ADIDAS x YEEZY COLLAB OFFICIAL THREAD *2016 thread link 1st page*

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That article just explained how Adidas plans to keep everything they do with Kanye at a limited scale. So you know what that means... Clothes and 350 Boost will be limited and everything else after that.
 
the link doesn't work because NT censors the other site $0lec0llect0r, even tho that site references NT 
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To sum it up, Adidas saying that Kanye's line is not a huge deal to them and not even drawing in a lot of money. They like to keep their collabs in limited productions and plans to do the same with Kanye's line, doesn't matter if they have a contract or not. Adidas has a lot of contracts with celebrities (non-athletes) and Adidas produces limited quantities for their collabs just as well, so Kanye not getting any special treatment. Basically, don't expect any easy Yeezy season grabs. 
 
It'd be hard for it to draw in a lot of money producing low numbers. Nike does it all the time because they have cash cow things like the rosche, but then pull crap like 'hey you can id with this for the next 24 hours and its going to resell for 900 lolol'

I guess at this point the best way to get information from kanye is to think the opposite of whatever he says.

Affordable? expensive

everybody getting them? limited

next should be the no bunch of colors thing
 
vinotwofour said:
the link doesn't work because NT censors the other site $0lec0llect0r, even tho that site references NT :lol:

To sum it up, Adidas saying that Kanye's line is not a huge deal to them and not even drawing in a lot of money. They like to keep their collabs in limited productions and plans to do the same with Kanye's line, doesn't matter if they have a contract or not. Adidas has a lot of contracts with celebrities (non-athletes) and Adidas produces limited quantities for their collabs just as well, so Kanye not getting any special treatment. Basically, don't expect any easy Yeezy season grabs. 
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so basically anyone who made the mistake of selling the first yeezy adidas right away should not sell at all initially if they get future yeezy adidas.
 
don't know why the link isn't working but it's a post on sole - collector about how the Kanye initiative was never really about what Kanye wanted...
 
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I dont understand kanye's point now. He could have stayed with nike to continue to be marginalized. It really sounds like it was anout a few million dollars stood in between him staying with nike. The only way ye is gonna be able to do what he said and provide product to all is to do like Dame Dash told the breakfast club and "put up your own money". Otherwise you are not the boss and dont call shots.
 
Adidas is not very smart when it comes to the U.S market considering this is the market they are the weakest in. I work in supply chain so my perspective will come from a business stand point. Adidas lost a minimum of 300% of their potential profit margins by pricing the shoes too low and limiting the shoes to too low of a number (in the U.S. only, they are fine to do this in other markets as they are strong enough that it doesn't matter). If I was on the board of directors I would be looking to fire someone, you have resellers walking away with money that should be in the companies pockets. If I know people are going to give their first born to get anything that says Yeezy I would have at least made the shoe $1,000 and increased production to probably 200,000 in the U.S.
 
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People just don't want to admit it. To me it's all part of the game.
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that and people have different definitions of what reselling is. The reality is if you ever sold a sneaker at a profit or loss (or really anything for that matter) you are a reseller. The guy who keeps everything they like but sells the one ultra hyped release (like this one) to pay for it all is also a reseller. Not a big deal at all except on here.
 
Bruh.... So Adidas is giving Ye the nike treatment?

Waits for him to join Li-Ning or UA :rofl:
 
LuigyVintage03 said:
Pretty much, so sad man. Lol. Kanye is now officially a clown.
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He's just learning the business side of things the hard way. Adidas is just using him for further brand recognition :lol:

It's unfortunate tho. I'm clueless but I'd love to know the terms of his contract.
 
I'm happy this happened truth be told. I've been adamant in saying how stupid it was for kanye to leave Nike. He had a platform with the biggest athletic shoe retailer in history synonymous with style and exclusivity. Nike gives no one who isn't an athlete a shoe contract but gave kanye one and he gets gassed up as if he was the one making Nike look good. Publicly plays them and dismisses the power they gave his "brand". Takes his ideas to the Germans and expect to be taken seriously. Had a fashion show and everything. How are those royalties gonna work with limited productions now?? :smh: damn ye
 
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lamekilla said:
I'm happy this happened truth be told. I've been adamant in saying how stupid it was for kanye to leave Nike. He had a platform with the biggest athletic shoe retailer in history synonymous with style and exclusivity. Nike gives no one who isn't an athlete a shoe contract but gave kanye one and he gets gassed up as if he was the one making Nike look good. Publicly plays them and dismisses the power they gave his "brand". Takes his ideas to the Germans and expect to be taken seriously. Had a fashion show and everything. How are those royalties gonna work with limited productions now?? :smh: damn ye
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If anything, it should spur him to create his own brand so he can have total control since these larger brands are just using him in a way he says he doesn't approve.
 
bigj505 said:
If anything, it should spur him to create his own brand so he can have total control since these larger brands are just using him in a way he says he doesn't approve.
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Exactly his boy Virgil, now has a Men's and Women's clothing line, and as well a sneaker collection he will be dropping for women. This is just karma playing its role.. Although Nike didn't give him royalties they gave him his own shoe like homie stated up there.
 
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