ADDING MULTIMEDIA SKECHERS Sponsors Triple Crown Jockey at the Kentucky Derby
May 05 2017 - 7:28PM
Business Wire
World Famous Footwear Company Joins Victor
Espinoza as He Seeks His Fourth Kentucky Derby Victory
SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), today announced that it has
signed on to sponsor 2015’s Triple Crown-winning jockey, Victor
Espinoza, as he begins a new run for the series at the 143rd
running of the Kentucky Derby this Saturday. SKECHERS branding will
be included on Espinoza’s riding apparel as he races Gormley during
Saturday’s big event at Churchill Downs.
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Looks like David “Big Papi” Ortiz can’t
hack retirement. The All-Time slugger traded in his baseball
uniform for racing silks with 2015 Triple Crown-winning jockey
Victor “Little Papi” Espinoza in the Jockey Room at Churchill
Downs. Both champions are representing SKECHERS. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“SKECHERS is excited to be back at the racetrack alongside
Triple-Crown winning jockey Victor Espinoza,” stated Michael
Greenberg, president of SKECHERS. “We love partnering with elite
competitors in any sport and thinking outside the box. Victor was
riding California Chrome when we sponsored the thoroughbred during
his exciting run at the Belmont Stakes in 2014. Now we’re
partnering with the man himself as he seeks to achieve his fourth
Kentucky Derby victory.”
“When I’m relaxing away from the track, I’ve always loved how
comfortable SKECHERS shoes feel,” added Victor Espinoza. “As my
career really hit its stride on the West Coast, I’m thrilled to
have such an iconic California brand supporting me on this
incredible journey.”
Espinoza is one of 10 jockeys to have won the Kentucky Derby at
least three times and if he wins for a fourth time on Saturday,
he’ll be one of only four to have ever accomplished that feat. At
the top of the field of jockeys currently competing, he recently
won the Santa Anita Derby riding Gormley and has collected over 240
graded stakes, earning him the honor of being one of this year’s
Racing Hall of Fame inductees.
This news follows the signing of ten-time All-Star
Dominican-American baseball slugger, David “Big Papi” Ortiz.
SKECHERS has a long history working with sports icons including
current endorsees like football greats Joe Montana and Howie Long,
as well as boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard.
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 2,055 SKECHERS Company-owned and
third-party-owned 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, opening of new stores and additional
expenditures, and advertising and marketing initiatives.
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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; 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, especially in
the highly competitive performance footwear market; 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, 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
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