From: FDRA choran@fdra.orgSubject: Footwear Retail Recap OctoberDate: November 3, 2015 at 3:20 PMTo: choran@fdra.org

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FDRA's National Shoe Sales Report The most up-to-date retail data and analysis of nationwide brick-and-mortar and most online sales

Overall retail demand maintained its moderateexpansion in September, growing a year-over-year2.4%, slightly faster than its year-to-date rate ofexpansion.The US Census Bureau is reporting last month's gain in overallretail sales & food services was driven primarily by vehiclesales (up 9.3%), followed by food services & drinking places(+7.9%). Another plunge in gasoline station sales (off -19.7%) and sales at electronics and appliance stores (-5.8%)sank from twelve months earlier, somewhat offsetting growthin other retail sectors. Sales at US shoe stores weremostly flat year-over-year in August...

FDRA members can read the full sales report with charts by clicking here.

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FDRA Weekly Footwear Sales Snapshot Over 11,000 Stores Reporting Weekly Sales Data to FDRA

FDRA is the only association able to deliver weekly sales numbers to itsmembers - providing a snapshot of footwear marketplace metricsin real time. Year-to-date numbers are up 1.9% over 2014.

FDRA members can click here to view a summary of the sales snapshot for the week ending October 28.

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Search Engine Shopping Google Refines Search Data Tool to Attract More Retailers Retail Dive

Retail Dive

This Shopping Insights tool allows retailers to swiftly shift advertising andmerchandising thanks to information that comes in more readily and betteradjusted to local phenomena. The Shopping Insights tool aggregates interestfor a product from search terms and has become increasingly sophisticatedand therefore more valuable for retailers.

It's the kind of data leveraging that is key for retailers with brick-and-mortarstores, but can be useful in advertising and personalization efforts for allretailers.

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Welcome to the Phygital WorldNew Technologies, Consumers Cause Demand

for Updated In-Store ExperienceLuxury Daily

According to speakers from The Future Laboratory at

the U.S. Retail and Luxury Futures Forum 2015 on Oct.21, millennials' coming-of-age and entrance into the

luxury market have caused new trends in retail toemerge to meet consumer demands.

Consumers no longer think of different devices andpoints of interaction as unique experiences, and the

term "total retail" is more appropriate, as per thesession. This total retail experience often means mixing

analog and digital methods at once.

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Holiday New Hires What This Year's Holiday Hiring Looks Like at America's Big Retailers and Shipping Companies Business Insider In research note, RBC Capital Markets looks at thehiring plans for several big retail and transportationcompanies for the coming holiday season.

The biggest holiday hiring spree comes from Amazon,planning to hire 100,000 workers for the big holidayrush, up from 80,000 in 2014.

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Showcasing Shakes Up RetailBy The NPD Group

Ironically, the increasing number of consumers migrating to onlineshopping has reinforced the importance of brick-and-mortar stores,making them the latest differentiator in the quest for retail share. Acouple of years ago, the buzz was about the potentially negative"showrooming" effect on brick-and-mortar retail, where consumerswent to a store to check product out only to go home and order itonline. Today, retailers are setting their sights on "showcasing"

online. Today, retailers are setting their sights on "showcasing"products as the future of retail; stores are serving as brand forumswhere consumers can touch, test, and get up close and personalwith a product, to then purchase it on-site for delivery or pick-up ashort time later. These showcase stores have a greater assortmentof products but a very limited inventory, with purchases shippingfrom the nearest warehouse.

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Footwear Stories to Note in October

Nike Gives Michael J. Fox A Pair Of Air Mags From 'Back To The Future II'

Under Armour's Q3 Earnings Rise 13 Percent on 28 Percent Sales Gain

Saucony Launches Everun Campaign for NYC Marathon

Ethiopia Sets an Aggressive Growth Plan for Footwear

Asics Extends Partnership with Girls on the Run

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