Category: Footwear

Women Snowboarding Pioneers Featured in MAHFIA SESSIONS Powered by Group Y During B4BC’s Shred the Love Event

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MAHFIA SESSIONS, a series of events created to educate, influence and entertain passionate women in the action sports industry and powered by Group Y, wrapped up a successful weekend alongside B4BC’s Shred the Love event in Mammoth Lakes, CA, on March 23, 2014. The weekend kicked off on Friday, March 21, 2014, as women from […]

Youth Culture Study Reveals “Least Liked” Fashion Brand, Rankings of Others High on the Radar, and the Challenges of Brand Backlash Targeting Teens

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In our recently released 14th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study 2014, among the many topics covered, we asked thousands of 13-25-year-olds across the United States, several questions about specific aspects of fashion. Included in this robust section of the Study were insights about what young people had in their closets, brands that resonate the most […]

VF Corp Reports Q1 Results Up 6.5% Due Mainly to Vans, The North Face, and Timberland

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On April 25, 2014, VF Corporation reported their financial results for their first quarter, which were up mostly due to the strong demand for Vans, The North Face, and Timberland which as a category Outdoor & Action Sports was up 12%. “VF’s first quarter results reflect the continued strength of our brands and our global […]

Fashion Industry Rallies for Fashion Revolution Day Calling for People to Wear Their Clothes Inside-Out and Ask, “Who Made Your Clothes?”

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Ethical Fashion topics were a key part of the Sustainatopia conference in Miami, Florida, last week, bringing to the forefront pioneers in the ethical fashion industry including Matt Reynolds from Indigenous, Marci Zaroff from Under the Canopy, Howard Brown from Stewart + Brown, along with a score of other leaders. It was an honor for […]

H&M Announces at Coachella Next Designer Collab with Alexander Wang; Plus Release of Sustainability Report

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In their 5th year as a sponsor of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, H&M has had a busy week already. But yesterday, at Coachella, they announced their next designer collaboration with Alexander Wang, and the release of their latest Sustainability Report from 2013. In terms of the collaboration, this partnership marks the first time […]

New Youth Culture Consumer Insights Study Reveals Distinct New Lifestyle Directions, Social Network Shifts, Unique Market Trends in Spending, Fashion, Footwear, Music, Communication, Entertainment, Sports

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We are pleased to present our 14th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study 2014! April 9, 2014, Los Angeles, CA— Fresh consumer insight from Label Networks’ 14th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study reveals key findings that leave little doubt that a new generation has come into their own, creating distinctly unique patterns in spending, social networking, […]

Fashion Retailers Recreate Social Hang-outs to Attract New Youth Markets: Example, Adidas Originals, Berlin

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Fashion retailers have long been struggling to figure out how today’s new youth marketplace of teens prefer to shop. At Label Networks, we’ve concentrated on asking questions about such changes in spending and shopping patterns, and the differences between shopping in malls, stores, and online among 13-25-year-olds across the United States in our 14th Annual […]

Fashion Brands Invade Coachella Music & Arts Festival with Competing Pool Parties, After-Hour DJ Sessions

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Photos by Label Networks With the first weekend kick-off of Coachella Music & Arts Festival taking place this weekend April 11, 2014, we take a look at how it’s become the unofficial festival fashion forecaster for the summer. Each year, Coachella not only showcases top bands usually putting out new albums of the year, and […]

Happy-man Pharrell Wiliams in New Collab with Uniqlo UT, Launches Another Collab with Adidas

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The dude must be seriously happy. Not only was he nominated at the Oscars for his hit single “Happy” for Best Original Song, but Pharrell Williams, from the Neptunes and producer for many, landed another gig as the face for Uniqlo UT’s latest T-shirt collaboration with his longtime friend, NIGO, formerly from the Bathing Ape […]

H&M Named as a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company

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Ethical fashion continues in influence changes in manufacturing and distribution in the industry and H&M has always been at the forefront of sustainability. So it comes as no surprise that the Ethisphere Institute, an independent center of research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance, recognized H&M as a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company®. […]