FROM THE EDITOR Happy 9th Birthday Best Sellers
F
ootwear Today Best Sellers Page recently celebrated its 9th birthday! I would like to say a big thank you to all those independent
footwear retailers on our Best Sellers Panel who have kindly notified us of their star performers over the past nine years. We very much hope that we can look forward to receiving your continued support in 2020.
The top selling brands for December 2019 are revealed in our Best
Sellers section on pages 28-29 of this issue! We’re now asking retailers to let us have their top five best-selling brands for Autumn/Winter 2019-20 for the March edition of Footwear Today. If you would like to join Footwear Today’s Best Sellers Panel, please let me know your range of brands and I’d be delighted to add your name to our list.
Those who participate are invited by email each month to let us know
their best-selling brands. We would need to know your five best sellers overall for ladies, men's footwear and children’s footwear. Also, your five best sellers in the various categories, ladies and men’s comfort/casuals, ladies/men's fashion footwear, ladies/men’s boots, ladies/men's formal, etc. But, if it’s just Ladies and Men’s overall, that fine.
We also give Best Sellers Panel Members the opportunity to ask
questions or make comments to the trade, via our pages, or write articles/make contributions to the magazine. Footwear Today Magazine is a footwear trade title, and, as such, your interests are our interests and we will do our best to include the hopes and concerns of independent footwear retailers within our pages.
In return for your participation in Best Sellers, we will feature you and
your shop in our Retailer of the Month pages. I look forward to working with you in 2020.
Kind regards, Cheryl
Cheryl Taylor, Editor, Footwear Today Magazine,
Tel. 01622 862962 | Mobile 07518 346996 Email:
cheryltayloreditor@googlemail.com
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AWARDS NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FOOTWEAR FOCUS - s.OLIVER FOOTWEAR FOCUS - BUGATTI FASHION LAW THE SHOE CONSULTANT INTERVIEW WHY I BUY - WALDLÄUFER LONDON SHOE SHOW PREVIEW BEST SELLERS RETAILER OF THE MONTH - FOOTAKI
28 PAGE MODA SUPPLEMENT FRONT COVER: SKECHERS FEBRUARY 2020 JAMIE REDKNAPP JOINS TEAM SKECHERS
The popular retired English footballer, current Sky Sports broadcaster and now Skechers ambassador will be the
first lifestyle collection endorsee that the global footwear brand has signed specifically for Europe.
“I’m excited to join the Skechers team as I like how the
brand combines comfort with style,” said Jamie Redknapp. 01707 655 955
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Inside this issue: Awards News • Industry News • s.Oliver Road Test • bugatti Road Test • Fashion Law
The Shoe Consultant interview • Why I Buy - Waldläufer • London Shoe Show Preview • Best Sellers Retailer of the Month - Footaki • Moda Supplement 28 page pull out
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