Skechers Teams with Renowned Artist
In the latest installment of its Visual Artist Series, Skechers has teamed with Vexx, a young artist who has captured the digital universe, galleries, and museums. Skechers x Vexx features his...
View ArticleGone Fishin’
Dear Gary…What an interesting idea: What would I tell my younger self, and which era would I choose? Elementary school, high school, college, work, parenthood…hmmm. The more I think about it, the more...
View ArticleA Man in Full
Photography by Trevett McCandliss. Styling by Michael Macko. Fashion editor: Kathleen O’Reilly; model: Joaquin Ibarra/Next Management; groomer: Scott McMahan/Honey Artists; stylist assistant: Daniel...
View ArticleMoving Swiftly
Ron Owens, vice president and brand manager of Dingo Back in 2019, Ron Owens was lured out of retirement to take the reins of Dingo, a division of Dan Post Boot Company, in part because there were only...
View ArticleProud Parent
Tony Adams, president of Hälsa Footwear Over his life-long career working retail and wholesale in the footwear industry, Tony Adams has helped give birth to many brands. In fact, during a 17-year stint...
View ArticleIR Show Heads to Vegas this July
For decades Las Vegas and the shoe industry went together like slot machines and retirees. Twice annually, nearly the entire industry would converge in Sin City to get business done at the WSA Show. It...
View ArticleShoe Carnival Targets Midwest Expansion
Shoe Carnival CEO Mark Worden Shoe Carnival’s aim to be the “nation’s leading family footwear retailer” took another step forward with the recent $45 million cash acquisition of Rogan Shoes, a...
View ArticleGo Big
The gang was and all there. The Atlanta Shoe Market (TASM) reported record exhibitor and retailer attendance at last month’s show at the Cobb Galleria Centre and Renaissance Hotel. Considering the...
View ArticleWhat are the Odds?
Walking up and down the aisles and in and out of the adjacent ballrooms and meeting rooms of The Atlanta Shoe Market (TASM) last month, various numbers streamed through my head. How many steps am I...
View ArticleNatural Instincts
Neely Woodson Powell, CEO/founder of Charleston Shoe Company SOME PEOPLE JUST have a natural entrepreneurial instinct. Neely Woodson Powell is one of them. As Charleston Shoe Company (CSC) lore goes:...
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