Below are the top five companies in the Footwear industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform.

CROCS (NASDAQ:CROX - Snapshot Report) ranks first with a gain of 2.1%; Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ:DECK - Analyst Report) ranks second with a gain of 2.08%; and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX - Analyst Report) ranks third with a gain of 1.68%.

Steven Madden (NASDAQ:SHOO - Snapshot Report) follows with a gain of 1.4% and NIKE (NYSE:NKE - Analyst Report) rounds out the top five with a gain of 0.57%.

SmarTrend currently has shares of CROCS in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on March 30, 2011 at $17.88. The stock has risen 41.7% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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As of Friday, 06-24-2011 23:59, the latest Comtex SmarTrendA? Alert,
an automated pattern recognition system, indicated a DOWNTREND on
05-03-2011 for SKX @ $18.50.

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