TOP 5 SNEAKERS COPIED BY OTHER BRANDS!

Shop best sneaker deals of the week here! http://bit.ly/2kuwqFv ***Music by Forest Pond peep here! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LQjoO0gSivZUtBwbksUOd Top 5 sneakers copied by other brands Three-step strategy has powered the rise of every sneaker brand since the turn of the 20th century: (via Highsnobiety) 1) Copy presently-loved designs and market the hell out of them 2) Get enough cash on hand to begin risky, expensive in-house R&D 3) Develop proprietary tech that lets you make your own market. Runner Up – Flyknit technology / Bapesta vs Nike AF1 / Converse All Star #5 Adidas Boost / Puma Nrgy http://footwearnews.com/2016/business/athletic-outdoor/puma-adidas-legal-battle-etpu-soles-nrgy-shoes-213310/ 2009 Puma developed boost like material, in 2011 BASF termed partnership w Puma for exclusive deal with Adidas. 2013 Boost was created, 2015 NRGY by Puma was created by chemical company Huntsman corp Puma is accusing Adidas of having stolen the eTPU sole’s design, to which it owns the rights. #4 http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2011/07/50-sneaker-facts-you-didnt-know/15 The Nike Cortez Was Born At Asics Complex says: In 1969, Asics, then known as Onitsuka Tiger, released the Cortez. Phil Knight, who'd been a sales rep for Tiger in the '60s, felt that he'd been instrumental in the development of the shoe, so he took the design with him when he left to form the company that would later become Nike. Thus began a lengthy legal battle. In '74, the courts decided that b