a healthy lifestyle hes a very fitness conscious person and i think he connects very well with the audiencehow do you see the sports performance segment growing in india and how is skechers planning to contribute in itso you know in the current scenario health and fitness has become an extremely important element in everybodys lives i think that it is going to be a major driver in terms of going forward in the coming years and therefore health and fitness is going to be an important factor where people will start investing their time money and energy in the coming years in terms of growth this part of the segment is going to grow very strongly especially if i look at it as a category with the gyms being closed right now due to covid19 a huge number of people have taken up running as their way to fitness one reason being that it obviously follows the guidelines that one needs to follow in the current scenario and second being that you can do it on your own without any equipment one can just wear a pair of good shoes and youre out running but i think this entire segment is going to grow and people are going to be more and more focused on ensuring that they have a good immune systemskechers has been actively associated with a few marathons across the country do you plan to stage more such fitness centric activities where you can connect with the running communitywe currently have nine active gorun clubs in the country which are based in the metros and the tier two towns as well as a brand we will continue to invest in this category and build associations and engagements with our consumers we are continuously looking at opportunities where if it makes sense for the brand to collaborate we wouldnt mind that last year we were quite active in chandigarh and also the central india regions but then obviously this year situation has changed once things improve we will be back in action againwhat was the reason behind collaborating with sports personalities like mithali raj aditi chauhan shubman gill and dutee chand all four of them genuinely loved skechers for the comfort it provides during their training sessions the other thing was that the product categories that we had collaborated with them were for the launch of some of our running and training shoes depending on their core competency and active fitness regime we had identified the shoes and their training needs and what they typically use thats where we saw the connect that these sports personalities are the ones who actually understand what the product is made of and how it kind of has been helping them better their performances so thats how we got connected with each of these guyshow has been the response with your golf shoe range any plans of getting indian golfers on boardthe response for skechers golf shoes has actually been amazing