SKECHERS’ Running and Children’s Product Wins 2013 Design Excellence Awards from Footwear Plus Magazine
February 06 2014 - 9:05AM
Business Wire
SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), a global leader in lifestyle
footwear, today announced that it has won the 2013 Running Design
Excellence and Children’s Design Excellence awards as part of
Footwear Plus magazine’s annual Plus Awards. This honor marks
SKECHERS’ first running award from Footwear Plus, and the second
for the Kids design category.
The Plus Awards, which were presented yesterday in New York, are
nominated and voted on annually by footwear retailers nationwide in
recognition of the industry’s most compelling product
offerings.
“It’s a tremendous honor to receive these awards for our
company’s performance and lifestyle categories,” said Michael
Greenberg, president of SKECHERS. “Since the launch of the Skechers
Performance division in 2011, we’ve developed innovative,
never-before-seen designs for the performance world, and we’re
excited to receive enthusiastic responses from both the footwear
and running industries, including Footwear News’ December
announcement of Skechers GO as 2013 Brand of the Year.
“That the industry feels we’ve been able to do this while
continuing to strengthen our legacy as a lifestyle and kids’
footwear brand is a huge motivation for our team,” continued
Greenberg. “We’re inspired by our peers’ support of these
achievements, and look forward to bringing even more exciting
product to market in the years to come.”
“SKECHERS has earned numerous accolades from the Plus Awards
over the years –winning Company of the Year five times, and
multiple design awards for men’s, women’s and children’s product,”
added Greg Dutter, Editorial Director of Footwear Plus magazine.
“And winning the Plus Award in such traditionally independent brand
categories as running and children’s product is a true testament to
the Company’s determination to connect with more consumers through
relevant, innovative product. We look forward to seeing how else
they’ll redefine our industry.”
SKECHERS’ previous Footwear Plus awards include the Company of
the Year Award in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and Plus Awards
for Design Excellence in 2000 for Young Women’s Fashion, in 2001
for Women’s Streetwear, and in 2002 for Kids’ Fashion. SKECHERS
also won Plus Awards for Design Excellence in Men’s Streetwear in
2005 and 2006 for its fashion brand Marc Ecko.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), based in Manhattan Beach,
California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of
lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as
performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is
available in the United States via department and specialty stores,
Company-owned SKECHERS retail stores and its e-commerce website,
and in over 100 countries and territories through the Company’s
international network of subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Chile,
Japan, and across Europe, as well as through joint ventures in Asia
and distributors around the world. For more information, please
visit www.skechers.com, and follow us on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter
(twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, the Company’s future
financial results and operations, its development of new products,
future demand for its products and growth opportunities, and its
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similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause or contribute to such differences include the
resignation of the Company’s former independent registered public
accounting firm, and its withdrawal of its audit reports with
respect to certain of the Company’s historical financial
statements; international, national and local general economic,
political and market conditions including the ongoing global
economic slowdown and market instability; entry into the highly
competitive performance footwear market; sustaining, managing and
forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any
significant customers, decreased demand by industry retailers and
cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of
particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand
image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for
consumers; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting
changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the
various market factors described above; sales levels during the
spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other
factors referenced or incorporated by reference in the Company’s
annual report, as amended, on Forms 10-K and 10-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 2012 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for
the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013. The
risks included here are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a
very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge
from time to time and the companies cannot predict all such risk
factors, nor can the companies assess the impact of all such risk
factors on their respective businesses or the extent to which any
factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
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considered an indication of future performance.
SKECHERS USA, Inc.Jennifer Clay, 310-937-1326
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