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27 Sep Jerome Rousseau: Grounded in luxury shoes

Posted at 07:26h in Latest News

At the party, Rousseau showcased an elaborate mesh bootie, embellished with 7,000 beads, including coral, vintage Czech glass and freshwater pearls. The $6,495 custom-order piece...

27 Sep Athletic footwear market dominated by Asia-Pacific with 42% share

Posted at 07:20h in Latest News

The athletic footwear market has been forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.75% through to 2016, driven by the increasing...

27 Sep Famous Footwear Launches New App

Posted at 07:18h in Home, Latest News

The app comes complete with a profile, digital wallet and mobile exclusives to give you the inside details on offers just for mobile users and...

27 Sep Postal Rate Hike Proposal Faces Senate Scrutiny

Posted at 06:09h in DC News, Home, Latest News

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe's appearance Thursday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes one day after the post office said it wanted...

26 Sep SUPRA Footwear Opens New Facility in China

Posted at 07:28h in Home, Latest News, Sourcing

ONE Distribution, the manufacturer of SUPRA Footwear, has opened a new footwear development facility in Dongguan, China known as ONE Distribution Resources (ODR). The 3,000...

26 Sep JustFab Raises Another $40M To Take Its Fashion Subscription Model To Asia

Posted at 07:26h in Home, Latest News

Hot on the heels of its merger with rival ShoeDazzle (yes, pun intended), subscription-based fashion commerce site JustFab, now with 35 million users, is once...

26 Sep Columbia Sportswear Company Announces Appointment of Franco Fogliato as Senior Vice President of Europe

Posted at 07:25h in Home, Latest News

Fogliato, 44, will be responsible for establishing and executing sales, distribution, and marketing strategies for the company's Columbia Sportswear(R), Mountain Hardwear(R), and SOREL(R) brands, sold...

26 Sep TOMS Announces That It Will Manufacture New Pairs Of Shoes In Haiti

Posted at 07:24h in Home, Latest News, Sourcing

The announcement was made today during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting by TOMS Founder and Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Mycoskie, in revealing the...

26 Sep Debt limit deadline is Oct. 17, Treasury secretary says

Posted at 06:09h in Home, Latest News

The nation's debt limit must be raised by Oct. 17 to avoid a potential default, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew told congressional leaders Wednesday in...

25 Sep Fall Fashion Boot Trend Has Already Arrived (Pic)

Posted at 06:54h in Latest News

"We reworked our signature bootie style with a slimmer heel and linear studding for fall/winter 2013," Bionda Castana designer Natalia Barbieri told us. "This...