Skechers Surpasses $10 Million in Animal Welfare Donations

The Company celebrates the milestone with a year-long marketing campaign to drive consciousness, beginning with a design scholarship that can assist animals in want

LOS ANGELES, August 30, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skechers, The Comfort Technology Company™, introduced that its philanthropic BOBS from Skechers division has donated greater than $10 million because the program’s launch in 2015—funds which have helped save and assist 1.9 million dogs and cats in want. To have a good time the milestone, Skechers is kicking off a year-long consciousness marketing campaign with the BOBS from Skechers Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship, which is able to give faculty creatives the chance to design types that enhance shelter animals’ lives.

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Since 2015, the Company has donated greater than $10 million—funds which have helped save and assist 1.9 million shelter pets by means of animal welfare organizations. (Photo: Business Wire)

“This $10 million achievement is due to the passionate pet lovers who’ve been a part of the BOBS story for the previous eight years. They noticed BOBS from Skechers as a constructive, practical method to save lives—and their purchases have made an amazing distinction,” stated Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. “Rising prices have created new challenges for animals in want and their organizations—however due to the neighborhood we’ve constructed collectively, we’re now ready to do much more. From supporting shelters at home and overseas to funding flights that assist pets attain their without end houses, BOBS will proceed to seek out inventive, formidable methods to save lots of hundreds of thousands.”

Over the previous eight years, BOBS from Skechers has grown right into a year-round motion—uplifting communities with round-up donations, vaccination occasions, examine celebrations for organizations, and even animal transports to future houses. Through gross sales of BOBS footwear, attire and equipment, the Company has funded pet adoptions to assist save over 1.4 million dogs and cats, and has nurtured 450,000 extra at nurseries, sanctuaries and medical care services. The model helps Petco Love’s community of 4,000 animal welfare organizations within the United States and Canada, in addition to rescue pets within the UK by means of Woodgreen Pets Charity and shelter animals in Japan by means of Alma.

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Added Greenberg: “Our BOBS animal-themed prints have been on the coronary heart of our message, inspiring pet lovers to put on and share our collections. We thought it might be fantastic to characteristic private designs from younger artists who’ve skilled firsthand how shelter pets change lives. The BOBS from Skechers Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship is a particular approach that college students can use their inventive abilities to provide distinctive cat or canine prints that may assist save animals throughout the nation.”

The BOBS from Skechers Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship will give two college students the chance to see their shoe designs produced and offered within the 2024 assortment, and can present $10,000 scholarships from the Skechers Foundation, one-on-one company mentorships and donations to native animal welfare organizations. Open to college students at United States faculties and universities who might be enrolled within the 2024/2025 tutorial yr, the BOBS from Skechers Paws for a Cause Design Scholarship will settle for purposes from September 1 by means of October 15, 2023.

BOBS from Skechers footwear, attire and equipment can be found on-line, at Skechers shops, and at division and specialty places. For each specifically marked BOBS from Skechers merchandise bought, a donation is made to assist shelter pets and animal welfare organizations within the United States, Canada and choose worldwide markets. To study extra, observe BOBS from Skechers on Facebook and Instagram, or go to BOBSfromSkechers.com.

About SKECHERS U.S.A., Inc.

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX), a Fortune 500® firm based mostly in Southern California, designs, develops and markets a various vary of way of life and efficiency footwear, attire and equipment for males, ladies and kids. Collections from The Comfort Technology Company™ can be found in over 180 international locations and territories by means of division and specialty shops, and direct to customers by means of digital shops and over 4,700 Company- and third-party-owned bodily retail shops. The Company manages its worldwide business by means of a community of wholly-owned subsidiaries, three way partnership companions, and distributors. For extra data, please go to about.skechers.com and observe us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

About BOBS from Skechers

BOBS from Skechers’ charitable assortment of footwear, attire and equipment have improved animals’ lives: over the previous eight years, Skechers has contributed greater than $10 million to assist 1.9 million shelter pets, together with saving greater than 1.4 million rescued animals within the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Japan. It all began in 2011, when Skechers launched a motion to assist youngsters impacted by pure disasters and poverty—a trigger that has helped the Company donate greater than 16 million new pairs of footwear to children in additional than 60 international locations worldwide. To study extra about BOBS from Skechers’ dedication to creating a distinction, go to BOBSfromSkechers.com and observe the model on Facebook and Instagram.

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