Smalltown wrote:Westside Gunn wrote:The shoe game is one example of people being such brand whores.
Its all about Js then some player and rapper start wearing your dads NBs and all of a sudden NB is cool.
Champion was dead/cheap at a time but then it became of a cool brand because of some collab.
Dont think skechers gets anywhere but damn dont be surprised if one day a skecher pair reaches mid 3 figures because of resellers.
This isn't about competing with Nike or Adidas. When moms go into the mall shoe store and little Timmy says "but I want basketball shoes lets go to foot locker" - the mom will be able to walk over and grab a reasonably priced shoe and say "lets get these. Look a MVP wears them". It's not a pair of Nikes but it'll feel better to them than a pair of Walmart And1s.
The problem is they aren't reasonably priced. They are overpriced (200+ for a men's shoe). They are also super ugly/ cheap looking in my opinion. Not sure what Sketchers is trying to do here. They should have started out as a budget shoe. Not sure who is going to buy these.
https://www.skechers.ca/en/men/shop-by-activity/basketball/