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Converse (/ ˈ k ɒ n v ər s /) is an American lifestyle brand that markets, distributes, and licenses footwear, apparel, and accessories.Founded by Marquis Mills Converse in 1908 as the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts, it has been acquired by several companies before becoming a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. in 2003.
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. [10]In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
Elisha S. Converse Elisha Slade Converse (July 28, 1820 – June 5, 1904) was the first mayor of Malden , Massachusetts , a businessman, founder and president of Boston Rubber Shoe Company , a representative and senator in the state legislature and a philanthropist.
Meta (formerly Facebook) has found a new way to avoid the app stores’ commissions on in-app purchases with the launch of a new website where people can buy “Stars” — the virtual items that ...
A store in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Skechers was founded in 1992 by Robert Greenberg, who had previously founded LA Gear in 1983 (he stepped down as CEO of that company the same year he founded Skechers). Greenberg sought to focus on men's street shoes; Skechers' early products were utility-style boots popular in grunge fashion. [ 3]
Payless ShoeSource Worldwide, LLC[ 3] (formerly known as Payless ShoeSource Inc. ), is an American multinational discount footwear chain. Established in 1956 by cousins Louis and Shaol Pozez, Payless was a privately held company owned by Blum Capital, and Golden Gate Capital. In 1961, it became a public company as the Volume Shoe Corporation ...
Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, in 2018. Under Armour was founded on September 25, 1996, by Kevin Plank, a then-24 year old former special teams captain of the University of Maryland football team. Plank initially began the business from his grandmother's basement in Washington, D.C. [4] He spent his time traveling along the East Coast ...
Matthew McConaughey's wife, Camila Alves, holds a pair of green Converse tennis shoes similar to ones worn by ten-year-old Uvalde shooting victim Maite Rodriguez.