Wall Street Journal: A Case of Too Much Sole?

The definitive source in financial and business news, the Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about the changing market regarding exclusive sneakers. It is within recent memory that every SB release seemed to garner the ability to command more then its retail price over various internet mediums, but alas you do not need an economics degree to realize that with increasing stocks of sneakers being released, there seems to be more than enough for everybody effectively lowering the asking market price. However, it seems that the general direction of the Wall Street Journal is that this may be a negative factor affecting sneakers. But in reality doesn’t this benefit almost all of the sneaker segment? Cheaper sneakers that are easier to acquire is the new name of the game. JB Classics was gracious enough to post the article in its entirety here.

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Wall Street Journal: A Case of Too Much Sole?

The definitive source in financial and business news, the Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about the changing market regarding exclusive sneakers. It is within recent memory that every SB release seemed to garner the ability to command more then its retail price over various internet mediums, but alas you do not need an economics degree to realize that with increasing stocks of sneakers being released, there seems to be more than enough for everybody effectively lowering the asking market price. However, it seems that the general direction of the Wall Street Journal is that this may be a negative factor affecting sneakers. But in reality doesn’t this benefit almost all of the sneaker segment? Cheaper sneakers that are easier to acquire is the new name of the game.

JB Classics was gracious enough to post the article in its entirety here.

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