With the upcoming Black Footwear Forum, I decided to check in on Timberland a VF Corp company, to see if the brand had remained true to their Announcement to Improve Racial Equity within the company: https://www.vfc.com/news/press-release/1750/vf-corporation-announces-new-programs-and-actions-to What I found is one of the best stories of the year in the sneaker industry. The company has…
Source: Under Armour Is Encouraging Basketball, Health & Diversity In Urbana (MD), The Scrubs In Memphis, we don’t have as many places to hoop as we used to. As the city has grown and suburban sprawl has taken shape, city and county government aren’t running the community centers in the same way they once did….
I’ve been excited about the UA HOVR Fat Tire for a while, but I’ve always written about the missteps in marketing at Under Armour. When I sat down to do the unboxing for this shoe, I was excited about where Under Armour could be headed as a brand. When I received the shoes, I was…
The following letter was shared by Patrik Frisk with Under Armour’s global teammates on June 8, 2020. https://undrarmr.co/30jSc2R Source: A Message From Under Armour CEO Patrik Frisk On June 8th UA’s CEO wrote a letter. On April 22nd, 2016 Under Armour’s share price was 44.74. Today, Under Armour’s share price is 8.49. On June 8th UA’s CEO…
ANTA’S DIVERSE LA DESIGN TEAM 3yrs ago ANTA (China’s #1 Footwear Brand) allowed me to compile the most diverse footwear design team in the industry. … 10 comments on LinkedIn Source: Sean OShea on LinkedIn: ANTA’S DIVERSE LA DESIGN TEAM 3yrs ago ANTA (China’s #1 Footwear | 10 comments I’m in the process of…
Source and picture from adidas: CREATING LASTING CHANGE NOW The picture above is from the adidas website. I wrote this after reading about and listening to the accolades placed on sneaker brands for working on problems with workplace racism. Systemic racism prevents the ability to educate where it’s needed the most; with White people. White…
NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is nostalgic for Reebok’s heyday in the ’90s, when he had an endorsement deal with the brand. “I want to bring them back,” he says. Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Reebok Source: Shaquille O’Neal says he wants to buy Reebok It’s not exactly Shaq alone as he wouldn’t have the…
Source: Welcome on Board, Fiona May and Héloïse Temple-Boyer! – PUMA CATch up (pictured Fiona May) At PUMA’s Annual General Meeting, Fiona May and Héloïse Temple-Boyer were elected into PUMA’s Supervisory Board replacing Jean-Marc Duplaix, Chief Financial Officer of Kering S.A. and Béatrice Lazat, Senior Vice-President Human Resources of Kering S.A. Héloïse Temple-Boyer is Deputy General Manager of ARTÉMIS S.A.S. and graduated…
While their star player was launching a film about the racially motivated shooting in Charleston and discussing the event with the NY Times two weeks ago, Curry was also planning with Under Armour, not an incredible party for All Star weekend, he was planning something more significant; two years in the making. ESPN’s Nick DePaula…
Tchernavia Rocker leadership profile at Harley-Davidson. Source: Tchernavia Rocker | Leadership | Harley-Davidson USA Project + Exec is a new series where I’ve decided to seek out footwear executives who are minorities (Black, Latino, Indian, Native American, Asian men and women) who are doing some dope work, but are being overlooked by the larger media…
Under Armour employees received an email earlier this year that upended a longstanding company practice: They could no longer charge visits to strip clubs on their corporate cards. Strip-club visits were symptomatic of practices women at Under Armour found demeaning, current and former employees say. Source: Under Armour’s #MeToo Moment: No More Strip Clubs on…
FN asks the industry about the lack of racial diversity in footwear: why it happens, what it looks like and how to fix it. Source: Why the Footwear Industry Needs to Face Its Racial Diversity Problem It was never my goal to become the check and balance for the footwear news industry. This site has…
Virgil Abloh, Paul Andrew, Alexander Wang and more are among those under 40 who are revolutionizing the shoe industry. Source: 40 Under 40: Young Design Stars Who Are Making Bold Moves About two years ago Footwear News was a magazine that would arrive in Foot Locker stores. Managers would read the copies and then pass…
FN is profiling these young leaders in the shoe industry who are leading the way in the next generation. Source: The 40 Shoe Executives Under 40 Revolutionizing the Business Footwear News can be considered the standard of footwear retail news online. Much in the same way that Inc 500 sets the standard for who are…
Lululemon CEO resigns, the stock stays steady. The brand continues to introduce new apparel and make headway into the men’s apparel market which is a growth area for Lululemon. I bring this up as a reference to how the stock of a company very often is tied to internal issues; but when a company has…
I’m black. I’m also a disabled Veteran. I’m also a former college basketball player. I’m a former college professor and high school teacher. I’m also a former head basketball coach. I also ran with a pretty bad set for a period of my life in LA. I did some pretty stupid things in my life…
