Brooks Running - Fashion Company Profile
Brooks Running makes running shoes and apparel - and only running gear: road, trail and support shoes such as the Ghost, Adrenaline GTS and Glycerin lines, built around cushioning, fit and biomechanics research. Founded in 1914 as a general sports shoe maker, it narrowed its focus entirely to runners, became part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway group, and grew into one of the leading performance running brands in the United States.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Type
- Private - Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Founded
- 1914, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Company Profile
Brooks' single-sport focus is its strategy: sponsorships, run clubs and shoe-fitting science all serve the same customer. Its model range and the way to read it are set out in the profile section below.
Some of the popular Brooks running shoes historical descriptions name include the Adrenaline GTS 22, Ariel '20, Hyperion Tempo, Revel 5, Dyad 11, Cascadia 16, Glycerin 20, Ghost 14 and Hyperion Elite 3. They also offer a range of apparel for both men and women, including shorts, tights, tops and jackets. Model numbers in a profile like this date quickly by design - the GTS 22 and Ghost 14 are the generations current when the filing was written - and this page keeps them as named, because a runner searching for a specific generation is exactly the reader a names directory serves; current generations and prices belong to the company's own site, carried in the References.
Brooks Running History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Brooks Running History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What does Brooks Running make?
Running shoes and apparel for men and women - road, trail and extra-support shoes designed for cushioning, support and comfort, plus shorts, tights, tops and jackets, in the historical record.
Which models does historical descriptions name?
Adrenaline GTS 22, Ariel '20, Hyperion Tempo, Revel 5, Dyad 11, Cascadia 16, Glycerin 20, Ghost 14 and Hyperion Elite 3.
Where is Brooks Running based, and who owns it?
Headquartered in Seattle, and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, in the historical record. It is not related to Brooks Brothers, the clothing retailer filed separately in this letter.
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