Shoes
topic on 5 shows · 8 statements across 8 episodes
Acquired 
Masters of Scale 
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
8 statements about Shoes, every show
Cole: Shoes uniquely and disproportionately affect how wearers feel
“I often say in the shoe business, everything you wear affects how you look, but shoes uniquely also affect disproportionately how you feel.”
Zwillinger: The Average American Buys Eight Pairs of Shoes Annually
“Yeah, I mean, I think, look, the average American consumer buys eight pairs of shoes a year. That's men, women, and child. And so that's about two and a half billion pairs of shoes sold every year.”
Linnartz: Under Armour will lean into casual lifestyle footwear
“You're gonna see Under Armour leaning more into shoes that you can wear with a pair of jeans when you go out, you know, after you practice.”
Brown: Consumers buy shoes for comfort, but equate comfort with ugly design
“Comfort is the number one reason why people buy shoes, and comfort often is equated with ugliness, so if your dad tells you he's got a comfortable pair of shoes, you assume they don't look very good”
Lombard: Holocaust Museum displays victims' shoes, but excludes hair
“The Holocaust Museum had a huge discussion about whether or not hair should be on display. And it is not on display. It is, but the shoes are.”
Evans: Mobile phone manufacturing scale is comparable only to shoes or toothbrushes
“And in fact, if you want to find a manufactured product that has the same kind of scale as mobile phones, you really need to look at things like shoes or toothbrushes. There's no other kind of sophisticated manufactured product, certainly no other electronic p…”
Tony Hsieh Owns Two Pairs of Shoes and Dislikes Footwear
“Right now I'm wearing black Asics, and then I have a pair of flip-flops that I wear, and those are the only two pairs. I'm actually not passionate about shoes at all. I'm passionate about customer service and company culture, so I can talk forever about those …”