Have you ever gone to tie your shoes in the morning and thought, Man, this is a big ol’ waste of time? Chances are you haven’t, but you can’t deny that having self-lacing shoes to impress your friends ...

Shoe technology is a little noticed field of development, but it brings in a lot of cash. Just ask Nike or Adidas. Dedicated customers will line up for each new shoe offering, and athletes follow shoe ...

At its “Innovation for Everyone” event today in New York, Nike unveiled high-performance footwear and apparel for athletes, a fleet of items for consumers, and more features on its Nike+ app. But the ...

Chances are, when you take a fresh pair of running shoes out of the box, you don't give the laces much thought besides maybe admiring their bright, perfectly un-dirtied hue. And hey, that's ...

Auto-lacing shoes are here, finally. And pretty well right on schedule. Thirty years after Back to the Future II sold the world on the concept in a fictional 2015, a startup called Powerlace in St ...

If you're like me, you've been tying your shoes for years and probably feel pretty good at it by now. Yet for active pursuits—specifically while out on the trails—it's good to be familiar with more ...

With a little show-and-tell, and possibly a second pair of laces, you can transform your sneakers into a real conversation piece — and maybe even make them more functional. These styles work best when ...

The humble shoelace can trace its origins as far back as 3500 BC. Even then, mankind struggled to find ways to keep footwear from moving about. Over the centuries, shoelaces have undergone a number of ...