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Episode Eleven: TRE Tips, Diversity in Action and Our Fastest Guest To Date

Season 1 Episode 11

Co-Host Chris Farley of Pacers shares his top 5 tips for getting the most out of TRE and some of them will surprise you. Elle Cheung of Gazelle Sport…

6 months ago

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Episode Ten: Family Ties

Season 1 Episode 10

Family connections run through Episode 10 of Slingin’ Shoes which features interviews with Genie Beaver of West Stride in Atlanta and one of the foun…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode Nine: Wild about Harry, Sneakers4Good and Rally Shoes

Season 1 Episode 9

Hear the story of how slinging bottles of Black Velvet in 7-11 led to Harry Chandler joining the run specialty business and ascending to leadership r…

7 months ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight Under

Season 1

Episode 8 Under is a special golf celebration where we discuss The Skechers World Champions Cup, an international team competition featuring senior g…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight: Growing the Pie

Season 1 Episode 8

How much bigger can run specialty get?

We entertain two points of view. Industry analyst Matt Powell of Spurwink River caused a ruckus recently with c…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Seven - An Accidental Entrepreneur, a Shoe Lifer and a former teacher walk into a Podcast

Season 1 Episode 7

On this episode, Christi Beth Adams of Fleet Feet Nashville shares her journey from employee to owner of six stores. She takes us through the tears a…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

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Slingin’ Shoes Episode Six - Compensation, Inspiration and So Much More

Season 1 Episode 6

Every run store owner will tell you how crucial their employees are to their success. That begs the question then, how do you attract good employees …

8 months, 1 week ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Five - Close Encounters

Season 1 Episode 5

The conversations on Slingin’ Shoes Episode 5 run the gamut from the deeply personal to the outer limits of Artificial Intelligence. Co-host Chris Fa…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Four - The Best Of You

Season 1 Episode 4

On Episode 4, Mark and Chris analyze the annual Best Stores list: what well known stores didn’t make it, what’s the deal behind one of the Best Store…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Slingin' Shoes Episode Three - Smooth Operators

Season 1 Episode 3

On Episode 3, we take a deep dive with Bob Dyer and Jennifer Henderson, who share the story of their hands-on approach to opening a run store in the …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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