Published: June 03, 2010
Judge Marilyn Milian of The People's Court Joins Skechers "Nothing Compares to Family" Advertising Campaign
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - SKECHERS USA (NYSE:SKX), a global leader in the lifestyle footwear
industry, today announced that Judge Marilyn Milian of the popular
television courtroom reality series, The People's Court, will be
the next celebrity to join its charity-related "Nothing Compares to
Family" advertising campaign.
Judge Milian will appear in the SKECHERS campaign with her husband,
John, and their daughters Cristi, 13; Alex, 12; and Sofi, 8. Milian
partnered with SKECHERS to raise awareness for Camp Fiesta, Inc.-a
summer camp for cancer patients of the Children's Cancer Caring Center
in Florida.
"Judge Milian will be a fantastic addition to the SKECHERS 'Nothing
Compares to Family' campaign," began Michael Greenberg, president of
SKECHERS. "As a family brand, this campaign is essential to SKECHERS and
allows us to work with a variety of celebrities while supporting, and
more importantly promoting, a wide range of deserving charities."
"I love that SKECHERS has built this campaign around the importance of
family," said Milian. "We talk often about the value of charity in our
house, so I love that through SKECHERS our family can raise awareness
together for Camp Fiesta, an organization near and dear to my heart."
Milian, a graduate of Georgetown Law, began her career as an Assistant
State Attorney for the Dade County State Attorney's Office. With a
decade of experience, she was appointed to become a Miami County Court
Judge in the Domestic Violence Court, Criminal and Civil divisions. In
1999, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Milian as a Miami Circuit
Court Judge, where she served in the Criminal Division. Leveraging all
of her experience as both attorney and jurist, Milian became the first
Latina judge of The People's Court in 2001. She is currently in
her 10th season on the popular show.
The SKECHERS "Nothing Compares to Family" campaign began in 2008, and it
has starred some of today's popular celebrity families while benefiting
children's charities with ads breaking in weekly magazines and other
fashion and lifestyle glossies. Judge Milian joins a roster of
celebrities that has included Tori Spelling, Brandy, Jack Coleman,
Trista and Ryan Sutter, Holly Robinson Peete, Niki Taylor, Cesar Milan
and most recently Brooke Burke.
ABOUT SKECHERS USA, Inc.
SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach, California, designs,
develops and markets a diverse range of footwear for men, women and
children under the SKECHERS name, as well as under several uniquely
branded names. SKECHERS footwear is available in the United States via
department and specialty stores, Company-owned SKECHERS retail stores
and its e-commerce website, as well as in over 100 countries and
territories through the Company's global network of distributors and
subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Chile, and across Europe, as well as
through joint ventures in Asia. For more information, please visit www.skechers.com.
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differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements.
Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include
international, national and local general economic, political and market
conditions including the global economic slowdown and the ongoing
financial crisis and market instability; entry into the highly
competitive performance footwear market; 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; 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 the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009 and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
The risks included here are not exhaustive. The Company operates in a
very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from
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business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors,
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prediction of actual results. Moreover, reported results should not be
considered an indication of future performance.
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