When Taylor McNeillie was 12 years old he sold a pair of Adidas Yeezys on eBay for three times what he bought them for. Now 21, he is one of an increasing number of entrepreneurs capitalising on the demand for the latest sneakers. While Taylor, from Galston in Ayrshire, flips footwear for profit, others make money from designing new shoes or cleaning up used pairs.
Taylor's trainer business became a lucrative side-hustle while he was at school and after, when he began an apprenticeship in aerospace engineering. As his followers and orders increased, he opened a pop-up shop in Glasgow's Princes Square in October 2021. It lasted 10 weeks but it was such a huge success, he left his apprenticeship and opened a permanent shop in the mall in January 2022. His second shop opened in October 2023 in the Silverburn shopping centre near Glasgow. "As soon as we opened the shop it was successful from day one. And it was the first of its kind in the city so it was very, very busy," he sai
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