ADVISORY/Karstadt Quelle AG to Market Hush Puppies Footwear in Germany.

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Wolverine World Wide Wolverine World Wide NYSE: WWW is a footwear manufacturer. They have their own brand, Wolverine Boots and Shoes, and also make footwear for other companies, such as Caterpillar and Harley-Davidson. Wolverine also makes shoes and boots for the military. Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange :WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web.

(World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) announced the appointment of Karstadt Quelle AG, Germany's premiere department store and catalog retailer, as the company's newest licensee for Hush Puppies Hush puppies may refer to:

The Basset Hound breed is sometimes called a Hush Puppy because it has become the mascot of the shoe brand with the same name (see below).

footwear. The agreement provides for the retail distribution of Hush Puppies shoes through 208 Karstadt Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and through Quelle, which has a circulation of more than 24 million catalogs reaching consumers in 13 European countries.

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