Shoe-In

Taken from a fantastic webinar, this episode features Rothy's COO talking about operations, supply chain management and sustainability innovation. The conversation was powered by Centric, who provides the top class PLM for footwear companies.

With special guests:

Heather Howard, COO, Rothy's and Colleen Grass, Centric Software

Shoe retailers continue to struggle with complex ordering systems and inventory management. But software company Fitted, whose team have a lot of shoe experience, has new tools to help streamline brand and retailer processes, mobilize distribution and optimize relationships. Listen to this great conversation on how retailers are changing how they do business to succeed in this new environment!

With special guest:

Jennifer Hazard, Director of Sales, Fitted

Salina Ferretti and Rob Perschino stopped by Shoe-in Show to talk about new trends and what's to come at JUNE FFANY in NY.

With special guests:

Salina Ferretti, CEO, Falc USA and Rob Perschino, GM, Falc USA

Brooks' fearless leader Jim Weber stops by Shoe-In Show to discuss his new book "Running with Purpose" and his inspiring journey as head of one of the world's premier running shoe companies. Join us as Jim shares fascinating stories along his journey from his one-page strategy approach to turning Brooks around to that time he let a voicemail from Warren Buffett go unanswered for five days!! And make sure you buy the book! All book profits will be donated to the Brooks Booster Club to provide performance running footwear, apparel, and funding to under-resourced high school cross country and track teams.

Pick it up on the Brooks site or Amazon.

With special guest:

Jim Weber, CEO, Brooks

There are many pieces to the new economic and business puzzle the footwear industry and shoe professionals are trying to understand to make better decisions. Team FDRA works to fill in some gaps on how inflation, demand, war, inventory and consumer shifts are impacting the shoe business. We also share what we think is coming and how to prepare.

With special guest:

Gary Raines, Chief Economist, FDRA

Footwear materials are innovating at breakneck speed, but shoes still contain a lot of plastics. Why is that and how is that changing? Ahead of Earth Day we wanted to have a robust discussion on the state of shoe material innovations with Natural Fiber Welding's Alan Lugo and Dr. Stephen Taylor (a soil scientist working on shoe issues!). You'll gain some great insights and wisdom on how to rethink shoe materials and brand sustainability strategy.

With special guests:

Alan Lugo, Product Strategy Manager, Natural Fiber Welding and Dr. Stephen Taylor, Soil Scientist & Circularity Engineer, Natural Fiber Welding

Dave Powers joins us on this important episode to talk about the great behind the scenes work being done at Deckers Brands on sustainability. More than buzz words, Dave talks about the importance of how authentic leadership and culture ensures success on ESG issues. We also discuss how important purpose is to a strong workforce willing to innovate. Another must-listen episode!

Wolverine's own Tom Kennedy stops by Shoe-In Show to check in with Sandi and Matt on all the latest work boot trends and his approach to diversifying his brands in order to serve a more diverse consumer base.

FDRA's "Supply Chain in Crisis" webinar had some of the industry's top thought leaders discussing what you must be watching as we continue to deal with supply chain headaches. It was so good we had to broadcast it out on Shoe-In to make sure everyone had a chance to listen!

The old world of Excel is crumbling. Data that sits is useless. A new system is being built for a more sustainable future that helps teams visualize, understand data and make better choices at the start. We talk with Material Exchange in this episode about their new updated platform and how it's changing the game for good!