Source: adidas Originals Releases Original Is Never Finished | 2018 Film I hate that I come in at the end of a project, or at the launch of it, to give my criticism or praise. Last year adidas was my shining star in marketing and the growth adidas experienced was as much about the…
New Balance #111 on the Forbes America’s Largest Private Companies List Source: New Balance on the Forbes America’s Largest Private Companies List New Balance is a Private Company. (Private companies are not on the stock market. If you don’t understand this, ask and I will explain. A company has to have an IPO and then…
#20 Clarks Trigenic Evo Cola images via Clarks If anyone has had a chance to listen to my recent podcast with the Shoe-In-Show crew you know I’m a Wu-Tang fan and I’m crazy about Clarks. Wallabees stay in the rotation. This shoe has taken me away from Wallabees and on to another style from the…
I was reading a post and a series of tweets from a prominent sneaker analyst (Matt Powell of NPD Group) who stated that the sneaker industry is suffering from too much information about releases being available. The analyst also stated that the scarcity model is the reason why sneaker retail was once so dominant. The…
Originally posted on Housakicks I️ decided to do a little bit of scouting on Black Friday. My main objective was to see what kind of traffic stores were getting. My guinea pig was Lakeforest Mall in Montgomery County, Maryland. Upon arrival I️ was able to pull in the 5th parking space from the mall entrance which…
Source: adidas Originals EQT Refill Pack adidas has been on a roll. The brand has taken over the premier wall space in retail outlets and in sneaker circles the resale on an adidas BOOST product outpaces Jordan Brand. Collector’s continue to get excited by GR drops like the black Japan NMD and the brand believes…
Morgan Stanley upgraded Foot Locker to overweight from underweight in expectation the shoe retailer has an edge over Amazon.com in the high-end market. pic Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Source: Foot Locker can beat back Amazon, Morgan Stanley says; upgrades stock In the source article on CNBC analysts are upgrading FTL stock based…
High school athletes who tended to focus on one sport were 50 percent more likely to get hurt than those who hadn’t specialized. Injuries included ankle sprains, knee tendonitis, and stress fractures. Source: Young Athletes Who Specialize Too Soon Risk More Injuries : Shots – Health News : NPR I don’t want to completely let…
Source: adidas Originals NMD Apparel FW17 I know the title suggests that NMD isn’t a part of adidas Originals. I need to clarify a bit. adidas will begin to create apparel that carries the familiar style of the NMD. The NMD has become one of adidas’ top selling shoes and since the model really isn’t…
New changes at Nike include a 2% cut to its global workforce. Meanwhile, one analyst says stores are “likely canceling” Under Armour product orders. Source: Nike To Shrink Workforce As Stores Seen ‘Canceling’ Under Armour | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis – IBD As information broke this morning on layoffs looming at Nike, Elaine…
Foot Locker blamed delayed income tax returns for sluggish sales early in Q1 that weren’t made up later in the quarter and reported results that missed forecasts.Estimates: EPS virtually unchanged at $1.38, with revenue edging up 1.4% to $2.015 billion.Results: EPS of $1.36 on revenue of $2. Source: Foot Locker Stock Plunges As Q1 Earnings,…
ASICS announces the opening of the ASICS Tiger brand concept store on Garosugil Road in Seoul’s Sinsa-dong area on April 7, as well as the re-opening of the Onitsuka Tiger flagship store in Seoul’s Myeongdong special district on April 27. ASICS is quietly having a fantastic year. While all of the attention has been heaped…
On Wednesday, Adidas ADDYY stock is up almost 9% to $91.90 per share in afternoon trading. The German sportswear giant soared after posting strong. Source: Adidas (ADDYY) Stock Jumps 9% on Strong Earnings and Upbeat Guidance – Nasdaq.com Influencers and analysts are all saying they saw this adidas growth coming. They are all laying the success…
Source: Behind the Design: SF AF-1. Nike+ SNKRS If you’re like me and the 90s remain a constant influence on your life, then you probably also have every Wu Tang album and you still rock Clarks. My current Clarks actually have a Vibram outsole. The crepe sole will always remind me of dying something blue…
Athletes may start a new form of resistance. Source: Activist athletes pose an ‘unprecedented’ threat to sponsor brands This morning Kevin Plank attempted another gesture towards the potential buyers of Under Armour gear, by running a full page explanation of the company’s position on his Trump comments. No one reads. I mean that in the…
Source: Latest adidas Originals Selection at size? – size? blog I chose a picture of this backpack to establish how subtle and cool this collection that just dropped in the UK is. adidas Originals abroad is more than just Boost and NMD, although there is a EQT Boost in this collection. I do think that…
Originally posted on Housakicks The Under Armour UA Curry 3 Flight Jacket just made me scratch my head again; I can easily rank the curry 3 as one of the best performance shoes of 2016, but UA poor marketing campaign ill-matched the efficiency of the shoes. The curry 1 & 2 had very strong stories behind…
The maker of sports apparel continues to put out new styles in new categories, helping to drive the brand’s market share opportunity forward. Here’s how UA could blow right past previous sales goals. Source: How Under Armour Could Sprint Past Its Footwear Sales Goals — The Motley Fool Under Armour isn’t sprinting past anything anymore….
Originally posted on Housakicks My good friend Chris from ARCH has been flaming Under Armour for their poor marketing strategies; the Curry 3 marketing has been almost non existent. I have come across two colorways of the Curry 3 and didn’t even know when they released. The brand needs to borrow a thing or two from…
As December winds down expect to see an endless stream of data on Q4 2016. My analysis for Q4 will be based on the AHN Data and I will begin to gather that in the next week along with the Housakicks site and share my predictions on 2017 and where I see the major footwear…
One of the guys I most admire in kicks lives in Memphis. When some people talk about collectors today it’s about guys who have a collection that reflects recent hype. Sneakerking of Memphis though… M. Morgan is hands down one of the dopest collectors in the country. He’s not hyped on websites or on YouTube with…
Who’s winning the fastest growing market in sportswear? We hit the gym to find out. Photographer: Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images Source: There’s a Crossfit War Being Fought Over Your Feet – Bloomberg When I made my CG097III I tried to brand it as a shoe that could be used as a Crossfit shoe. I utilized heavy…
