Taking a tougher stance on brand protection, Amazon starts demanding that third-party sellers pay fees and secure approvals from brands Source: brandchannel: Amazon Gets Tough With Third-Party Sellers of ‘Restricted’ Brands For years I’ve looked forward to the holiday sale season. Typically I begin prepping for that time right now in September. I increase inventory…
Source: Timbuk2xNewBalance I recently got into cycling. My knees were starting to give me a lot of problems so running was getting tougher and I don’t hoop like I used to. My wife bought this crazy bike, the right kind of bike and although it’s not my size, I ride it because I was a…
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…
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…
Source: New Balance Press Box : NEW BALANCE WINS LAWSUIT AGAINTS CONVERSE New Balance continues to win. After standing with Boris Berian in his fight against Nike, New Balance takes its PF Flyer brand ownership and establishes that Nike owned Converse doesn’t have a right to patent the traditional rubber tie and stripe outsole look…
Source: NEW BALANCE SIGNS AMERICAN MIDDLE DISTANCE CHAMPION BORIS BERIAN Click the source link above for a more detailed report on Boris Berian signing with New Balance. A week ago I posted that Nike had dropped its lawsuit against the Olympic hopeful. Click here to read that post. I thought that Boris had already been…
Source: NEW BALANCE ST. LOUIS EARTH CITY DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPENS TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND EFFICIENCY OF ECOMMERCE BUSINESS A few weeks back I discussed why mom and pop and other big box retailers were going out of business. (Click here to watch that video and subscribe to my youtube for more talks like this.) Basically…
Nike Inc. said Thursday it was dropping its breach of contract lawsuit against Olympic running prospect Boris Berian, a case that had sparked tensions within the running world. Source: Nike Drops Lawsuit Against Olympic Hopeful Boris Berian There is a word that has become synonymous with bandwagon, or in Hip-Hop, D–kriding, and that word is…
The Boston-based company is renewing its opposition to the far-reaching Pacific Rim trade deal, saying the Obama administration reneged on a promise to give the sneaker maker a fair shot at military business if it stopped bad-mouthing the agreement. Source: New Balance says Obama administration reneged on a deal involving military business – The Boston…
Source: Barack Obama steps into sneaker war – Doug Palmer – POLITICO A few weeks ago my play mom called me and asked what I thought about the TPP Trans Pacific Partnership that was being promoted by President Obama. I told her in pretty simple terms, I don’t think about it because I attempt to…
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…
