Pet parents and their furry friends can now dress up in BOBS together to
help save shelter pets! Skechers and Petco have launched a new
coordinated line of BOBS from Skechers footwear and Petco-exclusive
collars, leashes and harnesses at more than 600 Petco retail stores and
petco.com. For every purchase of BOBS from Skechers footwear or pet
accessories, Skechers and Petco will make a donation to the Petco
Foundation to help shelter pets across the United States.*
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Skechers and Petco have launched a new coordinated line of BOBS footwear and dog accessories at Petco retail stores and petco.com. (Photo: Business Wire)
“This coordinated line is a natural extension of our BOBS from Skechers
collection,” said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. “More
importantly, having BOBS for Dogs and BOBS for Cats products available
in Petco for the first time will introduce BOBS’ philanthropic movement
to a new audience who may not be familiar with our efforts to help
shelter animals. To be in front of pet lovers where they shop is
exciting, both for our brand and for the dogs and cats that will benefit
from our charity partnership with the Petco Foundation.”
“Pet parents are always looking for new ways to express how much they
love their animals, so we’re thrilled to introduce this special new
collection at Petco,” said Alex Tomey, Co-Chief Merchandising Officer
for the national pet specialty retailer. “We’ve never sold human shoes
at Petco before, but we think pet parents will love the ability to
combine their own BOBS from Skechers styles with matching collars,
leashes and harnesses for their beloved pets, plus the feel-good
opportunity to help shelter pets with each purchase.”
Skechers’ partnership with the Petco Foundation is its newest commitment
to improving animals’ lives through BOBS from Skechers. Since 2016,
Skechers has donated more than $3.4 million to support shelter pets,
funds which have helped more than 583,000 shelter pets, including saving
the lives of more than 241,000 rescued animals in the United States.
Now a year-round lifestyle brand, Skechers’ iconic BOBS collection
features popular dog breeds, cartooned animal mosaics, and world-famous
personalities like Garfield, Grumpy Cat, and Scooby-Doo – as well as
apparel from its recently launched animal-themed casual and sleepwear
collections.
To learn more, follow BOBS from Skechers on Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
and Pinterest,
or visit www.BOBSfromSKECHERS.com.
* Skechers U.S.A., Inc., 228 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA
90266, 310-318-3100. Petco Foundation, 654 Richland Hills Drive, San
Antonio, TX 78245, 858-453-7845. During the promotion, twenty-five cents
will be donated to the Petco Foundation per unit of specially marked
BOBS from Skechers footwear and accessories sold in the U.S. to help
save the lives of dogs and cats in America’s shelters. The promotion
runs January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021.
About Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
Based in Manhattan Beach, California, Skechers (NYSE:SKX) 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 170
countries and territories worldwide via department and specialty stores,
more than 3,060 Skechers Company-owned and third-party-owned retail
stores, and the Company’s e-commerce websites. The Company manages its
international business through a network of global distributors, joint
venture partners in Asia, Israel and Mexico, and wholly-owned
subsidiaries in Canada, Japan, India, and throughout Europe and Latin
America. For more information, please visit about.skechers.com and
follow us on Facebook, Instagram,
and Twitter.
About Petco and the Petco Foundation
Petco is a leading pet specialty retailer with more than 50 years of
service to pet parents. Everything we do is guided by our vision for
Healthier Pets. Happier People. Better World. We operate more than 1,500
Petco and Unleashed by Petco locations across the U.S., Mexico and
Puerto Rico; complete pet care services and veterinary advice through PetCoach;
and petco.com.
The Petco
Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, has invested more
than $250 million since it was created in 1999 to help promote and
improve the welfare of companion animals. In conjunction with the
Foundation, we work with and support thousands of local animal welfare
groups across the country and, through in-store adoption events, help
find homes for more than 400,000 animals every year.
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, Skechers’ future domestic and international growth,
financial results and operations including expected net sales and
earnings, its development of new products, future demand for its
products, its planned domestic and international expansion, opening of
new stores and additional expenditures, and advertising and marketing
initiatives. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
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“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 challenging consumer
retail markets in the United States; 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, especially in the
highly competitive performance footwear market; 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 Skechers’ annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2018. The risks included here are not exhaustive. Skechers
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.
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