Ultra lightweight and sleek style, the new F-LO Trainer is here to take your training to the next level. Source: F-LO – Khaki While many of the brands out there aren’t accomplishing what Allbirds has with multiple investors and a shout out from Silicon Valley, there are brands that are producing shoes that are on…
Design driven, performance high top gym sneakers for the freshest bodybuilders and fitness athletes who embrace the fitness lifestyle in and out of the gym. Source: The ultimate high top sneakers for bodybuilding and fitness training I need a body builder or serious weight training person to explain to me why this shoe needs to…
Amazon is falling into the same trap as GE. Or is it? Source: There’s precedent for Amazon competing with so many companies. It doesn’t end well. I know the chart above showing how Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods tanked the stock prices of grocery counterparts doesn’t quite fit a sports and sportswear website, but let…
Today the Curry 4 was slated to drop in a bigger way than the two previous limited releases. Now, I don’t know if it’s strategy or if the issue with shipping, but it’s rare for the type of promotion that happened for this October 27th drop to only have a release of the kid’s…
Originally posted on Housakicks We are beginning to witness the direct effects of the Nike DTC ( Direct To Consumer) campaign. A week ago I shared a post about Nike going the “COSTCO” route and I’ll quote myself, I seriously think this might result in Nike’s reducing its product prices at some point which will be…
Originally posted on Housakicks For those who aren’t aware of it, Nike’s investor day was yesterday, Wednesday October 26th and my good friend Chris from ARCH wrote an extensive report about it, you can read it in the article below. I know you guys have probably heard me mention the Nike DTC ( Direct To Consumer ) campaign…
Source: Reebok News Stream : REEBOK OPENS GLOBAL FLAGSHIP STORE AT NEW BOSTON HQ Building on the promise of the a better customer experience discussed by adidas NA Pres. Mark King, the Reebok store will be the home to an in store customization process for customers. Personalized shopping is the means by which every brand…
Note: I’m not an analyst or certified to discuss whether you should invest in a company. This information is based on my own analysis (which is often right) but should not be used to build your decisions in investing. That’s out of the way so let’s get to an analysis of what happened last quarter…
I was having a dialogue on a social platform about the information from today’s Investor’s Day. That dialogue dealt with the other side of the Nike turnaround taking place via the Consumer Direct Offense. I was introduced to a new site today that gives the employees who were laid off by Nike a voice (https://www.thelayoff.com/nike)….
Source: Nike Internal / 2017 NIKE, Inc. Investor Meeting Andy Campion opens the afternoon by reinforcing the fact that Nike is the #1 consumer brand. (This has to be in response to the multiple reports discussing adidas jumping Jordan.) Summary of Key Points and deeper perspective: Growth is never linear. During dynamic times many feel…
View the latest NKE stock quote and chart on MSN Money. Dive deeper with interactive charts and top stories of Nike Inc. While the market is busy buying shares of Nike because of the report on Investor’s Day, I’m busy sitting here with a look on my face that reads, “not surprised”. I’ve been writing…
Source: 2017 NIKE, Inc. Investor Meeting NOTE: My comments are in parenthesis. This will be updated as I edit the pictures to insert them in the transcription. Check back throughout the day. I transcribed the presentation as best as possible from the Investor Meeting Livestream. Please ask questions about any abbreviations you don’t understand. I…
Source: Run With the Mob: A$AP Ferg Reveals He is a Runner in the Latest adidas PureBOOST DPR A$AP Mob member Ferg’s recent connection with adidas does something that we seldom see in footwear and apparel and influencers: the promotion of fitness as a lifestyle. It’s common place to see athletes in random pictures maybe…
Source: NIKE, Inc. – Investor Relations – 2017 NIKE, INC. INVESTOR DAY Tomorrow is one of the most important days since the 2016 transition from Phil Knight as the leader of Nike. It’s important because the brand took the position of the bold athlete and made a goal of 50 billion a year by 2020….
Originally posted on Housakicks The green Air Jordan 6 Gatorade is set to officially release in early December; fake pairs have been out for quite some time now but without the backdrop of an official pair, it’s hard to do a comparison. Last week “Sam Group” released what I’m assuming are official pictures of the shoes…
Originally posted on Housakicks I’m sure many who read this title will get irritated, because as much as most want to claim they buy their sneakers independent of outside influences, we all know that isn’t true. We all have our preferences as it pertains to brands, colors, and style but for the most part, people wear…
Originally posted on Housakicks The Juice X Adidas Consortium NMD Racer is supposedly releasing in the Spring/Summer of 2018; the shoes were birthed out of a project with Adidas and trendy brand CLOT in conjunction with Japanese artist Madsaki. You can recognize Madsaki arts all over the uppers of the shoes which feature his signature Alienegra thorns…
As Aleali May launches her first Air Jordan 1, she returns to South Central to photograph her shoe with legendary Los Angeles photographer Estevan Oriol Source: Aleali May X Air Jordan 1: air.jordan.com In 2010 Aleali May launched her blog. At the time people were heavy into social media, but not so much that people…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals Winter AF 1.3 PK & AF 1.4 PK – Scarlet/Shock Purple First, I really don’t rock red and to be honest Red October themed shoes were beat into the ground so much that to see any red shoe became a turn off. In this situation though adidas may…
Got an invite to cover the Media Day for the Memphis Grizzlies’ G League team the Memphis Hustle. I got a chance to rap with players about what they will be wearing during the season and what the guys were wearing for media day. It was a very informal event but a cool experience. Check…
Big shout out to Geoff Langham for inviting me out to the Grizzlies G League Memphis Hustle Media Day. It was cool to be given the same consideration as traditional local media outlets from CBS and ABC to 929ESPN at the Fed Ex Forum Practice Facility. This was my first professional media day from the…
Source: FDRA | Footwear Consumer Report 2017 I contemplated writing the title. I initially thought of stating that this is the most comprehensive article online in regard to footwear demographics. Ultimately my internal argument settled on what I thought was eye catching in this discussion: Black People and the amount we spend on footwear. FDRA…
