International: Feb. 23, 2001

Skechers USA Inc., the lifestyle footwear company based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., has announced plans to open stores in London, Dusseldorf and Paris; the London flagship store, located on Oxford Street, is set to open on March 1, with Dusseldorf to follow in mid-March and Paris scheduled to open in late spring; all three stores will be approximately 3,000 square feet in size and will follow the design concepts and color schemes of the existing Skechers stores on Universal CityWalk in Universal City, near Los Angeles, and on 34th Street in New York City.