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Foot Locker To Close Footaction Stores After Great Q1
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Footaction / Footaction Foot Locker reportedly had a great Q1 when it comes to earnings. However, that means the athletic sneakers and apparel retailer will be closing its Footaction stores. Yahoo! News reports that Foot Locker blasted by earnings estimates and posted revenues of $2.15 billion, which clocks in at an 82% year-over-year increase. “Last quarter, I talked about entering our fiscal 2021 with momentum, and that was certainly the case in our first quarter. The momentum gained strength as the quarter progressed, enabling us to deliver exceptional top-line and bottom-line results, even against the ongoing challenges of store closures in Europe and Canada and congestion at the U.S. ports leading to abnormally lean inventory levels,” said Foot Locke...
Footaction Pays Homage To Latino Culture With La Música: A Celebration Through The Lens of Reggaeton
Source: De La Ghetto / Footaction / Foot Locker While many thought Reggaeton music was just a fad when Daddy Yankee exploded onto the scene with “Gasolina” back in the 00’s, the music genre from the island of Puerto Rico has continued to thrive in Latino culture and in the barrio and now Footaction is celebrating it for Hispanic Heritage Month. Source: Arcanel/ Footaction / Foot Locker After launching their No 1 Way design program for HBCU students, Footaction is now rolling out La Música: A celebration through the lens of Reggaeton. Partnering up with the likes of Myke Towers, Brytiago, Arcangel and De La Ghetto, to help bring some Latino heat, the new initiative is set up to help highlight a culture that’s been overlooked by many outside of the barrio and at times demonized by a cer...
