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EVERY SNEAKER HAS A STORY
ROOY empowers global designers and creators by pioneering “Fast
Fashion” and “Designer Brands” in the footwear industry
Vision
Founding Team
Ryan
Founder & CEO
Ryan Kang serves as the leader of ROOY, focusing on
the company’s discovery of new emerging brands and
strategic partnership development across the board
from media to manufacturing partners.
He is also a second generation footwear entrepreneur
who’s life has always been centered around footwear. It
is his life long passion within the industry that sparked
his vision to create the ROOY platform.
Ryan is a graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington
(BS) and also from Cornell University (MS in Applied
Statistics).
Alex
Co-Founder & CMO
Alex primarily focuses on marketing and branding
strategies for the company. Kick starting his career with
adidas as a brand coach, Alex has extensive
experience with various marketing efforts with a
specialty in brand identity. A life time sneakerhead
dreamer finally connecting the dots for other
sneakerheads in the world.
Alex is a graduate of Purdue University (BS) and also
from New York University (MS in Sports Business).
Footwear Creation Expert Footwear Marketing Expert
Footwear Market
$259BGlobal Footwear
Market
41%‘Sneaker’ is king within
shoe search
$15B(21.3% CAGR)
Online Footwear Market
(US)
Market Player
Fragmentation
Rapid growth of sneaker
communities
Offline shift to
Online
One of the largest industry with continual growth
Tremendous opportunities with the changing
consumer behavior
Footwear Industry - Key Obstacles
Problem
Solution
1. Lack of industry
expertise
2. Financial
burden
3. Difficulties in
finding audience
DESIGNER
DESIGNER
CONSUMER
Platform
One Stop Solution
CONSUMERS
Business Model
Design /
Idea
Prototype
Market TestProduct
Launch
Key Points
1.Brand Driven
2. Ideation to market launch takes 18-24 months
3. Limited design resource
Key Points
1. Consumer Driven
2. Fast iteration of ideation to market launch in 6 months
3. Unlimited design resource (crowdsourcing)
Design /
Idea Prototype Retailer
Final Product /
Mass
Production CONSUMER
Prototype 2 Retailer
Prototype 3
Prototype 4
Retailer
Retailer
ROOY ModelTraditional Model
Step 1
Step 4 Step 3
Step 2
CONSUME
R
236,460Users
15,074Engaged Users
1,072Designers
1,473Submitted Designs
ROOY Platform
Users & Designers
ROOY Partnerships
- Working with only top tier manufacturing and
material
partners that supplies to major brands
- Capacity: As little as 100 pairs per SKU, scalable to
as
many as 100,000 pairs per SKU
- Material Partners: Vibram (Italy), Clarino (Japan),
Ortholite (USA), Tenderate (Korea)
Manufacturing & Material Partners Media & Institutions
- Partnered with world’s greatest sneaker magazines
to co-create contents and reach global audiences
- Grassroots partnerships with world’s most
prestigious design and fashion schools
ROOY Retail Partnerships
By Series, PARCO & DAIMARU (Tokyo,Osaka,Nagoya)
Featured Products & Designs
Launched product (8) Upcoming Releases (15)
ROOY Road Map
Revenue Growth
- Scaling through increasing
audience diversity
- Additional revenue stream
through platform application
- Mainstreaming ROOY brand
awareness
User Growth
& Conversion
- User focused content
generation
- ROI driven paid marketing
- Key media partnership
(including M&A)
ROOY Ecosystem
Completed
- Backend infrastructure
- Designer/creator & local brand
- Organic user engagement
User Growth & Conversion Plan (User focused content generation)
1. Using designer stories to create
user connectivity
Shoe Surgeon from Los Angeles Takashi Kanokogi from Tokyo Arsen Rock from Paris
User Growth & Conversion Plan (User focused content generation)
2. Originality increases consumer loyalty
Inspired by BicyclesInspired by Japanese
culture & traditionInspired by Pro-wrestling
User Growth & Conversion Plan (ROI driven paid marketing)
Purchased UsersEngaged
target users
Community
of people
Vote
Comment
Sharing
SEO/Content
Social Media
Blog
ROOY Conversion rate: 7.37%
vs.
Standard: 2%
User Growth & Conversion Plan : Key media partnership
3.2M Users
Contents Distribution
1.8M Users 360K Users
Upcoming Highlights
Saks Fifth Flag Ship Pop-up Brand PartnershipCelebrity Partnership
USHER
Media Coverages
Creative Equality: Rooy Splits
Royalties With Its Footwear
Designers
靴の新デザイン発掘プラットフォーム「ROOY」が日本上陸、パルコと組んでクラウドファンディングを開
始
Seattle's ROOY is making a
totally new kind of sneaker
This Company Is Helping
Aspiring Designers Bring
Their Ideas To Life
How Rooy Turns
Sneaker Dreams Into
Reality
3 Growing Fashion Industry
Trends Every Entrepreneur
Should Be Following
Japan Office
4-12-25 Minamiazabu Centre 2F,
Minami-Azabu, Minto-ku,
Tokyo, Japan 160-0047
US Office (Headquarters)500 Yale Ave, N.
Seattle, WA, USA
98109
Korea R&D Center
#302 Centum Green Tower,
78 Centum Jungang-ro, Haeundae-gu,
Busan, Korea 48059
Contact: [email protected]