Sneakers & Footwear

Drops, resale value and the business moves behind the brands.

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Nike Still Owns 20% of India's Sneaker Market. The Money Is Betting on ₹3,000 Startups Instead.

Nike's brand still dominates India's sneaker conversation, but venture capital is flowing into ₹3,000-5,000 homegrown labels like Comet and Gully Labs instead. The two aren't fighting for the same customer — and that's exactly why both are growing.

3 Sept 2026 · 8 min read

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Nike Just Hit a 12-Year Low on Wall Street. An Indian Buyer Would Never Know It.

Nike's stock closed at a 12-year low this week, down roughly 78% from its 2021 peak, as US sneaker resale prices collapse alongside it. India's roughly 48% duty stack on imported footwear means almost none of that is reaching Indian shelves — and Nike's India business is still growing.

27 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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Bata Grew Revenue 4%. Campus Grew Profit 18%. Same Quarter, Two Different Footwear Businesses

Bata India and Campus Activewear both reported Q1 FY27 growth this August. One is a century-old formal-shoe retailer improving margins on flat sales. The other is a sportswear brand still growing volume double digits. The numbers show two very different playbooks working at once.

24 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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The Sneaker Flip Is Dying. India Never Really Bought Into It — Which Is Why New Balance Is Winning Here.

Only 47% of new sneaker releases now turn a resale profit, down from 58% in 2020, with Jordan Brand retros leading the slide. Meanwhile New Balance is expanding across India on the opposite bet — shops and an ambassador, not drops.

21 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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StockX Says Jordan Brand Is Growing Again. Almost None of That Growth Is Coming From New Shoes.

StockX's H1 2026 report has Jordan as its ninth-fastest-growing brand, with sales up 6% and prices up 5%. Look at what's actually selling and the recovery is almost entirely old colourways — new retros are still failing to clear resale premium.

18 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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Nike Put a Jewelled Charm and a Dust Bag on a Basketball Shoe. The G.T. Cut Was the One You Were Supposed to Actually Play In.

The G.T. Cut 4 LX 'White Label' drops on SNKRS at $220 with snakeskin, a shimmering dust bag, a lace pouch and a jewelled 'W' charm. Everything in that sentence except the shoe is a collectible cue — and that is the story.

12 Aug 2026 · 5 min read

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Nike Found a Way to Charge $40 More for a Tennis Shoe: Reference a Movie It Doesn't Own

The Air Tech Challenge 2 normally retails around $140. The 'Back to the Future' Mag colourway is reported at $180. Nothing on the shoe changed except the colour of the plastic — and the story attached to it.

11 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

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50 Cent's Reebok G6 Is Coming Back From 2003 — Right When Sneaker Hype Needed a New Trick

Reebok is bringing back the G-Unit G6 on August 20 — a straight 1:1 recreation of the white, blue and red colorway 50 Cent's crew made a fixture of mid-2000s hip-hop, priced at $130, more than two…

11 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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The Biggest Sneaker Drop of August 6 Wasn't a Grail — It Was a Cheap New Balance Going Wide

Thursday's release calendar had a Jordan on it with a genuine party trick, and it still wasn't the most important thing that dropped.

11 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

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Awake NY's Air Jordan 6 Is About to Test Whether Designer Collabs Are Immune to the Resale Slump

Awake NY and Jordan Brand are back for a second collaboration, and the details are now locked in: a two-colorway Air Jordan 6 pack, "Playful Pink" landing August 29 and "Midnight Navy" following in…

11 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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Adidas Just Put the Jellyfish in Foot Locker. That's Not a Restock — It's the End of a Business Model.

For most of its life, the Pharrell x adidas Adistar Jellyfish was not really a sneaker. It was an access test.

11 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

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Nike's Answer to the Sneaker Resale Slump Is Simple: Sell People Their Own City

The Nike Kobe 5 Protro "Dodgers" drops August 15 at $190. Nothing about that price or that release format is unusual — and after the month the resale market just had, that's exactly the point.

11 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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Nike Sabrina 4 vs Nike A'Two: The Two $140 Sneakers Nike Is Quietly Building Its Next Business On

One releases today at $135, the other at $145. Neither is built to resell — and in a month when the resale market cracked, that may be the most defensible thing about them.

11 Aug 2026 · 6 min read

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The Sneaker Resale Bubble Just Popped — Here's Why Reselling Isn't Worth It in 2026

For almost a decade, "cop it and flip it" was a legitimate side hustle. Camp outside a Foot Locker, win a raffle, list the shoes on StockX by Monday, pocket the difference. In 2026, that math has…

8 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

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Nike Just Made the Brunson Kobe 5s Nearly Impossible to Buy — On Purpose

Today's biggest sneaker release isn't dropping on SNKRS at 10 am with a countdown timer. It's dropping inside a handful of Foot Locker stores, in person only, no app checkout, no online cop. That's…

8 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

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12,000 Pairs, $215 Retail, $432 Resale — the Air Jordan 13 'Wings' Didn't Wait to Prove Anything

The Air Jordan 13 "Wings" released Thursday through SNKRS and select retailers at a $215 retail price, capped at a reported 12,000 pairs worldwide. By the time most people were reading about the…

8 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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The $1,000 Sneaker Is Retailing at $215 Today — Air Jordan 6 'Oreo' Gets Its First-Ever Retro

The Air Jordan 6 "Oreo" drops today, August 8, in full family sizing via Nike SNKRS and select Jordan Brand retailers — $215 for adults, $155 for grade school, $95 for preschool, $80 for toddler…

8 Aug 2026 · 3 min read