I recently ran a post on a start-up named FootFact. I also discussed in detail the recent investments into start-ups by both brands and retailers. All of those links will be added throughout this post. The FootFact start-up post is interesting because it appears that ASICS attempted to mimic the software of FootFact’s measurement tool,…
This is a new category on the site. In my book Nike’s Consumer Direct Offense, Amazon and StockX: The Disruption of Sneaker Retail, I discuss why 3rd Party Platforms like GOAT and StockX were able to slide into the market and gain a considerable share of sneaker sales (hint-returns). In that section I discuss my…
Co-founded by Dan Gilbert and Josh Luber, StockX’s investors include Google Ventures, Battery Ventures, Karlie Kloss and Steve Aoki. Source: Detroit-based StockX to hire 1,000 with $44M investment Have you ever started working on something and you want to share it, but you cant’? I’m at that point right now. I’m on page 35 of…
Source: Arkiv | Sneaker Solutions Yesterday Tayib and I did an Insider Ties livestream discussing how reselling sneakers isn’t a business. It took the Housakicks Facebook page on a mission for clarification as resellers took offense to what we were saying. What didn’t come across is that we aren’t saying reselling is a waste of…
