Source: adidas Originals + KANYE WEST Announce The YEEZY BOOST 700 Mauve adidas announced the arrival of the Mauve 700 this week. Kanye’s latest drop is hitting at the end of this month on October 27th. This information arrives less than two weeks removed from the surreal White House meeting between President Trump, Jim Brown…
Higher tariffs raise prices on basic goods and cost U.S. jobs, writes Matt Priest, president & CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America. Source: China tariffs could hurt American families Here is a quote from Matt’s post on the USA Today site, “Rather than investing in our people or new technology to make…
President Trump is in the process of undermining the economy via actions which have long been an issue in the footwear industry. He is considering raising the tariffs on imports which primarily deal with the materials utilized and shipped into the U.S. for footwear manufacturing. The footwear industry has been attempting to offset the increasing…
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: Trump Promises Business Leaders Major Border Tax, Rule Cuts – Bloomberg Matthew Kish and Matt Townsend have been tweeting all day about how the Trump administration’s decision to remove the US from the TPP will affect the Footwear and Apparel market. Kish reported, “TPP would have resulted in $1.1 billion increase in U.S. footwear…
