A man waiting for a bus looks across tentatively when he hears shouting but quickly averts his gaze. The lights change and the racists are gone, their toxic emissions lingering in the air. It is a day after someone on the area’s community Facebook page posted a warning about “hearing a lot of coughing at Church Corner’’.
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China Town Market in Christchurch offers a wide variety of international goods. Unofficially this area, something of an ethnoburb, is known as “Chinatown”. One business owner explains this is simply because, from the street, the China Town Market sign is “larger, brighter and more prominently sited” than its official titles – Church Corner and Peerswick Mall respectively.
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In 2008, Crocs had a big problem. The Colorado-based footwear brand was only six years old and experiencing a huge dip in sales. In 2003 the company did $1.2 million in sales, which catapulted to $850 million in 2007. But after years of exponential growth, sales dropped in 2008 by 15 percent to $722 million, and the company posted a $185 million loss.
A mix of things contributed to the downturn. Crocs had a team of executives with no experience in footwear or fashion its then-CEO Ron Snyder was a former exec at Flextronics, an electronic contract manufacturing firm. And because of that, they didn’t have a handle on production and fulfillment. They would make too much product and have to deal with excess inventory. Or they wouldn’t fulfill store orders in a timely manner. The product assortment also got too big, going from 25 styles in 2006 to 250 in 2007. But one of its main issues was perception. While brand awareness around Crocs was high, young peopl
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Step into 2021 with treats for yourself
Bvlgari’s boldest combination of coloured gems applied to high-end ladies watches featuring Serpenti Viper and Serpenti Incantati shapes.PHOTO: BVLGARI
Continue to colour between the lines with Skechers’ latest collaboration with Los Angeles-based streetwear label Chinatown Market.PHOTO: SKECHERS
Levi’s and Disney tap into their legendary iconography for a colourful collection featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy interacting across a range of modern Levi’s silhouettes.PHOTO: LEVI S
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Experience The Skechers X Chinatown Market Pop-up Activation In 1U
Did you know? Skechers Malaysia recently launched its first and largest Superstore in 1 Utama Shopping Centre.
The latest collection releases include the collaboration with Chinatown Market where visitors can check out the pop-up activation at the Superstore from now till 17th January 2021. This is in addition to the new releases under the Max Cushioning line.
Skechers X Chinatown Market
The collection consists of a range of unisex apparel like hoodies, pullovers and T-shirts, plus a specially-designed chunky sneaker style for both men and women. Sneaker lovers can also opt for a DIY personalisation on selected apparel designs. You can add your favourite colours, lines and patterns to your apparel and shoes, with a set of markers provided with each purchase of selected products.