It's gotta be the shoes

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:22 a.m. January 23, 2014
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A Sarasota firm with U.S. distribution rights for Blackstone shoes, a popular canvas-style brand in Europe, found some unusual partners for its latest marketing initiative: Retired basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal and the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.

 

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