The Northwest Market Association is comprised of independent reps throughout the Pacific Northwest and California. Over 1,200 lines are represented at the market held near Portland, Oregon.
The market takes place twice a year – once in the Spring and the other in the Fall. You’ll find women’s, children’s and men’s apparel, footwear, lingerie and undergarments, handbags, gifts, accessories.
At present, NOVESTA is the largest Czech and European manufacturer of rubber footwear. The company's product range includes special rubber shoes in all size groups for children, women and men. NOVESTA's management places the greatest emphasis primarily on high quality, modern design and freedom from environmental impacts of its products. NOVESTA's range of rubber footwear, as classified according to its use, includes common outdoor shoes, boots known as Wellingtons and special men's sports footwear comprising hunting, horse riding, yachting, and fisherman’s boots as well as various types of work footwear such as medical (surgical) overshoes, miner's boots with steel toe caps in the boot tip and steel insoles, special purpose footwear made of compound blends, with warm linings, electrician's boots protecting the wearer from electrical current. Of importance is also the range of special military boots intended as outfit for NATO army, etc.. NOVESTA, s.r.o. exports approximately 80 percent of its production to foreign markets, for instance to TRETORN in Germany and Sweden, NOKIA in Finland, ROMIKA in Germany and AIGLE in France.
The National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA) is a non-profit organization representing independent shoe store owners throughout the United States and Canada.
The company, founded in 1995, is concerned with manufacture of ladies' and men's outdoor and house shoes (slippers) featuring improved health characteristics. Apart from the production the company sells men's outdoor summer, winter and all-season footwear made of leather. The company's annual output accounts for about 25,000 pairs of own shoes and approximately 10,000 pairs are bought and resold.
Ortopedica, spol. s r.o. is a manufacturer and seller of individual and special orthopaedic foot supports according to planograms. The supports are covered partly by the health insurance company (manufacture according to a Swedish patent). The company offers also footwear for diabetics, the price of which is also covered partly by the health insurance company. Ortopedica, spol. s r.o. is also able to modify shoe insoles to measure according to customer's feet imprint. The company's activity covers the whole territory of the Czech Republic.
