Connecting to konbini (premium Japanese convenience stores) brings product to consumers with greater ease than ever before. Source: Nike News – Inside Nike.com Japan’s New Delivery Service One of the primary reasons NDC/DTC has been able to grow so rapidly for Nike is because in the US Nike’s primary shipping is done out of Memphis….
The Air Jordan V is the ultimate representation of flight, on and off the court. Source: Nike News – Air Jordan V: Five For Fall Jordan Brand has been on a slide lately, or has it? I think in the sneaker world we have become so used to a shoe dropping and selling out immediately…
Visit NikeInc.com for more information Source: NIKE, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Even with the amazing growth of adidas this past year Nike hasn’t slowed down… well they have slowed down in North America, but Nike’s international sales picked up the slack and my long time discussion point DTC saw…
As traditional stores close, the sneaker giant reversed course and made a deal to sell on the site, seeking more control of pricing and display. Source: How Nike Capitulated to Amazon After Years of Resistance Last year I made a prediction that didn’t come to pass. The link to that article is below. This article…
Tradition and progress have always performed a precarious balancing act in fashion. To get to the next stage in design, there can’t help but be a break with … Source: Bodega x END. x Adidas Consortium “Patchwork” I’ve seen about a thousand posts on why adidas is gaining ground on Nike. Everyone, even myself, has…
Jordan Brand celebrates Russell Westbrook’s historic MVP season. Source: Nike News – MVP: Why Not? Let me be the first to say this is not a post bashing Westbrook. If you’re looking for that go elsewhere. Russell is the type of player I would have loved to coach. He works harder than anyone on the…
ASICS under its Onitsuka Tiger brand continues to release collabs that are thought provoking and artistic. In Paris this past spring the annual collaboration of ASICS and ANREALAGE MONTE Z” with ANREALAGE (Anriareiji) was dropped and the highlight of the design was the Kimono inspired lacing system. What wasn’t noticeable was the AR features which could…
It seems Under Armour ($UAA) in the last year has made it routine that right before a quarterly report they make an addition to the top tier of their company. Traditionally any shake up or addition is a move to inspire confidence in a brand. Adding a former executive of VF Corp and Aldo appears…
Source: Flightclub.cn The annual holiday drop used to be a rights of passage for sneakerheads. Jordan Brand has switched things up a bit. Last year there were more than enough Space Jam 11s dropped, so many that there weren’t any lines anywhere and there were pairs still around after the release date. It signaled a…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas and James Harden Unveils Harden LS adidas has done everything right this year, almost. Basketball remains an elusive category, but I actually have looked at this in detail and I finally realized why basketball hasn’t become a staple as it was in the past: comfort. Basketball performance has always…
Source: New Balance and Stance Debut the “ALL TIME” Pack, Celebrating Elite Runners New Balance stopped short of going with the GOAT acronym and instead opted to shorten the nickname to All Time. Stance and New Balance have an ongoing collab and with these drops it appears that the private labels are taking on the…
The Adidas Originals “Original Is Never Finished” campaign earned the Entertainment for Music Grand Prix. Source: Adidas Bests Nike for Entertainment Lions Music Grand Prix I wrote an extended discussion on why adidas has been making moves a few months back. I noticed everyone was relying on BOOST and NMD as the reason Nike has…
Originally posted on Housakicks If there is one thing Nike has always excelled in, it would be innovation. The brand never stops finding ways to come up with better products for its athletes, mainly to enhance performance and comfort. And in most instances, those products make a transition from the athletes to the general public. Adidas…
Source: Talk of Nike selling directly on Amazon – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) | Seeking Alpha This morning Seeking Alpha analyst Clark Schultz posted that Nike might be looking to sell on Amazon. My immediate response was “Hell No.” My secondary response was, “Nah son!” My final response was that I’m very rarely wrong and when…
Originally posted on Housakicks As much as Nike talks about the edit and amplify strategy, the brand has yet to actually really implement it. The amount of boring, dull and unexciting colorways of Jordan Retros that have dropped lately testify to what I’m saying . The Jordan 13 low “pure money” is already on sale for…
Housakicks TV dropped a really interesting question on me and we created a video discussing why starting a consignment shop is not a good idea anymore. He also explains how Flight Club may be the last of its kind because the consignment shop has been disrupted by apps like GOAT and websites like StockX. It’s…
This fall, Jordan Brand reimagines, recreates and reintroduces iconic silhouettes that celebrate Air Jordan style on and off the court. Source: Nike News – JORDAN BRAND Unveils Select Retro Styles for the Fall Season There are a lot of kicks in this post and the last time I attempted to analyze the spring drops in…
Source: ASICS Tiger United States If I were to sit down and do an analysis of companies and then make a prediction on which companies are performing well based on their understanding of marketing and content, ASICS would rival adidas and I wouldn’t hesitate to think that their sales match the level of emphasis they’ve…
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth ever gave,Awaits alike the inevitable hour.The paths of glory lead but to the grave Source: Bodega x Asics Gel-Mai ‘Underground’ Bodega continues its assault on how footwear is sold in a retail environment. Take note smaller shops. This video is…
PHOTOS: SUE KWON Do the Right Thing exemplifies Spike Lee’s unwavering passion for storytelling. First released in the summer of 1989, the film now serves… Source: SPIKE LEE + JORDAN – 1989 TO ‘FLY 89’. air.jordan.com Although Jordan Brand has basically killed resale and the hype that goes along with every release, they do understand…
Again with the 2s and again with my side eye in regard to the 2s. There is a difference this time though. Jordan is actually dropping a pack and it doesn’t cost 500 bones! That is great news for the reselling crew as there is room in each shoe to actually turn a profit….
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Lifts Off with Crazy Explosive 17 Basketball Shoe There is a constant discussion on how performance footwear remains sluggish as retro and casual make up the bulk of sales. This discussion is reinforced with data, but the data appears to me to be made up of labels without a…
