The Viability of Reshoring Sneakers Expands and leads to a Revolutionary Sneaker Collab | COMUNITYmade x KX Lab Molino Knit

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COMUNITYmade KX Lab Reshoring: the practice of transferring a business operation that was moved overseas back to the country from which it was originally relocated Sneaker media is weighed down by the constant releases by Nike and the larger brands. Sneaker culture is driven by Jordans and Yeezy. On this site, there are over 1300…

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How a Precedent Contributes to a New Lawsuit for Made in The USA by New Balance 

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New Balance sneakers marketed as Made in USA may have up to 30 percent of its parts made in China and abroad. (Reference 1) On 12/20/2021 Cristostomo filed a Property – Personal Property Fraud lawsuit against New Balance Athletics, Inc. This case was filed in U.S. District Courts, Massachusetts District. The case status is Pending – Other Pending….

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Building a Custom Shoe with COMUNITYmade: Part 7 | Repair & Hiatus due to COVID-19 Social Distancing

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Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video I show the process of the cobbler beginning the repair of my custom shoes from COMUNITYmade. Noah sent me pictures of the process last week prior to the shutdown of stores in California to maintain social distancing as the unknowns around COVID-19 are too great. I did my best to…

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Building a Custom Shoe with COMUNITYmade: Part 6 | Attention to Detail and Honesty is Dope

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  Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ The process of creating a custom Traction from COMUNITYmade has been a fantastic process. This week my shoe was supposed to ship, but Noah hit me up to tell me that the toebox counter was created incorrectly and didn’t capture the shape of the Traction. He sent me pictures of the shoe…

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Building a Custom Shoe with COMUNITYmade: Part 4 | Cut & Sew In the Workshop

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Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video Noah introduces me to Richard who is the cobbler/fabricator of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. We get a look at the process of taking the fabric and preparing for the last before the shoe is adhered to the outsole. This…

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Building a Custom Shoe with COMUNITYmade | Cost Breakdown and Material Selection Part 2

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  Part 1: https://arch-usa.com/building-a-custo In the previous video with Noah from COMUNITYmade we laid out the steps it would take to go from conception to actual product. In this video we take the time to talk about, 0:30 The Cost of a COMUNITYmade shoe vs the cost of shoes made in China 1:58 Minimum Wage…

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