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Here’s why running shoes frequently come in bold and flashy colors
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Can hyper violet shoes help you run hyper fast? Some consumers think so.
The sneaker market is evolving, and Nike is running to keep up
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While the industry used to be all about the look — think Air Jordans — now it’s about the technology.
An economic indicator suited to the pandemic: dress shoes
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Dress shoe could give us a sense of how the economy is recovering.
The shoe economy, almost a year into the pandemic
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With so many people staying home in their slippers, shoe sales have fallen dramatically. You can see that play out in neighborhoods.
How does Adidas make shoes in days?
Making a pair of sneakers is a labor-intensive process, and it could take months. But Adidas is trying to change that. In its newly built Speedfactory in Germany, Adidas is making most parts of the shoes with machines. Marc Bain is a fashion reporter at Quartz and one of the first group of people who […]
Can you tell if these are fake Yeezys?
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The boom in the high-end sneaker market makes counterfeit kicks a real problem.
Inside the mind of Manolo Blahnik, the king of shoes
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The life of the designer and the creation of his eponymous luxury shoe brand is the subject of a new documentary, "Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards."
We all want the vintage Apple sneakers, but none of us can afford them
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The opening bid is $15,000, but they're the 'holy grail' for size 9 1/2 fans.
A multi million dollar company that sells one thing
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Brooks Running doesn't have the name recognition of Nike or other big shoe-makers, and that's by design.
Nike’s future concerns analysts
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The shoe company may need to pivot away from basketball wear.

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