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I think feet ARE getting bigger. I'm certainly finding it much easier to get shoes that fit these days. I spent my teenage years really struggling to get anything to fit at all and now I can simply walk into Next and get a 9 in any style I like. Even bloody ASDA are stocking a 9 now I notice!
It's nice to have choice but sometimes it's simply not there. Eldest Miss LB is 12 and at that stage where she would rather DIE than wear a school shoe from Clarks but her feet have been much smaller than those of her friends and she was left in a size 1 or 2 when her mates were all in a 5! School shoes of those sizes are aimed at 8 year olds and come with TOYS in the heel!
Thankfully, she's catching up now but I remember the tears and the conversation "they can't stock sizes nobody except YOU need so suck it up or make them grow"
Imagine how much it would cost to replace running shoes every 500 miles if we were all spiders.
LB.............I wear 7/8 in shoes but size 9 in womens running shoes..........because my feet sweat and swell when running........
i often find it hard to get womens running shoes...........
My teenage sons vary at the moment from 8/9.to 12's.................now 12's caqn be tricky to get in riding boots........they must think all riders are jockeys
The frustrating thing is depending upon the shoe I actually need a size 9F through to a size 11 as the makes do come up in such different sizes.
I would have thought more companies would have a better selection in stock, until I chatted to a shop owner and discovered that the t the shoes are made, but shop cant afford to stock them as they dont sell enough. Also very often the manufacturers only make a limited run on the odd sizes.
At least by wearing mens shoes I dont have to wear Pink shoes!!
I was on the web site of a well known shoe maufacturer and could have bought odd sizes and widths for different feet as well as specing the colour etc. So keep looking and you find what you eventually.
Mobilekat - while in the Cheshire Oaks outlet village I was telling you about the other day I saw PINK adidas socks for women in a size 11-13! They were about a foot long! (excuse the pun)!
I bet they don't sell too many of those.....
I have a tad of a dislike of pink...
And having signed up for a 10k race for life my OH is telling I should wear pink...
I think I will be going for a blue version of pink!
Size 7 for me, in ordinary shoes, but I take 8.5 in Asics.
Because that size crosses men's and women's ranges, I can wear either
The manufacturers say they are not the same, but they don't feel any different to me.
I was just about to order from simly run for the first time but as it was quite a expensive item i thought id do some research on the company and i came across this thread, and after seeeing the comments and the MD's response im pleased to say i will be placing my order as soon as my 10% discount code is sent back to me on twitter.
I saw this thread on the way to Simply Run to get some new trainers, read the comments, after visiting the shop I had to post on the forum. I came away from the shop with a new pair of Adidas Boston 4 and very happy with the service and shop overall. The guy working there knew his stuff, there was a good choice and stock of shoes/sizes and a couple of sturdy treadmills to run on, all competitively priced as well. Very happy with it all and will be back later to get a new wetsuit as the store has an endless swimming pool and a good selection of wetsuits. Highly recommend the shop!
Seems to be a bit of a con to me.
What exactly are these insoles they're flogging?
BTW.... what is it with Sportsdirect? The last couple of times I've been in, the check out staff have been trying to flog me a "bag for life" (emblazoned with the company name), like their job depends on it. And when I'd said no for the 4th time (literally), she moved on to trying to sell me their magazine for only a quid.
No wonder people are turning to shopping online.
I would like to support the high street but if they continue to pressure you into crap you don't need I may have to start buying online.
I do believe Sportsdirect and Sweatshop are owned by the same company*
The bloke wot owns Newcastle United (a football team in the Northern part of England)
Mike Ashley??? Is that him?
*Could be wrong
You're wrong. Sweatshop was founded by Chris Brasher and is now run by his son Hugh
I ordered something from sports direct last week, I went to check out and then noticed that they had kindly added there magazine to my basket for £1. I removed it, pretty sneaky though.
Off-topic, but what annoys me most about the 'bag for life' thing is that when the concept of 'a bag for life' was invented, it meant that you really did get a bag for the rest of your life because when it wore out you took it back to the shop and they gave you another one. It didn't just mean 'a slightly sturdier than usual carrier bag'. Grr.
Never been pressure-sold insoles by sweatshop though. Maybe they only do it if you seem like you don't know what you want and might be susceptible. Last time I was in there I'd been sent by another running shop who'd rung them up and told them what sort of shoes I wanted and what size, so the salesperson had spent half an hour letting me try out five different options on a treadmill before he remembered to say 'er... don't suppose you'd like to try our special insoles?'. He didn't sound like he was expecting me to say yes though.
I thought that a specialist running shop would be the best place to get racing shoes.
That would annoy me so much - I'd cancel my order!
Sweatshop tried to sell me £40 insoles earlier this year. I declined.
they tried to flog me some a couple of months back when I was down in that there London.
Aside from that though, the sales person was really nice.
Thank you for your feedback Kirk - we do our best to please.
I know that in 2012, Sports Direct owned 25% of Sweatshop. Can't see it on Google though... but that's definitely right.
I'm sure I, too, read an article that said Sports Direct "owned" Sweatshop, but as google can't easily throw it up, I guess it was an erroneous report.
Nope they sold Reebok off which they used to own, and that ended up as part of Sports Direct
I googled this out of curiosity.
Extract from OFT document suggests that Sports Direct either did, or still do, hold 25% of sweatshop. I'm surprised at that. Seems he (Mike Ashley) really does have his fat little fingers in lots of pies.
http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/mergers/decisions/2009/sports-direct-inter#.UjLK-xbYkRk
Sports Direct International plc ('SDI') is the UK's leading sports retailer by revenue and operating profit, and the owner of a significant number of internationally recognised sports and leisure brands, operating approximately 375 retail outlets in Great Britain. The majority of retail outlets trade under the Sports Direct or Sports World fascias. SDI has acquired a number of retail businesses over the last few years, and some retail outlets still trade under their previous names, such as Lillywhites, McGurk, Exsports, Gilesports, Sports Soccer, Field and Trek, and Hargreaves.
In addition, SDI currently holds a 29.4 per cent stake in Blacks and a 25 per cent holding in each of Sweatshop and SheRunsHeRuns. The OFT considers that, in accordance with the OFT's Guidance and the established practice of the OFT and CC in relation to determining material influence for the purposes of section 26 of the Enterprise Act 2002 ('the Act'), absent any evidence to the contrary, it is or may be the case that SDI has material influence in relation to all three retailers (Blacks, Sweatshop and SheRunsHeRuns), as the level of SDI's shareholding in each would be very likely to provide it with the ability to block special resolutions at shareholder meetings.