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Shares of Nike, Adidas, Puma, Skechers, VF Corp. and more are being hit hard. Shoe stocks are falling sharply in pre-market trading as footwear players brace for a brutal Thursday on Wall Street following President Donald Trump‘s dramatic tariff moves. Footwear is in the spotlight as one of the most impacted categories, with Asian countries like China, Vietnam and Cambodia — where a large portion of shoes sold in the U.S. are produced — are facing tariffs as high as 50 percent.

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Sonny Shar, the beloved footwear executive known for his sharp business acumen, genuine kindness and quick wit, died on March 21. He was 86. Shar led British footwear giant Pentland Group Plc’s U.S. operations for 20 years and helped the firm gain a strong foothold in the American market. But the quintessential family man certainly wasn’t a typical shoe dog. In 2014, when Shar was inducted into FN’s Hall of Fame, he said he could never have predicted his career path.

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The rose is blooming again at Roger Vivier for fall ’25 as creative director Gherardo Felloni explores a new motif he hopes will become a house signature. “I love flowers in general, and I really love the rose,” the designer said at the label’s Paris Fashion Week presentation, aptly titled “La Rose Vivier,” on Thursday. “It’s really beautiful and delicate, but if you [pick it up] it the wrong way you’re going to be hurt.

2 months ago | footwearnews.com | Katie AbelPlus icon |Katie Abel

Designer Trevor Houston has always been an avid fan of brand founders Herbert and Beth Levine. Can a Herbert Levine reboot bring some much-needed excitement back to the luxury shoe market in America? Luvanis, a private investment company that focuses on high-end brand revivals, is confident it has all the right ingredients in place to resurrect the storied label — which was founded in 1948 by New York power couple Herbert and Beth Levine.