goods founded 1987 headquarters irvine california products women s athletic shoes and apparel parent brown shoe website www.ryka.com ryk is an athletic shoe brand specifically designed for women . contents 1 history 2 publicity 3 references 4 external links history edit ryk was founded in 1987 by sheri poe who wanted to design a better fitting athletic shoe for women . 1 2 they also produce athletic apparel specially designed for women . ryk merged with global sports in 1997 . 3 global sports sold its branded division in 1999 to american sporting goods corporation . 4 the company is now owned by brown shoe who bought american sporting goods in 2011 . 5 6 publicity edit poe is credited with introducing princess diana to her shoes through her creation of the ryka rose foundation a nonprofit organization working to stop violence against women . since 2008 kelly ripa has been the spokeswoman for ryk shoes . 7 the ryk brand is an example of foreign branding . citation needed references edit 1 rifkin glenn 1994 07 03 . profile ; mix and match a shoe for women a survivor s tale . the new york times . newly minted billionaire is spinning ebay scraps into gold global sports inc. announces agreement to sell branded division 2 brown shoe acquires american sporting goods corporation ryk announces business partnership with kelly ripa pdf . american sporting goods corp. 2008 01 16 . retrieved 2009 12 07 . external links edit ryk website this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this product article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ryk & oldid 724603428 categories shoe brandssportswear brandscompanies established in 1987fashion stubsbrand name products stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2009all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 june 2016 at 09 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view