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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced Friday that the U.S. would not initiate Section 301 Tariffs of up to 25 percent on Vietnamese...
Asics has taken an unspecified stake in healthcare startup, Japan HealthCare Co., Ltd., which makes custom insoles working from photos of feet taken...
Wolverine Worldwide raised its full-year guidance after second-quarter results easily topped Wall Street targets. All-time record quarterly revenue for Merrell and Saucony drove...
Columbia Sportswear Company released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, which includes performance highlights and progress made throughout 2020 in the three main areas...
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China’s Xinjiang region unless importers can prove they were...
SFIA, OIA, SIA, FDRA, and AAFA were part of 76 trade associations that sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging...
Burlington Stores Inc. announced that Travis Marquette has been appointed as the company’s new president and chief operating officer, overseeing and managing the...
Crocs Inc. announced its commitment to becoming a net-zero company by 2030. It said that its Classic Clog already has a low carbon...
Nordstrom and Asos announced that Nordstrom has acquired a minority interest in the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge, and HIIT brands. This investment will help...
Keen Inc. announced the opening of a company-owned factory, in the Dominican Republic—Keen Dominican Republic (KDR)— with 55,000-square-feet of manufacturing space. The factory, located...
JD Sports Fashion has transferred the ownership of Baltimore-based retailer DTLR Villa to its U.S. unit to align all its businesses under one...
Taiwan’s Pou Chen Corp., which makes footwear for Nike, Adidas and other athletic footwear companies, suspended operations at its plant in Ho Chi...
Pacific Sunwear of California has launched into the sneaker resale market with PS Reserve. The online shop accessible through its website offers a mix...
Brooks Running outlined its 2030 planet strategy that includes a commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. “At Brooks, we think that climate...
Timberland has partnered with ReCircled to support the upcoming launch of its global product take-back program. The program will support Timberland’s circular design and...
Designer Brands Inc. said that in addition to her ongoing role as vice chairman, Debbie Ferrée has been named president of Camuto Group,...
Wolverine World Wide Inc. has named Brendan Hoffman, currently company president and a member of WWW’s Board of Directors, to succeed Blake Krueger,...
Goat Group has closed a Series F funding round of $195 million, reaching a valuation of $3.7 billion, more than double its prior...
Aetrex Makes Advanced 3D Foot Scanning Technology Affordable for All Retailers with Launch of Albert 3DFit Provides state-of-the-art 3D scanning and accurate footwear recommendations...
Footwear Industry Charitable Foundation Rallies with Renewed Efforts for Renowned Fundraising Event and Expansion of Board Leadership QVC®, a Leader in Multiplatform Video Livestreaming,...
Next layer of FitTech™ solution addresses footwear industry’s broken e-commerce model June 10, 2021, Stockholm – Volumental, a technology company that helps the world’s...
Crocs Inc. has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking an investigation of unlawfully imported shoes into the...
The impact of COVID-19 at major U.S. retail container ports appears to be easing with projected imports remaining below last year’s levels but...
As we put Memorial Day in the rear view mirror, school ending and summer starting dominate normal conversation, but as June begins another...
Caleres reported earnings and sales that exceeded Wall Street estimates as Famous Footwear achieved record quarterly earnings and delivered record first-quarter sales levels....