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Schuh relaunch online store
UK retailer Schuh have relaunched their online shoe store with a range of new features and enhancements.
Schuh is one of the leading fashion footwear retailers in the UK, with 46 stand along stores across the country and more openings planned for this year and early 2008.
Their full range features current and eclectic style trends for men and women, including shoes from designers such as Birkenstock, Base, Red or Dead and Rocket Dog.
Schuh have introduced a variety of new features to the site to improve the overall shopping experience.
Every shoe on the site, over 35,000 styles from 90 brands, is now illustrated with eight high quality images and a new zoom facility.
More new additions include a ‘recently viewed’ feature which generates a clickable list of the last six items viewed, the ‘alternative styles’ function which offers a further nine similar designs and the ‘advanced search’ tool, which allows surfers to browse by categories, brand, colour, size or price.
An express delivery option is now available, allowing customers to have their shoes delivered the next working day.
There is also the option of having purchases delivered to a customers nearest store and picked up free of charge.
Finally, the ‘store stock check’ function instantly tells customers whether their local store has their choice of shoes in stock and in the correct size.
UK retailer Schuh have relaunched their online shoe store with a range of new features and enhancements.
Schuh is one of the leading fashion footwear retailers in the UK, with 46 stand along stores across the country and more openings planned for this year and early 2008.
Their full range features current and eclectic style trends for men and women, including shoes from designers such as Birkenstock, Base, Red or Dead and Rocket Dog.
Schuh have introduced a variety of new features to the site to improve the overall shopping experience.
Every shoe on the site, over 35,000 styles from 90 brands, is now illustrated with eight high quality images and a new zoom facility.
More new additions include a ‘recently viewed’ feature which generates a clickable list of the last six items viewed, the ‘alternative styles’ function which offers a further nine similar designs and the ‘advanced search’ tool, which allows surfers to browse by categories, brand, colour, size or price.
An express delivery option is now available, allowing customers to have their shoes delivered the next working day.
There is also the option of having purchases delivered to a customers nearest store and picked up free of charge.
Finally, the ‘store stock check’ function instantly tells customers whether their local store has their choice of shoes in stock and in the correct size.
Crocs banned in theatres
A HOSPITAL has banned theatre nurses from wearing Crocs shoes, suggesting they might be dangerous.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust said that the coloured clogs might pose a health and safety or infection risk.
However, they denied they were worried about recent reports that static electricity build-up caused by the shoes could disrupt medical equipment.
A spokesperson for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals said staff were expected to uphold a dress code, which was in place to prevent infection, maintain health and safety and keep a professional image.
Theatre staff had also already been told to stop wearing the most popular variety of Crocs, those with holes in the top or side, because of risk of injury from falling scalpels and needles, or the risk of catching an infection from blood or fluids dropping through the holes.
However, she said that there was no extra infection risk to patients as a result, and styles without the holes were allowed.
She said that the trust would be working with staff unions and foundation trust governors to discuss whether the policy could change to include Crocs.
In April, a hospital in Sweden banned the shoes after three incidents in which static electricity from staff wearing them was discharged into medical equipment, causing it to malfunction.
However, the Sheffield spokesperson said that no similar incidents had sparked concern in the UK and Crocs have since reported that Swedish hospital have reversed their decision banning Crocs from the wards.
Roy Mclean, the chief executive of Ward Walkers, which distributes the shoes in the UK, said that some styles were perfect for clinical use.
"The advantage of the Crocs is that they can be washed in a mild bleach solution without any damage - unlike the majority of other shoes used by hospital staff.”
A HOSPITAL has banned theatre nurses from wearing Crocs shoes, suggesting they might be dangerous.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust said that the coloured clogs might pose a health and safety or infection risk.
However, they denied they were worried about recent reports that static electricity build-up caused by the shoes could disrupt medical equipment.
A spokesperson for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals said staff were expected to uphold a dress code, which was in place to prevent infection, maintain health and safety and keep a professional image.
Theatre staff had also already been told to stop wearing the most popular variety of Crocs, those with holes in the top or side, because of risk of injury from falling scalpels and needles, or the risk of catching an infection from blood or fluids dropping through the holes.
However, she said that there was no extra infection risk to patients as a result, and styles without the holes were allowed.
She said that the trust would be working with staff unions and foundation trust governors to discuss whether the policy could change to include Crocs.
In April, a hospital in Sweden banned the shoes after three incidents in which static electricity from staff wearing them was discharged into medical equipment, causing it to malfunction.
However, the Sheffield spokesperson said that no similar incidents had sparked concern in the UK and Crocs have since reported that Swedish hospital have reversed their decision banning Crocs from the wards.
Roy Mclean, the chief executive of Ward Walkers, which distributes the shoes in the UK, said that some styles were perfect for clinical use.
"The advantage of the Crocs is that they can be washed in a mild bleach solution without any damage - unlike the majority of other shoes used by hospital staff.”
Hush Puppies celebrates 50th anniversary
HUSH Puppies is celebrating its 50th birthday this year and the 12 month celebration, '50 Years of Casual Style' will be taking place in over 140 countries.
Events will include birthday parties, in-store events, charity promotions and fundraising, all designed to thank customers and retailers for their support over the last half century.
HUSH Puppies is celebrating its 50th birthday this year and the 12 month celebration, '50 Years of Casual Style' will be taking place in over 140 countries.
Events will include birthday parties, in-store events, charity promotions and fundraising, all designed to thank customers and retailers for their support over the last half century.
