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What Does 'Sitting' Mean?

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A sneaker release that remains unsold well after launch, indicating weak demand, the sneaker-resale equivalent of dead inventory.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That colorway's been sitting since launch day, nobody's touching it at retail even."

LORE & ORIGIN

Sneaker resale community vocabulary for describing a release that isn't moving, used to gauge which drops are worth chasing and which aren't.

FIRST SEEN
2016
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Sneaker Drop Economy)
CURRENT STATUS
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