SKECHERS Receives Earnshaw’s Earnie Award for Best Kids Footwear Collection
October 27 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX) today announced that it has been
named the Best Footwear Collection 2016 by Earnshaw’s—the leading
children’s fashion trade magazine.
“The entire team at SKECHERS is honored to receive this
recognition for our achievements in the childrenswear industry
alongside the other category leaders of this massive market,” said
SKECHERS president Michael Greenberg. “From fun, light-up styles
for younger boys and girls to lightweight athletic sneakers for
tweens and teens, kids footwear has been an essential component of
our business for more than 20 years. We look forward to showcasing
the myriad of innovative styles that we have in store for 2017 as
we continue to trailblaze with our SKECHERS Kids footwear
division.”
“Congratulations to one of the leaders in the kids footwear
category, SKECHERS,” said Kristin Young, editor-in-chief
of Earnshaw’s. “In what has been a challenging year,
SKECHERS stood out in unique and innovative ways with their
collections for children – some of the best designs in the footwear
marketplace.”
SKECHERS Kids offers a wide assortment of footwear options for
toddlers through tweens that meet nearly every need. From
kid-friendly takedowns of SKECHERS’ popular adult styles to beloved
innovative collections such as Twinkle Toes for girls and the super
bright S-Lights line, as well as lightweight athletic sneakers for
active kids at any age, every pair is designed with comfort and
quality in mind. SKECHERS directly markets to kids and captures
their attention with animated and live action commercials, running
on children’s networks.
Now in its 38th year, the Earnie Awards span a broad range of
childrenswear categories with nominees and winners voted on by
thousands of manufacturers and retailers nationwide.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., 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
and over 160 countries and territories worldwide via department and
specialty stores, more than 1,545 SKECHERS Company-owned and
third-party retail stores, and the Company’s e-commerce websites.
The Company manages its international business through a network of
global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia and the Middle
East, and wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, Japan, throughout
Europe and Latin America. For more information, please visit
skechers.com and follow us on Facebook (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
domestic and international growth, financial results and operations
including expected net sales and earnings, its development of new
products, future demand for its products, its planned domestic and
international expansion and opening of new stores, the completion
of the expansion and upgrade of the Company’s European Distribution
Center, and advertising and marketing initiatives. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking language
such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,”
“plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,”
“could,” “may,” “might,” or any variations of such words with
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 international
economic, political and market conditions including the uncertainty
of sustained recovery in Europe; 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 on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30,
2016. 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 statements. Given these risks and uncertainties,
you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements
as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results
should not be considered an indication of future performance.
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