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12 Sep OIA VantagePoint: Footwear Disappoints Again in August

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Outdoor Footwear sales continued its downward trend in fiscal August, with sales down 12.9 percent to $204.3 million. Most Outdoor Footwear categories declined for the...

12 Sep Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety Names President

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The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety named human rights expert and attorney Jeffrey Krilla as its president. The coalition represents 20 North American apparel companies,...

12 Sep Mainland China’s Middle Class Warming to Suburban Shopping Venues

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The study is based on a survey that was conducted between December 2012 and January 2013 in eight mainland cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu,...

12 Sep Dow Jones industrial adds Nike

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The change, which will go into effect the morning of trading Sept. 23, was also made to create a different mix of industries, said Blitzer,...

12 Sep Brown Shoe Appoints Chief Accounting Officer

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Brown Shoe, the parent of Famous Footwear, appointed Daniel Karpel as SVP and chief accounting officer, effective Sept. 5, according to a filing with the...

12 Sep Victoria’s Secret Workers Win Small Raises After Fighting For Higher Pay, Better Hours, Promotions

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Employees at the retail chain's Herald Square store in New York City got raises of between $1 and $2 an hour, CNNMoney reports, after they...

11 Sep Historic day for LV’s city center as Zappos makes itself at home

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And the movement of 1,500 employees from Henderson to Las Vegas and into the old City Hall, now rehabbed with some $48 million in improvements,...

10 Sep Clog Maker Crocs Drops After Cutting Third-Quarter Forecast

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Crocs, which plans to open 90 locations around the world this year with about half in Asia, said orders in the wholesale unit and performance...

10 Sep Jones Group’s Stuart Weitzman Names Wayne Kulkin CEO

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As CEO, Kulkin will focus on strategic global expansion and other growth opportunities for the Stuart Weitzman brand. ...

10 Sep EPA Web Tool Addresses Chemical Safety

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With the Web tool, the EPA hopes to improve access to regulatory information developed by the agency and data submitted under the Toxic Substances Control...