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In The News: Clarks, FFANY, lululemon, OOFOS, Fila

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Clarks has launched a new hybrid shoe, the Nature X One, that combines aspects of a running shoe with the comfort, ease, and style of a casual sneaker. The sole compresses at the heel for maximum absorption, according to the brand, while the classic Clark’s upper turns up the style factor on this new silhouette. The $130 style is made with recycled and responsibly-sourced materials.


FFANY June Market Week will be held June 6-10, 2022, with FFANY organizers saying they expect this to be the strongest FFANY market week in several years. A current list of brands participating can be found here: https://www.ffany.org/brand-list


Lululemon, just weeks after officially launching its new footwear category, is adding to its footwear team with two experienced industry veterans in newly created positions. Simon Atkins has been hired from Adidas to be lululemon’s SVP of footwear and Phil Dickinson, the new SVP, global creative director at lululemon, has a Nike background.


OOFOS has been named the official recovery footwear of the Pan-Mass Challenge in a long-term sponsorship agreement. The PMC is the nation’s single most successful athletic fundraiser and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s (Dana-Farber) largest single contributor, raising more than $831 million in support of life-saving cancer research and treatment since 1980. OOFOS has a long-standing commitment to raising funds for cancer research and supporting employee participation in the PMC. The brand will sponsor the PMC Winter Cycle, as well as the PMC, a two-day bike-a-thon that takes place every August,  through 2024.

OOFOS has been dedicated to supporting cancer research and treatment fundraising since 2014, when one of the company’s first employees, Duncan Finigan, a long-time PMC rider, was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. In 2015, the brand began Project Pink as a way to support Duncan through her four-year battle with the illness and to keep her memory alive following her passing in 2019. Project Pink is focused on giving back throughout the year by donating 2% of all sales made on OOFOS.com to Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund, raising more than $2 million since the inception of the program.

In addition to the year-round 2% donation of sales, OOFOS associates are personally invested in raising funds for the cause. This summer, OOFOS plans to have ten associates ride the PMC, the largest internal team to date.


Fila and Barneys New York have teamed up to develop a limited-edition collection, offering both statement-making styles and minimalist silhouettes for men and women in The Barneys New York x Fila. Shoes in the assortment include the Original Tennis Lux x Barneys ($225) for men that features a premium leather upper, one-inch sole and a heavy wrinkled textile treatment on the quarter flag and the Disruptor II Exp x Barneys ($150), a signature chunky style for women with a sawtooth rubber outsole, dual branded logos on the tongue and sock liner, and rose gold aglets on grip textured shoelaces.