Foot Locker

The staff here is so nice. I had an exchange to do and the saleswoman Janera was very patient with me and really helped me find something suitable for me.
I have all positive things to say about this location.

Not too long ago, Fulton Mall (which is a non-​vehicular street. bike/​ped, bus ONLY) boasted THREE Footlocker stores in the space of three blocks. Plus there was a Modell’s and a bunch of smaller retail stores for gear. Price and selection were great, and the three anchoring Footlockers are what made it all work. It was kind of a footwear mecca for this part of Brooklyn. You could enjoy all that Footlocker service and focus… in triplicate! Buying a new pair of $ 80 sneakers is a serious purchase you don’t want to fumble. What you used to be able to do is bounce from store to store, examining the inventory of one-​or-​the-​other, and taking advantage of small price differences. The staff at each store competed with each other for sales.
No longer so. Today, Fulton Street Mall (non-​vehicular, remember) has a ‘Kid’s Footlocker’ (useless) and only one bonafide Footlocker left which in any way resembles a traditional Footlocker with an emphasis on sports.
The remaining member of the original trio, this (‘former’) Footlocker– which I’m describing in this review – is now a ‘FootACTION’ store.
Somehow, this store is still part of the Footlocker company; but its like the berserk twin/​bad sister of FootLocker. ‘FootACTION’ is not about sports footwear. Its about fashion footwear. Its about ‘showing off’.
The interior of the new store reflects this. FootACTION is too cool for the ‘dorky’, stodgy, humdrum, white-​wood panel walls and putting-​green aesthetic of the standard Footlocker. Walls lined with rows and rows of sneakers? For people to buy? That’s much too ‘obvious’.
FootACTION is really a discothèque. Neon lights, lasers, mirrors, dry ice, holographic projections. Half the store is something called, ‘House of Hoops’ with massive posters of the smirking (has-​been) Kobe Bryant presiding over all this. Its a Broadway musical, not a store.
Selection and variety in sneaker choices is ¹⁄₃ of what it once was. Its a shocking waste of time to browse this store. Its worthless. There’s maybe 30 pairs of sneakers in the whole place. What the store is filled with is gawkers, people who come here to ‘hang out’ and wander around, and talk-​with-​their-​friends.
Listen, Footlocker. Why abandon your mission? Why do you not play to your identity anymore? Active people need to replace their sneakers every three months. You’ve forsaken us, left us with one measly, insufficient Footlocker; and instead sold out to the posers and feebs who need to be glamorous, who care about stylin an’ profilin’ and 14-​yr-​old kids who ‘absolutely must wear’ Kobe’s sneaker line.
FAIL