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UtahAngel22,
Even Wal-Mart shoes are named. I have a pair of Peggys, low budget shoes, from White Stag. It's an ego/marketing thing, I think.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 11, 2005 at 11:38 PM
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Naming shoes is just too out there for me.
I buy my shoes at Walmart or K-Mart, and if I get ambitious, I go to Payless Shoes! Good post!
posted by
UtahAngel22
on December 10, 2005 at 8:57 AM
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AJ,
LOL! Good one!
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 9, 2005 at 12:11 AM
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We can always name our own. I that I'll name mine...
Nearleigh Warrenout
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posted by
Ainsley_Jo_Phillips
on December 7, 2005 at 3:10 PM
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Likely true...
...however, I think the ego aspect of it comes into play, too, and companies capitalize on that. Who can blame them? ...Anything to sell more shoes.
I notice cheap $3 canvas shoes never come with a name. That makes me suspect something's afoot (oops, sorry about the pun)...
posted by
songbirdshafer
on November 2, 2005 at 10:08 PM
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shoes have been given names for as long as they've been sold in big stores.--it's not so much about marketing as it is about the ability to merchandise them, keep them in the right place, right box, right price...etc. I mean...think about it...there are a hundred or more different Nike athletic shoes, etc. It's a way for the shoe buyers and stores to keep them correctly identified and merchandised.
posted by
Julia.
on November 2, 2005 at 12:28 PM
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Wow...I used to sell shoes at Dillard's and I forgot all about the
names. Too funny!
posted by
Renigade
on November 1, 2005 at 6:32 AM
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Interesting post! Coming too think of it, it's really all about consumerism
posted by
Straightforward
on November 1, 2005 at 4:10 AM
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