Style and comfort in a state-of-the-art heel design for the fashion forward woman. Source: Christopher Coy Collection – For the Fashion Forward Woman Question: What does a Jordan head, former college basketball player and shoe designer who won awards designing shoes for Nike at Pensole do when they have the chance to create their own…
Learn about Under Armour’s ever-growing roster of sponsored & endorsed athletes & teams. With elite talent from every sport, we’re just getting started! Source: Under Armour Athlete & Team Roster | US Under Armour is going through a bit of an identity crisis and it’s created by a lack of confidence by designers and a poorly…
The court, created in partnership with the New York City Parks and Recreation Dept., is located at Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Source: Nike Opens New York MADE: Stanton Street Courts by KAWS Memphis has its version of outdoor courts located by a police station on Mt. Moriah. Bounce Magazine’s Sean Couch once visited the courts….
100% authentic brand new in the original box is the NMD_ R1 in made wool featuring Boost cushion.
Originally posted on Housakicks In a blink of an eye, the playoffs 9’s have become the Air Jordan 9 IX Retro OG Space Jam. This is exactly what happens when a shoe is retroed so many times. JB feels the need to alter its nickname just to throw us off. I understand MJ rocked these Jordan…
Source: The Most Popular U.S. Brands In China This isn’t exactly a detailed post. It’s just a click through, but it’s kind of a surprise. The company that is Made in the USA (well partially made in the USA) is the 3rd largest U.S. brand in China. That’s actually amazing when you consider it is…
Basketball sneakers became more than just shoes with the explosion of Nike and Michael Jordan. Following that rise came sneaker-related crime and violence. Former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury is trying to change the game with a $15 sneaker. Source: The Rise Of Nike — And One Former NBA Player Trying To Change Sneaker Culture |…
Crafting the latest trends in global footwear used to be the pride of U.S. shoe industry workers, but most of those jobs left long ago for Asia. Now, the American sneaker factory could be coming back — with robots doing most of the work. Source: Is sneaker production making a return run to the US?…
Source: Sneakernomics: The Election’s Potential Impact on Footwear Sales NPD Group is beginning to discuss the potential outcome of a Trump White House on the footwear industry. I’ve been writing about it for a while here on ARCH, but with Matt Powell bringing attention to this, it will get legs and run. First, I need…
More than $300 million in cash and merchandise will flow from sportswear giants Nike, Adidas and Under Armour to university athletic departments this year. Here’s where the money will go. Source: See how much your university gets from Nike, Adidas or Under Armour (Database with 2016 updates) – Portland Business Journal I’m finding the information…
Originally posted on Housakicks Oh boy, just when I thought Steph was having a quiet season, I wake up this morning with my news feed saturated with his record breaking performance flicks against the Pelicans of Anthony Davis. Today is Election Day, shouldn’t folks be concerned with who becomes our President for the next four years?…
The store emphasizes personalized service and is a template for future Nike retail locations. Source: Nike (NYSE: NKE) opens next-generation store in Soho (Photos) – Portland Business Journal Matthew Kish just reported on the opening of a SoHo store by Nike. Unlike any other Nike space the sneaker world has seen, this shop creates…
Release date is Nov. 13, 2016 at a retail price of $150. There was a time when the OG Griffey 1 garnered crazy dollars in the resale market. That time wasn’t very long ago, but times have changed. The Griffey got bastardized by Nike and ended up in Nike Outlets. Until recently when the Hall…
The owner of footwear brands Bogs, Nunn Bush, Florsheim and Stacy Adams said its third-quarter revenues were $79.1 million. Source: Weyco Sales & Profits Decline in Q3 | Footwear News I may not be an industry insider, but I’ve been saying over and over that companies are missing the boat on my generation of footwear…
Source: Nike+ SNKRS. Release Dates & Launch Calendar This is not a regular “Should You Buy to Flip?” Yesterday I shared this post from the CNBC website about how the basketball market has already begun to rebound. I then shared the information with industry leading stat company NPD Group and Matt Powell. He immediately wrote…
This video is classic 80’s and is a perfect representation of the technology. Yeah, it’s 3 minutes of your life, but I really do like the idea of the brand establishing its longevity while touting the technology that has made them one of the most successful running shoe companies. It’s cheesy, but kinda dope.
Originally posted on Housakicks It seems like it has been a recurring thing now for Nike to keep changing the original release date of its sneakers- first it was the Cyber Monday 3 and now the Nike Air Foamposite One XX OG Royal. The Royal Foamposite were originally dropped in 1997 for Penny Hardaway, a then…
Foot Locker reported an acceleration in sales from the first quarter. Source: Foot Locker shares jump 11 percent as basketball shoe sales regain footing A few days ago I wrote this post: 10 NBA Stories That Will Repair The Broken Basketball Sales Machine. My goal was to state that basketball sales have a real chance to…
Most of the information regarding sneaker sales on this site comes from Matt Powell when I’m not using my own research, or my shop as a microcosm of the market. In his article Sneakernomics Matt Powell had to triangulate the numbers based on Campless data (now StockX) to account for the number of sneakers sold in…
Since it’s election day and I have to prepare to stand in a long line, I’m doing an election themed sneaker post to give you options on which sneaker stock you could buy. Like our real election I’m limiting you to three options. Like our election, they all have serious flaws. I’m pulling info from…
This was a series of tweets yesterday that sparked the question below: Tweet A: The shoes that are resold are very limited edition shoes. That’s what drives the resale. so resale can have no impact on primary market Tweet B: Sneaker heads will never understand just how niche their world is… Tweet A: Resale has…
In May of this year Footlocker reported on the decline in basketball sales. This trend has continued into the 3rd Quarter with basketball actually killing margins across the board. I have seen first hand the reduction in sales as my online shop was based primarily on Nike Basketball and over the past two years, I’ve…
