Just wanted to put an update of the top wrestling shoes blog post that I did on our other blog. Since it’s wrestling shoe related we will keep it over here from now on.
Shoes that are basically gone include The Inflicts (except in a few sizes outside of 9 to 12), The Black and Red Rulons, and The Black and Yellow Rulons. Now the Inflicts they are gone for good (or at least we don’t think they are coming back). The Rulon wrestling shoes we will get some more in stock in December and should have most sizes in late December or early January. I suspect The Rulons will likely be updated to a version 2.0 or at the very least be changing colors significantly for the 2010 – 2011 season. So if you love these Rulon wrestling shoes – you better get an extra pair this season.
The battle of the ultra high end market – e.g. wrestling shoes that exceed say $125 is being won by the White adidas adistar. The sad thing is this shoe is gone and likely selling well because we are one of the only places in the country with it. If you take out of the mix this White adistar, the Dan Gable is beating the Black adistar. True there are 3 Dan Gables to only one Black adistar, but last year the White adistar smoked all challengers even with just one color.
Now if you add John Smiths shoe into the mix, it’s being out sold by the Gable too. This year the Gable shoe is much hotter of a shoe than it has been in the past. Is it because Iowa won two recent NCAA Championships? Is it because of better design? I suspect it’s a little bit of both. I think once more people take a look at the shoe, the Gable will sell even more. It’s a cool looking shoe up close.
Cael vs Cejudo (battle of the $80 shoes), right now Cael is winning this battle. Although, the Cael V3.0′s are still selling very well against even the V4.0′s. This is likely because the designs are pretty different between the V3.0′s and V4.0′s and the color options of these two shoes. When we talk to customers on the phone, some like the V3.0′s and some like the V4.0′s. We still have pretty good availability on the Cael V3.0′s at least for now. If all goes well, much of this inventory will be gone by the first of the year.
Here are the shoes that we talked about in this blog posting:
adiSTAR White Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 561256
Sizes: 6.5-13, 15
Price:$141.98
adiSTAR Black Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G00135
Sizes: 5.5-13, 14, 15
Price:$141.98
Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03702
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98
Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03703
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98
Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G02652
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98
 Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes SKU: G02496 Sizes: 5, 5.5, 6.5-13, 14, 15 Price:$77.98 |
 Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes SKU: G03698 Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15 Price:$77.98 |
 Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes SKU: G03699 Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15 Price:$77.98 |
 Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes SKU: J900Y-4790 Sizes: 6-13, 14, 15 Price:$124.98 |
 Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes SKU: J900Y-9093 Sizes: 6,7-8.5,10,11.5-13, 14, 15 Price:$124.98 |
 Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes SKU: J900Y-9094 Sizes: 6-10,11-13, 14, 15 Price:$124.98 |
Rulon Wrestling Shoes
SKU: JY500-9094
Sizes: 7,10.5-11,12-12.5,14,15
Price:$99.98
Rulon Wrestling Shoes
SKU: JY500-9024
Sizes: 6-6.5,8.5,9, 10-11.5,14,15
Price:$99.98
Nike Inflict Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 325256-013
Sizes: 6-7,12-12.5
Price: $69.98
Nike Inflict Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 325256-001
Sizes: 6-7.5,12-14, 15
Price: $69.98
