Converse was founded by a businessman shoe named Marquis Mills Converse who, who previously worked as a manager at a shoe company. Marquis M Converse opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in Malden, Massachusetts in 1908. The company is based rubber shoe manufacturer, providing winterized rubber soled footwear for men, women, & anak2. By 1910, Converse produced 4000 shoes per day, in 1915 the company began making shoes for athletics and tennis.
The company started his career peaked in 1917, when the Converse All Star basketball in the introduction. Then in 1921, a basketball player named Charles H. Taylor banality on call 'chuck', complained to converse with a foot injury that caused converse shoes that he wore. Then the converse to give jobs to Charles as a salesman and ambassador for the company and promote converse shoes all over the United States.
He introduced converse in America through the game of basketball and frestasi that he has also carved amazing time. Charles also known as the American ambassador to basketball, so he had the honor to introduce the sport as well as a lecturer at basketball clinic at North Corolina State University. Charles also designed Converse shoes, then shoe logo design results in a display name 'Chuck Taylor'. Charles worked in the converse until his death in 1969.
When the United States entered World War II pda 1941, Converse shifted production to manufacturing footwear, apparel wars, boots, rubber protective suits, and suits for pilots and soldiers. Popular from the 1950 s / d 1960's, converse promote America's image in the world by making Converse Yearbook, and it makes the shoes converse flagship high school, athletes, and musicians Rock N 'Roll. In 1970, the company sold to Converse Jack Purcells. He was an athlete world badminton & table tennis branch. Jack Purcells also designed shoes with the complexion converse'nya 'smile' on the toe section tengah2. Later it was known as the Converse shoe Jack Purcells.
At the time the company held by the Converse Jack Purcells, converse slowly started out as many new competitors in the world of shoes. Like Puma, Adidas, and Nike, and a year later Reebok shoes that introduces radically. And it makes Converse shoes no longer be the official National Basketball Association (NBA).
Since the displacement converse, the converse is down due to reduced consumer bankruptcy. On 22 January 2001, the company changed hands and converse the last factory in the United States were closed. Thereafter, manufacturing for the U.S. market is no longer in production in the United States, but in production by negara2 in Asia & Erofa including China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Italy and Lithuania.
On 9 July 2003, the company sold to the company converse Nike at a price of $ U.S. 305 million. Since then, a growing number of models in production that converse shoes. Among its design was inspired from grup2 band Rock N 'Roll as the Converse Weapon, special edition Converse The Ramones, Billy Joe Converse, Converse Ozzy Osbourne, Kurt Cobain Converse One Star, Converse Sailor Jerry, also 3 new high top design which was inspired by the band The Who. And until now there are over 100 people from all over the world designers that make the creation of converse shoes.
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