The September 2024 Issue of Footwear Plus

Zappos ushered in the online age and reinvented the way the world buys shoes with their inventive blend of vision, genius, exceptional service, an irrepressible desire to spark happiness…and a splash of weirdness for good measure. Two and a half decades later, it’s still a superb combo.

Revolutionary retailer and brand whisperer Tarek Hassan, founder and CEO of CNCPTS, |has spent his 40-year career looking into the future to introduce cutting-edge shopping formats, legendary collabs, and trajectory-changing branding expertise. His quest to imagine, innovate, and inspire is relentless.

You don’t make it to age 110 without conducting business the right way. This Maine chain has held its ground through the decades with an approach as pragmatic and purposeful as its Yankee clientele.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Fly London has taken flight by making comfort cool.

In 250 years, Birkenstocks have been called everything from tree stumps to hippie chic to couture cool. In truth, they transcend labels—and time.