| Important notification |
| Honorable customers: We are OLICOM (Quanzhou) Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd, originally know as Jinjiang Huakai Shoes and Garment Co., Ltd, we declaim hereby: These days some competitors carry out unfair competition in the ways of slandering us, using our company name and even using our sales representatives’ names to confuse and treat our long-term cooperating customers.Pl... |
| 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 ... |
| Heelys has a lot riding on first nonshoe product |
| Faced with waning sales of its wheeled shoes, Heelys Inc. is introducing its first nonshoe product in an effort to appeal to tweens and teens looking for the latest extreme sport. The Carrollton company today rolls out the Nano, a fast, skateboard-like contraption worn on one foot with a Heelys shoe C minus the wheel. The other foot wears a traditional Heelys wheeled shoe. Starting next month, a r... |
| Report: Japanese Footwear Fashion Trends |
| Target audience: designers, buyers, makers, marketing, trends forecasting, line-builders, stylists, journalists, and design schools. Provides information on the Japanese fashion trends in order for designers, manufacturers, line-builders, marketing departments, buyers, stylists, to follow the actual trends in live without coming to Japan. As you know, more and more trends are now starting from Jap... |
| 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... |
| Heelys has a new set of wheels |
| Heelys has a new set of wheels.The Carrollton, Texas-based company next month will roll out a new shoe style called the Hx2, aimed at a younger market. Unlike Heelys' current single-wheel styles, the Hx2 features two removable wheels in each shoe, making it easier for younger kids to maintain balance. It also does not require as much leg strength for heel skating. Two-wheel versions of Heelys have... |
| Health Tip: Choosing Athletic Shoes |
| With all of the choices for athletic shoes, how do you make sure you\'re buying the right pair?The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers these suggestions:Try on athletic shoes later in the day or post-workout, when your feet are their largest. Try on shoes with appropriate socks that you\'ll wear during your sport or activity. Make sure you can easily wiggle your toes while wearing the ... |
| 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... |