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Bates vs Salomon: similarities and differences

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Bates

United States Founded 1885

Outdoor & functional · Polished & dressy · Sporty & sportswear

Salomon

France Founded 1947

Outdoor & functional · Sporty & sportswear · Trends & youth culture

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

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Different traits

  • Sporty & sportswear

    Salomon shows a stronger emphasis

  • Outdoor & functional

    Salomon shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • Bates (solid line, circles)
  • Salomon (dashed line, squares)
Traits of Bates and Salomon, shown relative to each brand.
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Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

Bar lengths show how prominent each trait is within each brand.

  • Bates
  • Salomon
Minimal & basics
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Polished & dressy
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Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
Bates
Salomon
Country United States France
Founded 1885 1947
Category Footwear Footwear
Other categories — Clothing Bags Accessories Lifestyle products

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

Bates

Salomon

  • SALOMON S/LAB

    SALOMON S/LAB is Salomon’s highest-tier performance line, comprising shoes, apparel, and gear for ra...

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  • Salomon Sportstyle

    Salomon Sportstyle is an ongoing collection that adapts Salomon’s outdoor technologies for urban and...

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  • Salomon ADVANCED

    Salomon ADVANCED is a platform/collection that elevates the brand’s technology through design, encom...

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Collaborations

Bates

  • 2023-01-20

    JUNYA WATANABE MAN

    For 2023FW, a motorcycle jacket–blazer hybrid; also listed among the collaboration brands for 24SS.

Bates collaborations

Salomon

  • 2026-03-05

    FREAK'S STORE

    A limited-edition shoe project with SALOMON featured in the official feature list. It is presented as a FREAK’S STORE-exclusive shoe, but the available listing information does not identify the product model name or actual release date.

  • 2025-10-16

    MM6 Maison Margiela

    For Fall/Winter 2025, Salomon offers sneakers in new silhouettes and colors, including XT-MM6, as well as color variations of the ACS Pro. The theme is “Retro Futuristic.”

  • 2025-10-16

    Maison Margiela

    In October 2025, several new trail-running models were released for Fall/Winter 2025, including XT-MM6 and ACS Pro MM6.

  • 2025-06-07

    BEAMS

    The SALOMON ACS+OG in a “BEAMS exclusive color” with a metallic gray base was released in June 2025.

Salomon collaborations

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