{"id":649396,"date":"2021-02-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=649396"},"modified":"2021-02-15T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T09:26:30","slug":"xpand-the-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/xpand-the-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Xpand, the original no-tie elastic shoelace system&#8230; www.xpandlaces.com (thinking of Mum&#8230; she is so busy and never stops working for everyone&#8230; lets look after her this Mother&#8217;s Day!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Xpand, the original no-tie elastic shoelace system&#8230; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xpandlaces.com\/\">www.xpandlaces.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Xpand-_-Mom-and-Kids-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Xpand is the original no-tie elastic shoelace system that allows you to turn any shoe, sneaker or boot into slip-ons. Xpand ensures that you never have to tie your shoelaces ever again!<\/p>\n<p>There are 20+ colors to choose from where couples are able to match the colors of their laces or buy their partner their favorite lace color!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some facts about Xpand:<br \/>\n\u2022 Loved by athletes, parents, kids whose laces keep coming undone, pregnant moms, seniors with limited mobility and everyone in between<br \/>\n\u2022 Xpand is the top-rated shoelace system on Amazon.<br \/>\n\u2022 Over 1.5 million pairs sold worldwide since 2015<br \/>\n\u2022 Featured product on QVC<br \/>\n\u2022 Available in retail stores in over 30 countries<br \/>\n\u2022 Official Shoelace of Tough Mudder Toronto<br \/>\n\u2022 Received invitation to appear on Shark Tank<br \/>\n\u2022 Awarded Amazon&#8217;s Choice for Best Lacing System<\/p>\n<p>Xpand has been featured in:<br \/>\n\u2022 The Today Show<br \/>\n\u2022 Ellen DeGeneres<br \/>\n\u2022 BuzzFeed<br \/>\n\u2022 Good Morning Washington<br \/>\n\u2022 CBC National<br \/>\n\u2022 Eh Bee Family<br \/>\n\u2022 Donovan Bailey<br \/>\n\u2022 NFL<br \/>\n\u2022 NBA<\/p>\n<p>Being a universal yet innovative product, these laces could make a great Mother&#8217;s Day gift.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-649398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shoelace-Comparison-1-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shoelace-Comparison-1-12.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shoelace-Comparison-1-12-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shoelace-Comparison-1-12-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Shoelace-Comparison-1-12-115x115.jpg 115w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Xpand-_-Ultraboosts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"615\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xpand, the original no-tie elastic shoelace system&#8230; www.xpandlaces.com Xpand is the original no-tie elastic shoelace system that allows you to turn any shoe, sneaker or boot into slip-ons. Xpand ensures that you never have to tie your shoelaces ever again! There are 20+ colors to choose from where couples are able to match the colors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":649397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649751,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649396\/revisions\/649751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}