The AJ II “Decon” keeps its 1986 roots but trades leather for three rich shades of premium suede. Source: Nike News – Air Jordan II Decon: The First Luxury Basketball Sneaker Gets Deconstructed Just for the sake of this post I will clarify that the Jordan 2 is my favorite Jordan. When I was in…
Left to Right: Jeffrey Wong, General Manager of ASICS China, Hilda Chan, Managing Director of ASICS Greater China and Seiji Hori, Marketing General Manager, Global Lifestyle Division of ASICS Corporation attended the ribbon cutting ceremony SOURCE Sneakerheads, it’s a loaded term. In the US where sneaker culture originated on the back of Hip-Hop, it’s a term…
Source: LinkedIn Top Companies 2017: Where the world wants to work now | Daniel Roth | Pulse | LinkedIn LinkedIn is one of the most efficient methods of connecting to the people in positions to potentially land you a job at one of the places on your “Dream List”. The social media site is unlike…
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,…
Representing a 10-year evolution in Kevin Durant’s journey, his tenth signature shoe features both heel-to-toe Flyknit and Zoom Air. The KD10 launches May 26. Source: Nike News – KD10: More than Meets the Eye Nike has always been linked to its athletes unlike any other sports brand in history. At the heart of every…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : NMD_CS2 Is it me or does any oldhead who sees this shoe gets reminded of the And1 slip-on from the early 2000’s? It doesn’t matter how dope the Boost Tech is, I really can’t get around the aesthetics of this shoe. It’s basically a chukka with an athletic outsole. I…
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…
The latest ACG apparel launches May 18 at NikeLab.com and in NikeLab doors. Source: Nike News – NikeLab’s SU17 ACG Collection Speaks Volumes While adidas has completely transformed the sportswear industry by storming forward, Nike has been attempting to repair the gaps they left open that allowed the Three Stripes to jump back into contention…
Runtastic CEO Florian Gschwandtner puts his suit and tie in the closet and encourages workwear that reflects your lifestyle. Source: Athleisure: Here to Stay I used Runtastic prior to it being acquired by adidas. It was a great app that allowed me to monitor my workouts and quickly share whatever stats I had to social…
In back to back weeks Under Armour has been the brand behind two of the biggest boxing matches in the last few years. While boxing is a niche sport and many people have abandoned the sweet science for MMA and UFC, when you get fighters like Alvarez who beat Chavez Jr. last night and…
Athletic apparel inspired by the Ball Brothers. We sell mens wear, womens wear, hats, sweatshirts, hoodies. Source: Big Baller Brand I attempt to keep this website above the fray. I don’t like to delve into clickbait topics and I try my best to discuss real business and marketing aspects. My business depends on this as…
Adidas aims to sell more than a half-billion per year by 2020. At the heart of that effort is a decades-old shoe named after a retired tennis player who hasn’t won a major singles tournament since 1980. Source: Adidas Wants to Copy the Stan Smith Success Story Richard Weiss released this source post on Bloomberg…
CLAE SPRING 2017 MENS FOOTWEAR Source: CLAE I often return to CLAE when I feel that I’m covering the same brands over and over. While there is zero acknowledgement from the brand for my short posts, I still think it’s important to remind you out there that other brands are on trend and creating classic…
DICK’S Sporting Goods Launches Compression Brand Second Skin to Serve the Training Needs of High Intensity Athletes Building off the success of brands such as CALIA by Carrie Underwood, Field & Steam and Walter Hagen, DICK’S continues to expand its private brand offering PR Newswire PITTSBURGH, April 20, 2017 PITTSBURGH, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DICK’S…
Source: Under Armour Announces Nomination of Jerri L. DeVard to Board of Directors (NYSE:UAA) Ahead of the April 27th Conference Call for the 1Q 2017, Under Armour is ensuring that they are making some changes that inspire confidence in the direction of the company. The first quarter featured a very heated political issue for the…
Marketing has to be more subversive and less direct. Marketing has to occur where the people are already or where they are going to be. This is why television is having a difficult time with navigating the digital arena where brands are no longer willing to pay for ads that run during television shows that…
This game used to be played in Memphis, but now it’s in Portland. Team USA handled the World in the annual Nike Hoop Summit. City League Hoops brings us the coverage. Not a lot of “basketball” here, just a lot of Team USA dunking on the World. Watching this reminds me that if the…
Bodega is pleased to announce SERIES (184 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA) – a new retail concept which examines the intersection of art & design, sports, c Source: Series by Bodega: A New Way of Retailing Bodega has always been a cultural hub, instead of a retail space. In the new retail environment when stores are…
Nike continues to do what they should have done with the Flyknit Racer when it initially released, get people interested in the shoe again. It’s not that the Flyknit Racer isn’t a strong shoe for the brand, it’s just that the luster is gone. As I’ve stated over and over adidas is controlling the performance…
I really like doing these SYBTF posts on Nike’s SNKRS page. Let me explain how these work. I’m not doing an analysis to check and see what shoes you should be preparing to flip. What I do here is look at the sneakers above the fold. Usually there are 48 pair of shoes above the…
I have to admit that I really dig Under Armour. They are the epitome of a company that feels like me living in Memphis and watching the Grit and Grind era of the Grizzlies (UA had Mike Conley and underutilized him in a Nike run city). Under Armour is the upstart company that kicked in…
Five students from Domus Academy, Central Saint Martins and Parsons School of Design explore the concept of walking on air. Source: The Vision-AIRS: Experiments in Style Yesterday I discussed the Nike Kyrie Signature line’s current success in a poor performance market. If Basketball Sales Are Dead Why Is The Kyrie Selling? This Vision-Airs video and…
