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The October releases worth putting a date against
Our calendar holds around fifty dated footwear releases for October. Most are routine restocks and performance drops. These are the ones where the date actually matters — and what to do on the far more likely day that you miss it.
Release dates here come from how the marketplaces list them, the same source the release calendar uses, and they move. Treat everything below as the current plan rather than a promise, and check the product page before you build an evening around it. A date that slips by a week is completely normal and is not news.
The first of the month carries most of the weight
An Air Max 95 Greedy returns, an Air Force 1 arrives in a Ghostface make-up in good time for the end of the month, and a SoleFly Jordan 5 lands the same day. adidas puts out a Bad Bunny Gazelle Indoor in solar gold, and New Balance brings two Made in UK 991v2 colourways. That is five things worth attention on a single date, which in practice means choosing one and letting the others reach the shops we check.
Dates as the marketplaces list them. They move — the calendar is always more current than this page.
| Date | Brand | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct | Nike | Air Max 95 Premium Greedy (2026) |
| 1 Oct | Nike | Air Force 1 Low Scream Ghostface |
| 1 Oct | Jordan | Jordan 5 Retro SoleFly Black Aurora Green |
| 1 Oct | Jordan | Jordan 1 Retro Low OG Howard University Bison |
| 1 Oct | adidas | Gazelle Indoor Bad Bunny Solar Gold |
| 1 Oct | New Balance | 991v2 MiUK Bluesteel Poseidon |
| 3 Oct | Jordan | Jordan 16 Retro Black Pack |
| 3 Oct | Jordan | Jordan 14 Retro Low Black Pack |
| 8 Oct | Vans | LX Old Skool 36 Pearlized Pack Marshmallow White |
| 9 Oct | adidas | AE 3 Snow Camo |
Then the month thins out
The rest of October is quieter and much easier to plan around: two Jordan retros early in the month, a Vans Old Skool in a pearlised finish in the second week, and a steady run of performance releases that rarely sell out on the day. Those quiet weeks are usually when the previous month's releases start appearing at more than one shop, which is the moment comparing actually pays — a shoe carried by one retailer on launch day is often carried by five a fortnight later.
General release or limited, and why it decides everything
The single most useful thing to work out before a release is which of the two kinds it is. A general release — most Air Max, most Air Force 1, the performance running — will be at several of the shops we check within a fortnight, frequently below its launch price once more than two of them hold it. There is no reason to chase one on the day. A collaboration or a numbered retro is a different animal: one or two European stockists, sold through quickly, and after that the only listings are resale, which we do not show a price for.
What the calendar is actually good for
A release calendar is usually read as a list of things to buy. It is more useful read backwards, as a list of things that are about to become easy to buy. Every dated release on it becomes, a few weeks later, a product with offers from several shops, a spread between them and a size run that thins from the edges. Knowing what landed last month tells you what is worth comparing this month, and our own calendar pages keep that history rather than dropping a release the day after it drops.
It is also the honest answer to a page with nothing on it. A product that has not been released yet has no shop price, and we would rather show you the date and say plainly that nobody stocks it than manufacture a number to fill the space. The same page starts filling with real offers the moment a shop we check lists it.
If you miss the date
- A general release is usually at several of our shops within a fortnight, often below the launch price once more than two of them have it.
- A limited pair is a different story, and a sold-out page here will say so honestly rather than pretending stock exists.
- Set a restock alert on the product page instead of refreshing it. We check every shop daily and can tell you the morning something comes back.
- Watch the size, not just the shoe. A release that returns in a full size run is worth more to you than one that returns in a 46 you do not wear.
Each page shows whether any shop we check has it yet, and keeps showing that as the date passes.
