STARBURY STILL HOT SELLER.(Steve & Barry's University Sportswear)

Footwear News, October, 2006 by Zmuda, Natalie

Byline: NATALIE ZMUDA

NEW YORK - Steve & Barry's is looking ahead to the next Starbury launch, even as the first collection continues to fly off shelves.

Andy Todd, president of the Port Washington, N.Y.-based retailer, said that in the two months since Stephon Marbury's Starbury One was introduced, it's been a rush to replenish stock at its 150 stores. "We had to go back to the factories and say, "We need more,'" Todd explained. "We had a rolling inventory, and we far exceeded that, [so we] ordered lots and lots more. We were also able to push up some orders that were coming in later."

Steve & Barry's will continue to replenish stock until the Starbury Two comes out next spring. Todd said that the collection has already been designed...

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