It would be wrong to say TOMS shoes invented the Buy-One-Give-One model when it hit the market in 2006, but students of purpose marketing would agree that it quickly became the best-known company ...

If you're steering a brand that's out to do genuine good, it pays to take some lessons from Toms Shoes, founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie. The company offers two principle lines: footwear and eyewear.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Chances are, you once owned a pair of these. That's because TOMS had the perfect product. Its one for one donation model made buying one of it's ...

Toms collaborated with celebrity stylist Jamie Mizrahi on a limited-edition collection of Alpargata slip-on sneakers. The shoes are available in various colors and made with water-repellant suede.

Slip-on footwear company Toms Shoes is handing ownership to creditors in an out-of-court recapitalization that includes restructuring $300 million in debt and investing $35 million in the business.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Just like TOMS, when you buy a pair of BOBS, Skechers would donate another pair to a child in need. Even the shoes were the same. And their name had a similar short, familiar feel.

Entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie has, to date, given away 140,000 pairs of shoes in the U.S., Argentina, Ethiopia and South Africa. Toms Shoes' model is sell a pair, give a pair away - Los Angeles Times ...

Today, L.A.-based Toms Shoes kicks off its eighth annual One Day Without Shoes campaign with a new social media twist. Through May 21, if you Instagram a pair of bare feet and tag the photo with ...

Toms has built a popular brand around the buy-one, give-one model. But two critical flaws in that model threaten to undo its social impact and business successes. Today, April 10, thousands of ...

This limited-edition collection is a celebration of Los Angeles, which happens to be both Clare V. and Toms’ hometown. The collection ranges in price from $60 to $108, making it relatively ...