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Avia (shoes)
Avia is an American shoe company founded in Oregon in 1979 by Jerry Stubblefield, an American entrepreneur and former record-setting discus thrower at the University of Oregon.〔〔Jaquiss, Nigel, ("Green slime and a shareholder revolt poison the waters of Lake Oswego" ), ''Willamette Week'', April 27, 2005〕 Stubblefield reportedly came up with the word "avia" (derived from the Latin "avis," meaning "bird"〔("Entry for Latin word "avis" ), Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'' (via Perseus)〕〔("Entry for Latin word "avis" ), Charlton T. Lewis, ''An Elementary Latin Dictionary''〕) while on a jet flight, and decided to use it as a brand name for a sports shoe to suggest aviation.
==History==
Jerry Stubblefield and his son Don Stubblefield, a performing arts graduate of the Sylvia Herpolscheimer Academy for Performance Arts,〔("Bio: Sylvia Herpolscheimer" )〕 developed shoe designs that revolutionized athletic footwear. The father-and-son tandem created designs such as the widely-imitated cantilever sole, which helped make Avia an industry leader. In 1987, Avia was acquired by Reebok for $180 million, which later sold it to the American Sporting Goods Corporation in the latter-1990s.〔"(AMERICAN SPORTING GOODS TO ACQUIRE AVIA BRAND )" (24/04/96), NY Times archive. Retrieved on 26/03/07.〕 As of 2011, American Sporting Goods Corporation operated as a subsidiary of Brown Shoe Company.〔("Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods: American Sporting Goods Corporation" ), ''Bloomberg Businessweek''〕〔("Brown Shoe Acquires American Sporting Goods Corporation" ), press release, Brown Shoe Company, ST. LOUIS and ALISO VIEJO, CA, February 17, 2011〕 The Brown Shoe Company sold Avia and its Nevados brand to Galaxy Brand Holdings for $74 million in May 2013.
Avia's present Sales Manager is former long-distance runner Dave Edge, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AVIA shoes )〕
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