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Opportunity Knocks for Footwear Companies

Opportunity Knocks for Footwear Companies

by FN Staff with contributions from Meghan Cass, Katie Abel, Wayne Niemi, Lindsay E. Sammon

Posted Monday February 09, 2009

Last Edited Wednesday April 29, 2009

From Footwear News Issue 02/09/2009

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