So it's only speculation at this point that the release date will get moved up? Is it common for retailers to get shipment of shoes almost 2 months in advance? I would think that would take up way too much storage space, especially for things that will be releasing soon. Can anyone who's worked in retail comment on that? Just curious.
I don't work at a retail sneaker store, so I'm going off of how they've been receiving their stock, in my area, over the last five years.
Here? The major stores, your FL and FNL? Typically DO NOT get their stock THIS early. I know for a fact, that often times? They don't get their J's until the THURSDAY PRIOR to the Sat. RD.
In the instances in which they DO 'get them early', it's 2-4 WEEKS, and NOT 2 months.
Again, that's in MY area, AND I can only speak for the specific mall I've copped at for about a decade now. 'My mall' is NOT a 'good mall'. So, my experience obviously doesn't set precedent or mean much in the grand scheme. Blah.
That said? 2 months is abnormally early. That's why all the speculation.
Until I walk into the brick and mortars and talk to ppl, no way to know. But? I'm w/the contingency of ppl leaning towards the RD being moved up, just judging off the fact it IS so abnormal to get them months in advance.
