We are sure it has came across in your mind how much it costs a brand to make a pair of sneakers, which typically is pretty cheap. But how much does a pair of adidas Yeezy Boosts cost? While adidas does claim that the process to make a pair using Primeknit and Boost costs them more, how much more is it?
Some data has leaked thanks to Sole Review who did some homework. According to them, it costs adidas $76 which they then mark up to $350 for the Yeezy 750 Boost which does not include Primeknit.
The individual costs mentioned here are 95% accurate, and are factory or ‘ FOB’ costs. FOB is short for ‘Free-on-board’ (also called freight-on-board at times), which is the cost of shoe when loaded on the vessel at the port of origin – usually in the country where the factory is located.
The numbers you see below are the FOB costs for specific shoe models, based on Jan-May 2016 ocean shipping data. Publicly available US import data does not contain itemized FOB costs, nor is the database current/comprehensive, so we had to compile the data from international imports and exports. Hence the variation of 5% due on the account of currency conversions to the US dollar.
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