Nike is changing its approach to women in sports. Professional tennis player Serena Williams reclaimed the word “crazy” in the new ad that debuted during this year’s Oscars. Read more…
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“If we show emotion we’re called dramatic. If we want to play against men, we’re nuts. And if we dream of equal opportunity, delusional,” the voiceover in Nike’s new ad, titled “Dream Crazier,” begins.
The empowering video — which debuted during Sunday night’s Oscars and is voiced by Serena Williams — goes on to call out a slew of gender-based double standards and phrases used to put down women who strive to achieve greatness.
“When we stand for something, we’re unhinged. When we’re too good there’s something wrong with us. And if we get angry, we’re hysterical, irrational, or just being crazy,” Williams continues, while footage of some of the world’s greatest athletes — all of whom happen to be women — plays in the background. Read more…
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This is the future we deserve.
Owners of the newly released $350 Nike app-connected Adapt BB self-tying shoes have taken to the Google Play store to complain that an update left their fancy kicks bricked. That’s right, the self-lacing shoes reportedly no longer connect to the accompanying app — essentially transforming them into regular old shoes (buttons on the side of the shoes means you can still tie them). And people are pissed.
Here’s how, according to a press release, the shoes are supposed to work: An internal “advanced power-lacing system” combines with an “app and continually updated firmware” to tie and untie your footwear. The app lets you choose your perfect fit, and the shoe adjusts to your foot’s changing size as it theoretically swells throughout a basketball game. Again, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Read more…
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The task we learned in kindergarten is apparently too dang hard.
Puma debuted its latest smartphone-connected self-lacing shoe called Fit Intelligence, or, “Fi,” giving Nike’s Adapt BB sneakers a run for their money. Puma released its first generation self-lacing shoes in 2016. But it says that the new Fi is powered by a “state of the art technology platform” that will allow your shoes to, uh, fit really well.
Fi will apparently power other smart footwear products. Smart laces are — *gazes off into the cosmos* — just the beginning. Read more…
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View More Now Puma has self-lacing sneakers, tooWhy does the world need a self-lacing shoe? Haven’t you heard of Velcro? How will you tie your shoes when the Wi-Fi is down? That’s the gist of the instant response I got when I mentioned the new Adapt BB, a shoe from Nike with, yes, powered laces that tighten to a wearer’s foot automatically. […]
View More Nike’s auto-laced futureJanuary marks the end of the main selling season for clothing and accessory retailers, which means it’s the best time for you to swoop on great deals. Major brands are looking to offload last season’s stock and prices therefore drop, sometimes more t…
View More You can now save an extra 20% on all items in the Nike end of season sale with this handy codeGood news for the fashion forward and lazy alike — Nike is bringing back its self-lacing sneakers for another go. And this time they’re going to be significantly cheaper. Granted, $350 is still more than most of us pay for a pair of kicks, but it’s less than half their original $720 asking price. Details […]
View More Nike will sell much cheaper self-lacing shoes next yearLuxury fashion marketplace Farfetch will tap into the sneaker resale economy with its latest transaction.
View More Farfetch bets on sneakers with $250M Stadium Goods acquisitionContentful, a Berlin- and San Francisco-based startup that provides content management infrastructure for companies like Spotify, Nike, Lyft and others, today announced that it has raised a $33.5 million Series D funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from OMERS Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, as well as existing investors General Catalyst, Benchmark, Balderton Capital and Hercules. In […]
View More Contentful raises $33.5M for its headless CMS platformThe Reebok Black Friday UK sale has slowly but surely built up to a crescendo. Not long ago the retail giant was offering 30% off thousands of items, and we were celebrating their generosity like idiots.
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Per usual, President Donald Trump woke up bright and early to tweet on Friday morning. This time, he went with, “What was Nike thinking?,” a clear reference to the brand’s new campaign starring former NFL star Colin Kaepernick.
Fresh on the heels of a fear-mongering campaign rally in Montana, the tweet — like most of Trump’s tweets — was clearly intended to rile up his base. Fortunately, it was also a rhetorical question, which everyone knows is a recipe for disaster if you’re trying to prove a point.
What was Nike thinking?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2018 Read more…
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