Word: shoes
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...about to stress-test China's manufacturing sector like never before - and could result in the shuttering of thousands of factories and cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs. Makers of low-end goods are already suffering. The Guangdong city of Huidong was home to 3,000 shoe factories at the beginning of 2007, but as many as 500 of them have closed over the past 15 months, says Li Peng, secretary of the Asia Footwear Association in Hong Kong. One-sixth of 44,200 textile firms tracked by the China National Textile and Apparel Council lost money last...
...photo of Obama's worn shoe soles reminded me of something my grandmother said just before I got married some 45 years ago: "You can determine what a man is like by the condition of his shoes." Obama certainly wouldn't have rated with her, poor bloke! Nan Iversen, Aldgate, South Australia...
...been just over a year since Swiss luxury-accessories company Bally hired American shoe designer Brian Atwood, 40, to infuse some glamour and vitality into the brand. With a résumé that includes a six-year stint at Versace and a namesake shoe line that draws raves from Hollywood, Atwood knows a thing or two about glitz. As Bally's first creative director since 2002, he's also got his mind firmly focused on giving the brand a new look. "Desirability is the main focus," says Atwood. To begin, he dipped into the 157-year-old company's archives...
...ticket to the top for both Adidas and the smaller Puma. Jets quarterback Joe Namath paraded around Manhattan in the 1970s in his swanky white Puma sneakers, and fans bought hundreds of thousands of pairs. Namath had an unprecedented deal: $25,000 a year, plus 25˘ for each shoe sold. Quaint, isn't it? The competition for star endorsers would define the battle for sporting-goods supremacy. By the time soccer star Beckham signed on in 2007, Adidas committed to a lifetime deal reportedly worth more than $600 million. Says author Smit: "It was the ultimate destination of a ride...
...phones, which are worth about $75 apiece, are even conveniently set up to snap the pictures silently. The fluctuating value of a vote seems to have returned to its level in the 1950s, when the businessman-mayor of Naples, Achille Lauro, offered packs of pasta and a new left shoe before an election. The right shoe could be collected afterward upon proof that the correct choice had been made...