The economy is going belly up all over the world. Shoe sales are declining. Therefore, shoe companies will die and no one can get shoes again. Same can be said of most products, but Android phones are really declining and will disappear long before iPhones.
It must be because they are all converging upon some Chinese (non)standard of lightweight, poorly-stitched rubbish.
Even so-called active or endurance brands have turned into carpet slippers. Rockport, Timberland, et al.
Athletic shoe makers are doing their damnedest to fool the market with lightweight this, minimalist that but a foot strike in running, or even walking, requires stability and shock absorption ie the very things athletic shoes companies once advertised.
For further proof, I give you Allen Edmonds, who have not compromised on materials or construction. In the Obama economy, AE shoes are $350/pair which seems outrageous....until you buy Bostonians or other previously respectable brands and they fall apart inside a year.