Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse announced Kristen Picard as the company’s new director of marketing and Brittany Moeller as the company’s new women’s buyer. Picard will lead the development and execution of strategic ...
Crocs, Inc. announced that footwear industry and product merchant leader Michelle Poole has been appointed as its senior vice president of global merchandising. In this newly created role, Poole will be responsible for leading the strategy ...
Tags: Crocs, Michelle Poole, Sporting Goods
A US-China joint venture will facilitate heat transfer innovations in order to better serve leading global apparel brands. The joint venture located in Shenzhou will serve as supplier for garment embellishments and labels. The joint ...
Tags: Transfer Innovations, Brands, Accessories
The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), America's largest and most respected footwear trade association, partnered with the firm Elevate to produce its 5th Factory Survey Analysis. The recently completed report provides ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Economy, Footwear
The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) announces that Juanita D. Duggan, an experienced trade association executive and lobbyist, will join the association on July 1 as President & CEO. "Juanita has demonstrated time and ...
Tecnica announced that Frank Cardullo of FWC, Inc will be representing Tecnica Footwear and Moon Boot in Metro New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Cardullo brings over 21 year's combined experience in retail and sales to the team. ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Shoes, Sports Shoes
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) published the fourteenth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), covering apparel, footwear, travel goods, home textiles, and other fashion accessories. The updated RSL ...
Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS), the world’s leading provider of RFID-based inventory management solutions for apparel, announced further details of its ability to meet the requirements of the licensing ...
Tags: Apparel Brands, RFID Tracking
The global market for 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO) is expected to reach $6,947.1 million by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growth of footwear industry, mainly in Asia Pacific, is expected to drive the market for ...
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The leading apparel and textile associations in the United State and Europe urged their respective trade commissioners March 10 to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) that will end all apparel and textile ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel, Footwear
The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a global, third party certification for textiles and apparel that ensures these products are tested for more than 300 substances used in textile production that are considered to be dangerous to human health. ...
Bata India, one of the largest and most trusted footwear brands announces the launch of their first premium global Hush Puppies store at Rajpur Road, Dehradun, India. This season the brand takes inspiration from getting out of the ordinary ...
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The Turkish city of Istanbul is all set to host the 51st edition of the International Footwear Industry Suppliers Fair (AYSAF 2014) from February 26 to March 1, at the CNR Expo Center. The bi-annual fair, organized by Positive Fairs ...
Tags: Footwear, Footwear Industry
With its mission of becoming the Fastest Sports Brand in the World, Sports Company PUMA announces personnel changes in two key areas of business to further strengthen its operations functions and make processes faster and more efficient. ...
Dansko LLC announced that the company's EVP of sales and marketing, David Murphy, will be retiring at the end of April. Murphy joined Dansko in 2006 and will continue to serve in his current role as director on the Dansko board of ...
Tags: Marketing