Shoes protect our feet against cold dirt, cuts, and bruises. But the appearance of shoes always matters as much as the protection they off. There are shoes for the evening, for everyday and sports. Shoes come in every color and many materials—shoe style changes yearly and seasonally. But the brands remain the same with their regular trusted fan base. So today, let’s talk about the Best Shoe brands in the USA.
Note that I Did this review with my personal favorites.
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Nike shoe brand
Nike company was founded in 1973. This big brand first started its business as Blue Ribbon Sports. Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight established Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964. The company changed its name in 1978.
Now it has about 75k+Employees. John Donahoe’s CEO turned the revenue for 2022 to $47.149B, with a 2.07% increase year-over-year. The Headquarters are situated in Beaverton, Oregon.
In the late 1980s, the business started growing by acquiring other shoe businesses, including Converse, in 2003. They also produce sports gear and athletic apparel.
Hector Bellerine is one of many famous athletes that Nike has sponsored.
PUMA shoes
With Adidas, PUMA’s history began. The “Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory” was started in 1924 by brothers Rudolf and Adolf. Initially operating out of their parent’s house, they soon moved into their factory. The brothers split apart after World War II because of a disagreement.
Rudolf established PUMA, while Adolf started Adidas. Like his brother, Rudolf initially gave his business the name Rudolf Dessler, which later became RUDA.
Four months after founding “Sportschuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler (RUDA)” in 1948, it changed its name to PUMA.
The Super Atom football shoe from PUMA, featuring screw-in studs, was introduced in 1952. This introduction completely changed the industry. Bjorn Gulden, a former professional soccer player, is the current CEO of PUMA, owned by a French luxury group.
PUMA’s current revenue (2022) is $8.54 Billion, according to the most recent financial reports from PUMA. The company generated $7.91 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase over the $6.09 billion it generated in 2020. PUMA headquarters are located in Herzogenaurach, Germany. It has around 14k+ employees around the World.
Skechers USA
Robert Greenberg established Skechers in 1992. Being a founding member of L.A. Gear gave Greenberg previous experience in the footwear industry. He discovered a market niche in street shoes, or casual footwear, which wasn’t dominated by the athletic shoe market then.
In 1997, only four years after releasing its first shoe, the “Chrome Dome,” the company began to operate internationally. Several national distribution chains adopted their original design. The business continued its rapid growth by going public in 1999.
Their designs were widely imitated as a result of their popularity.
They started making complaints about other businesses that were stealing their original designs.
Shoes for men, women, and kids currently come in more than 3,000 original Skechers designs.
The revenue increased by 20.34% over the prior year to $7.196 billion for the entire year ending September 2022.
Addidas shoes
Addidas is the second-largest sportswear manufacturer in the World, after Nike, which is a German business. Adolf and Rudolf Dassler established the “Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory” in 1924.
The company facilities were used to produce anti-tank weapons during World War II, and the Dassler brothers were members of the Nazi party in Germany. The brothers Adolf and Rudolf started falling out after the war. These brothers decided to go in their separate ways and found independent shoe businesses.
Adolf founded Adidas in 1949, and Rudolf went on to found PUMA (the number three brand on our list). The name “Adi Dassler Adidas Sportschuhfabrik” was registered in Adolf’s honor; Adolf “Adi” Dassler is the originator of the Adidas brand.
Several German athletes wore the spiked running shoes that Dassler started developing during the 1928 Summer Olympics. According to many records, Jesse Owens competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics wearing a pair of Dessler’s spikes.
Bernard Tapie bought the business in 1989. Following Tapie’s financial struggles, investors bought the business, and in 1993 Robert Louis-Dreyfus was appointed to lead it. In 2006, they acquired Reebok, another brand on this list.
New Balance
In 1906, William J. Riley, an immigrant from Ireland, founded the New Balance Arch Support Company. The name comes from Riley’s fascination with his backyard chickens’ three-toed feet. Riley was taken aback by how the three toes supported the body and permitted balance.
Longtime salesman Arthur Hall joined Riley as a business partner in 1934. Eleanor Kidd and her husband, Paul Kidd, the daughter of Hall, purchased the business in 1956. It was still primarily recognized for its arch supports, though.
The business created and released the “Trackster,” a running shoe with a ripple sole, in 1961. It is referred to as the first running shoe ever made. In 1972, Jim Davis bought the business on the day of the Boston Marathon.
In the 1970s, Boston emerged as the running boom’s center. Their proximity to the growing obsession allowed New Balance to profit from it and establish itself as the preferred running shoe. They now offer everything from high-end sneakers to their recognizable “dad” clothes, and they are renowned for their many different styles.
Thomas Burberry established this British business in 1856. Thomas wanted to design clothing appropriate for the cloudy English climate. Even better, he created a breathable fabric that transforms rainwear.
Burberry
During World War I, the iconic Burberry trench coat was introduced and created especially for military applications. They received a Royal Warrant in 1955 for their work as a weather proofers. Their boots are sufficiently well-liked, even though they are best known for their upscale outerwear and accessories, to place them halfway down our list.
Despite being a British business, they excel in the U.S., generating $824 million in revenue. The CEO of Burberry at the moment is Marco Gobbetti.
ASICS America
After Kihachiro Onitsuka returned home from World War II, this Japanese company was established. The phrase “You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body” is Anima Sana In Corpore Sano,” is the Latin phrase for which the name is an acronym.
This phrase gave him the idea to design athletic shoes and encourage young people to lead healthy lifestyles. Five years after its founding, in 1950, it introduced a basketball shoe. In 1953, they followed that up with a marathon shoe. This shoe’s design was inspired by the traditional Japanese indoor footwear known as “tabi.”
They released their first wrestling shoe in 1955, ten years after they were established. Today’s wrestlers favor the ASICS brand. Over the following decades, the business kept growing and introducing fresh designs.
Reebok
The brothers’ Joe and Jeff Foster founded this British-American business in 1958 in England. The Foster family had a tradition of wearing shoes. At the age of 14, their grandfather founded J.W. Foster and Sons. Some of the first spiked running shoes were created by him.
The brothers struggled to obtain the copyright to Mercury, which was their original intention. They focused on a different source of inspiration. After looking through an old book, they discovered the grey rhebuck, also known as Reebok in Afrikaans, is an antelope species indigenous to South Africa. So, Reebok was created.
Paul Newman brought the company to the U.S. in 1979. Despite being bought by Adidas in 2006, it continues to operate under the previous name.
Van’s
Paul and Jim Van Doren, two brothers from California, founded this renowned skateboarding shoe company in 1966. They also collaborated with Serge Delia and Gordon Lee. The Van Doren Rubber Company was the original name of the business. Costa Mesa, California, is home to Van’s corporate headquarters.
$520.0M is Vans’ yearly revenue. With 2,124 employees, Vans has a $244,821 revenue-per-employee ratio.
The Van Doren Rubber Company produced shoes and sold them directly to customers; on their first day of operation, they sold 12 pairs and had the shoes ready by the afternoon.
It inspired them to make skateboarding shoes for Jim’s skateboarding son, Mark. In the early 1970s, skateboarders started to favor Vans. Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s Sean Penn wore Vans Classic Slip-Ons at the time,” they became widely known around the World.
Even though it experienced financial difficulties in the 1980s, it recovered and is now the top-earning brand for the V.F. Corporation, which bought them in 2004. A significant sponsor of the Vans Warped Tour is the business.
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