Sales in London, New York or Miami, all cities with vibrant black markets for shoes, push scores higher, as do purchases made during school holidays.
Rather, she is a woman who thinks on her feet--in a law office, in court and when speaking to audiences--and happens to love shopping for shoes.
His firm takes design specifications for shoes from its customers and then manages product development and quality control in factories in China (and now in India and Vietnam, too).
Even when picking up the tab ourselves, we share the belief that money spent shopping for shoes and scouring consignment stores for designer labels far outweighs the value of an ocean view or a private room.
Familiar with Unequal's claims that its pads can absorb up to 80% of the "chronic impact shock" from hits, Mr. Hatfield asked Unequal to design a chest protector for Mr. Vick using the same patented technology Unequal develops for shoes worn by some NFL players.
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Mycoskie called the company TOMS: Shoes For Tomorrow -- a name that reflects his desire to provide shoes for disadvantaged children in a sustainable way.
Still riding in regular sneakers, the shop gifted me two-sided pedals for clip-ons and regular shoes, perhaps with the hope I would come back for cycling shoes.
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Tom Shoes for example sells shoes and makes a profit, but in the process he helps impoverished children who have nothing to wear.
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If your attire is more casual, just make sure your shoes are appropriate for that outfit, which might include funky tennis shoes for an employee at a laid-back marketing firm.
She avoids high heels and looks for wide shoes, mostly flats with padding and boots for maximum comfort.
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Toms, famous for hip shoes, is now adding sunglasses to their product line.
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Then Peter Sands, the bank's chief executive, came to watch them, and now the bank pays for sports shoes.
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Shopping for athletic shoes in Illinois could soon involve paying more at the cash register, though is supposed to promote athletics.
With 1, 200 stores nationwide, the retailer is known for selling shoes that replicate runway trends without the high price associated with such styles.
But a more generic search, say for "shoes, " could be entered as "red shoes, " "women's shoes" or "high heels, " making it harder to track.
But with D-Wade on-board, there is no question that Li-Ning has become quite serious about increasing their footprint within the marketplace for basketball shoes and apparel.
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The markets for mainframes, operating systems, nationwide wireless providers and microprocessors bear as much similarity to the competitive realities of websites as they are to the market for tennis shoes.
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The good supply of raw materials - leather for making shoes - and its good geographic location, allowing easy access to Europe and the rest of Africa, were also factors.
Naot, an Israeli brand, is known for comfortable shoes.
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With the new location a whopping 1.2km (0.7 miles) from end to end, visitors may find themselves shopping for new shoes, as well as new phones, by the end of the week.
For those targeting domestic consumers, the rethink should be even more radical as demand for sports shoes, edgy fashions and electronic gadgets may start to decline in relative and, eventually, absolute terms.
Warby Parker is doing for global vision what TOMS Shoes did for bare feet: For every pair of eyeglasses the company sells, it gives a pair to someone in need.
The goal was for the Kiwanis clubs to donate the new shoes and for the K-Kids to write letters to children in the orphanage.
While common sense says that those who spend work hours popping out to the store for a new pair of shoes or surfing the Web for personal use probably cost employers something in lost productivity, there's no definitive proof that employee "downtime" is any more prevalent than it was a generation ago, when telephone and watercooler banter was in.
At the office, Louboutin was inspecting the prototypes for a pair of shoes that he had designed as a birthday gift for the rugby player Gareth Thomas, who announced in 2009 that he is gay.
Dawn Huston, 31, started working at Dansko 11 years ago, sorting shoes for delivery.
"Don't try to have a different outfit or pair of shoes for every day, " she says.
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