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Y'all remember the hype for those UB 1.0s?
Insane.
Insane.
ADIDAS X YEEZY COLLAB OFFICIAL THREAD *NO LC's PLEASE*
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JPS
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Jawnz was going 1k
Dudes was worshipping some dude who called himself boost god
what an era
dblplay1212
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Oh you're talking about the old chat guy. Gotcha.
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Numbers lie all the time. Hate when people say this.
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Adidas gonna eat, regardless. They will be fine.
But they back to who they were before the Kanye hype, which is a perfectly fine, lucrative, stable company, with legions of devoted everyday casual customers outside of America (where they’re mainly the first company you think about when your kid brings home a youth soccer application)
There’s definitely value that came to them from being American hype conversations in recent years, regardless of what percentage of their customers globally are “sneakerheads”
Next time they won’t put so many of their eggs in a single basket, when they trying to cross over into the sneakerhead lane, and there won’t be a quarter billion dollar quarterly hole to fill for them
But they back to who they were before the Kanye hype, which is a perfectly fine, lucrative, stable company, with legions of devoted everyday casual customers outside of America (where they’re mainly the first company you think about when your kid brings home a youth soccer application)
There’s definitely value that came to them from being American hype conversations in recent years, regardless of what percentage of their customers globally are “sneakerheads”
Next time they won’t put so many of their eggs in a single basket, when they trying to cross over into the sneakerhead lane, and there won’t be a quarter billion dollar quarterly hole to fill for them
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dblplay1212
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People don't forget that bc that's not true. 2013 was Energy Boost. Ultraboost came out in 2015. I agree with your overall statement, but Ultraboosts weren't hitting outlets in 2013 bc they didn't exist. They probably would have in 2015 if not for Kanye though.
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lmao brehhhhhhh
JPS
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ball dont lie
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idk who adidas signs next but please no more kerwin frost shoes
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Sorry meant energyboost. UBs didn’t release until early 2015. I remember Ye wearing these energyboosts:
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In the street, urban, fashion, popular, people who care about and buy shoes and in the realm of the sneaker marking in The United States of America.
Adidas wasn't popular and wasn't a factor. In my original post I stated globally Adidas was popular and made money. But in the United States of America regarding fashion and sneakers, Adidas shoes were not popular, valued or cared about by the masses.
I live in the United States. I don't live in the UK, Spain, Beirut or Iran. Over here in The United States, Adidas wasn't a factor and wasn't popular.
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I think celebrity endorsement is waning a bit. With IG cemented and da rise of tiktok I really just picture brands reaching for that segment through influencers
JPS
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Not a fan of that siloSorry meant energyboost. UBs didn’t release until early 2015. I remember Ye wearing these energyboosts:
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Dude making **** up. You can't even fact check that BS because no one was looking out for a Pharrell or definitely not a Pusha T kick.If they make 6 pairs of course they'll sellout!
Thats like saying Kswiss are hot because YG had kicks with them and they sell a bunch of ****
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If they make 6 pairs of course they'll sellout!
I remember that era vividly and shoes like that would only be small runs on bodega type boutique websites or some big cartel looking website lol. Or you copped in person.
Dude saying “they sold out” like they made 100k of those
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Like the NB bodegas ...I remember that era vividly and shoes like that would only be small runs on bodega type boutique websites or some big cartel looking website lol. Or you copped in person.
Dude saying “they sold out” like they made 100k of those
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I apologize, I'm not speaking from a fan's perspective because I don't have one single pair of Yeezy's.
Not because I don't like the shoes, I just don't rock with Kanye because he's been saying bs for a while.
And yes,you're right, "Some" people did mess with Adidas before Kanye just like "Some" people messed with these.
But they weren't popular or a desired sneaker brand in the United States.
I don't even like Kanye but you have to give the man his credit.
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Not a factor or popular in the corner of culture that Ye occupied, which isn't as massive and influential some think.
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The majority of people that wear Yeezy's weren't wearing Adidas before Ye.
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ok you're talking crazy now.
the adidas superstar is one of the if not the most iconic sneakers in the usa as well as the world. Its popularity coming from the inner city youth and spread like a wildfire to every other corner of america, rich or poor, globally and elsewhere. For decades. Not years. Not waves. Decades.
that shoe never goes out of style
that shoe has been mass produced for decades not years. decades.
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Lol
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I remember that era vividly and shoes like that would only be small runs on bodega type boutique websites or some big cartel looking website lol. Or you copped in person.
Dude saying “they sold out” like they made 100k of those
Seriously man, I'm gonna let dude debate with himself because he's lost and arguing just to argue.
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And that group isn't as massive and influential as they think.
