• nifty
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    2410 months ago

    Seriously though let’s forget for a second who’s hawking these shoes, the sneakers are sooooo ugly by themselves. No sense of style, aesthetics, or design. Who is going to wear these and not feel like a goober?

    • @Telodzrum
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      1510 months ago

      MBS can order a million of these and not violate campaign finance laws.

    • @fadhl3y
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      1110 months ago

      FSB just put in an order for $380m of them

    • @fidodo
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      510 months ago

      I kinda feel that way about a lot of niche sneakers tbh…

    • @EtherWhack
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      410 months ago

      It’s an easy way to identify the lower IQ/more gullible GOP members. (Quark would love and exploit this feature [RoA#74: Knowledge equals profit])

      • @WaxedWookie
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        110 months ago

        Low IQ GOP members is a redundancy - unless you’re an uber-wealthy direct beneficiary of their grifts.

    • @WaxedWookie
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      310 months ago

      Same people that vote for Trump without feeling like a goober, I’d imagine.

      Let’s not forget how popular Kanye “I loooooooove Hitlerrrrrr” West’s shoes continue to be - and most of them look like the product of a 3-way between nanna’s teach cosy, a Tesla, and an inflatable life raft.

      • nifty
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        210 months ago

        Yeezy shoes continue to make profit for Adidas because they’re produced cheap enough, but that’s not the same as Yeezy being popular anymore. Data: https://legitcheck.app/stats/yeezy/

        • @WaxedWookie
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          110 months ago

          They’re certainly less popular, but are holding on to meaningful market share.

            • @WaxedWookie
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              110 months ago

              The last link you shared showed 3% market share, and revenue dropping from 1.3-1.7bn to 568m in 2023.

              Adidas are far more than just shoes - looking at a “premium” partnership with a musician on sub-brand for one of many categories they’re present in isn’t a super-representative snapshot.

              • nifty
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                110 months ago

                The 13B is just for sneaker sales but I see your point about the market share