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Originally Posted by GottaBdaShoes
Those are well thought assumptions but non of them fit, like a bad shoe. I'm not against JB, I'm just keeping things realistic. Also, hypothetically typing. Worst case scenario if you will.
Response to 1. What happens if at some point in the future, retailers don't want JB products because of such decline in sales? Do you think they will still want the products? Will JB maintain those numbers they consistently attain?
Response to 2. Let's say the sneaker game dies in a few years, with all the crappy products JB is currently putting out (material wise), do you think people will buy despite it not being up to par performance wise?
Response to 3. Retro shoes will only go so far. Chuck Taylors are still sold, do they sell like they did back in the 60's and 70'? No. Only reason they still sell at all is because Nike owns Converse.
Response to 4. Hype only attracts kids and simple individuals. You would need a CONSISTENCY of hype, I'm talking about one after the next after the next after the next for a shoe to sell if it gets really bad for JB. Plus a lot of the hype is about shoes that have seen hype before, so JB preys on this. It would be like running through a gauntlet and hoping for the best.
A lot of people on NT and sneaker heads everywhere know what they want and don't need hype to make them give in. Corporations are always changing their plan around to save money. Intentionally looking away when a good thing is already good. A huge company I worked for did this and now they are losing a lot of customers. It's a bad omen.
Originally Posted by GottaBdaShoes
As a matter of fact, I went to a cook out today and some geeky dude was wearing some flint grey/ blue AJF 13's. He was maybe 21 yrs old. I didn't even know they were out yet, don't care. They looked like variants at first but then I looked right at the hologram and realized they weren't
i like packs...it just sucks when they throw in a garbage shoeOriginally Posted by MSheraton23
i actually like the packs, i might be alone on that tho
ive been in retail since i was bout 14, i know how it all breaks down. JB DOES retail them for 310, its marked on the shoebox. i never said theymake the entire difference. we all know the stores buy them for less and make their own profit. even selling at lets say $75 per pair from nike to Retail,thats $60 profit PER PAIR. thats 400% of the cost. now you do the mathOriginally Posted by Ivehademall
"and no, im sure they arent hurting. they build shoes that average a cost between $7-15 and sell em for $125-175. they are making a fortune either way. just figure the profit margin"
That isn't totally true...JB doesnt' retail the shoes for $310....the retailer does. Cost to a retailer is typically around 50% of the suggested retail price....which means if JB puts out a $310 pack....cost for FTL to purchase is around $155 -#%@ give or take including shipping. THere are also several steps along the way that make these "windfall profits" seem alot less crazy.
I'm not defending the whole process...it's just that most people do not understand the retail supply chain.
Originally Posted by j671
Originally Posted by hypebeast5
packages are alright but solo releases are way better