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STLtoday - June 2, 07 - Life & Style - Crocs make a come back: You know some of the rest. Crocs had revenue of $1.2 million in 2002; for 2007, it expects to take in $670 million to $680 million. That’s — what? — a 56,000 percent growth rate? It’s 23 million pairs of $30 Crocs. No wonder they seem to be everywhere.
Meanwhile, Crocs has announced plans to introduce a line of shoes that will combine foam wedges with traditional materials like leather, suede and lamb’s wool and will sell for $70 to $200.
The Canadian company that makes Holey Soles has turned itself into a 'lifestyle company,' and is using its reformulated foam in things like hats and beach bags — and a number of things it won’t talk about yet — as well as shoes.
The kayakers who made Waldies went bankrupt, but have re-emerged with a bouncier foam and some interesting new shoe designs.

Crocs shoes are ugly? Who cares! - Nov. 2, 2006 -money.cnn.com: When Crocs attack, an ugly shoe tale. With a battle plan based on 'thinking bigger than you are,' the maker of the world's ugliest shoe takes the footwear business by storm. Business 2.0 MagazineNovember 3 2006 It's quite a tale: Three pals from Boulder, Colo., go sailing in the Caribbean, where a foam clog one had bought in Canada inspires them to build a business around it. Despite a lack of VC funding and the derision of foot fashionistas, the multicolored Crocs - with their Swiss-cheese perforations, cushy orthotic beds, and odor-preventing material - become a global smash.

Croc On - Rob Walker - July 15, 2007 - New York Times: After a while, all the comfort talk starts to sound a little bit like a guy with a Mohawk saying he simply wants to spend less time washing his hair. “I liken it to Apple computers,” the Croc fan Chidester suggests. “It’s something different, people get behind it and if you say something bad about it — well, by gosh you’re wrong.”

Not Such A Croc - July 31, 2006 Washington Post: Not Such A Croc Might a Fad Shoe's Health Claims Stand? By Jennifer Huget Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, August 1, 2006; Page HE01 You've tried to ignore them, but they've spread like vermin. Crocs are everywhere. That's often the way with shoe crazes -- think Birkenstocks, Earth shoes, Dr. Scholl's.

Crocs - Topix -We used to carry the Holey Soles, and have seen many knock-offs. CROCS are by far the best ones we have tried on. I wear them more than my running shoes. That says a lot.
-i have a pair of crocs but by far i prefer my waldies, waldies have more cushion what make them more comfortable for short and long periods, and what is best they have a unique design not the simple round holes.