| INVITATION FOR WSA 2010 |
| To: Dear Clients From: OLICOM (Quanzhou) Imp & Exp Co., LtdWe hereby sincerely invite you and your company representatives to visit our booth for the coming WSA Shoes Fair held from August 9th to 11th, 2010 in Las Vegas, USA. OLICOM is one of the leading manufacturers in China specialized in shoes with sports and leisure functions. With our newly-developed and hot selling designs exhibite... |
| Watch how your foot comes down |
| Have you ever watched a video of yourself walking or running? You should. It can give you important information about how you may be hurting your muscles and bones -- and also holding yourself back as an athlete.Even before watching that video, you can get a clue by looking at the bottom of your shoes. They can tell you a lot about how your foot hits the road. Is the wear pattern uneven? Is part o... |
| Hemingway-branded shoes: a farewell to blisters? |
| Ever wondered what it might be like to walk in Ernest Hemingway's shoes? A US company has teamed up with the legendary writer's son to create a Hemingway-branded line of footwear.An Oregon-based firm, Thomas Raymond & Co, is producing an initial batch of 30,000 pairs of Hemingway shoes, handmade in El Salvador using bison and calf hide. The shoes are divided into "angler", "lite... |
| Men’s Market Goes Strong At Bread & Butter |
| Newcomers to the Bread & Butter show, held July 7-9 in Berlin, said demand for upscale men’s shoes in Europe was on the rise.“Europe is still very important in comparison to the sluggish domestic market, and there’s a lot of interest here in heritage U.S brands,” explained Ryan Keenan, head of international sales at Hermosa Beach-based Yuketen. Japanese ... |
| Shoes enterprises fight against anti-dumping tariff |
| In order to exempt anti-dumping tariff against China imported shoes in EU, over 90% shoes enterprises in Wenzhou started to use PU instead of leather to make shoes.It is known that enterprises like Aokan, Jindi and Juyi have already used none leather materials such as cloth and PU so as to exempt the 16.5% anti-dumping tariff against China imported shoes.Since EU levies anti-dumping tariff only on... |
| Textiles, apparels, footwear, to be recycled in New York |
| New York city is all set to introduce one of the largest textile recycling programs in the city, from the month of September, with an objective to make donation of apparels as simple as throwing them away. As per the statistics of the Environmental Protection Agency, each American pitches around 10 pounds of socks, shirts, jeans and sheets per year. In New York, around 190,000 tons of textiles wer... |
| Women spend 16,000 pounds on shoes in lifetime |
| An average woman in Britain spends a staggering 16,000 pounds on shoes in her lifetime, reveals a new survey which also shows that a quarter of the women rarely tell their partner about new shoes as "he wouldn't understand".Girls purchase their first pair of shoes without their mother when they are 14. Thereafter, it is seven pairs a year for the rest of their lives, which brings the tot... |
| The shoes of summer |
| Looking for a way to turn up the heat on your summer wardrobe?Kick up your heels with the season's assortment of shoes. With so many styles, colors and brands, shoes may be the easiest, most affordable way to give your wardrobe a boost.You can go fierce with gladiator styles or sweet with ballerina flats. Try sky-high heels or flats, or wedges and booties."It's a great time to invest in shoes... |
| Google vs. China: Search giant blinks |
| Google slightly altered its business strategy in China late Monday in an attempt to balance the company's desire to keep its Chinese website with its goal of avoiding self-censorship.Google for the past three months has been automatically redirecting visitors to its Chinese site, google.cn, to its Hong Kong search engine, google.com.hk. Though Google does not sensor results on the Hong Kong site f... |
| Greece in make-or-break return to markets |
| Greece is preparing a make-or-break return to the financial markets next month as it plans to raise about €4bn in its first borrowing attempt since last month's bail-out by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.Petros Christodoulou, head of the Greek debt management agency said: "Our intention is to roll over three-, six- and 12-month treasury bills maturing in July.&quo... |
| Shoes for Haiti Collection Drive Results |
| Chattanooga for once again demonstrating the credibility of your compassion by donating over 3,000 pairs of shoes to a collection hosted by local retailers. Merchants at 2 North Shore decided to respond to a very practical need in Haiti by sponsoring a Shoes for Haiti collection drive. Starting the drive, they expected maybe a few hundred pairs of shoes to be donated. Over 3,000 pairs of shoes lat... |
| Flipping out over flip-flops |
| Flip-flops. They are perhaps the most loved and loathed fashion item known to man.People sensitive to the foot thong despise them. They’re a last resort, a failure to take the time to search for something better.But flip-flops have their place: right after a pedicure, around the house or yard, in public showers, perhaps on little kids.I admit they are a rite of summer. Yet I hol... |