SGB Today Footwear

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market: What You Missed At Demo Day

SGB was there yesterday at the Outdoor Retailer Demo Day and selected some of the more notable and new items from the Paddlesports category that will play a major role in future seasons. Writer: Travis Poulin Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP)  Waterman iSUP BK Pro 9’10 is suited best for the lighter rider. The BK Pro line was designed by Brian […]

SSI Data: Core Categories Keep Outdoor Footwear Sales Afloat in Calendar First Half

Internet growth easily outpaces brick & mortar gains in the period ended July 1. Outdoor footwear sales grew more than 2 percent in the calendar first half of the year, with strength in hiking boots, backpacking boots and approach footwear offsetting sales declines in outdoor casual footwear and fishing waders. The core functional hiking and […]

SGB Media Is Live At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017

The SGB team is packing up our plaid shirts and trucker hats and heading to Salt Lake City.  Writer: Carly Terwilliger From Demo Day to Outsiders Ball, from show floor business to happy hour socializing, we’ll be onsite as the outdoor industry bids a fond farewell to Salt Lake and turns its head toward Denver. […]

HBO “Ballers” Pop-Up Shop

The HBO + Ballers 3 Capsule Collection features apparel and accessories from Buscemi, Cazal, Hall of Fame, ROc96 x MadeWorn and Pyer Moss.

Reebok Introduces Space Boots

Developed in partnership with David Clark Company, the Floatride Space Boot SB-01 has been exclusively designed to accompany the final space suit that will shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Item Of The Day: Altra Timp

“We call the Timp our ‘long day’ shoe,” said Altra founder Golden Harper. “It’s perfect for ultramarathoners like Jeff Browning, an Altra athlete who wore prototypes of this shoe for the Hardrock 100 in 2016 and at Western States in 2017.”

Adidas Unveils Ocean-Inspired Shoes

“The new additions to the Adidas x Parley collection are another step in our journey to creating one million pairs of UltraBoost from up-cycled marine plastic,” said Mathias Amm, product category director at Adidas Running.

Puma Releases Puma One Boot

The company consulted with Antoine Griezmann, youth academy players and football-obsessed teens to design a boot that caters to every type of player.

Fueling The Future Of Footwear Opens For Registration

The intensive design master-class and competition, a collaboration between Pensole Footwear Design Academy and Foot Locker Inc., was created to discover and develop the future of the footwear industry.

Designer Creates New Sneaker Housing Concept

Tomislav Zvonaric shared his idea for a new design that changes the shape of sneaker boxes to triangles. The result is a method of stacking each box into one another and saving a lot of space.

Chaco Releases Bears Ears Collection

One hundred percent of net proceeds from the collection will go to two non-profits dedicated to protecting the monument and the 1.3 million acres of cultural and ecologically significant public land it includes.

“Sneakers” Coming Soon

Sneakers, due out October 24, takes you inside the global sneaker culture combining journalism, photography and design through dozens of personal interviews with the people at its core.