[Source: Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com ] Apparel maker VF Corporation has announced that its president and chief operating officer Eric C Wiseman will become the company's chief executive officer, effective 1 January. (click here for original article)

[Source: Footwear News ] "We feel Merrell can be our first billion-dollar brand" Those high-comfort, hot-selling Merrell shoes could be a billion-dollar deal for Wolverine World Wide Inc. via Grand Rapids Press

[Source: Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com ] Strong third quarter sales of its Hush Puppies, Merrell and Heritage brands, coupled with a robust order backlog, today (3 October) prompted footwear maker Wolverine World Wide Inc to raise its full-year earnings expectations. (click here for original article)

[Source: Wired Top Stories ] Google's push into the business software market continues with an expansion of e-mail services, including storage capacity and new security features. (click here for original article)

[Source: Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com ] UK footwear firm J Shoes prides itself on quirkiness and individualism, and has spent over a decade building celebrity associations with stars like Sienna Miller, Kate Moss and Oasis. But as the brand pushes into the US, Europe and Australia, J Shoes is hoping to build cult status by “never following the main stream”. Joe Ayling interviewed Nick Drury, the company’s creative director, and Adam Ford, its European operations manager, to find out more. (click here for original article)

[Source: NRF SmartBrief ] Footwear retailer DSW plans to launch an e-commerce business next year and will invest $37 million in the project, the compan -More- (click here for original article)

[Source: Footwear News ] The Timberland Co. announced Friday a voluntary recall for the Timberland PRO Direct Attach Steel Toe Series boots sold nationwide between September 2005 and September 2007. via Builder

[Source: Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com ] A laptop containing the personal information of around 800,000 people who have applied for jobs at Gap Inc has been stolen from the vendor that manages data for the retailer. (click here for original article)