Foot Locker is breaking into Japan’s sneakerhead culture ...Middle East

Hidefumi Hommyo got an unusual start in the sneaker business. A native of Japan who became acquainted with the US while studying at Temple University in Philadelphia, Hommyo realized sneakers that were rare in Japan could be found easily, and cheaply, in the US. He made trips up and down the east coast in the mid-1990s, scouring basements and garages for shoes such as the original Nike Air Jordan 1 from 1985 or the Nike Air Force 1 from 1982. He would buy them for just $15 or $20 a pair, he recalled on a podcast last year, and sell them for $400 at his stores in Japan, where streetwear and sneaker fandom were starting to take off.Hommyo caught Nike’s notice, and when he opened his next shop,

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