It’s extremely easy to see a pair of wedges or trendy sandals online and impulsively click on “Buy now”. I think we’ve all had the apparel shipping nightmare where our desired package <i>finally</i> arrives to our homes after a long shipping wait, and we find that the shoes we told everyone about and hoped to wear by tomorrow are WAY too small!

The obvious answer would be to physically go shopping in a store or mall, but let’s face it, we don’t always have the time and patience to shop around and find the perfect shoe. What if we could shop online, know exactly where to find the shoe, and maybe even call ahead and have the shoes put on hold on a store really close to you?

Well, ladies and gents, the rising development of the Store Locator for businesses is becoming quite the useful tool for both business owners and shoppers. As a business owner, you can easily integrate and customize a store locator into your site that allows your visitors to see which stores around their GPS location currently carry your store’s products. Better yet, the locator page has all the contact information for the stores so they can find an address and a phone number, making it easier to find or call ahead.

Brand-Apps, is a new site dedicated to the growing trends between business and customer relation. You can also visit their Facebook page here.

Never worry about guessing or assuming your shoe size online again! After all, many brands’ sizes run differently, and you never truly know if the shoe is the perfect fit until you try it on. Businesses: Make it easier for your customers to shop accordingly!

So you want to know what is in style for high fashion foot wear in 2008. Well here is what I found: for the ladies it is all about straps and height. We are not talking about one or two straps it is more like five or six different sizes and shapes. Bold and beautiful and yes metallic is still in! All of the new spring collections are very sophisticated with a lot of modernism thrown in. They take you back to the 70’s or 80’s but they have a lot more style now then ever before. Paired with a grey or blue dress these shoes draw all the attention to them!

Ralph Lauren is not afraid of color and his new style incorporates bright pinks and yellows for spring 2008. These bright colors are added into his collection along with black to create his own modern style. Now you won’t catch me in these styles. I am still getting used to walking with a higher heel. Also I don’t think I even own anything that is bright yellow or pink. Maybe I need to step it up with my shoe style, but for right now I am happy. My next step is to purchase some pointy toed shoes that I can walk in!