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My first interaction with
skechers outlet
uk was not a good one. Earlier this year I was
contacted by a representative from a PR firm representing
Skechers, and they wanted to know if I would be willing to
try out and review the Skechers Resistance Runner shoe.
However, the catch was that they asked for either a
“positive or neutral” review. Though I probably would
have declined anyway on account of the fact that I could
tell it was a shoe that I would probably not like to run
in, the requirement to post a “neutral or positive
review” was unacceptable, and borderline unethical. I
should emphasize that the email came not from a Skechers
employee, but a PR person from a company representing them,
so I don’t know if this was a screw-up by an individual or
if it was a directive coming from the company itself.
My other problem with
skechers shoes mens
sale is that I’m not a big fan of their marketing.
The whole Shape-Ups campaign was a really egregious example
of using “Skechy-Science” to sell a product to people who
generally don’t take the time to evaluate the science
themselves. Then came the ads for the Resistance Runner
shoe (see example at left) – they were humorous to say the
least for a shoe that was supposedly designed with “mid-
foot strike technology.” The model in that ad may just
slide the heel back and land on his midfoot prior to
contact, but methinks that is rather unlikely with the
amount of ankle dorsiflexion and knee extension he exhibits
that late in his stride.
Given all of this, you can imagine my initial reaction when
I was contacted a few weeks back by
skechers go walk 4
outlet (directly this time) to see if I wanted to try
out and review a pair of the soon-to-be released Skechers
Go Run shoe. I had seen some early images of the Go Run,
and they looked to be a bit of a positive departure from
previous running offerings from the company, so I was at
least curious (particularly since Meb Keflezghi apparently
plans to use this as his racing shoe). But, the bad taste
left in my mouth from my previous interaction with Skechers
caused me to hesitate. Did I really want to support a
company with a marketing approach like that which Skechers
has employed?
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