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Articles in January, 1990 issue of Footwear News

• Nike's fall preview beams in on cross training. (athletic footwear)
  by Lee, Sharon
• Groupe Andre sees doubling of profit. (French shoe retailer)
  by Deeny, Godfrey
• Domestic woes strain Brazilian's hope chest. (footwear industry)
  by Seckler, Valerie
• Hush Puppies goes back to the future. (footwear manufacturer Wolverine World Wide)
  by Rooney, Ellen
• In the wake of the Campeau collapse. (department stores owned by Campeau Corp.)
  by Doherty, Bryan; Rutberg, Sidney
• Del. show retailers find, fit, long wear important. (Delaware Valley Shoe Market)
  by Stilwell, Wesley
• L.A. Gear ups Hong Kong athletic ad budget 40%. (athletic shoe manufacturer)
  by Erhlich, Paul Charles
• Avia lets go of 15% of staff, exec vp, to heighten efficiency. (athletic footwear manufacturer)
• Shoeboot boon brings surging sales to Nocona. (Western Boots - Nocona Boot Co.)
  by Rooney, Ellen
• Report Stride Rite is taking its time on $32/share buyout. (footwear manufacturer buyout by Walsh, Greenwood and Co.)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Tony Lama, Equus change accord terms of agreement. (footwear industry merger)
• Canadians see cold climate creating successful show. (boot manufacturer's at Canadian International Footwear Exposition)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Stride-Rite debuting Sperry kids' line, Signature Collection. (chidlren's footwear)
  by Sohng, Laurie
• Independents knock shows' shuttle timetable. (National Shoe Fair and Fashion Footwear Association of New York exhibition)
  by McNally, Pamela
• Italians are emotional on Federated demise. (pending bankruptcy of Campeau Corp. subsidiaries Federated Department Stores)
• Reebok div. adds management layer. (athletic shoe manufacturer, Reebok Brands division)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Foot Locker ranks seen doubling during decade. (athletic shoe stores)
  by Auerbach, Jonathan
• Frizon sells French bank 34% stake. (Maud Frizon SA stock bought buy Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild)
  by Teeter, Lorie
• Acme, Avirex tie the license knot. (Acme Boot Company Inc., Avirex Ltd., footwear manufacturer)
  by Schneider-Levy, Barbara
• Bean's 43-week sales up 6.7%, but miss the target by 6.5%, (L.L. Bean mail order business)
• Nov. retail shoe prices up 1.8% from 1988 month.
  by Taylor, Hal
• Toronto's Bloor St. - sophisticates' mecca. (Toronto shopping district)
  by Kryhul, Angela
• Hide trading slow. (skins and hides trade)
• Filene's Basement eyes D.C. (off-price clothing stores )
  by Hackett, David
• Say Pirner is prexy of Adidas USA. (Peter Pirner)
  by Lee, Sharon
• L.A. Gear plans Penney sales cap. (J.C. Penny store to constitute only 10% of L.A. Gear Inc. business)
  by Lee, Sharon
• Portugal's MOCAP plays up boot styles. (biannual shoe exhibition, Portugal)
  by Barker, Barbara
• ITC to probe Autry vs. Reebok. (unfair importing practices charged by Autry Industries)
  by Rooney, Ellen
• E. Berlin's department stores form long lines as footwear subsidies fall. (East Berlin)
  by Erlick, June Carolyn
• Brazil's cruzado rate shorts out export power. (footwear exports)
  by Seckler, Valerie
• Color group sees bright fall/winter look for kids. (children's footwear)
  by Sohng, Laurie
• Bogus shoe ring execs to be arraigned. (counterfeit athletic shoes)
  by Wessling, Jack
• Jourdan axes U.S. reps; realigns. (Charles Jourdan, designer apparel manufacturer)
  by Williams, Lisa
• Markus to join board of Adidas. (Axel Markus)
• Garcia's contract with Caressa ends. (Pedro Garcia, footwear designer)
• Vietnam open to investment. (footwear and apparel outsourcing)
  by Ehrlich, Paul Charles
• Customs breaks int'l megabuck bogus ring. (counterfeit athletic shoes)
• 2 Japan firms buy Ellesse trademark. (Ellessee Finanziaria Srl, athletic shoe manufacturer)
  by Bannon, Lisa
• Sol Weisenberg pleads innocent. (owner of David Shoe Co., counterfeit athletic shoes case)
  by Wessling, Jack
• Feldman says she and Cruz had no agreement on paper. (Beverly Feldman, Manuel Cruz Enterprises, footwear manufacturers)
  by Rieger, Nancy
• Asics to handle L.A. Gear in Japan. (athletic shoe manufacturer)
• Developers are scouting new growth trails.
  by McNally, Pamela
• Hush Puppies to enter U.S.S.R. (footwear manufacturer )
  by Rooney, Ellen
• U.S. order help hike Thai leather shoe exports.
  by Ehrlich, Paul Charles
• Saks pulls U.S. de la Renta plum. (Oscar de la Renta footwear line)
  by McNally, Pamela
• Brooks going in for major sales surgery. (Brooks Shoe Inc.)
  by Rooney, Ellen
• Canada cites 6 nations dumping women's shoes. (Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Brazil, China, Taiwan)
  by Kryhul, Angela
• Franklin fined $500 in child labor suit. (Franklin Shoe Co.)
• Unraveling Campeau's money. (Campeau Corp.)
  by Rutberg, Sidnet
• Mile's line takes fashion tack. (Mile International Ltd., athletic shoe manufacturer)
  by Lee, Sharon
• Marval makes switch, puts Valero on investment dressing route. (Marval Import Corp.)
  by Rieger, Nancy
• Dec. shoe prices off 0.6% from Nov.
  by Taylor, Hal
• The comfort clause. (footwear) (column)
  by Schneider-Levy, Barbara
• Ryka has agreed to buy Medallion. (Medallion Shoe Corp., Ryka Inc.)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Wholesale '89 prices gain 5.2% (footwear prices)
  by Taylor, Hal
• Adidas confirms Pirner is U.S. chief, Hines exec vp. (Peter Pirner, athletic shoe industry)
  by Lee, Sharon
• Robert Campeau is removed from firm's U.S. retail arms. (Campeau Corp.'s bankruptcy)
• Boot comfort message getting across. (Western boots)
  by Schneider-Levy, Barbara
• Was Bonwit laying golden eggs before Hooker.... (Bonwit Teller; L.J. Hooker Corp. bankruptcy)
  by Rutberg, Sidney
• Athletic growth stalled in 8 mos. (athletic shoe industry)
• Campeau outcome looms; shoe resources shaken. (retail units on brink of bankruptcy)
  by McNally, Patricia
• StoneMark gets Carter's license. (William Carter Co., infant footwear manufacturer, StoneMark Inc.)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Judge OKs finance plan for Federated. (Federated Stores Inc.)
  by Wessling, Jack
• Pfister plans N.Y. showing. (footwear designer Andrea Pfister)
  by Bannon, Lisa
• Libonati leaves Pony. (Pony Sports and Leisure Inc, Ralph Libonati)
  by Lee, Sharon
• Italians buy back Lotto U.S.A. rights. (Lotto S.p.A. buyback from H.H. Brown Shoe Company Inc.)
• Anti-dumping duties irk Canada importers. (Brazil, Taiwan, Eastern Europe critized Canada)
  by Williams, Lisa
• Carleton leaves Sunswept presidency; keeps name rights. (Sunswept Footwear Corp.; Bort Carleton)
  by Rottman, Meg
• Retail seen facing recruitment battle.
  by Gilbert, Les
• $225,000 awarded to Avia's former sales rep. (unlawful dismissal of employee, athletic shoe industry)
  by Heiderstadt, Donna
• Retailers post moderate Dec. sales. (in footwear and apparel)
  by Kentouris, Chris
• Duff & Phelps downgrades $9 billion of Sears' debt issues.
• Timberland's 1st Europe store opens in London.
  by Fallon, James
• BSTA boot assortments steal fall shoes' thunder. (Boston Shoe Travelers Association)
  by Pulda, Ellen
• Gucci names Lambertson. (Gucci Group International, design director Richard Lambertson)
• Travel Fox prexy part of group giving Gorbachev a peace award. (Footwear manufacturer Travel Fox Inc. pres. Ashley Shapiro)
  by Rieger, Nancy
• Stride Rite wooers wait. (Stride Rite Corp. takeover)
• Embellishments dominate International Kids show. (footwear/apparel show)
  by Sohng, Laurie
• Converse in a 'Magic' venture with $30 million sales on line. (Magic Johnson footwear/apparel venture with Converse Inc.)
  by Rottman, Meg
• Mootsies Kids grow with Cocozza. (children's shoe manufacturer, Maxwell Shoe Co. Mootsies Tootsies Div.)
  by Sohng, Laurie

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