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They rake in revenues because it's a great product at a great price. My day/night job is as an ER nurse, and pretty much the only shoes I've worn for the past
by iamelgringo 18y ago
They rake in revenues because it's a great product at a great price.
My day/night job is as an ER nurse, and pretty much the only shoes I've worn for the past 3 years are Crocs. I walk an average of 5 miles a shift at work, and I'm standing when I'm not walking. I've been used to spending $80-150 a pair of shoes for years. Now, with Crocs being $35 a pair, I buy them 3 pair at a time. And, the anti-bacterial bit is very nice for the nasty splashes at work.
- brooksbp 18y agoI worked at the Boulder Country Club, where most of the cofounders of Crocs were members. Those shoes blew up at the club; before I knew it, I was receiving all sorts of pairs in different colors as 'bonuses' or gifts from the members. It not only takes smart business operations as detailed in that article, but a strong community. Crocs birthed in a community full of power and wealth, and that helped a great deal. Hell, Michael Jordan received a few pairs of Crocs when he came to the club for a golf tournament...
- migpwr 18y agoThey're also great for kids... pretty much a slip-on(quick) and I don't have to worry about them being destroyed since they're cheap.
- dime 18y agoI like the fact that Crocs are anti-bacterial, but it also worries me. The use of anti-bacterial soap and other cleaning products in hospitals has spawned super bugs resistant to known means of combating pathogens. Could Crocs share the same fate?
- nirmal 18y agoIs it antibacterial in the same sense as soap? I thought it was a material that just made it harder for bacteria to get a physical foot hold (no pun intended).
- iamelgringo 18y agoThere are substances that are bacteriostatic, which mean that they retard the growth of bacteria. Sterile water is actually bacteriostatic, because there is no food for the bacteria to grow in. Silver and other heavy metals are bacteriostatic as well. Other substances are bactericidal, which means that they actively kill bacteria. Antibiotics are bactericidal. You don't want to take antibiotic or bactericidal substances on a regular basis, because you end up putting unnecessary evolutionary selection pressure on your normal bacterial flora. That is, you don't want to kill all the good bacteria, otherwise the bad ones will overpopulate because they have no competition. I'm guessing that the crocs aren't bactericidal, they are probably baceriostatic.