1.   Donna Karan entered the athletic footwear market last fall, while Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger have signed licensing agreements for athletic shoe lines to appear within a year.

2.   His first move was to diversify his shoe lines and broaden his market beyond male baby boomers.

3.   If these licensing agreements work out, Stride Rite could pick up some much needed revenue as it tries to revive sales of its older shoe lines.

4.   It said it would return to its basketball and Chuck Taylor All-Star heritage and drop shoe lines in such categories as running and tennis.

5.   Its mainstay shoe line of Keds are not deemed as fashionable as they once were.

6.   Less profitable shoe lines have been dropped.

7.   New shoe lines are up and running.

8.   New shoe lines have been well received by retailers, he said, and if consumers are equally impressed, Converse should rebound.

9.   Poe will remain at the newly-merged Ryka as an executive board member and a spokesperson for the Ryka shoe line.

10.   Reebok says it will rebound next year when it brings out a new shoe line.