Run Intel | The Marketing of Running

Josh Rosenthal
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Marketing

Run Intel is a weekly podcast and intelligence brief about running marketing. Each week, Borderlands breaks down the marketing campaigns that worked, the expensive misses, major partnerships, launches, media moves, and emerging signals shaping the running industry. Built for marketers, brand leaders, founders, agencies, retailers, media teams, and anyone working in the business of running. We look at running brands, sports marketing, footwear marketing, trail running, road running, sponsorships, partnerships, athlete marketing, creator marketing, product launches, retail, paid media, brand campaigns, running industry trends, and the business of running.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Everyone is Running, So Why Are Shops Closing?

    Running is booming. So why are independent running stores struggling? In Episode 2 of Run Intel, Josh Rosenthal sits down with Vivek Gowri, owner of San Francisco Running Company, to understand the economics of independent run specialty and what running brands are getting wrong. Despite growing enthusiasm for running, local stores face rising costs, increasingly complicated inventory, and remarkably thin profit margins. Vivek explains why a well-run store might only keep 7% of its revenue as profit, how brands can better support specialty retailers, and why direct-to-consumer sales aren't necessarily the threat many assume. We also explore the relationship between run clubs, local running stores, and the communities that sustain them. CHAPTERS 00:00 Why is run specialty struggling?01:58 Rising costs and the 7% problem04:27 What running brands misunderstand06:57 Are DTC websites competing with local stores?09:31 Run clubs and the future of specialty retail ABOUT RUN INTEL Run Intel is a podcast for running marketers, exploring the business, culture, and decisions shaping the running industry. Subscribe for new episodes and share this conversation with someone working in running. --- Outrider Office of Strategy | USA GTM for Global Running Brands Borderlands Podcast Nework

  2. Oct 6

    Running Brands Are Getting Too Close to Runners

    Running marketing is getting closer and closer to the runner. More field teams, more events, more community roles, more brand presence. The question is whether that proximity is actually building affinity or starting to feel extractive. Run Intel 1 For episode one of RUN INTEL, Josh looks at three brands approaching that problem differently: Unknown Runner through service, Roark through media, and Craft through events. Then he pulls back to what hiring trends across running might be signaling about where brands are putting their attention, and why getting closer to the runner only works if you are giving something back. WIRE | Work in Running EmailONE NUMBER | 9.9%Borderlands.cc --- Outrider Office of Strategy | USA GTM for Global Running Brands Borderlands Podcast Nework

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Run Intel is a weekly podcast and intelligence brief about running marketing. Each week, Borderlands breaks down the marketing campaigns that worked, the expensive misses, major partnerships, launches, media moves, and emerging signals shaping the running industry. Built for marketers, brand leaders, founders, agencies, retailers, media teams, and anyone working in the business of running. We look at running brands, sports marketing, footwear marketing, trail running, road running, sponsorships, partnerships, athlete marketing, creator marketing, product launches, retail, paid media, brand campaigns, running industry trends, and the business of running.

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