It's because a lot of people there have valued short term sales over longer term growth. Same reason they made bad long term decisions (like alienating retail partners to push more DTC sales) when demand was at its peak in the early 2020s. The old CEO took the fall for this but a lot of those...
Can confirm, it came down to royalties apparently. Idk why they don't produce a run like they do for the Kobe AF1s. I guess it's trickier with JB product.
This is because often the PEs that are made in limited runs (so even less production numbers than some F&F runs) are made by the same facilities that make samples that are provided to the same facilities that produce GRs. As you know, samples have to be high quality before they are provided as...
I know for a fact they were having production issues making the 85 mold. Specifically because they used different tooling than the OG Highs so there aren't as many contracted suppliers who can produce them in large runs due to the molds used.
My guess is there isn't a business case for them to...