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NEWS ABOUT: Crocs

Crocs stories: 9 news summaries

 Crocs Too Comfy 
 for Yom Kippur: Rabbi 

Sandals don't inflict sufficient suffering for holiday, religious leader rules

Sep 25, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Lithuanian rabbi has ruled that Crocs should not be worn during Yom Kippur because the sandals are too comfortable, Ynet news reports. Rabbi Elyashiv based his judgment on a prohibition against leather sandals, saying they were banned because they fail to provide an appropriate level of suffering for the... More »

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Judaism • Crocs • orthodoxy • Lithuania • rabbi • Yom Kippur

 Crocs Scramble to Stay Afloat 

Company may go belly up as debt deadline looms

Jul 16, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The company that makes the once-ubiquitous, quirky Croc shoes is about to go belly up, experts fear. The Colorado firm lost $18.5 million last year, has a warehouse full of unwanted shoes and just weeks to pay off its debt. Blame it on the economy and fickle consumers. "... More »

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consumer • business • shoes • Crocs • Colorado • Boulder • Boulder, Colo. • clogs

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman has sued the manufacturer of Crocs for $7.5 million after her son was injured in an escalator accident, the Baltimore Sun reports. The 6-year-old was wearing the company's foam clogs when they caught in an escalator and mangled his right big toe. The suit charges... More »

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Crocs • injury • Baltimore • escalators • civil lawsuits • footwear

 $148M Loss Bites Into Crocs 

Demand for colorful clogs tanks

Nov 13, 08 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Crocs, the maker of hugely popular colorful plastic clogs, suffered a $148 million third quarter loss on a 32% drop in demand in Europe and the US. The Colorado-based company has shuttered a factory in Canada, will close another in Brazil next month, and has amassed extensive unsold inventory, reports... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • layoffs • Crocs • SEC • losses • financial crisis • inventory

 Clog-Maker Crocs Falling Off

Firm has seen drastic decline in sales, share price

Aug 1, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crocs, Inc,. the firm that makes those ubiquitous rubber clogs, is having a bit of a fashion emergency. The stock has lost 90% of its value in less than a year, and the company predicts a 20% sales decline by the end of 2008, NPR reports. The firm’s execs... More »

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business • shoes • Crocs • sales • share price • trend • footwear • fads

 Japan Warns of Croc Danger 

Officials want changes to popular clogs, susceptible to escalator mishaps

Apr 18, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - After their research confirmed what many had complained about, Japanese officials today asked the makers of popular Crocs clogs to do something about a design that makes wearers susceptible to getting caught in escalators, the AP reports. The grip and flexibility of the plastic footwear led to several dozen incidents... More »

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Japan • Crocs • escalators

Danger! Crocs on the Escalator!

Accidents on the rise for kids wearing popular shoes

Sep 18, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - At rail stations, department stores and shopping malls from Washington to Tokyo, kids wearing Crocs shoes or similar footwear are getting their toes caught in escalators with painful and occasionally bloody results. The accidents have become so commonplace that the Washington Metro has posted ads—featuring a crocodile—calling for... More »

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Japan • Crocs • Singapore • accident • escalators • Washington Metro

Crocs to Kick Off Apparel Line

Ugly footwear continues march toward world domination

Aug 27, 07 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - If looking down at ugly shoes isn't doing it for you, good news—soon you can look down at a whole Crocs outfit. The manufacturer of the colorful clogs is launching a clothing line. The adults' and kids' duds, made from a version of the material in the signature shoes,... More »

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fashion • shoes • Crocs • clothes • Croslite

Bush Can't
Pull off Crocs

Prez should have vetoed sporty footwear choice, Givhan says

Jun 22, 07 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether you think President Bush is stepping boldly into the future or trampling on civil liberties, these days he's doing it in an ugly pair of shoes. Cameras spotted Bush sporting black Crocs—those trendy, tacky, rubbery clogs with ventilation holes and a heel strap—proving, Robin Givhan argues, that... More »

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fashion • shoes • Crocs • Rick Sharp • Virginia • George W. Bush

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