What were they thinking

"I can change one thing on a shoe and make millions of dollars in profit."

>>11679149
i cant belive this is real
the stan was like that classic flat bottom shoe and now it looks like shit with this futuristic sole
L

>spamming this photoshopped image
why tho

>>11679212
just did some research
WHY THO

this must be some 4 month late April fool's bs

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the question should be: what were THEY thinking

>>11679233
"I can sell a Stan Smith replica to mothers and grandmothers across the country and this was cleared by our lawyers."

>>11679237
their argument in court was: CP does it without getting sued so why can't we

>>11679149
F

>>11679237
and the answer is: CP isn't taking business away from Adidas by selling a 400 dollar version of their shoe, but Skecher is by selling a 40 dollar version

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>>11679233

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>>11679247
holy shit Skechers is completely shameless

>>11679306
lolol that was a huge market failure why didn't they just buy up all of the Springblades from Adidas

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>>11679149
All that leftover polystyrene packaging. Oh let's use it instead of rubber soles and sell it at a markup to retards. Shall we add chingpong yamagotchis name to them too so we can really hike the price up?

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>>11679332
ie the same exact thing that vans did lol

>>11679332
>>11679337
even the stitching is the same

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this is actually kinda fun looking through their online store
WONDER WHO THEY'RE RIPPING OFF HERE

>>11679349
apparently they are also the 2nd largest shoe seller in the U.S. after Nike

guess it does pay to cheat

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>>11679353
no shit I can't believe New Balance hasn't gotten after them

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>>11679353
fucking christ they even ripped off Common Projects

>>11679370

Are you autistic? You can't trademark something like that, that isn't more of a rip-off than any other similar shoe on the market (gel lytes etc.)

>>11679408
vans can't say "we have the most well-known slip-ons so nobody else can do them"
but dude it's obviously a nod to NB when they have a shoe with contrasting sole and big embroidered block letter on the side

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>>11679408
with a shoe like that I wouldn't expect it to hold up in court but surprisingly Adidas successfully sued Skechers out of making this shoe which has much less resemblance imo

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>>11679332
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>>11679233
THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

>>11679423
why would they put three stripes
even K Swiss is smart enough to use five stripes

>>11679404
>The Mark Nason Collection was launched in 2003 by its namesake, brand founder and Executive Vice President of Skechers Mark Nason.

ahahaha you can't make this shit up.

>>11679212
its looks so fake....but