump 16 Percent

Posted at 08:15h in Home, Latest News

Steve Madden reported sales increased 10.6 percent to $394.8 million compared to $356.9 million in the same period of 2012. Retail comparable store sales decreased...

01 Nov Allen Edmonds as part of Men’s Wearhouse?

Posted at 06:09h in Home, Latest News

Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. Chief Executive Paul Grangaard confirmed last week that the company, which is owned by the Minneapolis private equity firm Goldner Hawn...

31 Oct Sports Authority Plans to Hire 5,000 Employees for 2013 Holiday Season

Posted at 09:47h in Latest News

Sports Authority announced plans to hire up to 5,000 part-time and temporary workers around the United States to meet consumer demand during the holiday season,...

31 Oct Crocs Q3 Earnings Drop

Posted at 09:46h in Latest News

"During the third quarter we saw strong performance in our Asia Pacific region and marked improvement in all channels of our European business," said John...

31 Oct Footwear retailer halts expansion in HK over high rents

Posted at 09:44h in Latest News

Footwear manufacturer and retailer Le Saunda Holdings Ltd says it will not open any news stores in Macau or Hong Kong due to the spike...