Taylor’s down-to-earth ambassadorship had won the man and his shoe such respect that Converse commanded nearly 90 percent of the basketball ... was as flamboyant as Old Glory flapping in a ...

I’m not in a position like JB is where we’re not making as much money as that man." The post What Payton Pritchard said of choosing Converse shoe deal over Jaylen Brown’s 741s appeared first on Boston ...

Looking to expand, Marquis and the Converse brand turned to an appealing new market — sports footwear. Basketball ... my 80-something-year-old grandmother, everyone can be seen wearing the fashionable ...

After the Converse "Chuck Taylor" All-Star, the first ever signature athletic shoe in 1921, dominated the basketball shoe industry with 80% market share, per research firm SATRA) in the 1960s.

“I’ve said this before, JB’s shoe, I think it’s an unbelievable basketball shoe ... The 27-year-old is doing just that by signing with Converse, a subsidiary of Nike that’s based in ...