Steve Madden Ltd is Everywhere

r5bales · #1 (**permalink**) 05-18-2009, 01:16 AM

Steve Madden is creating quite a buzz on Wall Street.* Several years after starting his company in New York City, Steve Madden*pleaded guilty to securities fraud and money laundering in*2001, was in prison until 2005.* Investors forgave him and he returned to Steve Madden Ltd in 2006 as the creative and design chief. He has been the driving force behind it?s designs*and has been*helping recreate their business model. They made it quick on its feet. The ingenious way it introduces new designs puts them way ahead of the marketing curve.

They call it ?test and release.? The company makes models at its Queens, N.Y., headquarters, where it has a mini-factory that can turn a concept into a shoe in less than a day. They then sell and monitor shoe models in a select number of its New York stores and on its Web site to*determine*fashion and inventory risks. After several weeks of observation, they decide whether a model can go to China for mass production and be distributed in retail stores. This "test and release" method allows them to put shoes in mass production on about 12 weeks, where typically it takes a footwear company about 5 months to release shoes.

Steven Madden Ltd has*license agreements with Fabulosity, Elizabeth and James, l.e.i. for shoes, and for handbags and belts*with*Betsey Johnson and Daisy Fuentes. With this licensing, Steve Madden Ltd is in stores that cover the entire spectrum from Walmart (l.e.i.) to Bergdorf Goodman (Elizabeth and James) and it's paying off. Steve Madden*raised its 2009 per-share profit target in late April*from $1.85 to $1.95, well above the $1.47 analysts had been expecting.Revenue grew 7%, also topping estimates.* It?s stock is regarded as a good buy. I am watching*to see how it does the next*few quarters.* Maybe I will put more than Monopoly money on it.

<a title="l.e.i. from Walmart" href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=163925&catNavId=1039319&fr omPageCatId=426265&catNavId=426265" target="_blank">l.e.i. shoes from Walmart.</a> 

<a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10817254"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7112" title="l.e.i. Nessa Wedge Sandal $20" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lei1.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="230" /></a><a title="Nessa $20" href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817254&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641709021&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Nessa%20Wedge%20Sandals&categor yid=5438" target="_blank">The Nessa $20</a>
<a title="Nessa $20" href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817254&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641709021&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Nessa%20Wedge%20Sandals&categor yid=5438" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lei3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7117" title="lei3" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lei3.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="215" /></a><a title="Monica" href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817297&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641710267&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Monica%20Studded%20Gladiator%20Sand als&categoryid=5438" target="_blank">The Monical $17</a>
<a title="Monica" href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817297&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641710267&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Monica%20Studded%20Gladiator%20Sand als&categoryid=5438" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lei21.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7118" title="lei21" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lei21.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="215" /></a><a title="Whitley " href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817244&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641709006&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Whitley%20Wedge%20Sandals&categ oryid=5438" target="_blank">The Whitley $20</a>
<a title="Whitley " href="http://walmart.scene7.com/walmart/flash_zoom.jsp?company=WalMart&sku=10817244&am p;config=WalMart/zoom_config&default=0074641709006&title=L. e.i.%20-%20Women%27s%20Whitley%20Wedge%20Sandals&categ oryid=5438" target="_blank"></a>
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<a title="Steven Madden " href="http://www.stevemadden.com/category.aspx?id=127" target="_blank">Steve Madden Shoes</a>
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<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/coraline_gold-leather_zoom1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7145" title="coraline" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/coraline_gold-leather_zoom1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a>
<a title="Coraline - Steve Madden" href="http://www.stevemadden.com/item.aspx?id=49022" target="_blank">Coraline $70</a>


<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lonndon_bronze-leather_zoom.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7146" title="lonndon" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lonndon_bronze-leather_zoom.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a>
<a title="Lonndon" href="http://www.stevemadden.com/item.aspx?id=48880" target="_blank">Lonndon $50</a>


<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hanaa_cognac-le_zoom.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7147" title="hanaa" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hanaa_cognac-le_zoom.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a>


<a title="hanaa" href="http://www.stevemadden.com/item.aspx?id=48797">Hanaa $70</a>


<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pandita_black-leather_zoom1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7144" title="pandita" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pandita_black-leather_zoom1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a>
<a title="pandita" href="http://www.stevemadden.com/item.aspx?id=49078" target="_blank">Pandita $170</a>




Elisabeth and James should be in stores this fall.* Nordstroms is pre-selling items, but none of the other websites have any shoes listed yet.


<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ej3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7150" title="ej3" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ej3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="513" /></a>


<a title="luella" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3029283/0~2376780~6021632~6023368~6023371?mediumthumbnail= Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6023 371&P=1" target="_blank">Luella $325 at Nordstroms* Presale</a>


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OK, this wedge is part of the Elizabeth and James line that Nordstroms was pre-selling for about $325.* By the time I could get things posted they had sold out.* No wonder.*It is adorable.* It will show up later on in the season, so I will have to wait.
So, shoes offered by Steve Madden LTD range from $17 to 325.**These designs are*what*we are seeing*virtually everywhere else. They are*meeting the demands of the general public, which is the name of the business game. *I am disappointed*there doesn't seem to be anything unusual or outstanding.* I am going to have to go somewhere else for that.

ishopsears123 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-03-2009, 09:53 PM

His shoes are amazing!

AmyRich · #3 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 09:08 AM

Yeah his shoes are just awesome... Just bought my last ones here Zalando The sandals are the best ones I'Ve ever had... I'm very glad to found them in an online store in Germany... because actually I just have seen them in stores in the U.S....

Greez... ~Amy

ssparent · #4 (**permalink**) 06-19-2009, 08:39 AM

love this brand but what's wrong with coding LOL

hautehippiegirl · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 01:47 PM

I love Steven Madden shoes, especially his sandals. Good price range, good quality shoe...except EVERYONE wears them. That's why I was so excited when my friend showed me the Soulful Me Peace Sandal. A friend of a friend knows the women that designed them, and apparently the head sandal designer from Steven Madden helped collaborate on the project (probably why I liked them so much! They have the same fresh feel as a pair of Maddens..except not every other woman on the streets is wearing a pair!) I've been wearing my constantly for the past couple of weeks. Not only are they affordable (49 bucks!), but the profits go towards charity, so no guilt when buying a pair of these! I can't figure out how to post a picture on here, but go to the website soulfulme.com and check them out for yourselves.