Foot Locker's Rise and Fall! End of an Era?

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @matthewdennis2041
    @matthewdennis2041 5 місяців тому +10

    Your knowledge is second to none on shoe subjects. Thanks for providing information most won't speak about.

  • @RellLife78
    @RellLife78 5 місяців тому +8

    Eastbay was out way before 1997. I was copping kicks from them in the early 90s

    • @nindokwan
      @nindokwan 5 місяців тому

      Yeah they were out before 97 but they became part of foot locker in 1997..

  • @wutchamacallit
    @wutchamacallit 5 місяців тому +4

    What a great video and concept! You get a new smartphone? I saw the camera pan to you while you were holding the AJ1 Yellow Ochre! 🔥 Also, did I just see a Turbo Green AJ1 SITTING at the 2:20 mark?

  • @marcalhanaty4636
    @marcalhanaty4636 5 місяців тому +1

    Straight facts my friend. Footlocker used to be the go to for sneaker heads. Soon it will just be a memory, sad..

  • @jasonseay8728
    @jasonseay8728 5 місяців тому +2

    Dope video bro you dropped a lot of gems !

  • @jmoore5014
    @jmoore5014 5 місяців тому +4

    My boy kicked straight knowledge. It makes sense how GOAT gets early pairs. Allocate a few for retail and then a few for resell. And with resell, you are not bound by Nikes restrictions. It's all a game!!!

  • @itsARTYTIME
    @itsARTYTIME 5 місяців тому

    Lovin these videos! Early congrats on 100k

  • @newhope0123
    @newhope0123 5 місяців тому +3

    said it right there in the video... no markdowns on sneakers that are already on sale is the reason why foot locker is "dead." here in the bay where i live as well, nice kicks which is owned by shoe palace, shoe palace, and shiekh are the best stores in the bay

    • @Ballinonabudget
      @Ballinonabudget  5 місяців тому

      I had a pleasure of visiting all those you mention while in LA, salute to Ku Kicks he took me there.

  • @JanosSario
    @JanosSario 5 місяців тому

    I love your videos! Currently my favorite UA-camr.

  • @slickrae8303
    @slickrae8303 5 місяців тому +4

    Sunday funday wit Frank and family let's get it bro.💯💪👍✌️

  • @DaleRogers7
    @DaleRogers7 5 місяців тому

    Another great sneaker business video! I IGT use this one in class as well

  • @ChamP10nk1ng
    @ChamP10nk1ng 5 місяців тому +5

    I can recall real early in the beginning of this year buying some Penny's at JD Sports & telling the two cashiers that "y'all murdered Footlocker". They laughed along. NOW, it's a pure given reality. Eventually, we'll all be telling our grandkids about a store called "Footlocker" that used to our #1 to go to back when.

  • @glennl.3277
    @glennl.3277 5 місяців тому

    you just gave us a ton of information, therefore, salute to you!

  • @thomassmith4431
    @thomassmith4431 5 місяців тому

    Keep it up Frank I admire the knowledge & insight you gave in this video.

  • @MAVSMANE
    @MAVSMANE 5 місяців тому

    Dope video fam. Love those 13s you rockin too! 😮‍💨

  • @marvin7533
    @marvin7533 5 місяців тому

    I find it interesting the smaller Footlocker on the other side of the Florida Mall, begins reservation pickup at 5pm vs the House of Hoops and any other Footlocker that starts pickup at opening until 5pm when they let go leftovers. Why is that?

  • @spillerworld1124
    @spillerworld1124 5 місяців тому

    Loving the consistency in videos. The information is outstanding. I did not know that Foot Locker acquired WSS. I went in there once here in the DFW,TX area. It was a no for me. 😂😂

  • @samgreen5561
    @samgreen5561 5 місяців тому

    WSS store location are in the hood. Footlocker is now able to sale in the hood. There's some in Florida right now.

  • @eastATL-2-east_L.B.C
    @eastATL-2-east_L.B.C 5 місяців тому

    I think so in my experience in Atlanta growing up..footlocker started being a few dollars more than the competition in 90s and 00s....idk y that is because at one point they had decent prices on brands ranging from. 50 and up ! It's sad because footlocker was the go to and hold a lot of nostalgia

  • @johnram4338
    @johnram4338 5 місяців тому +3

    Seems like INFLATION was one of the factors that made people stop spending money on senseless things instead of their bills...

  • @TheRealAwestBeats
    @TheRealAwestBeats 4 місяці тому

    You & shoe shopper UA-camr Mike Rich should make a video together. Y’all talking shoe culture while buying kicks would be cool. 🔥

  • @flintbeecher5573
    @flintbeecher5573 5 місяців тому

    Dope breakdown. Flint Michigan

  • @JumperManKris
    @JumperManKris 5 місяців тому +1

    100 K soon 🎉🎉🎉

    • @Ballinonabudget
      @Ballinonabudget  5 місяців тому

      Yesir thanks for watching homie 👏🏾

  • @kirkstate
    @kirkstate 5 місяців тому +1

    When I was 10 I got a Atari 2600 from Woolworth

  • @farrockqns3759
    @farrockqns3759 5 місяців тому +1

    Damn I’m remember east bay my brother stayed ordering from there when the catalog came..your stay dropping gems on us bro it’s much appreciated and not taken for granted at all 🫡💪🏽🙏🏽

  • @jamess.9743
    @jamess.9743 5 місяців тому

    my local footlocker never has sales. i would walk into JD Sports and theres tons of sales.

  • @donniemoore0623
    @donniemoore0623 5 місяців тому

    I enjoy your videos, but i must ask, where did you get that bat man shirt from? The shirt is nice and i love batman

  • @santannathegreat5167
    @santannathegreat5167 5 місяців тому +2

    On it now fam!!!!

  • @dewebtv
    @dewebtv 5 місяців тому

    Bro, I won the wet cement Jordan 4 raffle on Saturday. I got an email Sunday morning saying the shoe was out of stock and I would get my money back in 5-7 days... Never buying anything from Foot Locker again. Especially now that you taught me my pair went to GOAT. Finish Line had the shoes in store so I still got them but man I was ready to burn Foot Locker to the ground.

  • @si1995gtnupe1997
    @si1995gtnupe1997 5 місяців тому

    I remember getting some shoes from Eastbay in the ‘80s, and paid for it via COD (cash on delivery), and gave the UPS delivery person a money order when he dropped off the order.
    How’s that for aging myself? 😂

  • @pbyrd2081
    @pbyrd2081 5 місяців тому

    I just saw shoes that just came out selling for under retail on GOAT.

  • @ChiTwnKid96
    @ChiTwnKid96 5 місяців тому

    Footlocker should have kept Footaction and closed champs but i guess it would have been too much to rebrand all the champs to footaction and WSS basically replaced eastbay.

  • @Lena_MVA
    @Lena_MVA 5 місяців тому +8

    You have to understand the business side of why Footlocker doesnt discount sneakers like other retailers. My SVP is a former Nike executive and he explained that the contracts Nike has with retailers like Dicks and Footlocker limits them from discounting certain sneakers. JD sports are in a small markt of regions in the U.S. They account for such small market share that Nike doesnt engage in contractual language with such a small business. Think back to old days of friends and family discounts at Footlocker, Jordans were not included in those deals because of the contract with Nike. Footlocker is limited on pricing power.

    • @mrpersianality6363
      @mrpersianality6363 5 місяців тому +1

      Jd took over the finish line

    • @marvin7533
      @marvin7533 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@mrpersianality6363Hibbett Sports/City Gear.

    • @Ballinonabudget
      @Ballinonabudget  5 місяців тому +2

      @lena_MVA thanks for feedback, I am sure that plays a huge role, but in the climate we’re in customer are not caring about contractual obligations. Footlocker needs to amend some of these antiquated legality measure to serve they customers better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @Lena_MVA
      @Lena_MVA 5 місяців тому

      @Ballinonabudget Doesn't work like that. Nike built DTC model and started freezing out retail stores. This is why Dicks created their own DSG line. Footlocker has no bargaining power to leverage Nike into a better deal. Nike sales went through the roof in the early days of the DTC model and even though sales are down for them, they have no reason to go back to 3rd party resellers. Nike stores and factory stores account for more sales than the stored like footlocker. This is straight from Nike leadership.

    • @mrpersianality6363
      @mrpersianality6363 5 місяців тому

      @@Lena_MVA that's not true

  • @geraldparker7392
    @geraldparker7392 5 місяців тому +1

    that hat is fire

  • @robertlund5694
    @robertlund5694 5 місяців тому

    Interesting - I will never look at footlocker the same again now I know it is actually Woolworths. 😄

  • @damonwade9476
    @damonwade9476 5 місяців тому

    Salute 🫡 to you bro ✌🏾🙏🏾

  • @jordachejordan90
    @jordachejordan90 5 місяців тому +1

    Dope batman tee

  • @deriusflowers2972
    @deriusflowers2972 5 місяців тому

    Thinks for the history lesson

  • @AliFrazier100
    @AliFrazier100 5 місяців тому +1

    DOPE FITTED

  • @SmirkSmiley-cm9bm
    @SmirkSmiley-cm9bm 5 місяців тому +1

    What up Frank

  • @nikolugo
    @nikolugo 5 місяців тому

    I like your shirt

  • @hellrell1817
    @hellrell1817 5 місяців тому +1

    i see discounts on shoes at footlocker

    • @Ballinonabudget
      @Ballinonabudget  5 місяців тому

      You right, but now J’s

    • @hellrell1817
      @hellrell1817 5 місяців тому

      @@Ballinonabudgetdepends on if they popular im in chicago the cardinal 7’s sat and foot locker discounted them most of the 7’s sit here, lol, them mauve 1’s you picked up them sat and all were on sale at footlocker but the outlet had them cheaper so why pay 20-30 more at FL when you can go to Nike O and get them.

  • @dubras1
    @dubras1 5 місяців тому +1

    Og FRANK viewer. Keep it up pimp og Og Og

    • @Ballinonabudget
      @Ballinonabudget  5 місяців тому +1

      Appreciate you continuous support 👍🏾

  • @tamhoang3491
    @tamhoang3491 5 місяців тому

    Love Nike ❤

  • @Peezy71421
    @Peezy71421 5 місяців тому +1

    I’m glad they didn’t fall before I got my Paris Olympic 4s from the raffle from them. 😂😂😂

  • @AliFrazier100
    @AliFrazier100 5 місяців тому +2

    💐👟

  • @FlatWHDF
    @FlatWHDF 5 місяців тому

    Nobody:
    Frank: Lidderileeee

  • @jameskent2925
    @jameskent2925 5 місяців тому

    I was hesitant to watch this video so sad

  • @eastATL-2-east_L.B.C
    @eastATL-2-east_L.B.C 5 місяців тому

    Dang EASTBAY WAS MIDDLESCHOOL 4 ME AND HIGH SCHOOL...goat- somebody said the most expensive bkdoor ever 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @K412JONES
    @K412JONES 5 місяців тому +2

    🎉18th 🎉

  • @DonD-rb1mr
    @DonD-rb1mr 5 місяців тому +1

    Foot locker locks 🔐 shoes up with high prices 😂😂

  • @beno6198
    @beno6198 5 місяців тому +1

    Substitute 😂😂😂

  • @BeKindGoVegan.
    @BeKindGoVegan. 5 місяців тому +1

    Your thumbnail looks like you’re on coke 😅

  • @Vann20F
    @Vann20F 5 місяців тому

    No not at all it was/is a great concept but this is what greed gets you trickle up is 😢

  • @jeremyramsey1746
    @jeremyramsey1746 5 місяців тому

    Footlocker and champs have been ass for yrs now. JD and hibbett all day