The Stories From Elsewhere That Made Us Smarter About Business

Like you, we read a lot. Here are the stories from other outlets that made us smarter about business.

Here at Marker, we like to read. We want to know what our competitors are up to — what scoops they have, what access they’ve received, what previously unreported details they’ve confirmed to flesh out the narrative of their pieces. But mostly, we read because, like you, we want to get smarter and better at our craft: great business journalism that will make you smarter and better at business. Here are a few of the stories from 2019 that fit the bill.

How a Single Pair of Sneakers Explains the Booming Billion-Dollar Sneaker Resale Industry

By Cam Wolfe, GQ

You won’t believe what kind of cash is being made by sneakerheads these days. Who, you ask? Sneakerheads: the hypebeasts who line up for merch drops on the side streets of SoHo, lingering with deli cups of coffee (or matcha-turmeric lattes), smoking joints, staring at their phones, performing complicated fist-bump rituals with other beasts—or who ignore the whole spectacle, swiftly conducting their business and getting the hell out of there. Cam Wolfe takes us inside their world and…