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Are You Looking for a Position or Do
You Have a Position to Be Filled? - Use Career Corner!
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If
you are a vendor looking for a sales rep, a rep looking for a sales
position, or an outside rep looking for an additional line/s, SATA can
help. SATA has a listing service both for positions available and for
people seeking positions.
Said one satisfied member, "I wanted to thank you for such a great
web site. I was laid off a few weeks ago and didn't know which
direction to go. A friend of mine told me to take a look at the job
listings and see where it would take me. Well, I took his advice and
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today and the future looks very bright. Again I just want to thank you
guys for doing a great job."
This service is FREE to members and vendors seeking reps. Get complete
information by clicking here.
SATA is striving to be the number one clearing house for shoe and
related goods traveler positions. Watch this newsletter for
announcements later this year of new and expanded services in this
area.
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Spring Show Update
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Throughout
the season we have brought you various updates on the spring regional
shows. The following are the most recent comments received by the
SATA staff office:
Pacific Northwest retailers upbeat at regional markets:
Rain, wind, snow flurries and even a NW tour by the Dhali Lama could
not keep retailers away from regional markets in Portland, Oregon and
Seattle, Washington. Retailers attending both trade shows to
purchase footwear, clothing and accessories were both encouraged and
positive on the future retail climate. "The northwest seems
to be more recession proof than other places in the country,"
reported one retailer. Many travelers reported that orders were
good. Even those travelers who expected not to write many orders
commented that they opened new accounts.
Metropolitan New York Shoe Market more than doubles in size:
B&STA completed its first year as an all booth shoe show at the New
Jersey Convention Center in Edison, NJ. The show has more than
doubled in size since its days as a ballroom and hotel room show at the
Hilton Hotel in East Brunswick, NJ and continues to trend the same way
in 2008, after finishing the January and March shows. The vendor base
has increased by 75% and retailer attendance increased by 50%. More
than that, the show is bringing retailers from not only the NY/NJ
Metropolitan area, but also Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware and even as far as Florida, California and Canada! The goal
for the show is to eventually incorporate apparel and accessory vendors
in addition to men's, women's, children's and athletic footwear, to
create "one stop shopping" for the visiting retailers.
Tony Knapp, widely respected speaker, trainer, educator and motivator,
addressed the exhibitors at the start of B&STA's January 2008 Show.
This was the first seminar in a series produced by SATA.
B&STA was pleased to have been the first market to host and help
launch the seminar series. The turnout was more than expected and
all left with positive feedback and 100% approval. Look for
news in upcoming issues of SATA Online about Tony's seminar scheduled
for June 30 at SMOTA.
We welcome comments from our members. Click here to submit
your comments.
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WSA Buyer List Now
Ready
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SATA
members can now order the list of buyers from their territories that
attended the past February WSA show. As a member of SATA you will
receive this list at no cost. Vendors and anyone else pay
$150 per thousand names. This is a tremendous savings benefit of
being an SATA member. Click here to get a
copy of the request form and additional instructions and
information. Due to National Do Not Call regulations, The WSA
Show can no longer release telephone numbers of their buyers.
Currently, you must fax or mail the form to WSA. SATA is working
with WSA to upgrade this service in the future so that the request can
be emailed. In addition, we are working to see if we can get
lists by category, gender, etc. Watch this newsletter for
updates.
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WSA Show - V.I.B.
Program
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 The WSA Show's V.I.B. (Very Important Buyer) program was
so enthusiastically received by both travelers and retailers that Show
management is offering it again for the July show. V.I.B. status
allows retailers:
- Acess to a private lounge
area where they can relax between appointments
- Complimentary
refreshments and snacks throughout the day in the private V.I.B.
Lounges
- Free wireless internet
connection for their laptops
- Computer terminals to
access their email and locate exhibitors & brands at the show
- One complimentary seminar
from The Footwear and Accessories Business Conference @ WSA
The
WSA Show invites SATA members to select your best customers for V.I.B.
status. Just click here for the form
to list the names of stores and buyers who did not previously attended
WSA in February 2008 or within the last two years. Once completed, you
may email the form to Celeste Boehm, cboehm@wsashow.com.
The deadline for submission is July 1, 2008. For every 3 names
you submit, you will receive one entry into a contest for fabulous
prizes. In addition, the first 10 travelers that submit 5 or more
names that fit the criteria will receive Executive Club Passes.
Look for future issues of SATA Online for more information.
Score points with your key retailers by letting them know that you are
submitting their names to The WSA Show for V.I.B. status. If you
have questions regarding this promotion, please call Celeste Boehm at
The WSA Show at 818-464-2352 or email her at cboehm@wsashow.com.
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Soles4Souls
Creates 'National Barefoot Day' to Increase Participation in Charity's
Events
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 Soles4Souls, the international footwear charity based in
Nashville, has unveiled plans for a series of nationwide events to be
held June 1-7, 2008. "National Barefoot Day" will take
place on Sunday, June 1, with various events across the country
scheduled for the rest of the week, which will be known as Barefoot
Week, and will be held each year during the first week of June.
"We know that people will become engaged with our charity by
participating in our events," said Wayne Elsey, CEO and founder of
Soles4Souls. "Raising awareness is a good thing, but for
people to truly 'own' our charity, we need to give them chances to
personally participate in our mission - and Barefoot Week is designed
to do that," Elsey said.
According to Elsey, the organization is working hard to highlight the
environmental benefits of turning in shoes as opposed to throwing them
away. "A sad fact is that there are 300 million children in the
world who have never owned a pair of shoes, while the same number of
shoes were tossed into American landfills last year," he
said. "We want to give people a reason to clean out their
closets and help needy people while reducing the strain on our
landfills at the same time," Elsey said. Click here for complete
article.
*Editor's Note: Travelers, you can help get the word out to
the retailers. Let them know they can get participation details
at www.soles4souls.com.
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Price Increases
Are Coming
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 Footwear price
increases to the consumer could easily be 5 to 20 percent in the coming
year.
What's driving these increases:
- Steep increases in the
costs of raw material, labor, ocean freight, and transportation
- Skyrocketing petroleum
increases
- The weak dollar
- New labor policies in
China with increased competition for workers.
While
most experts say the impact of pricing pressures wouldn't be felt until
Spring '09, some are already feeling the sting.
Jim Issler, president and CEO of HH Brown said the footwear industry is
entering a new era. "We chased labor around the world.
Now, we're at the end of the maze and there is nowhere else to
go."
Most industry leaders say you can't escape it by going to India or
other places as these locations have many challenges in productivity,
infrastructure, etc.
Another industry person summed it up by saying that pricing pressures
aren't going away, and the end result may be higher costs for everyone
-- and consumers and companies are simply going to have to adjust.
FN Daily Report Apr 21, 2008. Click here to read complete
article.
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Online Sales
Growth
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Although
online retail sales growth in the U.S. is slowing, sales (excluding
travel) are still expected to rise 17 percent this year.
 The industry has enjoyed explosive growth - 44% increase
in sales in 2001 - as more customers have started using broadband
internet access and embraced online shopping. Decelerating growth
is expected, as the internet reaches a point of saturation. Shop.org
spokeswoman Ellen Davis said that online retail sales will eventually
fall to single-digit growth, even as their share of the total retail
pie increases.
Apparel is expected to be the largest sales category in 2008, reaping
an expected $26.6 billion, followed by computers, and autos.
"With the U.S. economy struggling, it's interesting to see that
online retail is taking on a larger share of the retail industry,"
Davis said.
Online sales growth is expected to slow over the next five years as the
channel matures and there are fewer first-time users.
NRF Smart Brief April 8, 2008
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Update Your Record
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If
you have changed your email address or cell phone number, or have
changed or added lines, please update your SATA record. Go to www.shoetravelers.org
and click "Update Member Records" under the Membership
menu. It takes only minutes and helps us stay in touch with
you. Thank you!
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SATA Mission
Statement
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The
Shoe and Accessory Travelers Association (SATA) is a membership
organization whose goals are to represent, and to significantly improve
the abilities and well-being of, traveling sales representatives who
work within the footwear and related goods industry. SATA's
primary activities include providing its members with information,
education, benefits and services, and networking opportunities with
fellow members, vendors and other key players in the footwear industry.
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Send Us Your News!
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Do
you have news to share with colleagues about yourself, your business,
or your employees? The SATA network loves to be in the
know. Please send us your news!
Send announcements to SATA Online at info@shoetravelers.org, and we'll let the
network know.
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