As we continue to also highlight how sneakers are making a positive effect on people and communities, this story from the sentinelsource.com shares what volunteers in New Hampshire are doing for children through sneakers.
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Through our ongoing, and aptly named,series, “Stupid Things Do For Sneakers, we outline the less than quality decisions people make in regards to sneakers. Stories such as the following are not only a joy to report, but also provide a positive counterbalance by highlighting people out there using sneakers to make a difference. Reported by Fox61 Footwear With Care is the latest initiative through the nonprofit Community Partners in Action. It was started last year and has helped over 1,000 homeless adults and children in the Hartford, CT area. Decent…
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Our Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers returns after its multiweek hiatus. We hit the ground running with the ordeal of Cortney Slater. A Maryland truck driver pled guilty to pilfering more than $19,000 worth of shoes. According to reporting by WMAR in Baltimore, in July 2016 a New Penn Motor Express employee saw an entire pallet of New Balance sneakers were missing. Apparently, this was shortly after driver, Cortney Lynn Slater had been in the vicinity of the shoes. The worker then reported his finding to a shipping clerk,…
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As reported by the Bangkok Post, Customs officials in Thailand seized counterfeit shoes worth at least an estimated 100 million baht (2856326.93 USD) during a raid in the Muang district of Samut Prakan in Thailand. According to Customs Department director-general Kulit Sombatsiri, the building was used as a warehouse to store 70,000 pair of sneakers, which included “Nikes”, “Adidas”, “Converse”, and “Onitsuka Tiger”. No one was in the building during the execution of the raid. The media was shown all of the shoes Friday, prior to being turned over to…
Read MoreIn our latest edition lowlighting the foolish things people take to get sneakers, we bring you the case of Javaris Platts. The 19-year old Jacksonville, Florida teen was accused of robbing a Facebook sneaker seller at gunpoint of a pair of Air Jordans. According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and reported by WJXT-TV, the robbery victim posted an ad on a Facebook page where sneakers are bought and sold. The seller and Platts agreed to meet to conduct the sale at Billy Cobb Senior Park. The police report stated when they…
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After the long awaited unveiling of his latest signature, the Lebron 14, Lebron James broke out the “Hardwood Classics” PE tonight versus the Bulls of Chicago. The striking colorway features an orange upper with blue accenting on the swoosh strap, laces and collar. The midsole sports an orange to blue and back to orange gradation and a translucent outsole rounds out the look of this shoe. There is no word on a retail release but keep it locked in here for any release news on this shoe.
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The South African Revenue Service (SARS) seized counterfeit sneakers at the Lebombo Border Post. Suspicions were aroused when a truck driver refused to stop at the port checkpoint on Monday. Police then chased the truck; the driver fled the scene outside the port area. The same truck had been detained earlier in the year with consignment clothing. The truck contained 9,085 pair of “Adidas” and 1,850 pair of “Nikes” worth R8.7 million ( 63,315 USD). SARS’ Janine Mqulwana had this to say: The truck has been detained and escorted to…
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Earlier this week we covered the, at the time, growing movement of people filming themselves burning or throwing out their New Balance shoes in lieu of perceived company support of President-elect Donald Trump. This ire was derived from comments made by one of their execs. https://twitter.com/jonnnysan/status/796509907725885440 As a result of this recorded sneaker destruction, there were now a myriad of people that now were down at least one shoe in their rotation. Reebok was all too happy to step and rectify that. They took to twitter to offer them a…
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Ever since one of its executives made statements in support of President-elect Donald Trump, New Balance has been under fire ( literally in some cases). The right wing website The Daily Stormer proclaimed New Balance the “Official Shoes of White People”, following New Balance’s VP of public affairs Matt LeBretton’s comments to the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s election was a move in the “right direction.” New Balance has this to say in a statement: As a 110-year-old company with five factories in the U.S. and thousands of employees worldwide…
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