The USB now stands for Unofficial Sneaker Battle. With so many brands showing up, I’m beginning to see a lot of similarities. This has always happened in footwear, but sometimes brands share things in common with smaller lesser known brands and I feel like I should give you a heads up to give the smaller…
Puma SE stock price, stock quotes and financial overviews from MarketWatch. Source: Puma SE Puma SE $PMMAF Current Share $433.67 2017 Recap: Puma is a brand that I very rarely discuss on the site. When I do it’s about a person, not the brand (Rihanna). This affiliation and alignment with one person in my opinion has…
Originally posted on Housakicks I was going to write a post about the current market value of the Air Jordan 18 XVIII White Royal, but I stumbled upon a particular detail that changed the course of my post. To understand the current market value of a commodity, one must first study its availability. So my first homework…
Tennis champion Sloane Stephens, long with Under Armour, signs with Nike (Sergei Grits / AP picture) Source: Tennis champion Sloane Stephens, long with Under Armour, signs with Nike I’m beating a dead horse. Just after I wrote my analysis on Under Armour yesterday with a bit of hope although I stated clearly that UA had not…
So I set out to write something about the Westbrook Zero.1 and I made the mistake of going to check and see if Jordan Brand created an accompanying video for their Nike News post about the latest signature model from Jordan Brand. To check up on the video I went to YouTube which is quite…
Opening on January 4 at WHQ, the structure is home to some of the brand’s most exciting artwork. Source: Stash and More Paint Murals for Nike’s New NYC Garage Last year I spent as much time writing about the endeavors of adidas in the art community as I did writing about their footwear. The Three…
Under Armour $UA, $UAA Current Share $14.75/$15.92 2017 Recap: I was speaking with an analyst/writer for Benzinga and we were discussing Bitcoin and he asked me what I thought. I said I didn’t know enough, but if I had any money in pocket (which I don’t since I basically lost half a million a year ago)…
Originally posted on Housakicks I said a week ago that the Air Foamposite One QS Alternate Galaxy was a sign of things to come. When I say a sign of things to come, I’m referring to scarcity and Nike’s Edit To Amplify campaign. If you’re paying attention at all to the latest Air Force 1 sneakers that have dropped, you’ll definitely…
adidas AG ADR stock price, stock quotes and financial overviews from MarketWatch. Source: adidas AG ADR adidas $ADDYY Current Share $101.06 2017 Recap: 2017 was adidas’ year. Well actually from late 2016 to late 2017 was adidas’ year until Nike’s Investor’s Day laid out Nike’s forecast for how they would continue their growth heading towards their…
I know a lot of people probably made a lot more money than I did using StockX. One of my peers did 40,000 dollars this year. This was not a big business year for me as most of my energy was devoted to getting AHN up and running correctly. I said in my first…
Nike $NKE Current Share $63.49 2017 Recap: Nike saw it’s share prices dip as low as $50/share during 2017. The Swoosh was faced with a surging adidas and their own self inflicted problems. The investment into building the infrastructure for DTC and the accumulation of inventory due to pushing far too much product into the…
Originally posted on Housakicks When Jordan Brand first released the official pictures of the Air Jordan 1 Gatorade collection, I burst into laughter. The shoes reminded me of popsicles and I thought for sure that they were going to be an outlet commodity within a few months. But I’ve been very astonished with how well they…
Originally posted on Housakicks I’m really thrilled with Nike’s line up for 2018 and I have good reasons why. The Nike Air Foamposite One ‘Alternate Galaxy’, a derivative of the original Foamposite One Galaxy is a testament of things to come in the near future. The Air Foamposite One style was met with a lot of lukewarm responses…
Originally posted on Housakicks The simple principle of “Supply & Demand” was ignored by Nike as it pertained to the Nike Air More Uptempo and it eventually led to the demise of the shoe. I’ve been preaching for months now about how Nike has adulterated the Uptempos and my words have fallen on deaf ears. I expect to…
Kyrie Irving directs Nike Basketball’s new film, Find Your Groove. Highlighting the KYRIE 4, the spot features athletes Rob Gronkowski, Jayson Tatum and Jah Swish. Source: Kyrie Irving Finds His Groove in New Film I was going to come up with something profound, but after looking through the trending topic on Twitter that “Nike came…
Originally posted on Housakicks Nike’s new mission has been to directly reach the consumer without the help of a mediator, in other words do away with the wholesale distribution channel. I️ wrote earlier about Nike going the Costco route, see it in the link below Nike Is Going The Costco Route And It Makes Perfect Sense…
Originally posted on Housakicks It’s really interesting to see Jordan Brand planning on bringing a pair of Jordan 11 right before the Summer begins. The Retro 11’s are usually a holiday special, so to see them come as early as the month of May brings a lot of questions to mind. I might have not been…
#1 Saucony 5000 Bricks images via Saucony I know this is the most unlikely brand to land at the top of a top sneakers list. The ‘Bricks’ Saucony has the best level of detail I’ve ever seen in a sneaker. If you can show me a shoe that has the quality and craftsmanship, post it…
#2 Air Jordan 4 KAWS images via Solecollector I know the cost is high, but the KAWS has every element of my grading criteria. A dope story, premium materials, dope packaging and the ability to be a daily wear shoe based on color scheme and look. The most important element? It’s the Air Jordan 4…
#3 New Balance 247 Tokyo Rat images via Sneakernews When you talk about a shoe that changed the game this year the New Balance 247 was an obvious response to the NMD and in my opinion the variations delivered were comparable and actually better considering the cost and look of the CS and R2. The…
#4 Adidas Y-3 Qasa High Dark Green images via Packer This is an homage to the forefather of simple footwear movement. Y-3 was there before the Roshe and is the forefather of the NMD and Yeezy. It still remains one of the dopest shoes on the market. The difference between the other shoes listed and…
#5 Vans x Gore-Tex SK8-Hi MTE images via KITH This was the year that Vans moved from being a counter culture shoe primarily for the skate community, to crossing over into the “urban” market. When a brand becomes worn by more than one community the brand typically sees a serious spike in sales and that…
