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Running shoe companies must abandon the practice of designing women’s footwear by simply modifying men’s shoes into smaller sizes and brighter colors, according to new research published in the ...

Despite decades of progress in sports science, women runners still wear scaled-down men’s shoes. A new study exposes how this one-size-fits-all approach affects comfort, performance, and injury risk, ...

Sports footwear manufacturers should ditch the "shrink it and pink it" approach to women's running shoes, because it fails to differentiate women's distinct anatomical and biomechanical needs across ...

New Balance’s latest FuelCell racer fixes old issues with better grip, comfort and propulsion in a lighter package ...

REI is blowing out Brooks running shoes in a huge sale that has some of the lowest prices we’ve seen on the sneakers. While these aren’t the only deals REI is offering on Brooks running shoes, several ...

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Trendy running shoe company On is being sued by some customers over what they claim is a defect in the shoes, which they allege emit "a loud, embarrassing and difficult-to-stop squeaking sound ...

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