Boot Barn Blazes the Fashion Frontier while Staying True to its Roots
Boot Barn Creative Director and VP of Marketing Isha Nicole on capitalizing the viral Western moments while preserving the company’s core customer.
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This Connecticut Sit-and-Fit is Drumming Up Laughs, and Traffic, on Instagram
Co-owner Matt Arciuolo, who heads the store with his father, Matt Sr., creates hilarious reels that generate a lot more attention than foot traffic alone.
Happy Shoe Year! 9 Footwear Executives Share Their Resolutions
As we kick off the New Year, footwear industry executives are pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, taking a walk in the shoes of others, and dusting off the old running sneakers to hit the gym like the rest of us…More (very much intended) shoe puns aside, read on for nine New Year’s resolutions from leading shoepeople, business-wise and otherwise.
What’s Selling at Hide and Sole in Missoula
Isaac Elwood discusses Western Montana’s favorite brands.
Asics Opens First U.S. Retail Location
Asics unveiled its first U.S. retail location today at 51 West 42nd Street in New York. Company chairman Kiyomi Wada was on hand to cut the ribbon along with other executives, including Rich Bourne, president and CFO of Irvine, Calif.-based Asics America, and Gary Muhrcke, owner of nine Super Runners Shop stores, who will run the Asics flagship.
Dialing It In
Sure, millions of consumers are already shopping 24/7 via their home and office computers, but why wait until seated at a desk when you can just dial in that order of must-have gladiator sandals from your cell phone?
Lucky Magazine kicked off a flurry of cell phone–shopping related software programs this past spring, when it launched its “Lucky At Your Service” iPhone application and shoe finder. Now, others have started to ring up sales thanks to the user-friendly advancements now available in the latest mobile phones.
The Shampoo Shakeout
According to a recent article in the The Wall Street Journal, supermarkets, drug stores and discounters are switching gears amid the recession: Less will be more in terms of product selection on their respective shelves. Rather than cram in an abundance of choices (a typical Target store has 88 kinds of Pantene shampoo, conditioner and styling products!), the belief is that less will be more to consumers who are choosing to be thrifty and, when they do make a purchase, buy brands they trust.
After Party
Matt Horan, where have you been all my life?
I can recall numerous Saturday nights that go like this: It’s last call, the bar is closing and my feet are killing me after hours of dancing. But I still have to trudge to the subway in my 4-inch heels, wait an eternity (standing) for the train to come, and then walk the remaining half-mile home—and all the while I’m kicking myself for choosing fashionable over functional footwear.
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