K-Swiss Inc. will receive $30 million from Collective Brands Inc. to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit.



Collective Brands, the parent company of the Payless ShoeSource and Stride-Rite retail chains, is not admitting any wrongdoing, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commisison.

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Nike 6.0, the action sports division of Nike, Inc. is the latest advertiser to set up a branded community on Loop’d Network. Members of the Nike 6.0 community can create profiles, share photos of themselves in the midst of skating, biking or surfing, and compete for commercial sponsorships. They can also interact with all of the other communities within San Diego, Calif.-based Loop’d Network, including the Monster Army and the PacSun Team.

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Sales of fashion-focused athletic shoes are racing ahead of those designed for a specific sport according to new figures released this week.



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Well sort of. You can do some things to increase the purchase rate.



A survey conducted by PayPal and comScore revealed that unexpectedly high shipping fees are the number one reason consumers abandon online purchases. Checkout abandonment is a significant challenge for online merchants, with an estimated two out of every three consumers failing to pay for items they put in their shopping carts.

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LaCrosse Footwear Inc’s Danner subsidiary has won a $3m delivery order as part of the Mountain Cold Weather Boot contract awarded by the United States Marine Corps in 2006.

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Jay Meschter, Innovation Director of Nike’s Innovation Kitchen, on new lightweight technology for shoe design that’s akin to suspension-bridge construction. MarketWatch’s Andria Cheng reports.



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Legislation to eliminate import tariffs on about 60% of all shoes sold in the United States has reached another landmark on its way to final passage as US trade group said yesterday (19 June).

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Legislation to eliminate import tariffs on about 60% of all shoes sold in the United States has reached another landmark on its way to final passage as US trade group said yesterday (19 June).



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Adidas Group unit The Rockport Company is rolling out an advertising campaign in the US called “are you established” for its Established 1971 footwear collection.



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ADDISON – Rising construction costs are causing some retailers to back out of new shopping center projects, according to a panel of retailers speaking Wednesday at a shopping center industry luncheon.

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