frontpagegunsranger posted Aug 15, 2022 06:14 PM
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frontpagegunsranger posted Aug 15, 2022 06:14 PM
Hoka Men's and Women's Bondi 7 Running Shoes (Various Colors)
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HOKA/Decker's is a greedy company. All the retailers have the same "discount" price because HOKA tightly regulates third party pricing. In other words there is no competition between the retailers. HOKA controls everything. They even ban the use of discount codes. My running club code does not on HOKA products at RW. Hoka won't allow it. This comes off like a cranky rant but this shoe company is single handedly responsible for the spiraling inflation we're seeing in running shoes. They started the practice of restricting third-party discount codes like those used at RW a couple years ago. Now other manufacturers like Nike and Asics have followed Hoka's lead and prohibited retailers from allowing promo codes on their shoes.
People should know that HOKA is owned by Deckers Outdoors, a footwear conglomerate. Their HOKA segment has seen profits climb by over 50% YoY for the past 3 years. This is big money. They're taking in so much money because they keep hiking the price on their shoes with each product refresh. This is not about covering costs (commodity inflation). It's about greed and bleeding the customer. A couple weeks ago the company delivered their latest earning results and the CEO openly bragged that price hikes were not deterring customers and that they would continue to raise prices to boost profits EVEN MORE.
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And hoka shoes tend to break down far too easily and quickly the past few years.
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https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/fp/679546
HOKA/Decker's is a greedy company. All the retailers have the same "discount" price because HOKA tightly regulates third party pricing. In other words there is no competition between the retailers. HOKA controls everything. They even ban the use of discount codes. My running club code does not on HOKA products at RW. Hoka won't allow it. This comes off like a cranky rant but this shoe company is single handedly responsible for the spiraling inflation we're seeing in running shoes. They started the practice of restricting third-party discount codes like those used at RW a couple years ago. Now other manufacturers like Nike and Asics have followed Hoka's lead and prohibited retailers from allowing promo codes on their shoes.
People should know that HOKA is owned by Deckers Outdoors, a footwear conglomerate. Their HOKA segment has seen profits climb by over 50% YoY for the past 3 years. This is big money. They're taking in so much money because they keep hiking the price on their shoes with each product refresh. This is not about covering costs (commodity inflation). It's about greed and bleeding the customer. A couple weeks ago the company delivered their latest earning results and the CEO openly bragged that price hikes were not deterring customers and that they would continue to raise prices to boost profits EVEN MORE.
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