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Converse Rubber Tracks Pop-Up Studio and Special Concert Series Launch in the Bay Area NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CONVERSE Inc. announced it will launch its first ever Converse Rubber Tracks pop-up studio in San Francisco from May 20 - June 16, offering local musicians the opportunity to record for free. Converse will also present Converse Rubber Tracks Live in San Francisco, a free bi-monthly concert series that will launch in August. Coinciding with...

EVENT TO TAKE PLACE MARCH 13 - 16 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The FADER FORT, firmly established as the spot to see live music during the 2013 SXSW Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, announces the return of its 4-day event, "The FADER FORT Presented by Converse", in its 12(th) year in Austin. This is the second year The FADER and Converse Inc. will bring their partnership to Austin as an official SXSW event, presenting today's most innovative...

Converse Rubber Tracks Pop Up Studio Offers Texas Bands Free Recording Opportunity NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CONVERSE Inc. announces the Converse Rubber Tracks experience will return to Austin, TX for the 2013 SXSW Music and Media Conference. This year, Converse has extended the recording time to two weeks, offering Texas bands the opportunity to record for free, March 4-15 as part of its expanded brand experience. Converse will...

NEW YORK and LONDON, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Funds advised by Apax Partners ("Apax"), a global private equity firm, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cole Haan LLC, a leading designer and retailer of premium footwear and related accessories, from NIKE, Inc. for $570 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in early 2013. Cole Haan, headquartered in New York, is an iconic American designer and retailer of premium...

The Swanx, the largest hand-painted footwear company in the US, teams up with local high school students to inspire and create bully awareness designs to be hand-painted on Converse Chuck Taylor shoes in support of PACER, a national non-profit organization for bully prevention. Puyallup, WA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012 The Swanx hand-painted footwear company was founded in 2008 by a husband and wife team who discovered an untapped niche in the shoe market. Since that November day, The Swanx...

CONVERSE, Texas, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SmileBest Dental & Orthodontics opens a fifth Texas location this month in Converse, bringing affordable, high-quality dental care to the farther reaches of suburban San Antonio. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120322/LA74525LOGO) The Converse SmileBest Dental office in northeast Bexar County is operated by Dr. Soumava Sen, D.D.S., and joins locations in Euless, Carrollton, San Antonio and Garland. The fast-growing...

LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TY KU, one of the world's best premium sake and naturally low calorie spirits producers, has named FILTER Creative Group of Los Angeles, as their creative marketing agency of record for both their sake and spirits line of beverages. FILTER Creative Group will oversee all creative direction and marketing strategy for the premium TY KU brand, including digital, experiential and event marketing, as well as celebrity and music lifestyle...

LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) today, Microsoft Corp. and NIKE Inc. ushered in a new era of home fitness, unveiling "Nike+ Kinect Training" only on Kinect for Xbox 360. Featuring Nike trainers who work with some of the company's top athletes, "Nike+ Kinect Training" is a custom training program rooted in elite Nike fitness and specifically designed to help athletes of all levels reach their potential in the comfort of their own...

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thrasher Magazine and Aurasma, the world's leading augmented reality platform, are partnering to bring augmented reality technology to the promotions around Thrasher and CONVERSE's five-day Death Match skating and music event at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin Texas. Using the free Aurasma Lite app for iPhones, iPads and high-powered Android devices, SXSW attendees and skating fanatics can launch the 2012 Death Match...

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CONVERSE Inc. announces that it will bring the Converse Rubber Tracks experience from Brooklyn, NY - where the flagship music studio is based - to Austin, TX for this year's SXSW Music and Media Conference (March 13 - 17). At SXSW, Converse will provide local artists the opportunity to record at its "Converse Rubber Tracks in Austin" pop-up studio and present several showcases such as the "The Filter and Converse Rubber...