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Is that going up or coming
By MattyC
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 2:53pm
Is that going up or coming down? I honestly can't remember if that sign was there already.
Shortening the name to ’ok
By anon
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 2:58pm
Shortening the name to ’ok should help them sell more shoes.
Coming down
By markk
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 3:05pm
August 2018 Google Street View shows this is remains of a Reebok sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3447462,71.0292105,3a,75y,167.31h,105.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slIldlvVtHfLDHExqpYItOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
It already existed
By Mangy cougar
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 3:11pm
It has been up for about a year and a half.
Maybe they are taking it down and replacing it with a updated version?
My guess is just a sign replacement, not a move. Reebok
By MC Slim JB
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 4:07pm
has been in that building barely three years.
why so many sneaker companies
By schneidz
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 5:04pm
why so many sneaker companies in boston:
reebok, new balance, saucony, bostonian,
Because Boston used to be the
By United Shoe Mac...
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 5:23pm
Because Boston used to be the shoe manufacturing center of the United States.
New England was a shoe
By anon
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 6:38pm
New England was a shoe manufacturing center going back to the Industrial Revolution. The factories moved away, but the headquarters remain.
also...
By statler
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 6:49pm
Converse
Boston's got soul
By BostonDog
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 6:51pm
Obviously
Converse, Too
By Sources Say
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 7:03pm
Converse was founded in Malden in 1908 and its headquarters is now on Lovejoy Wharf near North Station.
Hmm
By cybah
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 9:19pm
Why do you live here?
Point being, maybe its for the some of the same reasons you're here
Boston Magazine answered that
By dvg
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 10:41pm
Boston Magazine answered that question a few years ago:
"To understand why Greater Boston has become a global sneaker hub, you have to look to the past: specifically, to the mills and factories that once dotted the region. “There’s been a long history of New England being a manufacturing hub in materials that lend itself to the shoe business,” explains former footwear exec and Boston University marketing lecturer Patricia Hambrick. These days, most production has been outsourced, but heritage brands and scrappy startups alike continue to set up shop around here. “That combination of history, sports culture, and employee base,” Hambrick says, “makes it a really great place to be.”
Type up Lynn, MA in Google
By Matt Frank
Sat, 10/26/2019 - 10:29am
Type up Lynn, MA in Google Maps... The commons and associated parks are in the shape of a boot and a pump. Back in the day when Lynn was more prosperous because of shoe money the city leaders decided to celebrate that fact by making a statement you could see when flying overhead.
Been told Reebok is on borrowed time.
By section77
Fri, 10/25/2019 - 9:54pm
They are owned by Adidas and the parent company isn't happy with poor numbers. They used to both be in that office park in Canton before they Gordon Gecko'd themselves and sold the real estate and moved into rented spaces. They specifically moved Reebok into their own place (no longer sharing space w Adidas), and I'm told the parent company is looking for a buyer. Of course, we would have heard if something big happened and they are probably just changing the sign.
A new inflatable running
By anon
Sat, 10/26/2019 - 4:53am
A new inflatable running shoe that packs flat when deflated is my desire for something big happening.
An update
By Catherine
Thu, 11/07/2019 - 3:29pm
An update: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/11/07...
theyre trolling us:
By schneidz
Sat, 11/09/2019 - 10:41am
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