Foot Locker is taking a stake in the subscription-based shopping service, Rockets of Awesome – a startup that’s something of a “StitchFix for kids,” in that it sends out a personalized selection of children’s apparel in seasonal boxes, shipped to customers’ homes. The companies announced today that Foot Locker has made a $12.5 million minority […]
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Foot Locker invests $100 million in GOAT Group
Foot Locker, the mostly mall-bound retailer of mass market sneakers, has invested $100 million in the sneaker marketplace and retailer of primarily rare and exclusive high-end athletic and lifestyle shoes, GOAT Group. The companies said that the investment would eventually lead to Foot Locker and Goat Group combining their efforts across their digital and physical […]
View More Foot Locker invests $100 million in GOAT GroupShoes of Prey presses pause to select a business sale or pivot
Shoes of Prey, a Khosla Ventures-backed shoe retailer whose website let women customize footwear purchases by selecting the color and material of the sandals or pumps they wanted to order as well as the size, has announced it’s stopped taking orders after almost ten years trading. The management team will now decide whether to sell […]
View More Shoes of Prey presses pause to select a business sale or pivotSneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppers
GOAT, the secondary marketplace for sneakers that recently merged with Flight Club, is announcing a new hire. Lizzie Francis will join the company as Chief Operating Officer, coming from Brilliant Ventures where she will remain a managing partner. Francis formerly acted as CMO at Gilt Group and CMO at JustFab.com. She’s been running Brilliant for […]
View More Sneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppersNike debuts its most ambitious SNKRS stash drop for the Championship Tour featuring Kendrick Lamar and SZA
On a mild Thursday night at the Los Angeles Forum, Nike’s public relations team and a group of journalists from some of the country’s leading lifestyle, tech, and general interest websites gathered to see the debut of Nike’s most ambitious SNKRS stash drop. Launched in conjunction with Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment, the collaboration between […]
View More Nike debuts its most ambitious SNKRS stash drop for the Championship Tour featuring Kendrick Lamar and SZANike’s Vaporfly Elite FlyPrint leans hard into computational design
Computational design is the hottest phrase in manufacturing and 3D printing at the moment. It’s changing the way people make all kinds of goods, and Nike used it to design and manufacture its new Vaporfly Elite FlyPrint shoe, which it’s announcing today. The shoe is a specialized edition of its Zoom Vaporfly Elite 4%, which was […]
View More Nike’s Vaporfly Elite FlyPrint leans hard into computational designThese smart sneakers can order pizza and pause TV
‘Pie Tops II’ are Pizza Hut’s latest innovation. They are sneakers that you can order pizza from. Read more…More about Fashion, Food, Smartphone, Smartphones, and Footwear
View More These smart sneakers can order pizza and pause TVHighsnobiety secures $8.5M from Felix Capital to woo millennial males
Highsnobiety has come a long way. What began as a sneaker passion blog in 2005 now attracts upwards of 9 million visitors monthly to its site containing news and analysis of high fashion, streetwear and culture. The site has attracted a highly influential audience of young, educated and affluent, mainly millennial male, readers. These are the hard-to-reach people even social media isn’t… Read More
Kanye West’s latest sneaker, the Yeezy Mud Rat 500s, are kind of terrible
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Ugly sneakers (or Air Grandads as I like to call them) are kind of having a moment right now.
First Steph Curry released his dad shoes last year. Then, Balenciaga is selling the Triple S trainer monstrosity’s for about $850. And earlier this summer Kanye West released a pair of chunky running shoes called, the Yeezy Wave Runner 700 priced at $300.
That’s a lot of money for a sneaker that makes you look like a futuristic version of Larry David.
But now, thanks to Kim Kardashian, we have a look at the newest, grandadiest shoes that Kanye wants to release into the wild: the Yeezy Mud Rat 500. Read more…
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