It’s a charming story of courage, self-expression and finding the “sparkle” within, filled with friendship, laughter, heart and music. Twinkle Toes: The Movie features the animated star of SKECHERS’ Twinkle Toes footwear line, the hip, flamboyant and totally original Grace “Twinkle Toes” Hastings, in her full-length feature debut, where she overcomes her most secret fears, as well as bullies at school, and learns to celebrate her individuality with energy, confidence and pizzazz. The soundtrack is available in stores and online through the children’s and family entertainment company In The Zone Entertainment with distribution by INgrooves Fontana/Universal. Both the DVD movie and soundtrack are inspired by Twinkle Toes, the best-selling SKECHERS Kids footwear line. The collection features expanded versions of songs from the movie plus three bonus tracks including new renditions of Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” and The Go-Gos’ “We Got The Beat,” as well as two extended dance mixes. "We like to say we don't build shoes, we build toys for the feet," Rosko said.Kids and tweens will discover their inner sparkle and dance the days away with 12 fun, positive and uplifting tunes on the new Twinkle Toes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The company is "poised for a good run" after posting a 12.2% increase in same-store sales during the first quarter, Sam Poser, the analyst, wrote in the note. Last week, an analyst at Sterne Agee referenced the fact that Steve Madden's young daughter owns at least one pair of "over-the-calf Twinkle Toe sneaker boots" as an example of Skechers' appeal right now. Colors now include green or blue, and they're featured on sneaker boots, sandals, and more styles, he said.Įssentially, they're a small rave for the feet of 10-year-olds. While the light-up shoes of yesteryear consisted of one blinking light in a removable heel cartridge in the midsole of a shoe, there are as many as 14 on a single sneaker today "that flash like an absolute light show," Rosko said. Gear, one of the first light-up shoe makers, about 21 years ago. Coincidentally, Skechers, with $1.56 billion in annual revenue, was founded by the creator of L.A. Skechers had a 16% share of the $900 million kids' lifestyle athletic shoes market, which includes light-up shoes, last year - so the styles likely account for some proportion of $144 million, according to Matt Powell, an analyst at SportsOneSource. Lighted shoes have also experienced explosive growth in our girls sport line as well as being the centerpiece of our Skechers boys line." "The sneaker boots featuring lights were new for 2012 and a huge success for Skechers and our wholesale partners. Skechers' "Twinkle Toes" for girls line "is experiencing a renaissance over the past 12 to 18 months," Marc Rosko, vice president of product development for Skechers Kids wrote in an email, citing improved products and marketing. As it turns out, a more advanced form of the classic light-up shoes are hot again with kids today and racking up millions in sales for Skechers. Lights, or coveted those magical sneakers with lights in the heels, flashing red with every step and telling your peers that you were hip. If you were in elementary school during the '90s, chances are you owned a pair of L.A.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |