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DsLee said:
continue their campaign of being next/now.
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I was thinking about how NB signed Coco Gauff when she was 14, and it paid off last year when she won the US Open, and will continue to be extremely marketable

and with other endorsements like Ohtani, they’re just making really good deals in general, which is crazy cos I can’t recall any athletes they sponsored from when I was growing up
 
beeface said:
I was thinking about how NB signed Coco Gauff when she was 14, and it paid off last year when she won the US Open, and will continue to be extremely marketable

and with other endorsements like Ohtani, they’re just making really good deals in general, which is crazy cos I can’t recall any athletes they sponsored from when I was growing up
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james worthy was probably their biggest one
the first million dollar contract for basketball
 
there was a time before collabs existed. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs started. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs were bangers. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs sucked. and the GRs were bangers.
NB has always been known for their GRs to be as good or better than their collabs.
 
Does anyone know the release date for the new Teddy Santis 993s?

I saw April 25th on one site.

…don’t know if that’s right.
 
newbalance365 said:
there was a time before collabs existed. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs started. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs were bangers. and the GRs were bangers
there was a time when collabs sucked. and the GRs were bangers.
NB has always been known for their GRs to be as good or better than their collabs.
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What do the GRs have to do with the lackluster collabs?
 
Anyone needs?
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niketock88 said:
LOL What do other companies have to do with this?
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Collabs are played out. Comments like yours make the assumption they’ve always been part of the makeup of a company’s product. Collabs are a fad that have become oversaturated and the storytelling has become trash. Most of them need not exist and you’re acting like they drive NB or any other brand. They don’t.
 
trappedintime said:
Collabs are played out. Comments like yours make the assumption they’ve always been part of the makeup of a company’s product. Collabs are a fad that have become oversaturated and the storytelling has become trash. Most of them need not exist and you’re acting like they drive NB or any other brand. They don’t.
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How can you agree with me and disagree with yourself and the same statement?
 
niketock88 said:
How can you agree with me and disagree with yourself and the same statement?
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You called out a retailer-exclusive cw as something new when they’ve been doing it with the JD brands for some time and focused on 3 collabs like they’re driving the brand. You don’t seem to have the pulse of what’s going on here
 
trappedintime said:
You called out a retailer-exclusive cw as something new when they’ve been doing it with the JD brands for some time and focused on 3 collabs like they’re driving the brand. You don’t seem to have the pulse of what’s going on here
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The new balance, X shoe palace volcano pack is new regardless of how many collabs they’ve had in the past.

New balance just released a volcano themed collab with salehe in January… Why would you release another volcano themed Collab with another company three months later? Where is the creativity in that? All of the collabs, stories that go with them are ripoffs of Nike or Jordan brand. What’s the point of even having Collabs to begin with if there’s no thought put into them? And who said anything about what’s driving the brand? That’s what you got out of my post a few pages back?
 
niketock88 said:
The new balance, X shoe palace volcano pack is new regardless of how many collabs they’ve had in the past.

New balance just released a volcano themed collab with salehe in January… Why would you release another volcano themed Collab with another company three months later? Where is the creativity in that? All of the collabs, stories that go with them are ripoffs of Nike or Jordan brand. What’s the point of even having Collabs to begin with if there’s no thought put into them? And who said anything about what’s driving the brand? That’s what you got out of my post a few pages back?
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They’ve been doing one every season for at least 3 seasons now. It’s part of an ongoing strategy you’re looking at incorrectly IMO because you’re not the target for it.

And if the collabs are ripoffs of JB/Nike, those were ripoffs of ASICS and others. The concept isn’t that novel for any of these shoe companies.

Takes like yours come off as short sighted because you seem to think everything is geared to the hardcore sneakerhead, and needs to be.

It’s the same poor thinking that writes the 9060 off as a loser for NB when it’s their most successful new model in years (maybe even decades). It doesn’t all have to be for you. NB is still doing a great job, but they didn’t sign Ohtani or MHJ to increase their appeal with sneakerheads. They’re doing a lot of work in a lot of areas to grow the company. By almost any metric it’s working.

Getting shelf space and winning over JD as a bigger partner is a huge deal when you’re competing against Nike and Adidas. A lot of parents still shop at those retail stores. Growing youth sales gets people into the brand from a young age. Getting more mom purchases increases their profile as an in brand for the yoga pants/runner mom market which is huge. Exclusives with themes in models like the 1906, 9060, 2022 aren’t targeted at most of us even if there’s crossover now and then.

It’s short sighted because bigger profits means reinvesting them faster into passion projects, many of which would likely benefit shoe freaks like us.

But I also find it shortsighted because NB recognizing that collabs have become oversaturated shows good understanding of the market. CWs like the recent 991v2’s and now the 993 and even some of the recent v6 GRs are taking collab design cues and tones and turning them into quality product all from NB.

The former was rolled out 6 mos ago with a high profile collab and is a pretty big hit 6 mos in at a high price point with fewer discounts so far. That’s building brand value and in some cases delivering better value at MSRP for the consumer compared to higher priced collabs that look similar.
 
trappedintime said:
They’ve been doing one every season for at least 3 seasons now. It’s part of an ongoing strategy you’re looking at incorrectly IMO because you’re not the target for it.

And if the collabs are ripoffs of JB/Nike, those were ripoffs of ASICS and others. The concept isn’t that novel for any of these shoe companies.

Takes like yours come off as short sighted because you seem to think everything is geared to the hardcore sneakerhead, and needs to be.

It’s the same poor thinking that writes the 9060 off as a loser for NB when it’s their most successful new model in years (maybe even decades). It doesn’t all have to be for you. NB is still doing a great job, but they didn’t sign Ohtani or MHJ to increase their appeal with sneakerheads. They’re doing a lot of work in a lot of areas to grow the company. By almost any metric it’s working.

Getting shelf space and winning over JD as a bigger partner is a huge deal when you’re competing against Nike and Adidas. A lot of parents still shop at those retail stores. Growing youth sales gets people into the brand from a young age. Getting more mom purchases increases their profile as an in brand for the yoga pants/runner mom market which is huge. Exclusives with themes in models like the 1906, 9060, 2022 aren’t targeted at most of us even if there’s crossover now and then.

It’s short sighted because bigger profits means reinvesting them faster into passion projects, many of which would likely benefit shoe freaks like us.

But I also find it shortsighted because NB recognizing that collabs have become oversaturated shows good understanding of the market. CWs like the recent 991v2’s and now the 993 and even some of the recent v6 GRs are taking collab design cues and tones and turning them into quality product all from NB.

The former was rolled out 6 mos ago with a high profile collab and is a pretty big hit 6 mos in at a high price point with fewer discounts so far. That’s building brand value and in some cases delivering better value at MSRP for the consumer compared to higher priced collabs that look similar.
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Brother, this long paragraph that you posted literally has nothing to do with my original post.
 
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