DETROIT – Several pairs of Nike and Yeezy sneakers were stolen from a Detroit Police precinct’s locker room over the course ...

The loss of Yeezy sales then combined with Nike's crackdown on bots ... hurt resellers who depend on quick flips — reselling the shoes immediately after buying them — to sustain their businesses.

At the top of the sneaker game, two iconic brands are facing off: Kanye West’s Yeezy line with adidas and Nike’s Air Jordans ... hype and resale prices on shoes in the secondary market.

Whether Adidas can win more American shoppers from market leader Nike will be key to its continued success this year, investors and analysts said, as the German brand looks for new sources of growth ...

But this left the company with a mountain of stock, and millions of Yeezy shoes with an estimated retail ... Samba and Gazelle collections. And while Nike is the market leader in the US, the ...