may the bluebird of happiness fly up your nose wrote:
Why does this really matter? It's amazing what a grip marketing has on people. Rarely is a change to a shoe necessary after a year. Unless it's a drastic technological change, usually the new version is just the same shoe in a different package.
If you reread my post you'll see that I raised a point about clearance sales. This change by Saucony will likely impact the frequency and availability of deeply discounted Endorphins.
I prefer to buy yesteryear's models at a fraction of the MSRP price. I'm sure that I'm not the only one here that does that. Saucony, seeing the fat profit margins that HOKA has managed to cultivate through the strategic use of longer product cycle windows and Direct Sales, now wants to adopt similar strategies to boost their bottom line. This change isn't necessarily positive for us consumers.