‘Squid Game’ mania has shoppers snapping up Vans’ white slip-on shoes
White slip-on footwear have gotten a scorching commodity because of the wildly in style South Korean survival drama “Squid Sport”, with sneaker maker VF Corp reporting a small enhance in demand for its Vans model.
The collection, which grew to become a worldwide sensation and the No.1 program on Netflix, reveals lots of of cash-strapped gamers competing in hyperviolent video games, sporting footwear resembling Vans’ all-white slip-ons.
“We noticed a pleasant spike — nicely, I’d name it a small spike, however I’ll promise this isn’t a damned annual occasion,” VF Chief Monetary Officer Matt Puckett mentioned on Friday, including the attire maker would use this second to construct on Vans’ connection to popular culture.
VF Corp missed Wall Avenue estimates for quarterly income and revenue on Friday on account of world provide chain disruptions and manufacturing shortfalls in Vietnam.
The “Made in Korea” inexperienced tracksuits and pink boiler fits worn by characters within the present have confirmed a pre-Halloween brilliant spot for the South Korean garment trade struggling throughout the well being disaster.
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