hobby jogging harry wrote:
I don't know as I'm not in that industry, but I'll take a random guess based on nothing:
Maybe Brooks and Hoka treats their bricks and mortar sellers better than the other brands.
Nike doesn't even need them, I'd guess. My local running stores don't even carry Adidas (I've heard they're really hard for local stores to deal with). The running store closest to me almost looks like a Brooks/Hoka outlet shop. Their stuff is EVERYWHERE.
P.S. I know Brooks has a reputation as being for hobby joggers, but I've found some of their more recent models to be really, really good. Then again, I AM a hobby jogger, so take that with a grain of salt.
This is actually really accurate and now you say it they are just like this, the local running shop in my town is pretty much a Hoka and brooks outlet, and those weird ON shoes. Zero Nike or Adidas. Very odd.