BOBS from Skechers Charity-Raising Movement
Launched in Canada Will Help Animals Nationwide
Canada’s shelter dogs and cats have great news to yap about:
global lifestyle brand Skechers has expanded its popular
animal-saving movement, now caring for the nation’s pets in need
with its popular charity collection, BOBS from Skechers. Through
BOBS sales, the Company that has helped save and support more than
a million animals to date in the United States, now plans to
protect animal shelters across Canada in the coming years, starting
with a $35,000 donation planned for Greater Toronto Area shelters
in honor of National Dog Day.
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Skechers helps save the lives of shelter
dogs and cats in Canada through its popular BOBS from Skechers
collection. Featured dog available for adoption is Michelle from
Dog Tales in King City, Ontario. (Photo: Business Wire)
Established in the United States in 2015, the BOBS from Skechers
charitable program launched its Canada lifesaving campaign in
January 2020 to protect its shelter dogs and cats. For every BOBS
from Skechers product purchased in the country, Skechers makes a
donation to the Petco Foundation to help save and support animals
in its shelters.
“Introducing BOBS from Skechers’ charitable component to
Canadians is a wonderful chance for us to help dogs and cats in our
region. Through our partnership with the Petco Foundation, the
first grant of $25,000 will be made to Dog Tales Rescue &
Sanctuary in King City, Ontario—a refuge for dogs, cats and farm
animals—and we look forward to supporting more shelters
nationwide,” said David Beecroft, country manager of Skechers
Canada. “BOBS is a year-round lifestyle footwear offering that will
allow for ongoing donations, season after season—a huge potential
benefit for organizations that continually receive new animals in
need of loving homes.”
“Since its launch in 2015, BOBS has grown from a small
collection to a well-recognized brand,” added Skechers president
Michael Greenberg. “From shirts to shoes and beyond, dog and cat
lovers can wear and share their love—and with our new BOBS men’s
offering, we have another opportunity to help even more shelter
pets. In the United States, BOBS has donated more than $5.6 million
to support animal welfare, and we believe that this campaign will
resonate with Canadians who are passionate about saving dogs and
cats in their communities.”
The BOBS from Skechers collection of alpargatas, sport styles,
sandals, boots, slippers, apparel and accessories is available at
Skechers retail stores, Skechers.com and select department and
specialty stores throughout Canada. The country’s sales of BOBS
from Skechers product will help find homes for dogs and cats with
the support of local animal welfare agencies.
Through sales of its BOBS from Skechers collection in the United
States alone, the Company’s contributions have helped save more
than 709,000 dogs, cats and other animals with pet adoptions, and
supported an additional 376,000 animals at animal nurseries,
sanctuaries and medical care facilities. Since 2011, Skechers has
also donated more than 15.8 million pairs of new shoes to children
in need in Canada and more than 60 countries around the world
through its BOBS program; more than 26,000 new pairs of shoes will
be distributed to Canadian children this year.
* Skechers USA Canada Inc., 5055 Satellite Drive, Unit Number 6,
Mississauga, ON L4W 5K7 Canada, 877-644-4414. Petco Foundation, 654
Richland Hills Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, 858-453-7845. During
the promotion, twenty-five cents CAD will be donated to the Petco
Foundation per item of specially marked BOBS from Skechers
footwear, apparel and accessories sold in Canada, to help save the
lives of dogs, cats and other pets in Canada’s shelters. The
promotion runs January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
About Skechers USA Canada, Inc. and
Skechers USA, Inc.
Skechers USA Canada, Inc. is a subsidiary of Skechers USA, Inc.
(NYSE:SKX), which is based in Manhattan Beach, California. Skechers
designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and
performance footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and
children. The Company’s collections are available in the United
States and over 170 countries and territories via department and
specialty stores, and direct to consumers through 3,615 Company-
and third-party-owned retail stores and e-commerce websites. The
Company manages its international business through a network of
global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia, Israel and
Mexico, and wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, Japan, India,
Europe and Latin America. For more information, please visit
about.skechers.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and
Twitter.
About the Petco
Foundation
At the Petco Foundation, we believe that every animal deserves
to live its best life. Since 1999, we’ve invested more than $280
million in lifesaving animal welfare work to make that happen. With
our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners, we inspire and empower
communities to make a difference by investing in adoption and
medical care programs, spay and neuter services, pet cancer
treatment, service and therapy animals and numerous other
lifesaving initiatives. We partner with Petco stores and animal
welfare organizations across the United States to increase pet
adoptions, helping more than 6.5 million pets find their new loving
families. Made possible by its partnership with Skechers, the Petco
Foundation will expand its lifesaving work with support to
organizations in Canada working to save cats and dogs. Visit
petcofoundation.org to learn more about how you can get
involved.
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
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political and market conditions including the challenging consumer
retail markets in the United States; 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 Skechers’ annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2019 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended June 30, 2020. More specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic has
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duration and extent of the impact of the pandemic, (ii)
governmental responses to the pandemic, including how such
responses could impact Skechers’ business and operations, as well
as the operations of its factories and other business partners,
(iii) the effectiveness of Skechers’ actions taken in response to
these risks, and (iv) Skechers’ ability to effectively and timely
adjust its plans in response to the rapidly changing retail and
economic environment. Taking these and other risk factors
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Razan Monzer Skechers USA Canada, Inc.
razan.monzer@skechers.com
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