Is Sneaker Reselling Dead?

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

There’s no doubt that sneaker reselling has cooled off from its peak in the early part of the 2020s. But has the bubble totally popped? Answering that question in this episode is Puneet Singh, aka Sole Supreme, a collector and reseller who owns the store Legacy in New Jersey. Singh talks about the death of the Panda Dunks, the rampant Travis Scott Air Jordan fake market, and the truth about who’s spending money in sneaker stores. Also on this episode, co-hosts Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty talk about the heavy Air Jordan presence during All-Star Weekend, the return of the Tom Sachs x Nike Mars Yards, and the billion-dollar potential of Nikeskims.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? It's Joe Lupuma. You were listening. You were watching the complex sneakers podcast or show. I'm not sure. I'm not sure at this point. We may be changing it back. We'll see.
0:12.8	Should just be the podcast. Maybe it's back to the podcast.
0:15.5	A rose by any other name. Restoring the feeling more ways than one. To my right, always restoring the feeling.
0:22.3	He got his guns out. It's freaking freezing out. He's in a short sleeve t-shirt. Mr. Matt Welty.
0:28.3	Had to show love to the people in New Orleans. I know we did our episode live from there last time.
0:34.7	A lot cooler in here than it was in that bus. I was sweating. Could they see
0:38.8	our sweat? They definitely saw me. 4K. They definitely saw me. Yeah, caught in 4K. To my left,
0:45.6	Mr. Brendan Dunn. What's up? Should we address the leather jacket? Why? I feel like I missed
0:52.6	the memo today. Yeah, Joe and I are kind of coordinated.
0:55.5	Do we have to do it? The high foot? Boom. TMNT style. Touching toes. My guy Joe out here
1:02.1	looking like that guy, Angry Joe, did you guys see that video on the internet over the weekend?
1:06.3	No idea what you're talking about. There was a guy, Angry Joe. He was sharing a sneaker
1:10.3	collection from 1995. Oh, he was like a guy, Angry Joe, who was sharing a sneaker collection from 1995.
1:12.3	Oh.
1:12.7	He was like a guy who had been collecting shoes for quite some time, and he showed his closet,
1:16.7	and he's like, this is 1995 in case you don't know.
1:18.7	And he has like all the Jordans, all the Nike cross train.
1:21.4	Like he has the boxes stacked above and everything's like laid out.
1:25.3	Beautiful.
1:26.5	Well, a lot to get to today.
1:28.5	Oh, yeah.
1:29.0	Feels like there's sneaker culture thriving right now?
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