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		<title>Reebok on expansion spree, to open 230 stores in FY&#8217;08</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: PTI/ Economic Times/ Business Standard
New Delhi June  30, 2008
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Global sports wear brand Reebok today said it is on a major expansion in India which would see the company open one store in almost every two days, taking the total number of stores to 850 by the end of 2008-09.
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		<title>Koutons scouts for partners in Middle East to form JV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted 30 Jun, 2008,
Source : 
 Article in ET on 29 Jun, 2008,
NEW DELHI: Apparel chain Koutons Retail is scouting for partners to form a joint venture as it looks to expand in the Middle East with about 25 outlets in the region by 2009. 
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		<title>When the shoe fits the pocket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No woman who buys Jimmy Choo or Prada is buying comfort or taking care of the arches of her feet. Often, she is actually buying discomfort, given how high the heels can be. Admittedly, there are shoemakers-Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin, for instance? Read
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		<title>Footwear chain ties up with Europe brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In  Published: Saturday, 28 June, 2008
SHOE Mart, a leading chain of footwear stores from the Landmark Gulf Group, has announced a joint venture with Kurt Geiger, Europe’s largest luxury shoe specialist.
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		<title>Payless Shoesource Parent Settles Trademark Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: 
Published: June 28, 2008
Collective Brands, which operates the Payless ShoeSource and Stride-Rite shoe store chains, has agreed to pay a footwear rival, K-Swiss, $30 million to settle litigation claiming trademark infringement.
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Collective Brands agrees to settlement
K-Swiss to receive $30 million over trademark claims
Printed in The Capital-Journal By Michael Hooper
Published Saturday, June 28, 2008
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		<title>Ecco earns top of Golf Fitness Magazine &#8216;08 Footwear rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: WorldGolf.com
Ecco earns top of Golf Fitness Magazine &#8216;08 Footwear rankings

LONDONDERRY, N.H. &#8212; Renowned Danish shoemaker ECCO announces its World Class City GTX and ACE Hydromax golf shoes topped the Golf Fitness Magazine 2008 Footwear Rankings in the &#8220;Men&#8217;s Classic&#8221; and &#8220;Ladies Hybrid&#8221; categories.
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		<title>Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. Welcomes Famous Footwear to Brunswick, Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb1050854.htm
The commercial division of Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. has recently assembled a long-term lease for Famous Footwear at Glynn Isles Market in Brunswick, Georgia.
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		<title>The Walking Company Opens Flagship Comfort Footwear Locations in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 24, 2008 8:00 AM ET
The Walking Company (NASDAQ: WALK), the world&#8217;s largest specialty retailer of comfort footwear, today announced the opening of three flagship locations; a brand new location in the heart of Los Angeles&#8217; upscale Century City district and newly designed flagships at The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas and The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=footwearglobal.wordpress.com&blog=4039208&post=77&subd=footwearglobal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. Welcomes Famous Footwear to Brunswick, Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. Welcomes Famous Footwear to Brunswick, Georgia
The commercial division of Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, Inc. has recently assembled a long-term lease for Famous Footwear at Glynn Isles Market in Brunswick, Georgia.
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		<title>Tommy Hilfiger posts record results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE: RETAIL WEEK 23 June 2008 09:40
Fashion retailer and lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger has announced record results for the year to March 31.
Group sales increased 14.4 per cent to €1.34 billion (£1.06 billion) and EBITDA soared 23.9 per cent to €268 million (£211.6 million).
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