The Company’s BOBS from Skechers
Philanthropic Collection Has Helped Save and Support Over 1.3
Million Shelter Dogs and Cats in the United States and
Canada
Skechers, The Comfort Technology Company™, is celebrating its
newest milestone for its philanthropic BOBS division: the Company’s
total donations have now surpassed $7 million for animals in need
throughout the United States and Canada. Through its partnership
with Petco Love, a national nonprofit working to lead and inspire
change for animals, and sales of its extensive BOBS footwear,
apparel and accessory offering, Skechers’ funds have helped save
and support over 1.3 million shelter pets across North America.
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A MeoowzResQ kitten at a Skechers
adoption event in California during National Foster a Pet Month.
Through its partnerships with Petco Love and animal welfare
organizations, Skechers has donated over $7 million, promoted pet
adoptions and raised funds in stores – helping to save and support
over 1.3 million shelter pets in the United States and Canada.
(Photo credit: Lori Fusaro for BOBS from Skechers + Petco Love)
The brand has continued to drive public awareness for animal
welfare this summer with National Foster A Pet month in
June—hosting pet adoption events at Skechers retail stores with
Petco Love’s animal welfare partners. Community members welcomed
home dogs and cats from lifesaving organizations in Dallas, Texas;
Harahan, Louisiana; Hialeah, Florida; Marlton, New Jersey and
Moreno Valley, California. Consumers across America were also able
to support Petco Love and more than 4,000 of its animal welfare
partners at local Skechers stores, by rounding up their purchases
at checkout—a campaign that raised over $87,000 for dogs and cats
independent of Skechers’ total donations.
“As a brand with a vast network of stores, we love finding new
ways to inspire consumers and mobilize our stores for good—and
these adoption and round-up events have resonated with the public
and help bring our BOBS message to life,” said Michael Greenberg,
president of Skechers. “We’ve given more than $3.4 million to Petco
Love since we launched our partnership in 2019—a movement that’s
already transformed thousands of pets’ and persons’ lives in
America and is now building momentum across Canada.”
“Our partnership with BOBS from Skechers helps further our
mission to end preventable euthanasia and make communities and pet
families closer, stronger and healthier,” said Susanne Kogut,
president of Petco Love. “Shelter pets were there for us throughout
the pandemic providing unconditional love and joy. Fostering,
adopting, volunteering, and donating are ways we can be there for
them and make a difference.”
Initially a philanthropic collection of slip-on styles that
donated new shoes to children in need, the BOBS from Skechers
movement has grown to include a popular offering of footwear,
apparel and accessories dedicated to helping shelter animals. For
every BOBS item purchased in the United States and Canada, a
donation is made to Petco Love to help support shelter pets and its
lifesaving animal welfare organization network.* Skechers has
helped save over 955,000 dogs, cats and other animals through pet
adoptions, and contributed to the care of over 395,000 additional
animals at nurseries, sanctuaries and medical care facilities.
The BOBS from Skechers collection is available at Skechers.com,
Skechers and Petco stores, and select department and specialty
locations in the United States. To learn more, follow BOBS from
Skechers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, or visit
BOBSfromSkechers.com. For more on Petco Love, visit petcolove.org
or follow at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
*Skechers U.S.A., Inc., 228 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan
Beach, CA 90266, 310-318-3100. Petco Love, 654 Richland Hills
Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, 858-453-7845. During the promotion,
BOBS from Skechers will donate twenty-five cents USD per item of
specially marked BOBS from Skechers footwear, apparel and
accessories sold in the U.S. to Petco Love, a 501c3 nonprofit
organization that helps save the lives of dogs, cats and other pets
in America’s shelters. The promotion runs from January 1, 2019
through December 31, 2022.
Skechers USA Canada Inc., 5055 Satellite Drive, Unit Number 6,
Mississauga, ON L4W 5K7 Canada, 877-644-4414. Petco Love, 654
Richland Hills Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, 858-453-7845. During
the promotion, BOBS from Skechers will donate twenty-five cents CAD
per item of specially marked BOBS from Skechers footwear, apparel
and accessories sold in Canada to Petco Love, a nonprofit
organization that helps save the lives of dogs, cats and other pets
in Canada’s shelters. The promotion runs from January 1, 2020
through December 31, 2022.
Skechers USA Canada Inc., 5055 Satellite Drive, Unit Number 6,
Mississauga, ON L4W 5K7 Canada, 877-644-4414. Petco Love, 654
Richland Hills Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, 858-453-7845. Pendant
la promotion, 25 cents seront versées avec chaque vente de
chaussure, vêtement et accessoire portant la marque BOBS de
Skechers au Canada à Petco Love, une organisation sans but lucratif
dédiée à sauver la vie des chiens, chats et autres animaux en
refuges au Canada. La promotion est valide du 1 janvier 2020 et se
termine le 31 décembre 2022.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
Skechers (NYSE:SKX), The Comfort Technology Company based in
Southern California, 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
4,057 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, Twitter,
and TikTok.
About BOBS from Skechers
BOBS from Skechers’ charitable collection of shoes, apparel and
accessories have improved animals’ lives: over the past five years,
Skechers has contributed more than $7 million to help more than 1.3
million shelter pets, including saving more than 955,000 rescued
pets in the United States and Canada. It all started in 2011, when
Skechers launched a movement to support children impacted by
natural disasters and poverty – a cause that has helped the Company
donate more than 16 million new pairs of shoes to kids in more than
60 countries worldwide. To learn more about BOBS from Skechers’
commitment to making a difference, visit BOBSfromSkechers.com and
follow the brand on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Petco Love
(Formerly Petco Foundation)
Petco Love is a nonprofit changing lives by making communities
and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our
founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal
welfare organizations by investing $300 million in adoption and
other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more
than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations
nationwide. Today, our love for pets drives us to lead with
innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets,
and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our
more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change
alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit petcolove.org or
follow at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn to be part of
the lifesaving work we’re leading every day.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking
statements may include, without limitation, Skechers’ 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 the disruption of business and
operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic; international economic,
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, 2020 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended March 31, 2021. More specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic has
had and is currently having a significant impact on Skechers’
business, financial conditions, cash flow and results of
operations. Forward-looking statements with respect to the COVID-19
pandemic include, without limitation, Skechers’ plans in response
to this pandemic. At this time, there is significant uncertainty
about the COVID-19 pandemic, including without limitation, (i) the
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
associated with the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration, the
dynamic nature of these circumstances means that what is stated in
this press release could change at any time, and as a result,
actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by
such forward-looking statements. The risks included here are not
exhaustive. Skechers operates in a very competitive and rapidly
changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and we
cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact
of all such risk factors on our business 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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Caitlin Faford Rogers & Cowan/PMK
caitlin.faford@rogersandcowanpmk.com
Jennifer Clay Skechers USA jennc@skechers.com
Razan Monzer Skechers Canada razan.monzer@skechers.com
Lisa Lane Petco Love media@petcolove.org
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