Barbara Schneider-Levy

Nov 19, 2024 | sg.style.yahoo.com | Barbara Schneider-Levy |Sarah Elson

Barbara Schneider-Levy and Sarah Elson19 November 2024 at 10:43 am·4-min readMore from Footwear NewsAmerica's Biggest Mall Owner Is Closing Most of Its Shopping Centers on Thanksgiving DayWhy Walmart Will Close on Thanksgiving For the Fifth Year in a RowTech Tuesdays: What Cyber Week 2023 Taught RetailersAs consumers across the country rev up for Thanksgiving, many are also prepping for one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year: Black Friday.

May 6, 2024 | footwearnews.com | Barbara Schneider-Levy

Iconic duty-shoe brand Nurse Mates has written a new prescription for comfort. This spring, it expanded its consumer reach with the launch of Align, a sister lifestyle offering featuring an ergonomically designed orthotic meant to aid foot alignment. The new line is a departure for the brand, a division of Andover, Mass.-based Sofft Shoe Co., after 50 years of focusing solely on the health-care community.

May 6, 2024 | footwearnews.com | Barbara Schneider-Levy

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to escalate in the United States and globally, aid from the footwear industry in the form of monetary support and shoe donations is also growing. While nonessential employees across the country have increasingly been urged to stay at home, many footwear companies are keeping their warehouses open in an effort to ship donated products to those in health care.

Feb 27, 2024 | footwearnews.com | Barbara Schneider-Levy |Elisa Lewittes |Melody Rivera

Found the perfect pair of leather pumps to wear to your best friend’s wedding, but they’re just a tad too tight? Don’t worry — there’s a variety of options for stretching your shoes to create a more comfortable fit. Naturally, buying shoes in-store — or online — that are already comfortable and don’t require adjustments is the goal.

Feb 15, 2024 | footwearnews.com | Barbara Schneider-Levy

When Heather Shuster was vacationing in Hawaii several years ago and forgot to pack her flip-flops, she thought finding a pair in the resort area would be a snap. But according to Shuster, all she could find were inexpensive styles made with plastic and PVC materials that imposed a risk on the environment. So Shuster decided to take on the challenge of creating a collection of eco-friendly flip-flops, using natural rubber as the basis for her new line, Olli, which launched today on Kickstarter.