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1. Was founded in 1908,by Marquis Mill.It was called Converse Rubber Shoe Company because they used their rubber to make their shoes.Its color was brown with a black

2. Robert Greenberg originally founded sketchers in 1992.At the time,L.A. Gear had a lock on the woman's athletic market and Nike dominated the market for men's athletic wear.But there was no big industry giants who controlled men's and woman's street shoes.Which provided Sketchers an opportunity to be a new and expanding company in the U.S.A.Before Greenberg went to create sketchers,he was one of the founders in L.A. Gear.Which was grossing more that $900 million in sales.But by 1992,L.A. Gear saw a huge loss in market share and forced out Robert and his son Michael.After that he became a new hit with Sketchers.

3. Converse

3.1. Was founded in 1908,by Marquis Mill.It was called Converse Rubber Shoe Company because they used their rubber to make their shoes.

4. Sketchers

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6. Was originally founded in August 18,1949 by Adolf Dassler.Their logo is a mountain and mountain.Adidas is the abbreviation of the companys founder,Adi Dassler.

6.1. Adidas

7. Was originally founded in August 18,1949 by Adolf Dassler.

7.1. Was first created in 1919

8. Nike

8.1. Nike was founded in January 25,1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports,and initially operated as a distributor for the Japanese shoemaker Onitsuka Tiger.It was founded with just $1,200 in the bank.It was created by Bill Bowerman a-track-field coach-and Phil Knight a middle-distance runner from Portland that got enrolled to the University of Oregon.Knight wanted to call the company "Dimension 6".The Nike name comes from a Greek goddess of victory and its pronounced "ny-kee".Their first employee,Jeff Johnson came up with the name.The first Nike shoe was made inside a waffle iron.The slogan "Just Do It" was inspired by the serial killer Gary Gilmore who said "lets do it" just before he was executed by a firing squad in 1977.