Skechers was founded by Robert Greenberg in 1992 after he left L.A. Gear, an eighties icon which he had founded. As L.A. Gear began to lose steam, Greenberg and his son Michael lost their positions at the company. Rather than becoming bitter over the loss, Greenberg moved ahead, planning on building a distribution center for Doc Marten shoes.
While planning on this distribution center, Greenberg saw a huge opportunity to sell more casual, flexible shoes for the younger “hip” generation. He began to design shoes that would later become the Skechers brand we know today. Greenberg began with beach type sandals and different versions of Doc Marten type boots and later expanded into performance shoes and casual footwear.
Today, Skechers designs, develops, markets, and sells more than 3,000 styles of lifestyle and athletic footwear including sneakers, sandals, boots, semi-dressy shoes, and training shoes.
The company operates under four segments: Domestic Wholesale Sales, International Wholesale Sales, Retail Sales, and E-Commerce Sales.
In 2012, the company settled a class action lawsuit for $40 million over their advertising claims regarding their Shape-Up brand of footwear.
Skechers is popular on TikTok and in August 2020, the company launced a One Million Mask dance challenge in which 10 masks would be given away for ever single dance video of the song uploaded on TikTok with the hashtags #danceformasks or #MillionMaskChallenge along with tagging @Skechers in the caption. By June 17, the challenge was met.
Skechers is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SKX, is a member of the S&P 600. Currently, the company has 6,800 employees, more than 2,800 locations and had $3.56 billion in revenue in 2016. Headquarters are still located just a few blocks from the beach in Manhattan Beach, California. 
Skechers was founded by Robert Greenberg in 1992 after he left L.A. Gear, an eighties icon which he had founded. As L.A. Gear began to lose steam, Greenberg and his son Michael lost their positions at the company. Rather than becoming bitter over the loss, Greenberg moved ahead, planning on building a distribution center for Doc Marten shoes.
While planning on this distribution center, Greenberg saw a huge opportunity to sell more casual, flexible shoes for the younger “hip” generation. He began to design shoes that would later become the Skechers brand we know today. Greenberg began with beach type sandals and different versions of Doc Marten type boots and later expanded into performance shoes and casual footwear.
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Today, Skechers designs, develops, markets, and sells more than 3,000 styles of lifestyle and athletic footwear including sneakers, sandals, boots, semi-dressy shoes, and training shoes.
The company operates under four segments: Domestic Wholesale Sales, International Wholesale Sales, Retail Sales, and E-Commerce Sales.
In 2012, the company settled a class action lawsuit for $40 million over their advertising claims regarding their Shape-Up brand of footwear.
Skechers is popular on TikTok and in August 2020, the company launced a One Million Mask dance challenge in which 10 masks would be given away for ever single dance video of the song uploaded on TikTok with the hashtags #danceformasks or #MillionMaskChallenge along with tagging @Skechers in the caption. By June 17, the challenge was met.
Skechers is traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SKX, is a member of the S&P 600. Currently, the company has 6,800 employees, more than 2,800 locations and had $3.56 billion in revenue in 2016. Headquarters are still located just a few blocks from the beach in Manhattan Beach, California.
I cannot express my disappointment enough. I ordered a pair of shoes for my granddaughters birthday party and they still have not been shipped. (weeks ago) I have sent 4 emails to customer service and all have gone ignored. I finally got a hold of someone in customer service after holding for over an hour, and that was no help. They never contacted me back after reassuring me that they would contact shipping and then get back to me Asap. HA. I will never order from Sketchers again. UNPROFESSIONAL Yes All Caps………..
I was recently at Sketchers at Tanger Outlets in Washington, PA. I waited at the counter for about 7 minutes with the shoes is wanted to purchase and was totally ignored.
I have a pair of Moseco shoes and the heels of both are worn 90% of the way through after less than two months of wear.
I was told to send them back in to California for determining if they are defective.
They said they are not defective but offered a coupon to buy more shoes from them.
I have work boots that I wore for more than 3 years and they are in better condition!
ARE YOU KIDDING
Who wants shoes that last 2 months.
I’m going all over Twitter with this if they won’t make it right.
This is 10 years over due, I just want to say thank you to the inventor of the shoes that literally saved my life. In 2011 I suffered severely from needle like priks and pinches on the soles of my feet, that ran up my legs, the first steps out of bed in the morning were excruciating, by 12 o’clock noon I could no longer be on my feet, I suffered and cried within, for months, I never told any at work, for fear of being fired. Long story short, my teenage girls suggested I get a pair, words can’t express what those shoes did for me, and I’m sorry that style no longer exist.
So its Sept 26, 2020, I ordered my mom a pair of Skechers on Aug. 6, 2020.have yet to receive them. Customer service is horrible. I have submitted 3 emails and have not received a response from any of them. After this I will let everyone know my experience. Bye bye Skechers
I’ve been a Floral Designer for over 40 years, so I have to have very comfortable shoes. I love Skechers!! I wear your shoes, sandles and boots. I found my favorite- Evolution Ultra.#15734/BBK size 7. Wonderful!! I wore them for about 4 months, the bottoms look great but the tops have worn in several places and are looking quite shabby. I would expect them to look great for at least a year. I don’t want my money back, I just want a new pair. I love them!! I will always wear your shoes! Sincerely, Dawn Hadlock
P.S. I’d like to send you a photo of them
I will never as long as I live biy another pair of sketchers, ever! For the past 13 years I have only wore Skechers. Up until my last two pairs of shoes I’ve never had a problem. I sent them an e-mail August 1st complaining about my shoes that are busting the seam in the back out. I am pretty hard-headed cuz I went ahead and bought the same exact shoes for my birthday this year. And now the sole is separating from the bottom. They said that I could send the shoes back and they consider it Factory defective they will send only one pair.
Then after forking out $120 on two pairs of shoes they told me they would not even pay shipping. It’s just so hard to believe that it’s very apparent that they’re making new shoes cheap now.
Oh and by the way while I was on the phone with the person she told me that I sent her an email back in August 1st of 2019 and well they get back to their phone complaints before their emails.
I could not even get a supervisor to come on the phone!
sherryb55@ me.com
I’m not even sure what to say or how to start. I am retired and my feet are not the best and it’s difficult to find a cute shoe that fits. I stopped purchasing any other kind of shoe I own 16 pairs of sketchers that are different ages, I wash them until I can’t and then they are to retired to various levels of use. Both pair have to run blisters and I don’t understand why.I was so excited to get these new sketchers, in am on a fixed income and purchasing new shoes is a real treat. Any, both pair have caused blisters. I have no tag ( have never worried before). I have only had them for less than a week. I guess the bottom line is that I’m asking for a voucher or something where I could get replacements. I don’t have anything to complain about, sketchers are awesome , l just won’t be able to purchase anew pair for a while or 2 for much longer…please help. The ones I have are the new ones that have the satin bow and the other just has the ribbons”. Thank you in advance
I’m very disappointed, I visited a sketcher store in east Brunswick NJ in search of sneakers for my son. We were greeted by a very helpful sales person, but no matter how helpful she was there were no size 4 for my 11yr ops son.
I spend 48mins searching and waiting as they looked thru the stack of boxes as well as in the back. Then finally we found only one pair that light up so we were not able to benefit 1/2 off the second.
sketchers have been recommended for my son due to him developing blisters from others sneakers and I finally found him something he would be happy with and come to find out after getting home the lights on the right shoe does not work. He really loves them and would appreciate it someone can assist me in fixing this issue.
Love your golf shoes love your tennis shoes used to be a Matt Kuchar fan I will never purchase your product again as long as Matt Kuchar is a spokesperson
I bought a pair of skechers for work and they say that they are slip resistant but I slide and I am scared that I will fall so if it said slip resistant why am I sliding . can you please help me
Hi purchased a pair of Relaxed Fit from Skechers at the DSW store in River Forest IL. I purchased a new pair of Skechers every summers. I must tell you this type is the worse. It stated memory foam all day comfort and contours to your foot. They do not have ANY SUPPORT. I tried to return back to DSW in River Forest but because I had used the shoes for 2 days they will not take them. You should wear your shoe before you sell them to the public. If you want to look up this shoe the number on the box is ”23028/NVY”.
Good Luck with this shoe
Cynthia Coppola
Does any of your light up shoes still use lithium batteries? I heard they could catch fire if gotten wet, i had bought some for my granddaughter recently and she loves them but if they aren’t safe when wet, I would like to know.
HI I bought 5 pairs of the shape up sneakers and 1 is spr kin etc return systems I have fibro and rhuemercury arthritis so I but they to help me but made. It worse I the time to get Mt money Mt brother died and then I had to moved now I’m moving in months so I came across the box I spent a lot of money on them there like brand new my address i’s zebra Maloneynewbedford mass.02746 774-305-XXXXX
I bought a pair of your pearl top skechers at the Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills Michigan……guess what there was only one shoe in the box. I called the store and talked to the Manager (Taylor) I bought the shoes on the 19th of this month, I was on a field trip with a school. Didn’t notice until Monday of this week, called the store on Tuesday,Taylor told me that the shoe would be mailed out on that day or the next? Called the store on Friday talked to another Manager (Male), he told me that the shoe has not been mailed out YET it was sitting on the counter inside a Box. PLEASE HELP store number is 248-972-0807.
My number s 313-324XXXXX. Thanks
I bought a pair of sketchers that are slip on This past April. I am so disappointed. They are falling apart with the stitching coming out of them. I had a pair before that tied and they lasted well beyond one year and I walked in them often. I can’t bring them back to the store after wearing them but I wanted the company to know about this. I would like to buy more for their comfort and style but now am not sure if I would nor would I advise someone else too.
Customer service is not a priortity of sketcher.incorporated and never will.be have sent dozens of emails and phone calls NO Help….