The Unofficial Shopify Podcast

Bringing The Ultimate Gym Sneaker to Market

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Chief Everything Officer and footwear designer Darin Hager couldn’t find the sneaker style he craved at retail. His own designs were hindered by the corporate footwear brands he designed for day in and day out for over 10 years. So in 2008 he set out on his own create his own sneaker brand.

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  • The mindset that drove Darin to entrepreneurship
  • How Darin leveraged his unfair advantages
  • The dark side of selling in big box stores
  • How video games (and licensing) helped Daren sell more

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    Resources
    • Heyday Footwear - SPECIAL OFFER: Use code 'UNOFFICIAL' and save on your first pair of HEYDAY sneakers
    • Book: The New Rules of Retail
    • Darin's theme: Shoptimized Theme
    • App: ShipTimer
    • App: FOMO
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                  The Unofficial Shopify PodcastBy Kurt Elster, Paul Reda
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