Running shoe price inflation!

[ChiefWiggum]

Grumble about the massive cost hike over the last 5 years!

2017 I was buying Saucony Omni (admittedly old season) at ~£60 from sportsshoes.com ~£65 in today's prices according to BOE

2021 it's hard to find an equivalent serious shoe below ~£100, days of buying last season's shoes for a sensible price seem long gone

Are the manufacturers and retailers just much better at managing inventory and retail pricing these days ... are we paying more for a superior product and more ethical manufacturing chain ... or what? (especially interested if someone here has industry insight into this!)

[Foliage]

Yeah its nuts isnt it. Lots of money to be made from runners, its a huge industry. My first pair of running shoes were asics and cost me £30.

[Camoradi]

On the other hand, I was paying £50 a pair for Asics and Nike back in the late 1980s

[anonymous-user]

Same here
Always paid £50+ since the 1980s
Now Nike Pegasus 37 (in dodgy colours!) are under £75 via Nike. Far superior to shoes in previous decades.

[Miocene]

I presume the same reason you can't buy bike components, covid had increased demand and therefore no incentive to reduce the prices.

[Digger]

Have a look here . . .

https://www.startfitness.co.uk/mens/footwear.html?...

[CheesecakeRunner]

Conversely[1], the shoes I use, Brooks Adrenaline, have always been about 100 quid for the latest version for as long as I can remember.





[1] see what I did there?

[aka_kerrly]

Supply & demand?

Maybe when "life returns to normal" ie no lockdown & pubs open there will be a tonne of barely worn running shoes hitting the market