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Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout

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Post by matwood »

deinonychus wrote: post #411
SenHeng wrote: post #360

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Same here. I love m Nike Free from 2018 and still wear them despite how natty they’ve become. But my wife insisted they must go, so I bought the latest version a few months back and it’s just not the same thing anymore. Why do all shoe brands have these gigantic sole cushions nowadays?

i encourage someone who has been running for longer than me to chime in, but >Why do all shoe brands have these gigantic sole cushions nowadays? trends! barefoot running just isn't as popular anymore. yes, i also remember seeing nike frees everywhere in the late 2000s and through the 2010s and it's my understanding it was because barefoot running was a trendy idea. and whether everyone who wore nike frees to the groc…

That's a good point. I never ran in my original Frees, but they were my goto lifting shoe. I had other shoes (Brooks Ghosts) for my running, and yet a different shoe for basketball.

Your post also reminded me of the comical toe shoes.

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Post by jeffrallen »

branko_d wrote: post #51

Last month, I bought two pairs of sneakers: one was a full leather design made in Spain, the other was a leather/cloth combination (Italian design, I'm not sure where they are made). Both are comfortable, seem to be of very good quality and look premium. The price of these two pairs together was less then one Nike pair made of synthetic materials. This was in Novi Sad, Serbia. I don't know what's going on around the…

Yes, this.

My sister took me to the employee store, and even at 50% off the price/quality is a rip off.

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Post by b3ing »

loeg wrote: post #93
legitster wrote: post #76

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> In my entire life it felt like the Nike/Adidas duopoly was unbreakable, and then it felt suddenly that Hoka was everywhere. Man, I'm in such different circles than everyone. I've never heard of Hoka and I don't know any sneakerheads. Everyone I know is into Keens, Toms, or Sketchers.

Hoka blew up in the running space, like, ten+ years ago. The first Cliftons were pretty novel for being extremely plush. Light-ish weight maxi shoes weren't really a thing before Hoka popularized them. Now every running shoe brand offers something in that space. More recently I think they've been adopted by the "active retiree" crowd? They're nice to walk in. (I owned some of the original Cliftons myself. Did not lov…

Hoka was advertised as walking on clouds, I bought a pair just for walking and being comfortable. My knees were hurting me sometimes after physical exercise and these shoes are everything advertised.

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Post by andreareina »

roryirvine wrote: post #218
petre wrote: post #185

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I got a pair of Spanish Joma sneakers last year and I like them better than NB. If they had better materials, more leather, it would be great. The 35+ runners in my city mostly wear Hoka and OC, NB is mostly a mom/dad brand and Nike and Adidas is mostly worn by teens (Forum style), 25+ women (Gazelle, Samba, Superstar) and older demograhic who doesn't run but perform stand up type of work (the foam models). I don't r…

When you say OC, I suspect you mean On - their logo has the lower-case 'n' rotated 90 degrees, so looks a bit like Oc. On & HOKA both have huge marketing towards "new" runners in the UK. And HOKA especially have made a point of marketing to women, in contrast to many traditional sportswear brands - with the rapid increase in numbers of women participating in sports, that's been a big part of their success.

The full brand name is On Cloud

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Post by Folioshift »

Just a few years ago, Nike was seen as the ultimate goal for every athlete. It was the pinnacle of performance. I struggle to understand how they could have squandered such an advantage. Was it putting too much focus on lifestyle? Remaining too generalist? Or was it simply a PR blunder ?
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