The Sneaker Files team recently paid a follow up visit to Shiekh Shoes in San Francisco, CA. We were greeted almost immediately upon entering by a very friendly and familiar face, Abdul Haleem, VP of Operations for Shiekh Shoes. He was proud to start off the tour by showing us the very flashy Nike section, which was unlike any other sneaker display that any of us had seen. The Nike section was full of new releases and classics alike, most notably the back wall full of Air Force 1’s, which included a great variety of color ways. There were posters up on the walls and mannequins modeling Nike clothing. It was really hard for us to leave this section, but Abdul had assured us that there was more to see.

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Chicago, Don’t forget to keep up to date with Encores 2nd Saturday sale event every second Saturday of the month and every Friday on the first week of the month at Self- Conscious where customers are greeted with free food and drinks as well as a raffle every month.

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St!zo from A.Okay official and Gurelea arts crew, has created two more creations to his custom library customizing an Air Tech Challenge inspired from the Jugrnaut boutique in Chicago and another hello kitty inspired dunk. For those who haven’t heard of St!zo we posted his intro and work a couple months ago. St!zo customizes just about anything on any shoe so for those interested you can catch him at A.Okay Official in Chicago or hit him up on his Myspace.

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Rumors of a Bape Store opening in Los Angeles have been up in the air for awhile and now the store has officially been announced to be opening soon. An exclusive commemorative t-shirt is expected to be sold with the opening of the store, like many of the past openings. The Bape Los Angeles store is set to be opening on April 25th on Melrose, home to some of the best stores LA has to offer. Furthermore, information about working at the Bape Store LA is available on the official site.

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Rumors of the A Bathing Ape store opening in Los Angels have been spreading around for a few years, and now it has been confirmed that the store will be opening very soon. Nobody really knew the specifics about the store until now. The A Bathing Ape store will open on April 23rd and will be located on Melrose, surrounded by some of the best stores in California. Via hs.

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Standard is located in the growing sneaker community of Atlanta, Georgia. Standard opened their doors five years ago and has created a respectable list of clientele which includes Sir Elton John, Usher, producer, Dallas Austin, Lloyd, Naomi Campbell, NFL athletes Calvin Pace and Deon Grant, and more.

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Sneaker heads in Gurnee IL, Don’t forget to stop by Beau Monde to cop the latest threads and kicks available in the suburb instead of going in the inner city and save you some gas. Beau Monde delivers the latest well sought after clothing brands and kicks that you could only find at Beau Monde if you are way in the north burbs of Chicago. Pictures of new products at Beau Monde after the jump featuring XR runner groundhog day, Puma Sky II St. Patrick’s Day, Basket 68 both white and black, Reebopper Reebok X Basquiat and Adidas 3M Super Star and 3M windbreaker hoodie.

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