LOS ANGELES ( August 26, 2016) – Last night, adidas Originals and Urban Outfitters hosted an immersive concert experience in celebration of the ‘We the Future’ collaborative campaign. This spe Source: adidas Originals and Urban Outfitters Celebrate ‘We The Future’ Campaign While I seem to be focused solely on Kanye as the reason for adidas’…
I’ve been doing a lot of analysis on the sneaker brands. The majority of my discussion has been on the push of each individual brand to gain more traction with DTC sales. I’ve also discussed how the brands are adjusting and adapting to the shift in the sneaker buying habits of the masses. What I’ve…
The Nike Roshe Two Flyknit is available via the Nike Tech Book in all markets besides North America on August 25. It will be available in the SNRKS App, at global retailers and via the Nike Tech Book in North America on September 1. Source: Nike News – The Comfort Credo When the Roshe dropped…
Next Tuesday I have to do an Insider Ties and I think what I will get into is the stream of Flagship Stores popping up from various brands and what this means to Nike. First, what is a flagship store? From Reference.com: The most successful flagship stores share common key elements. Each store is usually the…
I have to give a shout out to my guy Tayib at Housakicks.com who brought Nikes and Jordans on Wal-Mart to my attention a couple of months ago. I had been approached by Wal-Mart in 2015 as part of a beta-test for a Seller Central styled marketplace for Wal-Mart. A few months ago, actually it may…
Source: adidas Will Open Atlanta-Based Facility to Make Shoes in America Huge, huge, huge, news. Click the source link to read more, but yesterday I filmed an Insider Ties about how adidas is effing up the game. Now further evidence that adidas is making the biggest push into the US market that it ever has…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals – Color BOOST NMD FW16 I know it’s been covered on multiple websites, but adidas has finally created color Boost. This could be a game changer especially when the traditionally gift buying time of the third quarter begins. Nike is attempting to stack Black Friday and Christmas with…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals- The Last Encore Adidas is making sure that they don’t rely solely on the bump that Kanye has provided by staying tightly linked to Hip-Hop. Nike made abundantly clear that they are not pursuing the push towards linking with emcees. They are an athletic company. Adidas recently…
If you like reading the articles on Insider Ties, I’ve decided to take it a little further by creating the Insider Ties YouTube show. Here is the playlist below. You can subscribe by visiting the YT page or just watch below. Let me know what you think of course. If you click through each video…
Drawing inspiration from the California coast and designed for players from across the globe participating in adidas Nations, the three stripes introduce the 2016 adidas Nations Collection featuring C Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Nations Pack Adidas keeps pushing the boundaries with their footwear as they begin to surge past Nike in hype. The…
adidas Originals offers a brand new treatment of its ZX FLUX ADV Virtue silhouette for the summer, exclusive for women. Perfectly complementing the left-field design language of the ZX FLUX ADV Virtue Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Originals – ZX FLUX ADV Virtue PK This new ZX Flux is taking advantage of the hype…
Portland, July 11, 2016 – Today adidas gives BOOST™ a bold new look by introducing it in color for the first time. Available in red and black, the highly anticipated color update to BOOST offers runne Source: adidas changes the look of energy running as BOOST is launched in Color adidas is making sure to…
Source: adidas and Kanye West Make History with Transformative New Partnership adidas + KANYE WEST Well damn! I mean everyone in the sneaker industry knew that Yeezy has completely transformed the level of cool of adidas in the US and abroad, but this takes the relationship where Nike would have never taken it. While…
Portland, Ore., February 9, 2016 – adidas today introduces Avenue A, a quarterly women-only subscription service that offers a curated box containing premium running and training products. Avenue A im Source: adidas Delivers Fashion and Function With Subscription-Based Avenue A Yesterday I posted an article about New Balance’s new distribution center for the fulfillment of…
Find release dates and info for the Air Jordan 8 Retro Source: Air Jordan 8 Retro “Confetti” – Release Date. Nike.com I’m doing something a little different with this post. Usually my Insider Ties are just showing what’s releasing. I’m going to take a different approach by predicting what the resell value of this shoe…
In a bold new approach to a classic silhouette, adidas Originals presents a contemporary take on the Stan Smith model for summer with a brand new material makeup. Following the Stan Smith’s winnin Source: adidas Originals – Stan Smith Leather Sock Pack Simple, subtle, cool and stylish. The classic Stan Smith comes from adidas in…
Source: adidas Enables Athletes to Break into the Zone with AlphaBOUNCE It’s this type of design that makes me want to make ARCH a brand in name only. When I see a shoe like this that features updated tech that is based on minimalist running… I think to myself I can’t expand on that so…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : Crazylight 2016: adidas Unveils Ultimate Low-Top Basketball Shoe Adidas is continuing to build on the momentum of non-athlete Yeezy’s releases by infusing the new line of the feather light basketball shoe the Crazylight with full length Boost cushioning. With all of the guys dropping out of the upcoming Olympics, James…
Source: adidas NEWS STREAM : adidas Eurocamp Announces 2016 Player Roster If you’re like me, the NBA Draft always leads to disappointment, except last year (I’m a Knicks fan who lives in Memphis… it is what it is). Every year we gear up for the draft and inevitably, my hometown team gets it wrong and…
Typically I write these posts in a very long and detailed manner. This time just the facts. 1. In January I had 200 pair of shoes remaining in inventory. I started questioning the company. 2. I gave myself an ultimatum on Feb 1st. Half of the inventory had to be sold before I would consider…
