Slingin' Shoes
Lively discussions about the run specialty business.
Podcasting since 2025 • 13 episodes
Slingin' Shoes
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Episode Eleven: TRE Tips, Diversity in Action and Our Fastest Guest To Date
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 Sports, winner of a Running Industry Diversity Coalition Scholarship to TRE, discusses how her store...
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Episode 11
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Episode Ten: Family Ties
Family connections run through Episode 10 of Slingin’ Shoes which features interviews with Genie Beaver of West Stride in Atlanta and one of the founders of Altra, Brian Beckstead who remains an ambassador for the brand. Genie has a powerful co...
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Episode 10
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Episode Nine: Wild about Harry, Sneakers4Good and Rally Shoes
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 roles at Charlotte Running Company, the Running Industry Association, and the Running Industry D...
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Episode 9
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Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight Under
Episode 8 Under is a special golf celebration where we discuss The Skechers World Champions Cup, an international team competition featuring senior golfers from Europe, Asia and the United States. Our guests include PGA Golfer Peter Jacob...
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Slingin' Shoes Episode Eight: Growing the Pie
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 comments on LinkedIn saying the run channel was not growing because it caters only to “el...
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Episode 8
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