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The Nike Kyrie has been the best selling basketball shoe from Nike’s signature line in the last few years. How do I know this? I wrote an article on the shoe a while back discussing how well the shoe was performing. If Basketball Sales Are Dead Why Is The Kyrie Selling? Sportswear analyst Matt Powell … Read more
Jordan Brand celebrates Russell Westbrook’s historic MVP season. Source: Nike News – MVP: Why Not? Let me be the first to say this is not a post bashing Westbrook. If you’re looking for that go elsewhere. Russell is the type of player I would have loved to coach. He works harder than anyone on the … Read more
Nike has several primary sources of marketing: social, NDC, SNKRS and Nike News. If you add to the fact that most sneaker sites are basically Nike sites in disguise their reach is endless (on a small level), but none of that has mattered. KD won the championship last night, but Nike’s missteps throughout the year … Read more
NIKE HYPERDUNK 2016 PE Source: Nike News – Shoe Stream Love will wear the logo for the first time in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which start Thursday night. Source: Lake Oswego’s Kevin Love gets a Nike (NYSE: NKE) logo – Portland Business Journal One of my favorite people on Twitter @MatthewKish dropped an … Read more
Representing a 10-year evolution in Kevin Durant’s journey, his tenth signature shoe features both heel-to-toe Flyknit and Zoom Air. The KD10 launches May 26. Source: Nike News – KD10: More than Meets the Eye Nike has always been linked to its athletes unlike any other sports brand in history. At the heart of every … Read more
Source: Blueprint No not the Jay-Z album or the original KRS-One Album denominated Blueprint, but the Nike Basketball Blueprint is an interactive feature on the Nike.com platform that allows you to interact with a basketball court to describe your game and how you play. Think of the site as a way to show how and … Read more
I really like doing these SYBTF posts on Nike’s SNKRS page. Let me explain how these work. I’m not doing an Emerald to check and see what shoes you should be preparing to flip. What I do here is look at the sneakers above the fold. Usually there are 48 pair of shoes above the … Read more
Data is data, is data, is data. However in statistics numbers can say whatever you want them to say. The sales data shows a decline in the sale of basketball footwear and that is true. This is also why “Nike Brand Pres Trevor Edwards: company sees “great energy” in basketball. Kyrie 3 is top seller.” … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks If there is one thing I appreciate about Nike’s brand, it’s their willingness to get the consumers and athletes involved in the engineering of their products. The Lebron soldier 10 is already one of the most utilized performance shoes in the NBA. I picked up a bad habit of constantly looking at … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks For the nth time, the Nike Air Foamosite One Eggplant is making another return. They first made their way unto the scene in 2009 and were an instant classic. The eggplant has already been re introduced three times at least since its original debut. They will come in the usual durable foam … Read more
Nike Inc. admitted that some of its sneakers sold in China were inaccurately marketed, after state television accused the company of making false claims in a high-profile broadcast. Source: Nike Apologizes for Selling Sneakers in China Without ‘Air’ Liza Lin and Sara Germano are reporting via the Wall Street Journal on a CCTV broadcast that … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks The Foamposite copper is officially coming back on April 17, and you can bet that they will be mass produced. I remember picking up a pair in 2009 and the whole event was a fiasco- by the time 8 am hit on the cold morning, there was a parade outside the mall … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks I got up this morning and headed to the mall to pick up a pair of the Black Air max uptempo, and sitting on the display case was the Nike PG1 Ferocity the Bait. I was debating whether to pick them up or not and finally decided to buy them for my “on … Read more
Source: Gallery Coaches vs Cancer Jimmy V Classic, State Farm, ACC/Big 10 Challenge, are all familiar tournaments played at the start of the NCAA basketball season. Most sporting goods companies have stayed above the fray and avoided seeming influence, but the NCAA is broken. Conferences are beginning to broker deals on their own and in … Read more
I would usually never touch this shoe as a potential resale item, but after a year where the Kyrie in every release typically sells for about 50 dollars above retail, the PG1 The Shining has caught my attention for one reason, it’s limited to 12,000 pair and Nike has decided to number each shoe. I … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks Kyrie Irving will wear this Kyrie 3 PE during the weekend’s festivities in New Orleans. Source: Kyrie 3 PE All-Star I’ve yet to test a pair of the Kyrie 3’s on the court, but here is a quick look at the Nike Kyrie 3 PE All Star , the sneakers the PG … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks These were one of the best kobe’s to be released this year packed with so much stories. I wrote an article about them a few months ago and actually picked up a few pairs right after. See the Full story here The Anatomy of The Kobe Pale horse The Nike Kobe 11 Pale … Read more
Originally posted on Housakicks The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t doing too great right now; they lost 3 consecutive games and as usual Lebron has been on the air saying this about the team We need a *** playmaker… I’ll be 33 in the winter and I ain’t got time to waste Now I’m not sure how much … Read more
I was about to write an Emerald of the Curry 3 and how little Under Armour has done to generate content for the footwear. As I M2k to do my research, I realized that it’s not a Curry and Under Armour issue, it’s a marketing issue and performance footwear is caught in the web of … Read more
In honor of the principles King stood for, some players will wear all-black PEs during the holiday’s slate of games. Source: Nike News – Nike Basketball and Jordan Brand Athletes Pay Tribute to the Nike Air Max BW celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Not a lot of words here, just pics. Use the source link to see more of the … Read more
Source: Nike (NKE) Curbs Competitor Momentum With Paul George Signature Shoe | Benzinga This article nails the positioning Nike is doing by releasing a Paul George sneaker. Use the source link to click through. I wrote this yesterday Nike’s PG1 Paul George Shows How Nike Is Fighting For The Market Paul George is really an unlikely … Read more