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Reality, not fiction
VEJA is based on a very simple observation: 70% of the cost of a normal big sneaker brand is related to advertising.
Venturi Suede Rouille Dried Petal Pierre Lookbook Fall-Winter 2019 « Antivilla »
© Vincent Desailly
Eliminating ads, marketing costs, doing away with brand ambassadors, billboards, means investing in reality rather than fiction. It means working back up the production chain and changing it. It means spending more time on the ground, rather than investing in smoke and mirrors.
Sneakers that are
5 times more real
Our factory's assembly linePorto Alegre, 2017
It costs 5 to 7 times more to make a VEJA, because the raw materials are environmentally friendly and purchased according to fair trade principles, because the sneakers are produced in factories with high social standards.
Since we've eliminated advertising, the sneaker is sold in stores for the same price as competing big brands.
Our factory's assembly linePorto Alegre, 2017
V-10 Extra White Nautico Pekin Lookbook Spring-Summer 2016
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A pair of VEJA costs 5 to 7 times as much to produce, but since there are no advertising costs, they are sold for the same price.
Tweet this quote The heart of the VEJA model: reinject the amounts normally allocated to advertising into the phase that comes before the assembly line.
Raw material producers are thus more justly compensated, social and environmental impacts are constantly optimized, and sneakers are manufactured in conditions where everyone gets the respect they deserve.
Wild rubber harvested by seringueirosAmazon, 2016
© Ludovic Carème
Cotton flower at harvest timeCeará, 2016
© Ludovic Carème
At VEJA, instead of relying on marketing hype to have an impact, we'd rather rely on collective intelligence.