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2. PF Flyers - Wikipedia

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   The brand was first sold to P&F Industries, Inc, then to the Brookfield Athletic Shoe Company. [3] In 1988, Hyde Athletic Industries Inc. (now known as Saucony), planned to relaunch the PF Flyers brand through the acquisition of the Brookfield Athletic Shoe Company Inc., by first marketing the brand for kids before producing adult models. [4]

3. KangaRoos - Wikipedia

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   Gamm was a running enthusiast who would go ten kilometers a day, but preferred light athletic clothes without pockets. He designed the sneakers for his own personal use as a place to store his keys and money, then marketed them effectively. His marketing design was successful, leading to sales in excess of 700,000 pairs a month by the early ...

4. Sneakers - Wikipedia

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   Tennis shoes and kicks are other terms used in Australian and North American English. The British English equivalent of sneaker in its modern form is divided into two separate types: [ dubious – discuss ] predominantly outdoor and fashionable trainers, training shoes or quality 'basketball shoes' and in contrast cheap rubber-soled, low cut ...

5. Plimsoll (shoe) - Wikipedia

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   A pair of white plimsolls labeled as "tennis shoes" In Hong Kong, white plimsolls functioned as cheap athletic shoes from the 1970s to the 1990s. Due to naming taboo (in Cantonese, 鞋 (shoes), sounds identical to 骸 (corpse)) and their color and shape resembling noodlefish, they were commonly known as baahk faahn yú(白飯魚). A pair ...

6. LA Gear - Wikipedia

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   Light technology for kids has been one of the most successful launches in the athletic shoe industry with over 100 million pairs sold in all distribution channels. The shoes were also used as survival gear to locate stranded individuals and children during blizzards, leading to increased demand prior to storms. [23]

7. Chuck Taylor All-Stars - Wikipedia

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   Chuck Taylor All Star shoes have been worn by actors in feature films that include Jerry Lewis in The Colgate Comedy Hour (early 1950s), Elvis Presley in Change of Habit (1969), Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976), several cast members of Animal House (1978), basketball players in Grease (1978), Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party (1984), Michael J. Fox ...