The Crocs Chart shows the 10 most popular Crocs styles on the All the Shoes website over the previous month.

Again the Crocs Chart makes fascinating reading. As I predicted last month the Crocs Cayman has made a comeback and just pipped the Crocs Mammoth to the top spot. Interest in Crocs kids sizes has nose dived this quarter as adults have been snapping up some of the aggressively priced Crocs deals out there for themselves (don’t tell the kids). Any Crocs retailers still holding onto large stocks of the Crocs Mammoth may be suprised by the dropoff over the few next weeks, I predict.

I expect the price cutting to continue until the spring really is here. Many retailers are sitting on large stocks of 2007 styles (due in large part to the infamous 2007 delivery delays from Crocs Europe). So I expect them to be pushing hard to turn around old stock and make room for the new Crocs styles for this summer. I’m already getting lots of search hits for these new crocs styles. Early adopters of Crocs in europe will have been wearing their Caymans since last year and many of them will want something a little different than “same shoe – different colour” come the summer.

Early prediction for the 2008 blockbuster? – The Crocs Baya*

Dr Crocs

*I offer one caveat only, and its the old hot potato for Europe – supply.

1	Adult Crocs Cayman
2	Crocs Mammoth
3	Crocs Alice
4	Crocs Beach
5	Crocs Prima
6	Crocs Mary Jane
7	Crocs Endeavour
8	Crocs Professional
9	Kids Crocs Mammoth
10	Kids Crocs Cayman

You’ve got to admire the passion of the i hate crocs folks with their blogs, countless facebook groups, youtube posts and “crocs and scissors“ tee-shirts. Bandwagon rebels with a cause, these self proclaimed fashionistas with their truly inspired mall jeans/ tee-shirt/ skechers / converse combos can rant all they want. Create anything different, not to mention highly successful, and you’ll always get a few Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells archetypes, with time on their hands, writing in.

Meanwhile us crocs fans young and old are quietly benefiting from comfortable shoes and the many other crocs styles that are not the clog style for which 99% of their venom is aimed. I hate clogs would certainly be a more interesting proposition but to write off a company and its Croslite material is pretty wide of the mark.

Things are moving forward, Crocs make other shoes than Clogs you know, the Crox stock is booming and the Crocs shelves of Europe and rarely filled for long. With the advent of the You by Crocs women boot and shoe range (definitely no Clogs there) and the prospect of Croslite RT clothes on the horizon, the broadside “i hate crocs” blogs will slowly die away and Crocs Inc like many other successful mainstream American brands will become part of the fashion fabric.

Yes Crocs is the new Marmite. The shoes rarely illicit a neutral reaction; its either love of hate. As for me I’m a lover not a fighter and I do like Marmite too!

Dr Crocs

PS. When I launch the “I heart Crocs” tee-shirts you’ll be the first to know!

Let’s have the debate here – Love em or Hate em, why do you feel so passionate about Crocs?

Croc Mammoth is not only riding high in the UK, its success has been picked up by US Stock Analysts now.

Shares of Crocs Inc. climbed Thursday after an analyst cheered the footwear retailer on its continued growth and better-than-expected results from its Mammoth product line.

Jeff Mintz of Wedbush Morgan Securities was pleased with Chief Financial Officer Peter Case’s assessment of the company’s operations in a management call. Business is accelerating across Europe, with strength in Japan coming from its Jibbitz, which are small decorative pieces that can be added to footwear. The United States is benefiting from strong Internet sales and adult sports licensing, according to the company.

Crocs Mammoth, a lined clog, has exceeded order expectations, with adult orders nearing 1 million pairs.

“We believe the Mammoth could become the ‘must have’ item of this holiday season, and expect the company will have a difficult time meeting demand for the product,” Mintz wrote in a note to clients.

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) announced today that it has expanded its sports licensing business by entering into an agreement with Major League Baseball Properties. The agreement, which covers both Crocs™ footwear and Jibbitz™ shoe charms, allows Crocs, Inc. to license the names and logos for all 30 MLB teams and related MLB properties with worldwide distribution rights.

Ron Snyder, CEO of Crocs, Inc., stated, “We are proud to partner with Major League Baseball Properties and we look forward to providing baseball fans with Crocs footwear and Jibbitz charms featuring their favorite team colours and logo. This agreement represents an important step in the evolution of our sports licensing business.”

Taking the US trend for Collegiate and now MLB team Crocs, Dr Crocs wonders if one day in the not-too-distant, a deal this side of the pond might see Crocs Europe inking a licensing deal with Premiership Football.

MLB is huge but localised in North America and environs but if it works Premiership then UEFA then FIFA sounds like solid building blocks to build a global market.

Would it catch on in Europe? Would you buy Chelsea Crocs, Arsenal Crocs, Liverpool Crocs, Man Utd Crocs or are LA Galaxy Crocs more likely? As ever let me know what you think.

June 1st and after a week of downpours, the summer is in full flight once again. May has finally brought the new Crocs Sassari, Disney Cayman, Disney Beach, Cleo, Capri, Crete, Capri, Crocling, Ithaca, Sobek and Hydro to Europe and the UK. I predict these styles, led by the Crocs Sassari will all be selling like the proverbal hot cakes over the summer. As before the June Crocs Chart shows the 10 most popular Crocs styles on the Cheap Crocs website over the previous month.

Thanks again for using Cheap Crocs as your Crocs shopping destination!

1	Adult Crocs Cayman
2	Crocs Prima
3	Kids Crocs Cayman
4	Crocs Mary Jane
5	Crocs Sassari
6	Crocs Beach
7	Kids Disney Cayman
8	Disney Jibbitz
9	Crocs Crocling
10	Jibbitz

I’ve updated the Cheap Crocs website with the new (and lower) Crocs Cleo pricing from Crocs Europe. My prediction is that this Cleo style will be picked up by a UK supplier within the month so keep checking back. Gradually there are less and less Crocs on the website now linking to US Crocs retailers. However the big money this spring is on the Crocs Sassari.

Over the last couple of weeks Sassari has been the biggest chart climber for me and I think any UK retailer that can get a supply of Sassari will have a Primark / Kate Moss Topshop / No7 Protect and Perfect Beauty Serum type situation on their hands.