NEWS The New Industry Footwear & Foot Health Register


T.U.K. Launches new Vegan Footwear Line


So, it is time for change. Everyone wants cheaply priced promotion that will gain greater publicity and this is it. You don’t have to be a qualified shoe fitter to advertise, this is a site for all shoe shops, kids, adults, fashion, remedial, indies, chains etc. Your entry will state what your shop does best Despite the fact that there are thousands of monthly hits to the Children’s


Foot Health Register site, there is a great need to promote shops selling adult footwear too. With high streets full of multi-nationals, shops are lost in side-streets and secondary positions. How many times does an independent hear ‘I didn’t know you were here’ or in a clothing retailer ‘I didn’t know you sold shoes’? This website with Google Map links, will help shoppers find you. Manufacturers might like to know that they can also send a list of their


stockists to have their brand name and the shop address added too. Who benefits? The advertisers and footwear industry because the


proceeds will help fund National Shoe Fitting Week. The site is currently being reconstructed and we hope to go live on


March 1st, so go to www.fitkidsshoes.org to download the new Footwear & Foot Health Register Application Form or email: secretary@cfhr.co.uk


For more information about the Footwear & Foot Health Register contact: secretary@cfhr.co.uk


KIWI Shoe Polish Appoint a new UK distributor Victor de Banke Market Harborough


Victor de Banke is pleased to announce that they will now be stocking the full Kiwi range. Cleaning, polishing and waterproofing the Nations footwear. Kiwi will be joining a strong portfolio of brands at Victor de Banke including Shoe String Laces, Woly’, Famaco’ Shoe Care as well as continuing Private label brands. Kiwi, the world’s leader in shoe polish being sold in over 180 countries. Caroline Collins says “She is proud


to add Kiwi to the range, long has it been the business’s recommendation to stock Kiwi polish alongside their specialist brands and now they are under one roof we can be a complete one stop shop for everything except the shoes for retailers.”


For more information you can contact Victor de Banke on 01858 467 467 or email: sales@victordebanke.co.uk


6 • FOOTWEAR TODAY • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 www.footweartoday.co.uk “We have heard the voice of our customers for many years and done our


best to provide vegan alternatives to traditional shoemaking materials.” Says owner and founder Ian White. “However, it has been a constant challenge to make sure that those products were made from materials that are consistent with our underlying principal of making high quality shoes that offer great value and original style. With the development and adoption of TUKskin™, we are very happy to now be able to achieve that goal, and our plan for 2018 is to vastly increase that offering.” The Initial Vegan Fall Collection will be available to the public November


2017 and features 7 styles including classic round toe and pointed toe creepers and boots, along with their original kitty face mary-jane and EZC creeper sneaker.


New for Fall 2017, the southern California based footwear company T.U.K. is introducing a comprehensive vegan collection based on elements of each of their core lines which have been serving their independently minded customers for 26 years. Never before available, these new unique PETA-approved vegan styles are produced using only man-made materials and high-quality synthetics. While T.U.K. has been making vegan shoes for decades, the new collection


incorporates a newly developed material that allows T.U.K. to offer quality shoes with all of the functionality of traditional leather without the use of any animal based components. T.U.K.’s new TUKskin™ material is the result of significant advancements in material science over recent years. Its’ softness provides flexibility, while breathability ensures all day comfort. It can be easily cleaned with mild soap and water, polished with traditional shoe creams, or made water resistant with the application of appropriate waxes.


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