Basketball shoes are a constant in the sneaker world, but the
kind of hoops shoe that makes noise has grown a little stale. There are the monthly Air Jordan sell-outs, of course, and the occasional performance sneaker that still manages to make some noise (shouts to Kyrie Irving’s Spongebob collection). But the hottest releases happening these days lean far more in the direction of Yeezys, Travis Scott collabs, and Nike Dunks than to old-school hoops retros like the Nike Air Raid or CB ‘94.
That looks to be changing. While old-school basketball sneakers getting the occasional rerelease here and there is no new thing, the return of a handful of forgotten silhouettes suggests a sort of critical mass for the trend. New Balance, Reebok, and Adidas are digging into their archives to bring back some vintage basketball silhouettes we haven’t seen in a while. These aren’t just one-off retros, either most look to be key pieces in each brand’s plans for the year. By the looks of t
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Cofounder Greg Schwartz describes the journey from zero to profits helped by billionaire Dan Gilbert.
On a Friday evening in March, 2015, StockX cofounder and chief operating officer Greg Schwartz was faced with a life-altering decision. Stay in Detroit to build a new startup with billionaire investor Dan Gilbert. Or, sell his company and move to San Francisco.
At the time, Schwartz was the co-founder of UpTo Inc., a social networking app that was funded by Gilbert s Detroit Venture Partners. After a few years of trying to scale the business, Schwartz was ready to call it quits when Gilbert called him to meet in person.
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Along with dark web fentanyl, the Loch Ness Monster and an honest man, it can be hard to find a pair of Nike Dunks in this current climate. Thanks to collaborations with modern cultural powerhouses like Off-White, Travis Scott and. Ben & Jerry’s, and a sustained period beneath the hype spotlight that has reached an apparent apotheosis, the £90 Nike classic has become a hot, and scarce, commodity. Dunks go for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, on resale platforms such as StockX causing would-be buyers to have very public meltdowns on social media when a raffle doesn’t go their way.