by | Feb 8, 2016 | Press Release
Feb 8, 2016 • 10:15 am EST
The Performance Footwear Brand to Sponsor Meb through 2023
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Skechers Performance, a division of Skechers USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), today announced the contract extension of world-class distance runner, Meb. Meb will continue as brand ambassador for Skechers Performance through 2023. Skechers Performance will remain Meb’s official footwear and apparel sponsor and continue to feature the elite marathoner in marketing campaigns as well as collaborate with Meb on footwear introductions.
Skechers Performance Elite Athlete, Meb, Wearing the Skechers GOrun Ride 5. (Photo: Business Wire)
Since launching performance footwear in 2011, Skechers Performance has built an award-winning line up of running shoes based on the philosophy of listening to runners’ needs and building the best shoes not only for athletes, but with athletes. This philosophy began when Skechers Performance launched the first GOrun shoe with Meb as the official brand ambassador and consultant.
“Skechers Performance has helped me achieve my goals over the past five years and the team’s support through all the highs and lows has been very consistent,” said Meb. “Being 40 years old and training for the Olympic Trials is a huge achievement and Skechers Performance has helped make this possible. They know what it means to be a partner and working with the brand to help create the best running shoes possible has been a rewarding experience. It’s not something many athletes have the opportunity to do.”
After joining Skechers Performance, Meb set a personal record (PR) at the 2011 New York Marathon, PR’d at the 2012 Olympic Trials in Houston and took fourth place at the 2012 Olympic Games. He then went on to set his current PR (2:08:37) and win the 2014 Boston Marathon at the age of 38, wearing his namesake Skechers GOmeb Speed 3. Meb is the only athlete in history to win the New York Marathon, the Boston Marathon and an Olympic Medal. Meb also currently holds the U.S. marathon masters record, which was set at the 2015 New York Marathon with his time of 2:13:32.
In 2016, sights are now set on Meb’s race at the upcoming Olympic Trials as he competes in the marathon for a spot on the U.S. team. Skechers Performance Elite Athlete, Kara Goucher, will also be competing for a spot on the women’s team. The trials will be held in Los Angeles on February 13th, the day before the Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon.
“Working with Meb has been an incredible journey and we are truly honored to have not only a star athlete on our team, but an inspirational person,” said Rick Higgins, SVP, Merchandising/Marketing, Skechers Performance. “Meb’s motivation is contagious. Anyone that has the pleasure of meeting him knows what I mean. He is a phenomenal role model, an essential ambassador to the sport, and a champion on and off the course. We are excited to continue working with Meb, as he has truly become a part of the Skechers family.”
From grassroots events to securing the title sponsorship of a major race such as the Los Angeles Marathon, Skechers Performance has continued to rapidly grow in the performance footwear market. Skechers USA is currently the second largest athletic footwear company in the U.S. and the Performance division’s steadfast commitment to running is evident not only via the Company’s athlete partnerships and marketing initiatives, but with the product innovation. The new spring 2016 performance footwear line reflects such innovations and is the most technologically advanced performance footwear from Skechers Performance to date.
Skechers Performance products are available in select specialty run stores, Skechers retail stores and on Skechers.com. Learn more at GOSkechers.com and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SkechersPerformance), Twitter (twitter.com/skechersGO) and Instagram (instagram.com/skechersperformance).
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach, California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is available in the United States and over 120 countries and territories worldwide via department and specialty stores, more than 1,200 SKECHERS retail stores, and the Company’s e-commerce website. The Company manages its international business through a network of global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia, and 13 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Latin America and throughout Europe. For more information, please visit skechers.com and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter (twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s future growth, financial results and operations, its development of new products, future demand for its products and growth across the Company’s three main business channels and globally, its planned expansion and opening of new stores, and advertising and marketing initiatives. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking language such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,” “could,” “may,” “might,” or any variations of such words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include international economic, political and market conditions including the uncertainty of sustained recovery in Europe; entry into the highly competitive performance footwear market; sustaining, managing and forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for consumers; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the various market factors described above; sales levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. The risks included here are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and the companies cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can the companies assess the impact of all such risk factors on their respective businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance.
SKECHERS USA, Inc.
Jolene Abbott
310.318.3100 x 4839
[email protected]
by | Feb 4, 2016 | Press Release
Feb 4, 2016 • 9:00 am EST
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE: SKX), a global leader in footwear, today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 financial results after market close on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. A conference call will be held the same day at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET. Participating on the call will be David Weinberg, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
The call can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.skx.com. For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available beginning February 10, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. ET, through February 24, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, dial 877-870-5176 (U.S.) or 858-384-5517 (International) and use passcode: 13628731.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach, California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is available in the United States and over 120 countries and territories worldwide via department and specialty stores, more than 1,200 SKECHERS retail stores, and the Company’s e-commerce website. The Company manages its international business through a network of global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia, and 13 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Latin America and throughout Europe. For more information, please visit skechers.com and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter (twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
SKECHERS USA, Inc.
David Weinberg, 310-318-3100
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
or
Investor Relations:
Addo Communications
Andrew Greenebaum, 310-829-5400
[email protected]
by | Feb 2, 2016 | Press Release
Feb 2, 2016 • 9:00 am EST
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), today announced that it has been named 2015 Company of the Year and honored with a design excellence award in the Athleisure category from trade publication Footwear Plus. This marks the seventh time that SKECHERS has received the top honor for Company of the Year, and its eighth Plus Award for footwear design excellence.
Created by Footwear Plus and co-sponsored by the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY), the 17th Annual Plus Awards were nominated and voted on by thousands of footwear retailers and consumers nationwide in recognition of the industry’s most compelling product offerings.
“I am honored SKECHERS has received two Plus Awards that reflect our tremendous success and achievements this past year,” said SKECHERS president Michael Greenberg.“We opereate in a highly competitive industry, so being named Company of the Year for consecutive years and seven times overall is a testament to the ongoing strength of our brand along with our ability to deliver footwear that consumers around the world desire most. And with athleisure being one of the hottest trends in the market today, we’re thrilled to receive a Plus Award for design excellence in this trend-forward category as well. With many innovative new products in the pipeline, we will continue to build on this momentum in 2016.”
“Since SKECHERS won their first Plus Award in 2000, they have demonstrated remarkable growth, tenacity and evolved into an industry leader with a global footprint,” added Greg Dutter, Editorial Director of Footwear Plus. “Their ability to identify trends in the market and rapidly deliver footwear that consumers love to wear has contributed to SKECHERS’ tremendous success this past year. Brands that can effectively evolve in a rapidly changing market will rise to the top, and SKECHERS has demonstrated they understand what it takes to achieve greatness in their industry.”
Previous Footwear Plus honors for SKECHERS include the Company of the Year Award in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014, and Plus Awards for Design Excellence in 2000 for Young Women’s Fashion; in 2001 for Women’s Streetwear; in 2005 and 2006 for Men’s Streetwear; in 2002 for Kids’ Fashion, and in 2013 for the Running and Children’s categories.
SKECHERS offers two distinct footwear categories: a lifestyle division which includes comfort-focused, trend-right product for men, women and kids, and the Skechers Performance Division which offers Skechers GOrun and Skechers GOwalk footwear.
Celebrity brand ambassadors for SKECHERS’ collections include boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard, legendary drummer Ringo Starr, multi-platinum recording artist Demi Lovato, Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor, model and actress Kelly Brook, and TV personality Brooke Burke-Charvet. In addition, elite runners Meb Keflezighi and Kara Goucher as well as pro golfers Matt Kuchar, Colin Montgomerie, Belén Mozo, and Billy Andrade represent the Skechers Performance Division.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach, California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is available in the United States and over 120 countries and territories worldwide via department and specialty stores, more than 1,200 SKECHERS retail stores, and the Company’s e-commerce website. The Company manages its international business through a network of global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia, and 13 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Latin America and throughout Europe. For more information, please visit skechers.com and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter (twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s future growth, financial results and operations, its development of new products, future demand for its products and growth across the Company’s three main business channels and globally, its planned expansion and opening of new stores, advertising and marketing initiatives, and the conclusion of legal matters. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking language such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,” “could,” “may,” “might,” or any variations of such words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include international economic, political and market conditions including the uncertainty of sustained recovery in Europe; entry into the highly competitive performance footwear market; sustaining, managing and forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for consumers; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the various market factors described above; sales levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. The risks included here are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and the companies cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can the companies assess the impact of all such risk factors on their respective businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance.
SKECHERS USA, Inc.
Jennifer Clay, 310-937-1326
by | Jan 26, 2016 | Press Release
Jan 26, 2016 • 9:00 am EST
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX) today announced that the Company has been named a leading Buzz Brand across multiple rankings in the YouGov BrandIndex apparel and footwear category.
According to the consumer perception firm’s January 2016 report, SKECHERS was named the number two apparel and footwear brand on the Top Buzz Rankings chart, and the number one Top Buzz Improver in the same ranking index, which shows the highest average Buzz scores throughout 2015.
Apparel & Footwear: Top Buzz Rankings
|
Rank
|
|
|
Brand |
|
|
2015 Score |
|
1
|
|
|
Nike |
|
|
15.9 |
|
2
|
|
|
Skechers |
|
|
12.6 |
|
3
|
|
|
New Balance |
|
|
11.2 |
|
4
|
|
|
Levi’s |
|
|
9.5 |
|
5
|
|
|
Under Armour |
|
|
9.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apparel & Footwear: Top Buzz Improvers
| Rank |
|
|
Brand |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
Change in Score |
|
1
|
|
|
Skechers |
|
|
12.6 |
|
|
11.1 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“We’re very pleased that consumers have taken notice of the all the positive buzz SKECHERS generated this past year,” said SKECHERS president Michael Greenberg. “With celebrity marketing campaigns featuring Demi Lovato, Sugar Ray Leonard, Brooke Burke-Charvet and Kelly Brook, plus the popular Star Wars Skechers collection and the announcement of a 2016 campaign starring Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor, our brand appeals to a massive audience.
“The Skechers Performance Division also increased its influence with the announcement of a multi-year agreement for the title sponsorship of the Los Angeles Marathon,” added Greenberg. “With elite runners Meb Keflezighi and Kara Goucher and pro golfer Matt Kuchar competing and winning in Skechers Performance footwear, our brand has never been stronger.”
SKECHERS offers two distinct footwear categories: a lifestyle division which includes comfort-focused, trend-right product for men, women and kids, and the Skechers Performance Division which offers Skechers GOrun and Skechers GOwalk footwear.
YouGov BrandIndex (www.brandindex.com) is the only daily consumer perception research service of brands, taking more than 4,000 interviews every day from a representative U.S. population sample, and more than 1.5 million interviews per year. Respondents are drawn from an online panel of more than 2 million U.S. adults aged 18+. YouGov BrandIndex’s scores range from 100 to -100 and are calculated by subtracting the amount of negative consumer feedback from positive feedback.
About SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach, California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is available in the United States and over 120 countries and territories worldwide via department and specialty stores, more than 1,200 SKECHERS retail stores, and the Company’s e-commerce website. The Company manages its international business through a network of global distributors, joint venture partners in Asia, and 13 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan, Latin America and throughout Europe. For more information, please visit skechers.com and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter (twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s future growth, financial results and operations, its development of new products, future demand for its products and growth across the Company’s three main business channels and globally, its planned expansion and opening of new stores, advertising and marketing initiatives, and the conclusion of legal matters. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking language such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,” “could,” “may,” “might,” or any variations of such words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include international economic, political and market conditions including the uncertainty of sustained recovery in Europe; entry into the highly competitive performance footwear market; sustaining, managing and forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for consumers; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the various market factors described above; sales levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. The risks included here are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and the companies cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can the companies assess the impact of all such risk factors on their respective businesses or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance.
SKECHERS USA, Inc.
Jennifer Clay, 310.937.1326