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	Podcast:		The Why Factor
	Episode:		Why Does Everyone Wear Trainers?
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:18:02
	Publish Date:		2015-10-23 12:45:00
	Description:		Sneaker, trainer call them what you will. How did this product of the industrial revolution and a rising middle class become a global fashion item worth tens of billions of dollars a year? Especially when 85% of the purchases are never intended for its original purpose, health and fitness. Join Mike Williams for the Why Factor on Sneakers. Produced by Julie Ball (Photo: A man looks at a collection of sneakers in the window of a shopping mall, in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit: Getty Images)
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