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19 Apr New Portland-based footwear brand announces Kickstarter campaign

Posted at 06:45h in Latest News

deadline. The campaign on Wednesday had $55,512 in pledges and 991 backers. Crosskix produces footwear that looks like a running shoe but has an upper as...

18 Apr NPD Group Reports on Fashion Footwear Sales in LA and NY

Posted at 08:57h in Economic news, Home, Latest News

The NPD Group, Inc., a global information company, has released its Retail Tracking Service Store Level Data to report on the top U.S. fashion footwear...

18 Apr Nike Employee Grant Fund gives $250,000

Posted at 06:09h in Latest News

April 17--Nike has granted $250,000 to 25 local nonprofits and schools through the Nike Employee Grant Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation for its Spring...

18 Apr BRIEF: Sears launches distribution service for small businesses

Posted at 06:09h in Latest News

The sellers will pay a fulfillment fee per item that is stored, picked, packed or shipped and a commission per sale if the item is...

17 Apr FDRA’s Product Safety Workshop A Success

Posted at 15:58h in FDRA, Latest News, Product Safety

The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) held their Product Safety and Environment Workshop on April 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. The workshop drew...

17 Apr Cat® Footwear Launches Made in America Boot

Posted at 10:22h in Home, Latest News

The 8” Liberty features leathers from Minnesota, stitching from Michigan, a sock liner from Massachusetts, laces from Rhode Island, a steel toe from Wisconsin and...

17 Apr BRIEF: Retail sales nationwide register only modest gain in March

Posted at 06:09h in Economic news, Home, Latest News

Council of Shopping Centers reported that retail sales showed a modest gain of 1.6 percent in March on a year-over-year basis. The council was...

17 Apr White House Warned Against Adding Japan to Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

Posted at 06:09h in Latest News, TPP News

several sources said that adding Japan to the TPP deal could increase opposition, particularly among Democrats, to renewal of the president's fast-track, or trade-promotion authority...

15 Apr Around China: Hemp shoes a hit in foreign markets

Posted at 07:48h in Latest News, Sourcing

The shoes have been a hit at shopping malls in Italy, the UK, France and Japan. The factory made 2 million pairs of hemp shoes...

15 Apr Nike breaks ground on new Memphis distribution facility

Posted at 07:34h in Economic news, Featured, Latest News

Nike Inc. broke ground Tuesday on the 1.3 million-square-foot expansion of its Memphis Distribution Center. It will allow the company to ship its footwear, apparel...